Meeting More Family

Bob's mom (Dottie to Addie) came down for the week last week to help out with Addie. It was definitely nice to have someone else around the house and she also babysat Addie so that I could run a few errands, which was great.

My parents as well as my sister and her daughter came down Friday for the night to see Addie. Nana was excited to see her again and see how much she had grown!We have always talked about how small Olivia has been, but for the first time this weekend, she looked big! Olivia was a little confused about Addie's name...apparently she thought we were saying her name was "Daddy" because she kept referring to baby Dada. Olivia also got to meet her Aunt Melinda for the first time.

Poppi got to hold 2 grandaughters at once!

Daddy reading Addie a book. He was trying to take advantage of one of her few awake moments in the day.

A full body shot. This picture makes her look so much older to me with the pants on. Addie is growing a lot. As of Friday, she weighed 5 lbs. 10 oz. She has outgrown almost all of her preemie clothes, but is not quite filling out the newborn clothes yet. I'm sure she will soon!

Daddy rocking Addie on the front porch.

I've started taking Addie on walks in the morning, so here she is in her stroller. It puts her right to sleep.

Our 5 Pounder

Addie had her newborn doctor's appointment this morning, so she was measured and weighed and our little girl has grown! She now weighs 5 lb. 3 oz., so almost a full pound more than she weighed when she was born! She continues to eat well, so we expect her to continue to grow and catch up with other newborns (she is in the 3rd percentile for weight right now, but that compares her with full-term newborns).

I don't know if you can fully tell here, but Addie is definitely getting a double chin. It seems like the majority of the weight she is putting on is in her face-definitely not her arms or legs-they just keep getting longer! She is 18 and 3/4 inches long. Bob and I think she has changed so much already-it's crazy.

Here is Addie holding her Daddy's wedding rind-it fits perfectly in the palm of her hand.


Addie got to meet some cousins as well as an aunt and an uncle this weekend. This is her cousin, Michaela, who is 5 years old and loved to give her kisses.
This is 2-year-old cousin Trevor's first meeting. He was constantly asking where the baby was when he was here. He loved to just touch her.

The whole Clarke family: Uncle J.R., cousin Trevor, cousin Michaela, and Aunt Jennifer.

Just lounging on the couch in her diaper.

Easter and First Bath

Bob and I colored eggs for Addie which she was really excited about.

Bob's parents got Addie her first Easter basket. There were plastic eggs in the basket, but they were empty this year. Hopefully next year she will be able to enjoy some Easter candy in them. The outfit Addie is wearing here was an Easter outfit. The little bunnies on her feet were supposed to be mittens, but we were able to squeeze them onto her feet for the picture. That hat on her head was way too big for her, so it didn't stay on long.
Addie had her first bath at home on Tuesday. The first thing she did when she was put in the tub was pee in the water, then she proceeded to scream until it was over. As you can see from the picture, Addie has been gaining weight (check out the belly)-she is up to 4 lbs. 9.5 oz.

Addie got really cold during bathtime, so she got to cuddle for a while afterwards to warm up.

Pictures of Addie

Our arrival at the hospital-the 2nd hospital we were admitted to. Thankfully, the doctor let us run home before we checked in so that we could have a few things with us for our stay.



Here she is! We didn't think we would get any pictures of her in the operating room due to possible complications, but everything turned out great and Bob got some good pictures right away.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to get this picture turned, but here is our first family picture. Not the greatest picture of each of us, but we were all very happy!


Here are all of our waiting room guests. Nate was with us in the first hospital we checked into, then met us at the next hospital. He was the first one there Saturday morning, ready to meet his newest neice. Abigail's parents drove up Friday as soon as they heard what was going on and Bob's parents came early Saturday morning in time for the c-section. We were thankful to have family there on such short notice!



This is Addie in the NICU. She was there for her size and, as you can see, had a lot of wires attached to her.


This shows where Addie's IV had been-it was so sad. It also shows just how tiny her hand is in comparison to bob's hand. Everything about her is so tiny!


Here is an overview of Addie's little corner in the NICU. She was one of the healthiest babies in there. Every time we went to see her, we were reminded of how blessed we were that Addie did not have any health problems. There were tons of babies in the NICU that had been there for weeks and months.

There's a little smile! Addie smiles at the most random times-mostly when she is sleeping. We wonder what she could be dreaming about that would make her smile. Milk?




Over the last week we have caught on to some of Addie's favorite things to do (other than eat, sleep, pee, and poop). This picture captures one of those things: putting her hands on her face. She is very aware of her hands and loves to scratch herself with them as well as suck on them. Other favorite things of Addie's are having the hiccups (she gets them multiple times a day, as she also did in the womb) and having one eye open and one eye closed.


Addie had jaundice, so the doctors said she needed phototherapy, which meant put Addie under some bright lights. She had to wear this mask while under the lights. It was so sad when we had to put the mask on her while she was awake and trying to look around. I'm glad those days of phototherapy are over!


Just a full body shot. It was hard to dress Addie with so many wires attached. What was really annoying was that the monitor her wires were hooked up to would beep anytime the wires moved on her body very much. She was glad to get them off on Thursday.


Ready to come home. The carseat seemed to swallow her right up!


The Angove family of 3 about to take their first ride in the dar together. Addie had to take a carseat test before we left. Basically, they just put her in the carseat for 30 minutes and monitor her oxygen levels to see if she minds it. Well, they took her out of the carseat after 10 minutes because she had already failed the test. Apparently, the carseat stressed her out, so she has to have someone sit right next to her anytime she is in the car.


We made it home!

I thought this was a funny picture to end with. The bottle looks massive, but it actually only hold just over 2 ounces.

Addie May: Born April 4, 2009

We have decided to start a blog in order to keep friends and family connected to Addie. We plan to upload lots of pictures here of her first week of life very soon. As for now, I will just give a little summary of her first week of life. As most of you know, Addie was born Saturday, April 4th at 9:30 in the morning via c-section. She came out crying and completely healthy-against what the doctor's had warned us could have happened. She spent the next 2 days in the NICU nursery, then 3 days in the progressive care nursery. Every time the doctor's said she needed to be able to do something (gain weight, get her jaundice numbers down, eat well), she did it. She has surprised everyone over and over again and ended up coming home with us on Thursday, April 9th (doctor's had originally said it would probably be about 2 weeks). Since being home, Addie has gained weight. She was born 4lbs. 4 oz., then lost some weight while in the hospital (down to 4lbs. 2.2 oz.). Yesterday, we had to take her in to the pediatrician to be weighed and she is up to 4lbs. 6.5 oz., so she is gaining quickly! We have been trying to keep Addie on the same schedule she was on in the hosoital, eating every 3 hours, but she has struggled with that at night some. We are hoping she will adjust to life here at home quickly and we will all start getting a little more sleep at night. That is the jist of Addie's first week of life...pictures to follow!