the essence

Addison lost the rest of her umbilical cord this morning! It had barely been hanging on since Sunday but it was gone when Ray went to change her diaper this morning. Here are a couple of pictures from yesterday (yes, I really like the little polka dot outfit).






Ray is getting ready to head to the office & I think I might try to make a batch of Christmas cookies & maybe even some bourbon balls. I should put in a Christmas movie, too. I started wrapping presents last night but only got two done. I need to go out but that's difficult to do without a car. At times like this I really wish I was back in Orlando where friends & family just stop by for visits - people just don't do that here for some reason, I'm not quite sure why.

Oh, to answer some questions:

-My blood pressure is doing MUCH better - thank you! When I took it yesterday & today it was pretty close to what it usually was pre-pregnancy.

-Addison has dark blue eyes right now. I have brown eyes, Ray has blue, so I guess time will tell what Addison's will be for sure.

-During pregnancy I was pretty careful about not overeating & kept up with light exercise: yoga, walking, light aerobics, and LOTS of squatting. I pretty much just tried to stay as mobile as I was before getting pregnant so I still sat on the floor, picked up little kids, that kind of thing. I also hula hooped until I was around six months pregnant - it's great for your abs & burns about 100 calories in ten minutes!!!