She Has Arrived!

As most of you already know our little peanut has arrived!
Addison Hilda Stella arrived at 8:31am on Tuesday March 20th, 2007! We went into the hospital on Monday evening because of some blood pressure problems and by the next morning we were holding our little bundle courtesy of a lot of Pitocin and a fabulous epidural.
Addie arrived slightly ahead of schedule, about 3 weeks, but she is doing really great. She weighed in at 5lbs 15oz. and 18inches long. She's lost a little bit of body weight but is quickly regaining that as she eats more and more. She spent a little bit of time, about a day, under some phototherapy lights for minor jaundice but is doing great now and will be getting some sun over the next few days.
Big brother Nicholas came to visit Mommy and Addie in the hospital on Tuesday night with grandma and grandpa. He gave Addie a kiss and was quickly off to explore the hospital room, which was clearly more exciting! :)
We left the hospital yesterday evening and headed to grandma and grandpa's for some dinner and family time. While there Nicholas had the chance to hold his baby sister and show us all the new toys that grandma had spoiled him with! When it was time to head home Nicholas sat in his car seat, right next to Addie, and kept his hand on her seat to protect her. It was quite cute.
Our first night was pretty typical...Addie was up every 3 hours to eat and did great, even gave mommy a poopy present around 3am. She and Daddy had breakfast this morning around 7 and she's relaxing peacefully in her bassinet awaiting her next bottle and then a visit to her pediatrician!
We can't wait for everyone to meet her and we'd like to thank our visitors and everyone who has called and sent congratulations and well wishes- we love them!