34 Weeks...

Our little Addie girl is 34 weeks today and is crawling up a storm!  Last week she was still a bit unsure of what she was doing and moving a little slow, but she sure has figured it out.  She goes all over the house and seems to get herself in a lot of trouble in a very short amount of time!!  She has now figured out how to move herself from crawling to sitting and is very smooth at getting her leg out from underneath her to crawl.

She even came to visit mommy while getting ready in the bathroom!

Here is the actual picture taken right after she went from crawling to sitting for the first time!  We cheered her on so much that she started leaning down and sitting back up so we would cheer her on some more.  She is TOO CUTE!!

Addie has become so much more mobile this week and she is NOT afraid of ANYTHING!  We usually change her diaper on the ottoman and she now scoots to the end so she can scoot off onto the floor!  Here she is all naked as daddy was trying to get her ready for bed! 

Addie loves to play with a lot of her toys and usually ends up dragging many of them out of her basket.  I have learned that there is really no use picking them up until the end of the day!  She dances when her toys play music and plays fetch with herself, throwing toys across the room and crawling to get them!  Look at her here.  She doesn't even need her hands to chew on her toys!

Addie continues to be an excellent eater (can you tell by all her rolls?!!).  She eats just about anything you put into her mouth and anything she finds that should not go into her mouth.  I have found a new liking to making some of our own baby food.  She seems to eat it a lot better.  We don't do it that often, but when I have extra time and we are eating something that she can also have!  I have been making all of her meat and adding to her veggies because that is the only way she will eat that!  Addison also got her sixth tooth this week!  She has a mouth full of little chompers and loves to use them when possible! We have been trying some fruit chunks for her to eat and she does really well with them!  She is also getting better at drinking from her sippy and does really well when she is laying down.  Here she is having her morning half apple juice and half water while she is watching television!

One of the most precious things about our little Addie is that she LOVES to cuddle!  She especially loves to cuddle with mommy.  When she is around daddy she tends to be more playful!  Here she is cuddling with me on the couch before bed!  Sometimes I wish these moments could last forever!

Mommy and Addie...

It has been such an exciting week!  We are so proud of Addison and all of her new abilities.  I am going to try and get a video taken of her crawling on my camera in the next few days, so be sure to look out for that!

Weekend of Faith, Family, and Friends!

We had such a great weekend with so many of our family and friends!  On Saturday we met up with friends and spouses from high school with their children.  It was so fun to see all the new arrivals and talk mommy talk with fellow mothers!  Addie had a great time seeing all the babies.  Had some trouble with a little rough housing, but not too bad!

Pulling on Autumn's shirt...

Autumn and Addie playing on the blanket.

On Sunday our family had to greet at church that morning.  Addie had a great time doing this as well.  The funny thing is that when someone would come up and shake our hands she would turn her head and shy away, but as soon as they would walk away from us into church, she was waving at them!  "Nice to meet you, now bye,bye!"

Sunday afternoon we had my cousin Megan's graduation party.  The weather was SO hot and humid, but we put Addie in her little sundress and she seemed to do fine.  She was able to see a bunch of little kids here too, so she was pretty thrilled!

Addie and Megan - the graduate!!  Congrats cousin Megan!

Uncle Mike and Ariel with Addie.

Great Aunt Amy and cousin Abby with Addie.

Great Aunt Brenda with Addie who was looking at the cat on the ground!

On Sunday night we met up with more of our friends from high school at our house for pizza. Addie had a lot of fun with them too and refused to go to bed until they left!  She was still just as hyper as can be as they walked out the door...silly girl!  She was such a "show off" all night with them.  Talking, screaming, and giggling so all could hear!  At one point she was playing the head tilt game with Megan.  She loves to do this with people she really likes.  She will tilt her head and smile, waiting for the person she is doing it to, to do the same!  Our company left at around 10pm and I think Addison finally gave up at around 10:45pm.

Megan, Kayln, and Addie in her pajamas!

We had such a great weekend.  It's always great to see old friends and have some fun!  Next weekend we have our last graduation party...yay!  Addie and I are going to stay at the camper since it is a three day weekend.  Sad thing is that our camper is also going up for sale next weekend :(  We decided to sell since we have only been there one night this entire season and with Dan milking it is not going to get any better.  Last season I would have said absolutely NOT!  Having taken Addie there, I found out that it is a LOT of work, and as long as I have my little Addie to spend my weekends with -- LIFE IS GOOD!

"Mommy"

It's moments like these that make being a MOMMY so wonderful!!

Addie has been getting up around 6am lately, now that the sun is shining in her window that early.  I don't mind it because she eats her bottle and goes back to bed until around 9:30am!  When she gets up we lay her in bed with me to have her bottle and she sleeps in our bed until she gets up for the day.  One of my favorite times of the day is waking up next to my little Addie and watching her sleep before I decide to crawl myself out of my nice warm bed.  This morning I was up around 7:30 watching her sleep and she began making noises like she was dreaming.  I continued to watch her and straight from her unconscious mouth came the word "mommy" -- yes mommy -- not mama -- mommy!  At that moment I was so proud of my little girl!  I now know she is capable of saying it, whether in was in her unconscious state or not.  Still a moment I will cherish forever!

