Fashion show from last week (2 weeks old)

Napping -

I like to be swaddled but I MUST have at least one hand free~

Red seems to be one of my colors-

Daddy got this outfit in the Mountains of Tennessee before I was born and this blanket is the one "Grandma Marti" made for me!

This is one of the outfits "on loan" from cousin Nola ("born 2008").

One more week and I wont be ableto fit in it anymore I think so I am wearing it alot now!

My first bath was not as bad as I thought it would be ......

and I love my Elmo towel!

Tosca is my new best friend .....

and this is my little striped number I like to romp around in at times-

Finally - My "Viva Mexico" dress -

I wore this to lunch with Heather and her friend last week at Luna de Noche -

Home....finally

Once we had our paperwork from the hospital complete we still needed the attorney paperwork signed and notarized to move forward in the courts as soon as possible. While this is currently still "in process" on this end we had the mothers blessing to leave the hospital and begin the legal proceedings. More on that soon-



So we went up to the nursery and with a little last minute instructions, changed her into her "traveling clothes", bundled her up in a blanket "Grandma Marti" made and off we went to load her in the car seat ... for the "long" five minute car ride home.


I think she actually enjoyed it!

Once home, the next task was to introduce her to Tosca. He had been warned (with all our false starts) that she was coming home..... and once his curiosity was satisfied he felt comfortable in napping with her very soon-

Waiting to Go home - 2 days

While we were waiting the two required nights to go home we ate, slept ... and pooped.

Paul and I were given a room right next to the nursery on Saturday night so we could stay close... we kind of became the "pets" of the nurse staff I think.... but maybe they are that nice to all of their patients. They certainly were to us.

"Auntie Heather" came by and brought a plant and a paper from the Day little Addie was born. Other than that, it was just us running between the nursery and taking care to make sure "mom" was comfortable and had what she needed.

We got our paperwork for the hospital finalized with her mom and hospital legal staff on Monday morning in order for Paul and I to take her home.... but first we needed some papers done for our attny too... and that seemed like it would take a while!

Addison Isabel Rakestraw-Roeder

August 2, 2008 @ 10:20am

6 lbs and 10 ounces - 18.5 inches long

After numerous false starts and late night "practice runs" to the hospital the day finally came this past Saturday.


While it is all a blur I can say it was only 1 push for her head and 1 push for her body and she was ready to go! From the "OK" to the clean up was about 20 minutes... and it was all over so fast we did not know what to do except cry a little with joy!

By a little after Noon she was ready for us to feed her and talk to her.... but she was most interested in sleeping.



We were fine with that.... our only thought was at last we were all together!