Addison is eight months old today! It is just so hard to believe just how fast eight months can go. Our lives have changed so much from month to month that even I have a hard time keeping up, and I am the one living in the middle of it! Addison has become SO active this past month that it is going to be hard to keep up with this little ball of energy! I am constantly having to watch her to make sure she is not getting herself into trouble! She is an explorer, learning new things each and every day. Learning how the world works around her. Would it not be amazing to find such little things in life so exciting!?
As I write this I am laying here in the camper bed with little Addison. She is softly snoring next to her mommy. Oh how I love to watch her sleep. I could just lay here forever and watch her! She is so beautiful and I really love it when she cracks a smile or says "mommy" in her sleep!
Tonight I am just thankful she is sleeping. Our last trip to the camper was not so good. She would not sleep! She is so used to her own little routine and being in her own home to go to sleep, that this out of routine - in a different bed thing just doesn't go well with her! We will pray that she sleeps for mommy and maybe I can get some cuddling in when she gets up in the morning!
I apologize for not having any pictures on here. We are spending tonight and most of the day tomorrow at the camper. I have access to the internet here, but forgot my camera cord to upload pictures! I know most of you would say that this is not camping, but it is MY style of camping. Internet, cable, and air conditioning included! Spoiled...I know!! I will be sure to post our pictures from the weekend later!
Goodnight!!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
A Post of Many Things!
I have a few updates and stories to share today!
First I wanted to start off this Addie's doctor's appointment yesterday. She had what seemed to me at first a diaper rash coming on, but when nothing was working on it, I decided to call her doctor. I knew it had to be something different. So we went into the doctor to find out the the poor girl had a yeast infection. (She is going to love me someday for talking about this on here!!) We were prescribed two ointments that already seem to be working for her! The news that I really wanted to share was how much she weighed at her appointment! If you see our little Addie you will know that she is quite the chunky monkey and we love that! She weighed in at 20lbs. 11oz.!!!! I was worried because I read in my parenting magazine that babies should only have tripled their birth weight by one year. This means that at one year Addie should only weigh 22lbs. 4oz. Well, I am pretty sure that she is going to exceed that considering she could only gain 2lbs in four months! Her doctor said that she is just fine and that as long as she stays within the same curve for weight they are not concerned. Thank goodness! I was also told (by the nurse) that she is advanced for her age and that she should walk early! I really don't know what her basis is for that, and she may tell every mom that to make them feel good, but it worked! I always love to hear things like that! What mother doesn't?
On to the second matter of the post. I wanted to share/remember our morning! This morning Addie was up pretty early. She usually gets up early, eats a bottle, and goes back to bed until around 9:30am. This morning after about 10 minutes of her whining I knew she was not going to go back to sleep. I got myself out of bed and went down to make her a bottle, not even looking in on Addie before I went downstairs. I came up to give her the bottle and she was sitting up in the very corner of her crib, trying to sleep sitting up! It was so cute!
And on the last matter. As you may have already noticed, I decided to change the name of our blog. I thought that this sounded a little more creative and I liked it, so I am going to change it. I don't know if this is like an "illegal blog thing," but when have I ever done what I was told!! LOL! I know that we don't exactly have a "clan" yet, but we will in the future! So I hope you like the new title. Let me know what you think!
First I wanted to start off this Addie's doctor's appointment yesterday. She had what seemed to me at first a diaper rash coming on, but when nothing was working on it, I decided to call her doctor. I knew it had to be something different. So we went into the doctor to find out the the poor girl had a yeast infection. (She is going to love me someday for talking about this on here!!) We were prescribed two ointments that already seem to be working for her! The news that I really wanted to share was how much she weighed at her appointment! If you see our little Addie you will know that she is quite the chunky monkey and we love that! She weighed in at 20lbs. 11oz.!!!! I was worried because I read in my parenting magazine that babies should only have tripled their birth weight by one year. This means that at one year Addie should only weigh 22lbs. 4oz. Well, I am pretty sure that she is going to exceed that considering she could only gain 2lbs in four months! Her doctor said that she is just fine and that as long as she stays within the same curve for weight they are not concerned. Thank goodness! I was also told (by the nurse) that she is advanced for her age and that she should walk early! I really don't know what her basis is for that, and she may tell every mom that to make them feel good, but it worked! I always love to hear things like that! What mother doesn't?
On to the second matter of the post. I wanted to share/remember our morning! This morning Addie was up pretty early. She usually gets up early, eats a bottle, and goes back to bed until around 9:30am. This morning after about 10 minutes of her whining I knew she was not going to go back to sleep. I got myself out of bed and went down to make her a bottle, not even looking in on Addie before I went downstairs. I came up to give her the bottle and she was sitting up in the very corner of her crib, trying to sleep sitting up! It was so cute!
And on the last matter. As you may have already noticed, I decided to change the name of our blog. I thought that this sounded a little more creative and I liked it, so I am going to change it. I don't know if this is like an "illegal blog thing," but when have I ever done what I was told!! LOL! I know that we don't exactly have a "clan" yet, but we will in the future! So I hope you like the new title. Let me know what you think!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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...
Monday, May 24, 2010
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!
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!
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.
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!
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!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
"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!
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!
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