4 week check up

Hailey had her 4 week check up with Dr. Phillips on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. She is definitely healthy ....she weighed 11 lbs 15 ounces. Remember, she was 9 lbs when she was born only 4 weeks and 6 days ago. Dr. Phillips said that she was in the 87 percentile, which means that out of 100 newborns she weighs more than 87 of them. There is really nothing to worry about as far as her weight is concerned, she is just a great eater. He said that as long as she is not excessively spitting up then she needs to eat that much. To be honest, she doesn't really spit up at all.

She was so good while we were there. When he started to check her out she was sleeping on the table. He thought that he heard a heart murmur but then she woke up and he had a hard time hearing it. He informed me that most heart murmurs are innocent but to be on the safe side, he was going to refer her to a cardiologist. Ofcourse, when I got home I started to read up on heart murmurs, so for those of you not sure what it is, here is a little information:

Heart Murmur Causes
Most heart murmurs are innocent: They are caused by blood flowing through healthy valves in a healthy heart and do not require treatment. However, heart murmurs can be caused by blood flowing through a damaged or overworked heart valve. Heart valve defects may be present at birth or heart valve disease may result from other illnesses, such as rheumatic fever, heart disease, heart attacks, or infective endocarditis.

She has an appt on March 3rd at 1:45 pm with the cardiologist. Lets hope that if she actually has a heart murmur that it is the innocent kind and that nothing is wrong. Keep Hailey in your thoughts...

Other than the possible heart murmur, Hailey got a clean bill of health. She has to go back for her 8 week appt, at which time she will get her shots. That appt is scheduled for March 5th.

4 weeks old

Below is a picture that was taken when she was 4 weeks old (Thursday February 5, 2009) My friend, Adrienne, gave her this cute dress. Thanks Adge!

My Favorite Picture So Far!!!

I have to share this picture because it is my favorite one yet....

Snow Storm of 2009

On Monday Jan. 19th, I woke up to feed Hailey at 5 am and turned on the weather, to find out that we were expecting 4 to 8 inches of snow on Tuesday. For those of you who do not live in North Carolina, 4 to 8 inches of snow is like having 2 feet in New York. Mom and dad were scheduled to fly in on Wednesday to see their first grandchild...I knew that if we got the snow that they were expecting there was no way that we were going to be able to pick them up on Wednesday from Raleigh. So I text mom and dad at 5:30am to inform them of the weather and to advise them to change their flight to today (Monday). I knew that they had already waited a week and a half to meet Hailey and if they did not get in....they would be furious. So they changed their flight to Monday night and Aunt JoAnne went to Raleigh to pick them up. They arrived at our house at about 2am on Tuesday.

So Tuesday came and it snowed all day. We enjoyed watching the snow fall...even more so because we haven't seen any amount of snow in NC in a LONG time. We bundled Hailey up and took her outside for some pictures. Paul also took Mollie outside to play Frisbee. Below are some pictures:

Hailey's first doctors appt

On Wednesday, Jan. 14th, Hailey had her first appt with the pediatrician. Paul, Hailey and I went to see Dr. Phillips for the first time and he was great. It was very cold outside so we bundled her up (see picture). She looked so cute.



When we first got there, the nurse had us get her naked and place her on the scale. Then she took us to the room and we waited for Dr. Phillips to come in. When Dr. Phillips came in, he asked us questions about our family history and then checked out Hailey. He informed us that they like babies to be back at their birth weight at about 2 weeks. When she left the hospital, she lost 2.7% of her weight. Babies usually loose up to 10%. When they weighed her at the pediatrician, she weighed 9 lbs 5 ozs. The doctor said she was an over achiever. LOL

Pictures of Hailey and Mollie

Hailey's Faces