Happy Fall

Here are some recent pictures of Addison I took with the pumpkins Granna and PawPaw brought her from their visit to the pumpkin patch with Stephen and Christian. Addison is doing well and getting very spoiled with Daddy home. She will only catnap in her bed during the day, but will sleep for hours in bed with dad or with someone holding her. She has spent the last 2 afternoons with my aunt and my mom while I took Wayne to doctor's appointments. Yesterday was his 6 month cancer checkup. Still waiting on lab and x-ray results, but everything looks good. Today he returned to his surgeon. He was released to go back to work next Wednesday which is the same day I will return to work. Addison goes back to the doctor on Monday. I'm excited to see how much she weighs now. I know she is over 8 pounds and may be close to 9 pounds by then. She is sleeping better at night--waking after about 5 hours and again about 3 hours later. Much better than waking 3 times a night which she was doing after spending the night away from hom. She is still loving her bath. Her latest trick is peeing on mommy after I get her out of the bath and have her sitting in my lap wrapped in a towel to dry her off. Addison is starting to grab things near her hands including her bib, my shirt while feeding, and my hair. She's holding her head up pretty well and loves to look around. She is such a sweet baby and we are enjoying her so much!!!

All Dressed Up

Little House on the Prairie--here I come! :-) This picture's for you Nana.
This was Addison's dress for the wedding. We got lots of comments about Addison's "shoe" socks. She has them in 6 different colors. Thanks Cori!
All dressed up and ready for our first trip to church.

Last weekend was a busy one for us. On Saturday afternoon, we went to the wedding of Wayne's cousin. Addison was so cute all dressed up. She was definitely the hit of the party. And on Sunday, we took Addison to church for the first time. Addison was wonderful and probably didn't even know she went because she slept from the time we got in the car headed to church until the time our lunch came after church. She has perfect timing to wake up when it's time for mommy to eat!

Daddy's Best Medicine

Napping buddies! This has been a very common sight this week as daddy recovered from surgery.

Wayne had outpatient surgery on Tuesday. We were at the hospital from 6:30am to about 4:00pm. That is the longest I have ever been away from my sweet baby. Wayne's dad was at the hospital with me and his mother stayed with Addison at our house. Thank goodness for family. By the time I got Wayne's medicine and got him settled, it was 5:30 before I got my hands on Addison. All I wanted to do was hold her. But due to a complication we ended up in the ER Tuesday night for a couple of hours. My dad met us at the hospital and took Addison to their house since they live close to the hospital. By the time we left the hospital I was a mess from lack of sleep and not seeing and holding my sweet baby much all day. But since we didn't know what the rest of the night would hold and because I was absolutely exhausted, I agreed to allow Addison to spend her first night away from us. I cried the whole way home and continued to cry until I finally fell asleep holding her blanket. Thankfully we got a pretty good night sleep and mom brought Addison back to our house by 8:30 Wednesday morning. Needless to say--all I did all day was take care of my two babies. This picture has been a common sight--Wayne sleeping with his little girl. Wayne is doing better, but still in a good bit of pain when he moves around much. He is very thankful for his pain medicine. I'm very thankful for all the help from my mom, my in-laws, and my sister-in-law. They have been wonderful to feed us and come help out when needed. I don't know what I would have done without them.

A Month Already???

Addison's first real bath-she didn't cry at all!
Addison liked being down in the water for her bath.
Addison's favorite activity--staring at the toys hanging above her activity mat
Staring up at the toys on her activity mat. She is starting to swat at the toys.

It's very hard to believe Addison has been in our lives for a month already. She continues to be a wonderful baby although keeping up with her feeding demands can be a challenge. She has been a bottomless pit for the last few days. I'm hoping it is just a growth spurt and will slow down soon. About the only time she cries now is when she is hungry and I don't respond quickly enough. She was weighed last Thursday and was up to 6 lbs, 7 oz. Hooray!!!

Addison loves her bath now that she can get all the way in the tub. She is becoming much more alert and is smiling and responding more when we talk to her. She is very attracted to visual stimuli and loves to spend time on her activity mat looking at the toys suspended above her.

I haven't had too much time to post, but I will try to catch up on some of the things we have done in the past month soon.