Two Months Old!

Renee is two months old today!!! I thought I would record this event and make her do a photo shoot. Although she is not a huge fan of the camera, I was able to grab a few cute pictures!

After thirty minutes of posing for mommy, she got tired and decided to take a quick nap!

It has been an amazing two months and we could not have asked for a better baby than her. We love you Renee.

-Mommy and Daddy

First Day of Physical Therapy

No pictures for this entry... sorry about that.

Renee started her physical therapy for her Torticollis this past Monday. Everyone was shocked at how she slept through the entire session, and didn't care about us stretching her neck at all. However when we got home and started her stretches at home, she cried the entire time. I guess it hurts worse than she made it look like when we were at the therapist.

For those who are not aware of why Renee has to go the physical therapy, let me explain. When Renee was in my belly she positioned herself in a way that caused one side of her neck muscles to become elongated, thus making the opposite side constricted. When this constriction happens to the neck muscles, it causes her to become unable to hold her head straight. With proper therapy, we should be able to relieve this crick in her neck and allow her to hold her head straight.

Along with physical therapy, Renee also had to go get her eyes checked this week because her Torticollis was causing one of her pupils to dilate larger than the other. This appointment was by far the hardest thing for me to watch. It made shots look like going to get ice cream. The doctor had to dilate her eyes, then have four people hold her down while forcing her eye open so they could check her eye sight. She is farsighted, but no glasses just yet; they will monitor this as she gets older to see if they are actually needed.

Renee is doing great with all these doctors, and knowing that we are going to be able to help her get rid of this Torticollis is a great feeling. Once this is fixed she will not have any problems with her pupils, no risk of scoliosis, or flat spots on her head!!!!


-Rachel

Note to any mothers out there who have to take their baby to get their eyes checked:
Take tissues because you will cry when you are watching your child being held down and screaming.

My First Halloween

I thought I would send a little post Halloween cheer to everyone reading my blog! Renee had a good time celebrating her first Halloween with us; even though she couldn't have the candy. I was able to take some cute pictures of her throughout the day and figured everyone would like to see some!

When it was time to get ready to go to Grandma and Grandpa Barnes' house, she got all dolled up as a ballerina! I had to stop and snap a few pictures of her before we took off. It was not long until she realized that the tutu was itchy.... and then.....

She wanted out of her outfit NOW!!!!!

Overall, we had a nice relaxing Halloween passing out candy at Scott's parents house and had 48 tricker treaters roll by the Barnes' candy jar!!!!