Today Addie is not only 39 weeks old, but she is 9 months old!! Looking back -- I carried this little girl for exactly 39 weeks the day she was born, and boy...this 39 weeks sure went a heck of a lot faster than those 39 weeks she was in my tummy!
Addie continues to grow in personality and surprises us each and every day with her ability to learn. She is truly a blessing in our lives and we could not ask for more! It is SO hard to believe in three months we will be celebrating her first birthday, which I have already started planning!!
Addie is a busy, busy girl these days. She is able to get all over the new house. Whether that is crawling or in her walker. I am amazed by how well she gets around in her walker and runs over everything in her path to get to where she wants to go! Along with getting all over the house, comes trouble, which Addie frequently gets herself into! It is funny how she has learned to be quiet when she is doing something around the house that she knows she shouldn't be doing! Every parent knows that a quiet child means "up to no good!" Dan and I have learned quickly that the only times when Addie is quiet is when she is sleeping, getting into trouble, or pooping her britches!!
Addie has been doing great with getting up and down from furniture. She actually just learned last night how to get down from standing at the couch. She was scared to do it before and would yell at mommy or daddy to come and get her. Now, after practicing about 25 times last night....up, down, up, down, she is a pro at getting down! Trust me it wasn't too graceful at first, but as you can see in the picture she takes her time and does it carefully! I keep waiting for her to let go of the furniture to stand on her own, but she hasn't got that daring yet! She just carefully walks along the couch giggling and biting the couch (she bites everything...little monster she is!)
More excitement came this week when she learned how to do "big girl" and "so big" with her arms! She holds them up over her head and gives you the little grin she likes to give! It's adorable! It took me awhile, but I finally got it on camera!
Addison loves to spend time with her mommy and daddy and LOVES to cuddle. I was thinking to myself this morning as Addie was cuddling with me, just how lucky I am to have a cuddly baby. I have known a lot who don't like to. Addie comes up and gives hugs and kisses on her own, without asking for them. I just love those wet, sloppy, open mouth kisses from her! This morning as we were laying in our bed, she had just gotten done eating her morning bottle and she thought it would be funny to try to feed me! She kept taking the bottle and trying to put it in my mouth! lol! When I would pretend to eat it, she would giggle away! She thought it was just the coolest thing to make mommy eat her bottle!
Playtime is Addie's favorite time! She loves to play with anyone! She also loves her play corner and it keeps her busy for quite some time as I get things done around the house everyday! She digs her toys out of her toy box and away she goes! Sometimes she digs a little too far and we had our first fall-in the other day. I had a really hard time not laughing at her, but when I ran to get her she was all curled up in her toys with her hands reached out for me to pick her up. She was whining (I think it scared her more than anything) so I didn't have the heart to run and get the camera! Poor girl! Her favortie toys right now seem to be her music and learning table, her toy that shoots the balls all over the room (and then she fetches them), and stuffed animals (because she likes to take them and bite them). I told you she was a little monster!
Playing Patty Cake with Mommy!
Speaking of biting. She still has not had her teeth break through. This poor girl has been trying to cut these teeth for about a month now. We have never had any take so long! She loves to use the 6 chompers she has though, and usually eats what we are eating in very small bites. She loves that she has the ability to eat on her own!
Yummy, yummy pizza!!
Napping and sleeping have been an issue lately. We are not sure why, but she fights sleep until she can't fight anymore. I don't think that she wants to miss out on anything! It started with fighting her naps and she is now fighting bedtime as well. We used to be able to put her in her crib awake and in no time she would be asleep. Now she stands up in bed and jumps as she holds on to her rails and thinks it's playtime! Dan and I have been working really hard at shutting the door and ignoring it, so she knows that when we lay her in her crib it is bedtime. It's not like we lay her in early or when she isn't tired, she just has decided to be difficult I guess. Once she is asleep, she sleeps through the night and is up at 7am every morning!
Addie is a BIG girl and is in 12 month clothes and can sometimes wear 18 month clothes too! She has been in size three diapers for quite awhile now, but I think she will move to size four in the next month or so. I weighed her this morning on our scale and it read 21 lbs. 6 oz. I don't know how accurate that is, but she has really seemed to slow down quite a bit this month. We still can not fit any shoes on her feet because they are too chunky! I actually did find a pair of sandals one day that would work for her, but she kept curling her toes and they wouldn't stay on! I hope this gets better!!
Here are a few more pictures to share from today and this past week!
Helping momma do laundry! She usually pulls it out and throws it on the floor! That's my kind of folding!
Momma and Addie!
All smiles! She always smiles with her bottom chin to the side!
Watching Max's baseball game!
Happy nine months to our little Addie bug! She is the light of our lives and we love her so much!
