Happy One Month Adelaide

Today Addie is four weeks old, and because she was born in February one month old. It has been a somewhat rough but good first month - God-willing we look forward to many many more months. I took some pictures and a video today to record this special day.

Addie reading a family favourite


Theo giving Addie a kiss


Theo and Addie listening to Mommy reading


Video of Addie on her one month birthday


Theo talking about Addie

Addie's First Bath

Addie's first bath was not the most successful but still worth recording.

Adelaide in bath


The actual bath


Adelaide after bath

And we thought Theo was little...

Theo has had some major changes in his life with the birth of Addie. Our 'baby' two weeks ago is now a giant. A giant who adores his baby sister. The following picture tells the story well.

A hard week and a pretty dress

Addie has had a rough week. Last Friday night she was admitted to hospital for having 'coffee grind' spit up. After staying over night in hospital and having a lot of blood tests and examinations, Addie was allowed to return home on Saturday. The blood tests came back fine and the overall conclusion was inconclusive. We were told to return if she had any more dark spit up. Thankfully we have not had any similar spit up.

Unfortunately, that was not all the drama of the week. The midwife came on Tuesday and weighed Addie. We were upset to find out that she had lost a pound since she was born which was enough for the midwife to send us back to the hospital to be examined. The doctors again were brilliant. They sent us home with an intense feeding schedule and told us to return to the hospital on Friday to be be weighed again. Mommy and Addie took the schedule very seriously and were very tired at the end of the three days.

We are happy to report that our hard work was rewarded - God answered lots of prayers - when we were told that Addie had gained TWICE as much as they had wanted in the three days. We were very relieved. We were also told that we could resume a normal feeding schedule since Adelaide is now on the right trajectory. God-willing she will continue gaining and that we will be able to laugh about this in the future. When we heard that she gained a half pound in three days we were reassured that she was indeed our daughter! :)

In anticipation of her hospital visit today, we decided to 'dress' Addie up in her first dress (a gift from Aunt Love and Uncle Matt). Here is our half-pound heavier daughter.

Another Comment Worth Remembering

Today when Jack was admiring Addie, he commented that she looked like Esau. Charles and I were a little taken back and then asked what he meant (thinking we knew, but wanted to hear from him), and he said 'She has a hairy back and Esau was really hairy.'

Yes, like many newborns Addie has some little hair on her shoulders and back and she has reddish skin, but I hope she is a far ways away from looking like Esau. Nonetheless, I thought I should record the comment. It could come in really useful at a wedding rehearsal dinner in the future.