what a difference a year makes...

Addison was not born with her hemangioma on her right eye. It popped up when she was about 2 week old..we thought it was a scratch in the beginning. As first time parents, it really freaked us out. We just hated that our precious little baby girl had such a strange thing growing on her face...why couldn't it be on her back I always wondered! Well, as promised by her pediatrician and the pediatric opthamologist that we saw, it has started to fade and shrink on it's own. Once I got used to looking at it, I couldn't imagine her without it. It really struck me the other day how much it's changed in even the last month or so. Thankfully, Addi's was just a cosmetic blemish that caused no pain or discomfort and did not obstruct her vision. I really was a pessimist last year at this time and worried that it would grow to take over half her face! It stayed small though and now is fading to a tiny little speck. I'm not sad to see it go, but it was such a cute little mark that only our Addi had. I really think by Christmas it will be 100% gone for good and only something we remember from pictures.

At it's "peak"...


About a month ago...


Bye-bye hemangioma!

Her cheeks have gotten smaller too...hehehe!