The Maryland Adornettos

Catch it up!

2010-06-07T18:25:00.000-07:00

Back by popular demand - Updated photos of Teagan! She is almost 21 months old now. Teagan started walking at 19 months. Thank God! Oddly it seems she was waiting until she had mastered the skill before attempting it. She has a little swagger at times which is hilarious.
She is still getting physical therapy, but not for much longer. She is gifted in the language dept. She sings several songs - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Ba Ba Black sheep, Row row row your boat, Old McDonald, Pop Goes the Weasel, Wheels on the Bus, and she knows her ABC's. L-M-N-O is a little blurry, but kicks it all the way to Z! She even signs a little when saying the last part of the song - "Now I know..."
Currently Teagan feels substituting the word Daddy is acceptable if you don't want to say a hard word like juice or birthday. She basically picks up a new word every day. Today's word was clap, yesterday's was walk. It's amazing to watch her learn.

Summer Vacation at the Beach

2009-10-16T18:02:00.000-07:00

Shots of Teagan at Long Beach Island in NJ in July. Teagan loved eating the sand surprisingly. She also ate her first cracker at the beach house. Teagan did experience the face plant into the sand which she did not enjoy. She loved the wind on the beach the best. It was quite funny to see her light up everytime she felt the wind on her face. She enjoyed playing with her cousins and splashing in the baby pool.

Party on Little Ones

2009-10-16T17:33:00.000-07:00

Second party with Jake and my mom's side of the family. Teagan ate ice cream this time. Uncle Jay even gave her a little brain freeze with a big bite. Awww, her first one.

Teagan loves cats and books or Gaaat and gook as Teagan says.

She is finally crawling normally. She graduated from her army crawl about 2 weeks after her b-day. She is starting to pull up now, so we are very optomistic she will be walking soon. Teagie is also eating finger foods very well now. She loves to feed herself so she is gaining a little more weight now too. She was hanging steady for the last 5 months. So she still faces the back of the car, but at about 18lbs now she'll be switching around soon enough.

Princess party

2009-10-16T17:24:00.000-07:00

Can't forget the princess themed party with Nana and Grandpa!

First Car at Party #1

2009-10-16T16:56:00.000-07:00

Teagan was not into the cake. Jake on the otherhand couldn't get enough. Don't eat the plate buddy!

Teagan now owns her first car. My dad's tradition is to buy each grandkid a car on their first birthday. So here is the line up of cars so far. No one tell Teagan they just raised the age to get a driver's license in MD to age 18!

Teagan did a face plant into the steering wheel in the first shot. Wasn't really into bearing weight on her legs at that point, so she hit with full force.

April to June - 9 months old already

2009-06-20T18:21:00.000-07:00

A cookout at Juan & Steph's turned out to be very educational for Tony and Lauren who are expecting in September. Juan attempted to teach Tony how to change a diaper and feed Julia.

Onto Austin's 3rd Birthday party in late April. Lots of kiddies, lots of fun.

Teagan's cousin Juliette's First Communion in New Jersey in April.

Teagan's cousin Nick's 5th birthday party the next day!

Teagan's big girl Duck Tubby. She loves it in and out of the bath.

Teagan's first wedding in Ohio in May. Chris's cousin Brian married a fabulous gal named Andrea.

Cooking out at Grandmom's house in May.

First trip to the "Maryland Zoo" with the cousins. It will always be the Baltimore Zoo to the natives.

Up in NJ for Brianne's 8th grade graduation and Confirmation. Oops, no pics of Brianne.

Testing out Brooke's graduation gift. Looks fit for college after the test run.

Celebrating high school graduation and Brooke's B-day in early June.

Our little angel is such a big girl now. Teagan says mama and dada and seems to know who it's referring to. She says these words along with agaaa, and bababa. She is very ticklish now on her sides and her thighs. It's so cute to hear her laugh. She's been fussy a lot recently because she is teething. One tooth is through now, but the rest are being buggers. Her cousin Jake has almost 7 teeth now! Teagan is not crawling yet, no interest really. It appears she will be tapping her linguistic skills first. So Jake will crawl around and Teagan will talk his ear off.

Teagan doesn't much care for food with textures yet other than fruit. We'll keep trying. She is currently a big fan of drinking out of cups and water bottles. She seems to hate bottles now. She also loves pulling the hair of her cats. Cole is very tolerate, Sedona stays clear. Hope you enjoyed the update, not sure when the next one will pop up. Momma is going into private practice so free time will only become more infrequent.

