Scarlett: 8 weeks

Scarlett is now 8 weeks old! She has had some major milestones in the past 2 weeks. She found her hands and plays with them all the time-- now we are just working on finding her thumb. She also started sleeping in long stretches and even made it all the way through the night last night (10:30pm-6:30am)!

Scarlett in her "2 month" onesie

The pink thing you see in the photos is her Pavlik Harness. The appointment with the Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon went well 2 weeks ago. But, based on the sonogram, we discovered that BOTH of Scarlett's hips are semi-dislocated. The right hip is 25% and the left 75%. Therefore, she'll be in this harness 23.5 hours a day for 3 months. There are 11 straps, so I was a little overwhelmed when she got fitted, but after 2 weeks we are now experts at this thing!  The goal is to keep her hips in a "froggy" position of 90 degrees so the ligaments and tendons will tighten up around the ball and socket hip joint. There is a 90% success rate, so say some prayers that our 3 months will be the cureall!

On a positive note, we just returned from a nice long stay in Laguna. Scarlett and I made the road trip with Nonna and Hazel 10 days ago (a quite exciting 9 hour drive!). We had plenty of beach bbqs and fun lunches and dinners with all of our favorite OC friends and family. Jeremy joined us last weekend and we even made it down to San Diego to introduce Scarlett to her favorite cousins, Shane and Hanley! It was WONDERFUL having everyone meet our little gal!

The 3 generations :)

Cousin Shane holding Scarlett

Uncle Ev!

Off to enjoy this gorgeous 85 degree Nor Cal weather.
Happy 4th of July weekend!