Hello!! We are at 31 weeks and this is what is going on at the Garbes ranch...
We had Addison's seven month well-baby appointment yesterday. Addie is on an alternative vaccination schedule so she goes in once per month for shots from month two to seven. She will now go on a regular schedule 9,12,15 months and so on. She will also have an extra visit between her two and three year appointments. I chose to do this due to the studies that babes are given too many shots when they are too young. So she will get ALL of the recommended shots, but they are a little more spread out and some are delayed. The schedule has worked very well for Addie.
At her appointment she weighed in at 19lbs. 6oz. (87 percentile). She was 28in. long (94 percentile), and with both put together she was in the 62 percentile. She is a growing girl!! Everything was great and she is healthy and right on track for growth and development! Always music to my ears!
During her appointment I talked to the doctor about food and Addie's eating habits. Sometimes it seems to me like she it eating a LOT! The doctor said that Addie will tell me when she is full and to take cues from her and let Addie call the shots! Which we have been doing. About her orange nose...the doctor was not concerned at all. She just recommended that I keep trying to give her fruit, even if she only takes one bite. Although last night I was able to get three bites of peaches in her, which is quite a feat!! Other than only eating her veggies, Addie eats like a champ and is doing very well with chewing food with her four front teeth! Just don't make her laugh while you are eating or you will have her food all over you...as I found out!!
yummy, yummy...Cheerios!
As far as milestones, she continues to do new things each and every week! I am amazed at how much she is learning at this stage and SO happy that I am keeping up with these weekly posts so that I can remember all of this! This week she has began to give us hugs and kisses! I love it! She is a hugger and loves to give her mommy hugs the most! She will also give kisses, although they are open mouth, but still mean a lot to us and is so cute! We have not made it to actual crawling yet, but Addison seems to move more and more around the house each week. Sometimes I will be doing something, check on her, and wonder how the heck she got to where she was! She is also getting around now by scooting on her butt! She has also began to show interest at pulling herself up. She usually does it to me, either when I am sitting down with her or when I am standing up and she grabs my pant legs. I am sure this is also soon to come!
Addison LOVES attention. As do most kids, but Addie is so used to getting so much of it because she is the only grandchild on each side! Don't worry though because she will let you know when she is not getting adequate attention from the people around her! Usually with some VERY LOUD screaming. Dan will always say, "everyone look at Addie, she needs our attention." Addie will stop screaming, smile, and start to babble to all of us like she had a really important story to tell! Have I mentioned how much fun she it at this stage and how much I LOVE BEING A MOMMY?!!
As far as routine goes, it has seemed to greatly pay off keeping her on a routine. She has actually seemed to catch on in some ways and knows what is happening next. I can tell this because she often will get SUPER excited about things. One example is she gets up in the morning, I change her diaper and she then goes and plays with her toys for about 20-30min before breakfast. When I go to pick her up to eat she gets really excited because she knows it is time to eat. By the time I put her in her high chair she is really squealing sometimes! Leave it to our little Addie to get so excited about food!
Some of her favorite toys right now are her tea set, her ball, any kind of book (although she eats cardboard, so we usually give her a soft book or her bubble books), Jumperoo, and really anything that she can put in her mouth! We had to move her Jumperoo to the next level because our 28in. babe was getting too tall for the first level! She absolutely goes crazy in that thing. I often think that the entire contraption will soon be jumping off the ground! Oh, and I should mention her love for wipes! She gets excited when she sees them and really mad when you take them away! The only problem is that when she gets one out she puts it in her mouth...yuck! One day I went to change a load of laundry and when I came out she had made is across the room, to her changing basket, and pulled out all the wipes that were left! She was also sucking on them! It is incredible just how much trouble they can get into in such a short amount of time! I need to grow those eyes in the back of my head! Here are some pictures of Addie playing with her toys...
Here are some pictures of Addison and Max. They have a great bond and love to see each other! Max loves playing with Addie and Addie thinks that Max is just the best thing since sliced bread!
Max was just amazed that Addie would actually roll the ball back to him...lol!!
Addie and Max watching t.v.
So cute!
Garbes Dairy Update:
Dan now has 31 cows. Which means he has 9 more to get. He has been starting the dairy, getting everything going and in order, so we have not seen much of him these past few weeks. It makes it hard with Addie, but it should calm down here in a few weeks and we can again spend all our free time together! We still are unsure of when we will be moving, but are thinking maybe sometime in June. We are still working on selling our house, which is getting frustrating! I never knew selling a house would be like that! Prayers are definitely needed in that department! We will keep you posted on any further developments...lol!
