Pics from Last Weekend!

Here are some long-awaited (Mom!) pics I took of Addie this weekend. She's getting so big! She's wearing a 9-month old outfit today. Sheesh! And we've successfully had both peas and green beans this week. She's a little mad-girl and grabs the spoon and shoves it in her mouth. Making a huge mess, of course. But we are very proud of her!

Love,

Jen

5 Months Old!

Wow. We haven't posted here in a while. Sorry everyone. To make amends, here's a picture of Addie on her 5 month birthday on Loon Lake in NW Michigan. It was her first pontoon boat ride!

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Here's some cute pics we got of Addie Sunday morning. I threw in a picture of one of the flower beds outside the house. It's so beautiful here right now!

Love,
Jen

Addie is 2 Months Old!

Mmmm! Rice Cereal!

My mom requested these photos, but I thought I would share them with a few more "interested parties." Enjoy!

We are introducing rice cereal already in hopes that she will sleep more at night. So far, no luck. But we'll keep trying. :-)

Love,Jen

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Easter Dress

Hi Everyone!

Here are some pics that Sash and I took yesterday. She wasn't really in the mood (screaming) through most of it... I think she likes wearing a dress as much as her mom does. But we were able to get a few.

Love to all,

Jen

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Lee and her mom Jeri stopped by to say hello (at some point; I'm afraid I've had a touch of the flu and didn't even get a chance to see them).


Addie's also getting the hand, no pun intended, of using those little fingers!

Happy Valentine's Day!

More Pics (Finally)!

Hello Everyone! Sorry for the hiatus there. Posting from home is a bit of a chore, and things have been hectic at the office as well. But finally, here are some more pics!

Here's Jen's Mom, Grandma Shields, meeting Addie for the first time!



I must say that people ask me quite often how our mutt Charlie is with Addie. He is absolutely wonderful! He gets very anxious when she is upset, and looks up at us with his ears up, whining, encouraging us to care for her as expeditiously as possible. He also lay down next to her, and even wanted to put a brotherly paw on her, but with his nails, we were unable to let him do so, and he became a bit confused, the poor mutt.


Well anyway, I hope you enjoyed today's pics, and also I hope we'll get a chance to post some more soon!

We're Home!

Sorry we didn't get a chance to post yesterday, but we all made it home yesterday afternoon! Addie enjoyed her first ride in the car, but she thought the sun was a tad on the bright side. Once we got settled in, Jason and Jo joined us for a gourmet pizza dinner (aka Papa John's), bearing, quite possibly the largest stuffed animal I have ever seen, and what is every part of roughly 8 times the size of Adelyn! Everyone is doing well. I'm mainly trying not to let Jen over do it (yeah, wish me luck, right?!). She's doing so well with the baby and working on breastfeeding, I'm so proud of her. I knew she'd be a great mom!

We're also trying to figure out the best way to post pics from home. Seems that our Internet connections (slow and slower) are both reducing the quality of the images that we upload, even in "non-accelerated" mode. So we'll figure something out. Meanwhile, enjoy these pics, despite their apparent low resolution.

Packing Up!

Sorry we don't have any pictures this time, but we're getting ready to head home! Both Addie and Jen have gotten clean bills of health from the docs so we're going to start checking out of the hospital. We'll definitely post homecoming pics later on today. Thanks again to everyone for everything! We are so fortunate in so many ways. Ok, back to packing. More later!

More Visitors!

Many thanks to Daniela and Lee for coming by the hospital this afternoon! It was very sweet of you guys to come and visit, and Addie sure enjoyed meeting you!

All signs are pointing to going home tomorrow. We have had a fantastic stay. Everyone here at Prince William Hospital has been so nice, so warm, friendly, full of genuine concern and compassion, completely competant, and all around first rate. Having said that, we are both ready to take our little bundle home with us, and I'm sure Charlie would appreciate our coming home full time as well. We've felt bad that we haven't been able to spend as much time with him as usual this week, but we'll make it up to him! Besides, he gets to see Grandma tomorrow too, so that will be a treat for him for sure!

Photos from this morning

Just thought I'd post a bunch of pics I took this morning en mass. Enjoy! Thanks again to everyone for all their good wishes, replies, emails, phone calls, visits, etc. We are overwhelmed by the love from everyone!

iPhotos from Lee

Many thanks to Lee for stopping by and posting the following pics from her snazzy iPhone!