First Bath...

 Before taking Etta to the pediatrician's office we decided little needed a bath -- 

love love love these.  

She was so relaxed the whole time, we were cracking up...

Update on Etta's ped appointment...

Her weight is still down.  She's currently still a little peanut weighing in at 5lbs 5oz... 

We're going to be watching her weight pretty closely over the next few weeks.

Other than that she's healthy.  (insert sigh of relief here...)

PS-

This kid is a miracle.  

(most of you reading this know that already... and really, all babies are...) 

But really, this kid is a miracle.

The pediatrician hinted to us about the knot in Etta's cord 

and how it could be a cause of her low birth weight and that we were lucky.

That coupled with something I remembered the doctor saying at the hospital caused some research...

Apparently a 'true knot' is really rare... 

and even more rare - a baby who has one 'making it.'

Yep, our miracle.

And as I'm listening to her coo next to me while I write this, 

I can't help but to think over and over again about how thankful I really am.



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By request of Daddy I need to add one more picture to yesterday's bath session post ...

This one was taken right after her bath (the bkg is actually our shower curtain)

(side note....  

sorry for those of you who don't really love seeing pics of the umbilical cord-

it should be gone soon....)