The Garbes' Normal Household Items!

As I did the dishes today I began to think of how many things have changed in my life since Addison's arrival.  There are so many things in our house that if a stranger would walk in they would 100% conclude that there was a baby living here.  From the high chair to the crib in her room, it is pretty evident that a tiny creature roams this household.  I then began to think of all the odd items or the "non-typical-baby" items that you learn work so well for the task at hand...

For example you may walk into our home and see this...

Doesn't everyone save their Fareway cottage cheese containers??
Well...WE DO!  These work great to unthaw breast milk for Addie!  I set the bag in these, stick them in the fridge, and by tomorrow we have milk for Addie!  We have had some trouble with little holes in a few of the bags, so it also catches the milk if it does leak out!  And if you need to unthaw on the go...just put the lid on!

Or you may see this...

This is a Tupperware gravy shaker (yes, usually used for gravy)....but not in this house!  In this house you will find breast milk!  It is great to put your breast milk in and keep in the fridge once your bags are unthawed.  Easy to read the ounces on the side and shake before pouring in the bottle!

If you are around while Addie is getting her diaper changed (and trust me...there are times when you will definitely want to stay clear!!)...

You will find her diaper changing basket.  Convenient to take wherever you change her diaper.  Which usually ends up being on the floor or the ottoman!

And then there are times when I am really forced to be creative.  Part of this comes from the OCD side of me who needs all things in my life organized.  If you go to Addie's closet...you may see this...

 From an old hanger to a "cool" hanger with ribbon to put Addison's bows, flowers, and headbands on to keep organized.  I was so sick of trying to dig all of this out.  I made this yesterday so we will see how it works!

 Even Addison enjoyed it!!

As I washed those cottage cheese containers today, I also thought about how our life has truly been blessed with this sweet, vibrant, little girl, whom we love so very much! How we adapt our lives to make them easier, especially with a baby.  I could not imagine life without our little Addie and all the little things we now have come to accept as "normal household items."

33 Weeks...

Hello everyone!  We had another busy weekend here.  Mostly filled with graduation parties!  We had three to attend this weekend and have my cousin's this next weekend.  Addison has been doing great being hauled around to all of these and has seemed to go to just about anyone who wants to hold her!  She absolutely loved being around other kids at the graduations too!  She would do her excited grunt, squeal, and wave both hands in the air when she saw another little one her size...too cute!

This week...I am SO proud to say...that Addie has began to crawl!!  She finally took a few crawls on Saturday...Yay!  She really does not move very far because she seems to crawl to a toy and stops to play with it.  It is so cute to watch her as she does it because it is still new to her and she acts like she is surprised every time she moves a few feet!  She is also beginning to pull herself up on things.  Really not much more progress on that from last week, but she really loves to stand against things!   She also loves to walk with you.  She does pretty well putting one foot in front of the other.

Another thing Addison has become fond of doing is waving.  Both hi and bye...it doesn't matter.  It doesn't matter who or what she is waving at either!  Yesterday I caught her waving at the tv, ceiling fan, and at one point nothing!  She also spent about five minutes waving at Auntie Em yesterday!  She thinks it is the coolest thing!  It was a little hard to catch in on camera, but you get the idea!

Addison got another tooth in on Friday.  This is tooth number five for her and it is on her top right.  Next to her big front tooth!  She has been a little on the grumpy side with this tooth.  A few nights of waking up around 3:30-4am and needing her mommy A LOT!  Other than that it has gone pretty smoothly.  The tooth is actually still working on breaking all the way through and it is looking like the one on the opposite side is going to be coming in soon as well!

Addie has also officially said "mama" without whining...yay!  For the past month she has been saying "mama," but only when she is whining for a bottle or for someone.  The other day she finally said it without the whine involved.  She continues to do all the other babbling on top of that and she absolutely loves to squeal!  This is her squealing face...

We came home from the graduation party on Saturday and Addison passed out on the floor before I even had a chance to get her coat off!  

Bath time has become quite interesting.  Addison does NOT sit still.  She is trying to pull herself up and move around in the bath.  I quick took this picture the other day.  You seriously can not take your eyes off her for a second!  I feel like I need about ten arms and hands to give her a bath...lol!!

Addie still loves to sit and play in the mirrors in our bedroom.  She now waves to herself in the mirror!

This is Addie's favorite place in house.  If she goes anywhere this is where she likes to go.  She goes to the window to look at the animals that often visit her!  She absolutely goes crazy when she sees them!  In this picture she is squealing to our cat Lucy.

 Have a great week!