Doll Baby

Today we dressed Hadley in the precious little outfit her cousins sent us and it looked so cute, I just had to see how her little white bonnet would look with it. I could swear she looks like a little porcelain doll. :-)

6 month pics

Here's Hadley's 6 months photo shoot. She squeals in excitement when she's having her picture taken so her mouth is open in many of the shots.

6 months old

Hadley turned 6 months old on Valentine's Day. It's hard to believe that she's already half way to being a year old! We had to take her to her doctor's appointment on Tuesday and her are her latest stats:

Height: 25.83" (52th percentile)
Weight: 14lbs, 13.5 oz. (26th percentile)
Head Circumference: 17" (70th percentile)

She had to get her vaccines again and this time she had a bad reaction to one of them. Poor baby was very sore the next day and had a slightly elevated temperature. It was not a fun day for either of us. :-(

Look at that little tear...

Thankfully, she's been back to her usual self today and she even ate her first whole serving of baby food! She's tried a couple of bites here and there, but today she had a whole jar of pears. I was so proud!

My cutie pie

More pics for your (and my) enjoyment!

Sleeping champ

This week we started having Hadley sleep in her own room during the night instead of in our room with us. She has done great! She used to sleep in her Newborn Napper all the time and over the last month or so, we've tried to get her used to sleeping in her crib. She had only taken naps in her crib until a couple nights ago when we tried letting her spend the whole night in it. I was expecting some difficulties, but she did amazingly well. The first night she slept 11 hrs. straight and didn't make a peep! Last night, she slept 11-1/2 hrs straight. I have been so proud of her and definitely really happy that Rey and I are finally getting to sleep through the night.

Hadley is rolling over all the time and she actually seems to enjoy being on her belly now. Most of the time, when we lay her on her back now, she'll roll over to her belly and just hang out like that for awhile. She tries to push off with her legs and she can actually start scooting across the floor if you let her. She's not crawling yet, but I don't think it will be long!

It also looks like Hadley will be sitting up by herself soon. She's pretty good at it now, but she'll lean forward and get stuck like that. I don't think she's figured out that she can just push back up into the sitting position with her arms.

I've tried to get started again trying to feed her with a spoon this week. We had to take a break for awhile while Rey was in the hospital but I'm trying to get back into it. She does lean towards the spoon with her mouth open, but she still hasn't mastered swallowing everything she takes in. A lot of it still dribbles back down her chin but we'll keep working on it!

No more hospitals!!

The last 2-3 weeks have been really tough for us because Rey has been really sick. After about a week of having a fever and feeling more and more fatigued, he ended up being admitted to the hospital and they kept him for a week! This has been such a scary time and I haven't wanted to make a new blog posting until we actually got a diagnosis. When Rey went into the hospital he was very anemic - his blood level was only 7.4. Normal blood levels are between 13 and 14. So they gave him a blood transfusion and spent a week of running every test imaginable to find out what was causing this anemia and let me tell you....our minds were really going wild imagining the worst. It could have been cancer, a blood disorder, lupus and a number of other serious problems. Even after numerous blood tests, EKGs, a chest x-ray, stomach ultrasound, a bone marrow biopsy and a CT scan, they still didn't have an answer for us. Thankfully, everything was coming up normal, but they could not explain the anemia.

The day before Rey was released from the hospital, he met with the infectious disease doctor. She felt that he probably had a viral infection that was causing the fever and anemia so she had some more blood sent off for testing. He followed up with her yesterday, and FINALLY we got a diagnosis - a severe case of Mono. The doctor said that in rare cases mono has been known to cause anemia. Out of everything this could have been, to find out it was mono was honestly a blessing. The last couple weeks have brought a lot of stress and a lot of tears, but to know this is something that will clear up on its own and go away has been a huge relief. We had a lot of friends and family praying for us and we were so thankful for that...I'm sure it was a big help. We were also so glad my parents could help us by staying with Hadley during the day so that I could be with Rey in the hospital. It definitely gave me peace of mind to know that she was with someone who would take good care of her while I couldn't be home.

Rey is slowly beginning to get more energy and be able to get back to doing his usual things around the house. Still no heavy lifting or working out for awhile, but other than that, the doc said he could get back to doing his normal activities. After this, I am just praying that we have no more family members in the hospital for a long time. We've had THREE major health issues with my dad and Rey just in the last 6 months! I think we could all use a break!