Like Father, Like Daughter

When Camille was born, Eric noticed she did not have a uvula! Was this a weird occurrence or did she get the memo that her Dad had his removed so she wanted to be just like him? Unfortunately, upon further examination, we found out that in fact she has a bifid uvula and small cleft in her soft palate. This is hardly news a new parent (less than 24 hours old) wants to hear. But, one month later, I'm feeling quite grateful and feel this is a minor glitch in the whole scheme of things. Surgery in about a year will repair the cleft and she'll get that uvula she (and her parents) always wanted. Next scare...when she was 8 days old (after a trip to the ER -- how to stress out a sleep-deprived brand new mom and dad...yep, that'll do it!), she was diagnosed with laryngomalacia (enlarged arytinoids -- pieces of cartilage that rest on the vocal cords), which she'll grow out of probably by age 2 but for now she has to be on acid reflux medication. All this to say, when she eats she has a sweet little chirp towards the end of her meal. We've started calling it the slurp, chirp and burp session. Once we get coordinated enough, we'll provide a clip.

Here are a few pictures from Weeks 3 and 4 and then we'll be caught up!



This is on Easter at Duke Gardens -- look at that Dogwood! Thanks Grandad for the sweet hat!


Here we are with our friends Anne and Dave and their son, Soren Avery, who was born 36 hours before Camille. I don't think I realized I was making Camille's hat look like one of those from a flyaway nun!

Camille, showing off her bifid uvula but Mommy didn't quite capture it right.

Our little monkey!

What a way to wrap up the first 4 weeks -- a successful bath time!