Yesterday was a big day for Annabelle. We has our 10-day-old doctor appointment in which she would be weighed to see if she was back to her birth weight. Though she was 7lbs 1 oz. at birth, though she lost a few ounces 3-days post-birth, as most babies do. Due to her sleepy nature I was concerned that she was not getting enough food since according to the books she needs to feed 15 minutes each side to constitute a full feeding and this is supposed to happen 6-8 times a day! Well, miss Annabelle was not really close to those figures, which of course caused me to worry. The night before the big weigh in we had a few pep talks about being big and strong and low and behold when she hit the scales she weighed 7lbs. 3 oz! Yeah, Annabelle! Packing on the ounces - just what we want. I must say, I am starting to think all those baby books drive new mother's crazy. Though they set averages and guidelines that may be helpful for some, I am certainly not going to take them too seriously moving forward. I just need to trust my instincts, right?
Following the doctor's appointment we went for a long walk and then rested up for visitors. The ladies from Nate's work came by to meet Annabelle and gift her with what can only be described as incredible baby style. The girls brought a ton of fashion-forward darling outfits of which Alex styled to be cuffed, layered, and mix-and-matched. Annie-E can't wait to rock her new looks! Once the girls departed, Brian Teter also swung to say hello direct from Cali. He was in CT for a training and hopped a train into the city to meet our girl and watch part of the Laker game.
All in all it was a good day. The only hiccup happened when Teter went to leave and noticed our front door had been left ajar and Walter was missing. Nate began to patrol the floors looking for our adventurous escape-ee. We eventually found him up on the 6th floor keep a nice British family company...Phew... Today is back to our routine + laundry...My, babies are messy!
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