First Easter

2009-04-15T18:22:00.000-07:00

We were in NJ for Easter this year. The first time Mommy had ever been in NJ for Easter too.
Teagan woke up ready to celebrate. We calmed the hair down slightly for church though. Teagan wore her little dress from Italy. Good thing we had a girl after buying that dress!

Off to Uncle Mike's where my cousins entertained me with their dancing.

Group Photo!

2009-04-15T18:18:00.000-07:00

Yeah, still working on the coordination of a good group photo. But oh what fun to have so many little ones running around. Teagan will never run out of playmates!

Cherry Blossoms

2009-04-15T18:02:00.000-07:00

Teagan experienced her first Cherry Blossom Festival at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC on April 4. Aunt Suzy joined us and we met up with The Crauns, Lucases, and Michauds. It was so beautiful and Teagan loved the blossoms. It was so cute to watch her reach for the pretty flowers. It was very windy which made nursing and walking quite the task! Teagan also enjoyed tearing the rest of mommy's hair out of her pony tail at the end of the walk. The metro was also a fun experience that day. Daddy nearly took out several passengers with the backpack of baby gear. Overall a wonderful day with family and friends.

6 Months Flies By!

2009-03-26T18:10:00.000-07:00

Teagan is already 6 months old. St. Patty's Day to be exact! Now Teagan can sit up by herself. She can say bababa, and blah blah blah, but I think is just teasing us with the possibility of mama or dada. She loves to use her voice. She sounds like a whistle quite frequently too.
Teagan is also eating lots of rice cereal and fruits and veggies. She loves her high chair and her exersaucer. She still sleeps like a dream 7:30p to about 6am.
She has been quite the active baby over the past 6 months. She has experienced Thanksgiving and Christmas, her first New Years, Valentines Day, March Madness, flew to Florida, went to a play, first and second haircuts, and baby school. She has made of several masterpieces at school with paint with her hands and feet! She apparently loves tickle time and playing with the phone at school. She does not take good naps at school. Luckily she takes great naps at home! She has 3 more friends being born this year who will be in her grade and 2 friends on the way in September.

Blah Blah Blah

2009-03-04T18:08:00.000-08:00

Check out Teagan's first words! OK, well... it kind of sounds like "Blah Blah Blah", so it probably doesn't count. But it is entertaining.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITpZVD7_Kbk

First vacation

2009-02-28T17:29:00.000-08:00

Teagan took her first vacation and plane ride last week. She went to visit Nana and Grandpa while they were staying at The Villages in Florida. She also got to visit her friend Brooke for the first time. Here are some highlights.

Waiting for our plane in BWI airport, and doing our best impersonation of a plane.

Hanging out with Nana and Grandpa. Nana fed her and Grandpa entertained her.

We then drove over to Melbourne to visit Brooke, Liz and Chris. It's safe to say that Teagan was taken with Brooke from the get go.

During our visit we went to the zoo. Teagan spent all but the last 10 minutes sleeping, as evidenced in this photo (note the giraffe in the far background).

She finally woke up in time to see some monkeys and birds, and to get some photos.

We went back to The Villages to spend one more day with the grandparents. The weather was a little nicer so Teagan got to show off her movie star look.

Catching Up with Teagan

2009-02-28T16:56:00.000-08:00

Sorry we haven't posted in a while. Here are some pics from the past month of so...

Yes, it's safe to say the brainwashing has begun. Teagan had to show her colors when a Duke fan is due to come over.

Dad knows when Teagan has a good idea.

Are you two done with dinner, yet? It's about time!

She still has the crazy hair.

Mom always makes sure Teagan is bundled up.

In Teagan's new favorite toy... the exersaucer.

Gettin ready to go hand out the community newsletter

Teagan is now eating lots of good food like rice cereal and some fruits and veggies. She's mostly successful at keeping it in her mouth

Teagan's Baptism

2009-01-15T17:06:00.000-08:00

Time to wake up! Jesus is waiting.

On January 11, 2009, Teagan was baptized at First Presbyterian Church of Howard County. Everyone in the congregation was so surprised she was so calm. The pastor poured water all over her head. It was dripping from all angles and Teagan didn't make a peep. Then the pastor walked her around the sactuary and she still didn't make a peep. The sermon ended up being about the rapturous baptism that Jesus had when the clouds tour apart and God soared in to Jesus. So then I thought, was he trying to make her cry so it would go along with the sermon? I'm sure not!

Well after church there was a certain playoff game for the Giants. Hence the change in wardrobe immediately for Chris.

