3 Week Birthday!

Hello Everyone,

Addison is celebrating her 3 week old birthday today! Everything is going well. Addison has been growing, changing, and learning so quickly. Her first trip to the pediatrician’s office was on April 24th. She had gained back her original birth weight plus 4 ounces weighing in at 7 lbs 8 ounces. At her two week visit last week, May 2nd, she weighed in at 8 lbs 2 ounces. Last night we weighed her on our scale at home by holding her and we approximate her weight to be between 9.5 to 10 pounds. She has pretty good control with her arms and she is already trying to go places. Her whole body is filling out nicely. Her personality is showing already. She is pretty good at letting us know what she wants. She is generally a pretty content baby. She has been sleeping a 4.5 hour stretch and a 3 hour stretch at night. So I only have to get up once to feed her. Just the other night she slept for a 6 hour stretch. Addison's “half outty” belly button was revealed this past Tuesday.

Grandma Babst came to visit us for a couple weeks. She helped us out since Tim had to go back to work April 28th. She showed us how to give baby Addison massages, baths, baby exercises, and some soothing positions to hold her. Not to mention she helped make dinner! Thanks mom.

Hear are some pictures from the last couple of weeks…