Happy Halloween!!

Today is Addison's first Halloween!!!

This week was filled with lots of fun family time! Opa and Jojo arrived on Wednesday, and we spent the last 5 days being spoiled!! We had many walks outside, a few meals outside enjoying the beautiful weather, a night snuggling with Jojo and Opa while mommy and daddy went out with friends, and a fun Halloween party at mommy's work on Friday! At the Halloween party, Addison dressed in an adorable little pumpking outfit and got to meet the other 4 "rehab babies" born in September! She was by far the smallet baby in attendance...and slept most of the party due to nursing before and that relaxing car ride! Near the end, Addison woke up and played with babies Wesley (Kelly's), Ellie (Karl's), Molly (Courtney's) and Myra (Ali's)...so much fun! We took another rehab picture in the order we delivered (check out the earlier blog from the summer for the initial due date photo).

Addison gave Opa and Jojo their first smiles during this visit! She also got to sing fun songs like "Baby in the Mirror" and "Queen of the Mountain"-made up favorites!! Addison slept her longest stretches yet the last few days.....consistently 5-6 hour stretches during the night. Mommy got 6 hours straight of sleep last night....definitely the most since mid-pregnancy....and wow do I ever feel great today!

Last night we weighed Addison, and we are up to 9 1/2 pounds....we are now fitting in to the last of our newborn outfits and starting on our 3 month clothes...what a big girl!! :-) We are surprised by how alert she has become and by the increased number of smiles! She sits for storytime and enjoys her playtime even more each day.

On Friday morning mommy found out that she has to have surgery this Tuesday (her 30th birthday...ugh!) for her inguinal hernia developed during pregnancy! This has definitely caused some anxiety in the house and a little stress in preparations for around the clock care for Addison and mommy (during her recovery!)....but we are sure that we'll get through it and back to normal in no time! Our wonderful friend Courtney has volunteered to watch Addison on Tuesday during the surgery so that daddy can be with mommy in the hospital. We will write again post-op to let everyone know that we are doing great!!!

Enjoy the pics from the last few days of our precious peanut! :-)