Addison Elizabeth, Day 2

-
Because Addison is in the NICU and will probably stay for 4-6 weeks, she cannot have unlimited visitors. In fact, Michael and Liz had to choose 4 people, and only those 4 people get to visit. How fantastic is it that I'm the oldest sibling who happens to live in town and also happens to have a camera? :)

So here is Miss Addi on her second day in this world.

123111_1

See that pacifier and how it's almost as big as her head?
123111_2

Look at that hair!
123111_3

I seriously adore the hair.
123111_4

There is no way to describe how tiny she is until you actually see her, but here's a small indication.
123111_5

That is one tiny tush.
123111_6

123111_7

Prepare to see a whole lot of Addison from here on out. :)

Comments

Barbara said…
She is beautiful!! Congratulations!! This early birth makes her a "year" older than what was expected. Fun times ahead!
10:54 AM
X said…
she is a tiny adorable baby! congratulations. how wonderful you have the camera ;) good news will just keep coming!!!
11:15 AM
Cherie said…
What a precious Christmas blessing.
Congrats to your sis and bil and to you too.
12:57 PM
Renee T. said…
Look at all that pretty hair...I love it :)

Renee
9:53 PM
Amy said…
She is so precious! And I love all of that dark hair...perfect for bows! Keep posting pics of Miss Addison all you want!
7:58 PM
Christine @ 12,450miles said…
Wait... what are saying about struggling to capture how tiny she is!? I think you did a great job here!! She's beautiful. (As is that white balance. You rock!)
9:46 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Scoop

-
Our meeting with Dr. W today was fine. Not encouraging, but fine. I don't know why I expected better news, but I think it's hard not to hope that the bad news you hear is somehow wrong; that they've somehow made a mistake. Basically, the cancer is still the same as prior to chemo. Possibly a little larger, but he said it was hard to tell. He was glad that it had not returned to my bowel or colon (because that was a large part of my initial surgery), and my chest and lungs are still clear (apparently, this is the next place the cancer would go). It does not change my stage of cancer (still 3c), and remission is still a possibility, but he said that it would be very tough to get there.  There are several more drugs that we can try, which is good, but unfortunately they each have a success rate of only 25%. It's a little too early to be considering clinical trials because hospitals who hold the trials like for the patients to have tried the more main-stream drugs firs...
Read more

Scenes from the Soccer Field

-
Image
So I may not have apologized yesterday about the number of pictures, but I am definitely going to today. Because  coughcough thirty coughcough just might be excessive. And probably my family will be the only ones who look at all of them. But I don't care. :) By the way, we completely lost and did not even score a goal yet again. Rory tried really, really hard. This team was head and shoulders bigger than we are, way more coordinated than 4 year olds should be and their coach kept their A team in the entire game. Even after scoring some 15 goals. Oh, well. Rory still enjoyed herself. Which way is the goal again? Notice her position in this picture. Notice how she passed the girl next to her? No, I am not competitive at all. Not sure where the other team is. Oh, wait. There they are. See how much bigger they are? You'll notice she almost always runs with her mouth open. Either that or her tongue hang...
Read more

Late Night Ramblings

-
Image
1. Thanks to Andrea for driving me to chemo today. I'm always a little anxious on the way in and the very few times I've had to drive myself, it's been a little lonely coming home. But not today. 2. A fellow chemo patient today thought I was in my 20's. Score.  ("score" would be a term I'm borrowing from Becky ) 3. I did not wear a scarf today to chemo, and all the nurses and doctors did a double take since they didn't recognize me. So wierd. I recognize me with hair, bald, and with a little puppy fluff. 4. Dr. W. is adding Avastin , a new drug which will help prevent cancer cells from growing, to my current Gemzar routine. Good news is that it won't make me feel any worse. Bad news is that in a small percentage of patients it causes severe side effects involving blood clots, kidney failure, ulcers, and holes in your bowel. Good times. 5. I've been instructed to head directly to my primary care doctor for blood pressure medic...
Read more