Then came a wardrobe change for Teagan. Too bad it couldn't bring the Giants more luck. Jake enjoyed it though! He kept swinging his arm in Teagan's face and Teagan kept opening her mouth to suck on it. Too cute. So we eventually tucked his arm underneath her.

Next shot is what I like to call "Robo babies." Aren't stuffed bunnies that interesting to all of us!

Nick and Kristina are 6 months apart. So they made great friends. Even if there was a small difference in size.

Shy boy Zach.

Cheering on the Giants with the cousins - Zach, Juliette, and Kristina. There was quite a bit of rotation in that chair to hold Teagan. Who can resist?

First Haircut

2009-01-06T17:21:00.000-08:00

On January 4, Teagan got her first hair cut courtesy of mommy. Mommy was worried about the baby mullet developing as Teagan has crazy growing hair!

Teagan says "Who's hair are you cutting?"

First we have to wash your hair baby. Then allow it to dry. Clothing optional.

Then we entertain you with Football on the TV while we snip away.

Then we have a cute little baby with a cute little do.

Now you are all nice and neat for Jesus. Baptism awaits you on Sunday darling baby.

New Years 2009

2009-01-04T16:25:00.000-08:00

Well New Years was not quite as exciting. The first 2 pics are at 5pm. The second 2 are at 10pm. So we went to bed. However, Teagan still has a stuffy nose, so it happened that she woke up at 11:50pm to get a little drink and have her nose suctioned. So Chris and I got to see the ball drop after all. Happy 2009!

You better be good in 2009. Teagan has her eye on you!

(Or is eating her towel after her bath on New Year's day.)

First Christmas

2009-01-04T15:36:00.001-08:00

You know the drill by now. Every holiday is multiplied by three for us. So Teagan had 3 first Christmases. We started at my mom's on Christmas day. We went to Christmas Eve service with my mom and then stayed the night there. We waited for my sister and her gang to show up to open presents. Meanwhile we just posed Teagan in as many shots around the tree as possible. Teagan cuddled with Jacob when he arrived. A 3-D version of Polar Express led to the fun pic with 3-D glasses of Nick and Tara (aka Brenda). The day was certainly memorable, even if mommy forgot her Christmas dress and any tights. Daddy drove the hour back home on Christmas night to retrieve the items for Christmas in New Jersey the next day.

Off to New Jersey to spend Friday morning with Nana and Grandpa. We left MD early, so a bath was in order when we got to NJ. Nana certainly didn't mind. Note the Elvis hair-do in the onsie after the bath shots. The aunts, uncles, and cousins arrived later and had much fun holding and playing with Teagan. Teagan also received her first "Giants" gear just in time for the Superbowl!

On Saturday, we went to Chris's cousin Alexis's house to see more relatives and introduce Teagan to many. It was great to see everyone, especially Chris's cousin Brian and his family who were up from North Carolina. The back of Joe was the best we could do to immortalize the volume of his hair-do.

After returning home Saturday night so Daddy could volunteer at church on Sunday morning, we headed to my sisters to have Christmas with my Dad. Petey, Jay's sister's dog, was visiting and very interested in everyone and being on the couch. Note my foot holding him back. KFC was the menu as we were all pretty tired by the end of Sunday.

Overall, a wonderfully busy four days not soon to be forgotten. Couldn't ask for a more wonderful life.

First Thanksgiving Journey

2008-12-03T16:08:00.000-08:00

So we started in Maryland at Grandmom and Pa's house. I watched sports with Daddy, blew out my diaper, and shared my bouncer fish with my cousin Jacob so everyone could eat. Didn't quite get a good family photo. Mama is too tall to sneak in at the last minute. But the process leading up to the photo was memorable... babies crying, dogs running in...

Then off to New Jersey to see Nana, Grandpa, and all my aunts, uncles, and cousins. Uncle Mike carried me all around the living room when I got fussy. I met and played with all my cousins. I also got to see a great play by Juliette, Zach, and Kristina about Star Wars. I had quite a little mohawk after nursing that night, but was quite cute waking up from my nap at Nana and Grandpa's the next morning. Nana and Grandpa gave me my first sink bath in their kitchen. Only video of the bath, no pics.

Finally off to Aunt Rachel and Uncle Jay's to see Granddad. I unexpectedly cooperated for a family photo. Zach still had a cast on and was not happy about the photo.

Sports with dad

2008-12-03T16:03:00.000-08:00

I can't complain about Chris watching sports when Teagan looks so cute watching with him.

Two Months Old Already!

