Happy Halloween from The Stokes!

4 Weeks Old

Amelia will be 4 weeks old tomorrow! YAY! 1 month. She is doing good overall. Her weight check last week was good and we go back to the dr. tomorrow for another weight check. Next month she has an appointment for a sonogram. The drs found that she had a hip click while we were in the hospital. A hip click is common on breech babies (plus being a girl, and first born are also factors of hip dysplasia) so that was a reason that they've asked us to take her to a specialist. The specialist said that he wants to take another sonogram and see if the hip click will require for her to wear a brace. IF she has to wear a brace then she'll have to wear it for 6 weeks 23 hours a day. Let's hope and pray that the sonogram shows that she will not require a brace.

Meeting Amelia....

Amelia has had many visitors and of course she sleeps right through the visits....which I should be grateful because it could be the opposite and her just crying. Adjusting to her has been rough but things are getting somewhat better. She had Janie, Johnny, Jamie and Kinley come visit last week.

Millie has had a hard time adjusting but it's hard on us too. She stayed over at Diva's house while I was in the hospital and they just love playing together, it's fun to watch them. Last night I took her over to Diva's again so she could get some play time.

I go to the dr. tomorrow and should be released to drive! YAY! Gloomy days and no freedom has been a bit rough on me........

Carseat Experience......

So on Tuesday was our first doctor's appointment and Matt couldn't go because he was at school. It was my first time using the car seat and my mom is far from familiar with carseats. Needless to say my poor baby girl was strapped into the carseat the wrong way (see attached picture).......I didn't realize this until a couple of days later. She didn't cry so I figured she was comfortable. We went to the doctor's visit and when he was checking her he noticed that her diaper was put on backwards! OOPS that was my fault too......I have to admit I hadn't been changing her much and haven't changed babies in general much either, embarrasing but funny at the same time.

Boppy Pillow

I found Amelia's boppy pillow today and she really enjoyed sitting in it. We're still trying to settle in, we plan on doing this over the weekend.

Getting Home

Amelia and I were discharged from the hospital on Saturday. We got home and her grandparents were at the house waiting. Matt's parents drove in from Amarillo that day and my mother arrived on Friday. The welcoming was a good one......Kristen (my neighbor) had pink balloons waiting out on our front yard and in the house. Very sweet of her! She came over as well as my other neighbor, Joanne. We also had Juan, Iris and the boys come visit.....it was a very busy afternoon, but a good one. I was beat by the end of the night.......am still a bit tired, but rested as much as I possibly could today. Debbie and Daniel were also able to come visit on Thursday for a little bit but had to leave same day (they drove in from Brownwood). Grandma and Grandpa Stokes brought Millie a gift too. Millie has been very distant with both Matt and I but is slowly coming around almost seems as if she's mad at us, so we've been giving her extra treats. Overall, Amelia has not been hard to handle this far. :D

More Pics by Demand.....

So we've been asked to add more pictures. As most of you all know I'm a photo freak so I could bombard the blog with a ton of photos, I'm just going to add a few pics and the rest I'll add to the photo blog (click on link on the right side). Once again my eyes will not stay open for pictures.....I had a droopy eye or closed eye in all my pics, this one was 1/2 way decent.....