The beginning of our first week...

alone. Well, our first full week alone. We've had a lot of family in town the last couple weeks. It was wonderful having our parents here to help us. Scott will be out of town one night this week as well! Addison is three weeks old today. She is really starting to show her personality and is growing so quickly! Here is a 3-week old picture of her in the Clemson hat that her "aunt" Monica made her and the bootie's Sitti's friend Dicksi made and another picture of her and Daddy relaxing this past Saturday.

2 weeks!

Addison turned two weeks old yesterday and Scott, and I really can't believe it. She is just so amazing, and we really can't remember what life was like without her.

People keep asking me about her harness. She has hip dysplasia. She got fitted for a harness last week. It is moderate therefore we were sent to an ortho peds specialist. He is really awesome! We met with him this past Friday, and he said Addison is already making great progress. We aren't allowed to take off her harness - I talked him into one bath a week. She already got poop on the foot part but we can't take it off to wash it since its hand wash and air dry and he was really strict about it staying on her. We got most of it off... We had an ultrasound and consult in the hospital. Its from the breech position she was in so we are really happy I didn't go into labor with her since it may have dislocated. Her doctor said she will probably wear it for another month or so depending on her progress. He seems confident that she will be completely healed soon though. Basically, her hip ball-socket aren't quite lining up so having her in this frog like position helps the ligaments and tissue around her hips tighten up and get back into place. According to the information he gave us, 4 out of 1000 babies have this and most are girls that were breech. It doesn't hurt her, and we've gotten use to changing the diapers around the harness. He said to treat her as we normally would and that she isn't any more fragile than a normal baby. She makes the funniest faces!


My parents and sister visited the first week we were home. Scott's parents are here all this week. Addison got to meet Aunt Lauren, Uncle Derrick, and Cousin Elise this last weekend. We couldn't get over how much Elise has grown in the last couple of months! I wish we lived closer to them. Elise and Addi had fun striking a pose for the camera!

Addison is 1 week old!

We can't believe Addison is a week old today! She had her 1-week visit with the pediatrician and everything looks great. She is already back to her birth weight plus 1-oz (7lbs 14oz). She also gained an inch and a quarter and is now 20 inches. We think she is going through a growth spurt because she is "starving" today.



Whitney came by and took pictures this morning. She posted some of them on her blog at

http://whitneyfletcherphotography.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/addison-a-k-a-poppy/
They turned out great and I can't wait to see the rest of them.