2008-11-20T18:48:00.000-08:00

Well 2 months has flown by. Teagan turned two months old on November 17. She now weighs
11 lbs 1oz and is 24 inches tall. These pictures were taken after she bravely endured 4 shots! I believe she was setting up for a speech to us all about how to treat a princess, but then realized she can't talk yet. Better luck in a couple years baby girl!

Audiology reunion

2008-11-20T18:35:00.000-08:00

Meeting my fellow Audiology Docs.

Practice for Christmas pictures

2008-11-20T18:25:00.000-08:00

Probably won't make the Christmas card, but it was worth a shot.

First Costume Party

2008-10-20T11:03:00.000-07:00

Saturday October 18 we went to our first costume party. Mom was Dorothy, Dad was the Scarecrow and Teagan was Toto. Although actually the cat costume in the store looked more like Toto than the dalmation looking dog costumes in the store. Since the costume mommy wore was not conducive to breastfeeding, she had to hike her skirt up to feed. Therefore, shorts and a nursing tank top were a must under that outfit! Fun was had by all!

Our friends Sabrina and Victoria, Sofia, and Juan with Julia.

Our hosts Jen and Matt. What form!

One Month Old

2008-10-20T10:47:00.000-07:00

Perhaps a modeling pose or she's running in her sleep.

Can't go a day without a pucker!

She loves to stare off to the side. There is always something more interesting than the camera.

You'd never know I had a ton of hair with this cute outfit. As Zach Adornetto would say "I'm headed downtown to the milk station after mom is finished with this camera thing."

Teagan is a pretty good sleeper now. She usually goes 4 hours at night in between feedings. She makes up for it during the day though! She loves to coo and loves taking a bath. She is also a big fan of the vacuum cleaner. If she gets overstimulated and can't calm herself down, then the vacuum will take care of that! She also learned a new trick which Chris named "Fissed". This is where you toot while you are going pee pee with your diaper off. This results in a perfect spray towards daddy.

Daddy's little girl

2008-10-14T11:05:00.001-07:00

It's official, Teagan is a spitting image of Chris as a baby. She's definitely this daddy's little girl.

(Teagan, with her famous pucker look, is working on how to smile for the camera)

(Chris in 1975)

How this little miracle arrived

2008-10-13T16:28:00.000-07:00

For those wondering, this is how little Teagan made her entrance into this world...

I left work early for my 39 week appointment on Monday, September 16, 2008. I was actually about to see a patient for one of the ENTs when I realized I was going to be late for my own appointment. So I snagged an intern and asked my coworker Dawn to supervise her so I could run! Little did I know I wouldn't be back!

At my OB appointment, I met midwife Jeannie Prins for the first time. She told me I was 3 cm dialated and asked if I was having any contractions. I told her no, because I didn't know what they felt like. We joked that she was on call at the hospital on Wednesday and we would make it a date to have the baby then.

Chris was playing basketball at the time of my appointment and I told him I would only interrupt him if I was in labor. So I didn't tell him until he got home around 6pm. Needless to say I had to call my family and tell them she might be on her way even if it really could have been another week. I hadn't been measured internally prior to that appointment so there was no way of knowing how long I had been 3cm dilated.

Tuesday morning I woke up with menstrual cramps. I took a shower, but they didn't get any better. So I called out of work and Chris worked from home. The cramps persisted throughout the day but went away that night.

Wednesday I woke up without having had any cramps all night. So I took a shower to get ready for work. I wasn't going to let anything stall labor this point! After my shower though, the cramps came back. I went downstairs to eat, but couldn't finish my cereal because the cramps got worse. I never felt tightening or constriction, only intense pain, like cramps, in my lower belly. They started occurring more intensely every 10 minutes. I grabbed my exercise ball and rocked on it while I wrote an e-mail to work titled "Cara's loose ends". It was only 6:30am, so no one was in to answer the phones yet. Meanwhile, Chris was upstairs getting ready for work. I almost went up and grabbed him a couple times. The contractions were still pretty short though.

When he came down, I told him I thought I was in labor. So he worked from home again. We monitored the contractions as they got more intense and closer together. By 9:30am we called the midwife because they were 5 minutes apart and a pretty good intensity. I couldn't handle them on my own. So every time I got one Chris had to be my leaning post and help me breath while I rocked side to side or on my exercise ball. I got put on hold by the OB's office! So I said let's just go to the office. By the time we passed the mall (on the way), they picked up the phone and I told them I thought I was in labor. The generously told me to "come on in". When we got there we probably waited at least 20 mins for someone to see us. Chris was wondering if they missed the message that I was in labor. Midwife, Stephanie Rhodes checked me and said I was 6 cm dilated and 80% effaced. So she sent me to the hospital. She also noted the baby was probably about 7lbs based on her feeling my belly.

So by 10:30am we were checking in the hospital. To our dismay, the L&D room did not have a DVD player, only a VCR. Since the only movie we brought was Christmas Vacation, that was what we put in! It's a classic. My mom, aunt Susan, and sister, Brooke came down to the hospital while I was still in labor. Susan arrived first and chatted with me while Chris was making calls and getting different things from the car. By the time my mom and Brooke arrived, contractions were pretty intense. By about 2:30pm, the contractions were on top of each other and the "lulls" in between were seconds of less intense pain. I was scared of the epidural because I didn't like the thought of not having control over the movement of my legs. BUT WOW! When you are hurting that bad for over an hour, you can reconsider a lot! So I endured 8cm dilation for about an hour before I told Chris I needed help. They checked me again and said I was still 8cm but 100% effaced. I asked for the epidural as they said narcotics were not an option at this point. The nurse folded me in half basically and Dr. Payne gave me the good stuff. I had such relief afterwards. I was able to nap for an hour when I woke up to pressure. The midwife, Jeannie, checked me and said we were ready to have a baby! So our date really did happen that Wednesday. Chris cued up "Breathe" by Sia on the CD player and hit repeat. So I got to listen to my favorite song while giving birth. They set up the mirror down below and the party began. I pushed for about an hour and a half. The epidural doesn't take away a lot of the pain during the actual pushing! And wow did I feel the episiotomy incision. Also, no one told me I had a button I could push for an extra bolt of relief until they were stitching me up! The nurses kept telling me to look at the mirror to see the baby's hair! And I was, but only for a second before I had to close them to push. Apparently some people can focus on the mirror and pushing. I am not one of them. Chris got to hold one of my legs, which was a little more than he bargained for, but he did awesome. He even cut the cord once she was out. Then he was exposed to the aftermath which made him nervous. But it was all under control soon enough. I couldn't stop shaking right afterwords. They covered me with warm blankets, which helped even though I wasn't cold. More likely my body was in shock, for good reason. I kept apologizing to the midwife trying to stitch me up that I was sorry I couldn't stop shaking for her. I also felt every stitch! That was awesome too!

I held little Teagan after she popped out but she was drowsy and didn't want to nurse. So we spent a little time together and then they took her to the nursery. I was stunned by all the dark hair. Since she was an 8 pounder, they were worried about her sugar levels, but she was fine. The sad part was that I didn't see her again until 9pm that night. Meanwhile, they brought me dinner. Family came back in, including my nearly 39 week pregnant sister, Rachel, whom they were likely making a chart for at the nurse's station. She later delivered, Jacob Christopher, two days later.

It was a busy day, but ended in quite a blessing - Teagan Isabella.

All Teagan, All the Time

2008-10-05T14:27:00.000-07:00

More pictures of the little one. No truth to the rumor People magazine offered $15 million for these pics.

Two week update

2008-09-30T13:14:00.000-07:00

Teagan will be two weeks tomorrow. The following are some pictures, including her first visit from her cousin Jacob Christopher Mullins, who was born two days after Teagan. Also included are pictures from her first bath.

Pictures from the first bath

Sleeping on Nana and Grandpa

Cousin Jacob

Teagan and Jacob

Jacob and his oldest brother Nicholas

More pics of Teagan

More Pics of Teagan

2008-09-22T08:27:00.001-07:00

Just some more pics of the little one. She's doing great!

Introducing Teagan Isabella Adornetto

2008-09-19T17:16:00.000-07:00

Teagan Isabella Adornetto was born on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 5:22pm. She was 20 3/4 inches and weighed 8 lbs, 1 oz. She came home for the first time on Friday at around 3pm.
Both Teagan and mommy are doing well. Here are some photos:

Just after delivery:

Teagan was born with a lot of hair. Take a look at the highlights!

Teagan and mom and dad

Teagan with Grandma

Eyes open (not that easy to get, she gets her sleeping habits from her mother)

Teagan gets dressed up for the first time

Teagan with Nana and Grandpa

More pics:

Chillin' at home

The Incredible Growing Baby

2008-09-13T07:34:00.000-07:00

1 Month

2 Months

3 Months

4 Months

Week 20

Week 23

Week 24

Week 26

Week 34

Week 36

Week 38