Seven Months Old!

I can't believe my little sweet heart is seven months old! Its strange to think that in five short months she'll be a year old. Addyson's six month flew by, but there was so much that happened. She started eating baby food, standing up, cutting teeth and crinkinling her little nose (which is the cutest thing ever). She brings so much joy into our lives! I can't wait to see what the next several months will bring.

Swim Class!

Tuesday night Addyson and I participated in our first Baby & Me swim class at the gym along with several others in the 2008 group. All of the kids did great and I don't remember even a whimper coming from anyone. Addyson did inhale a little bit of water a couple of times, but she just coughed a couple of times and went right back to playing. Its such a blessing to have programs like this available and such great friends to enjoy them with!

Addy Stands!

6 Months Old!!!

Wow! I am super far behind on posting this, but I'm so excited about Addy turning 6 months old!!! I had been waiting for months for this time to come so that we could start on level 1 foods, but unfortunately she ended up with a double ear infection/cold that week, so we've been waiting it out. After another trip to the doctor and a change of medication and the addition of an inhaler we finally decided to start on Friday. So far so good. Its so much fun watching her try out new things. Speaking of which she has recently been working on crawling, and so far she is doing pretty good in reverse. I'm sure she'll be crawling around the house (and after the cat) in no time.

Last Saturday we braved the crowds to get Addyson's Christmas/6 months pics. They turned out really cute, but it was so rushed that our heads were spinning by the time we were done. Next year we'll be taking Christmas pics in October or early November.

Our first family portrait

So sweet!

You really can't see Josh's hands in the print, but it was cute not to post.

More Big News & Pics!

On Tuesday Addyson began setting up without support at daycare! She is still a little wobbly and she can't do it all of the time but she does do it several times a day. And if you hadn't guessed I'm a very proud Momma!

Now without further delay pictures!

Addyson's first try at rice cereal! 10/20/08

Got Cereal?

Addyson's First Halloween!!! 10/31/08

Daycare outfit.

(Way fun booties provided by Grandma Rose.)

Our little honey bunny! So sweet!

Halloween party group photo!

(Not our brightest idea. I think we can relate to Jon & Kate now.)

Rolling Over!!!! (Warning-Way long post)

We've been waiting for weeks and it finally happened!!! Addyson rolled over for the first time tonight! Josh was playing with her on the floor and he was holding her bunny toy on the other side of the blanket, so she did the foot pushing head dragging thing that she seems to have perfected and I thought ok tonight isn't the night. Then she started pushing with her foot and before we knew it she was on her back. I know its just the first time and she may not do it again for a while, but I'm just glad to see her accomplishing what I knew she could do. As a mother it can be so hard to not worry yourself crazy when you see other children hitting milestones and your's isn't there yet even if she is still within the window for that milestone.
Its been a while since I've posted, so a lot of things have happened since my last update. Here is a quick run down of whats happened. On Oct 10th Addyson turned 4 months old!!! I can't believe my little girl has changed so much! The following Tuesday, the 14th, I got a call from daycare that she had a fever of 101 so she ended up with her first ear infection. By that Friday we found out that she is allergic to Amoxicillin which means all Penicillin products are off limits. That weekend we went to see Great Grandma & Grandpa so that the boys could go to the OU game. Monday the 20th we started rice cereal which has gone well and Tuesday was her four month well check at which she weighed 15 lbs 14 oz and is in the 90% for weight & the 33% for height. If she had to get one thing from me I don't know why it had to be the short and chunky gene. By that Thursday she had her first case of Thrush which has since cleared up. Its been a month of trips to the doctor, but she'll have one strong immune system when she goes to school. Tomorrow is Halloween and I can't wait to see how cute she looks in her little bunny costume!!! Hopefully I can catch some time to load all of the pics tomorrow night.

My Little Camper!

I'm so proud of my little girl! She took to the outdoors like it was no big deal at all. On Friday we took Addyson to daycare and went back to pack up our camping gear. Around one that afternoon we picked up Addyson and she was sound asleep before we left Bentonville. She slept the entire way to Branson and she sat calmly in her stroller while I set up camp. That evening we went to a devotional and cooked dinner around the campfire and Addyson did great! Then came the point I was dreading, bedtime. Addyson took her bedtime bottle and went to sleep as usual, however at 3 AM I woke up and it was pretty cold in our tent. I moved Addyson to her carrier and tucked in a blanket around her which I figured would wake her up, but she snoozed right through. The next evening went pretty much the same, but Addyson was so stuffed up that I had to wake her at 4 AM to give her saline drops, but after that she did great the rest of the evening.
I also enjoyed proving my teammates wrong when I returned to work on Monday as they were sure we'd end up getting a room somewhere. I can't wait until Spring when we can do it again, but I'm certain that camping with a mobile child will bring its own set of challenges.

Little laughs!

Addyson started chuckling this weekend! I'm so excited! She's only done it a couple of times, but I'm sure it will be no time until we are cracking up together.
This weekend Addyson will get to go on her first real camping trip! We are going to Branson to our annual family church campout. We were going to stay in a hotel, but we figured she was laid back enough to go tent camping. Worse come to worse we get a hotel if things go poorly. Wish us luck!!!!

2 month portraits

We got Addyson's 2 month old pictures taken a few weeks ago and we are just now getting a chance to post them.

It's so hard being a baby.

Our Little Cheeser!

Oooh... what are these shinny things?

Oh No! Did I get caught playing dress up?!?!

First Hotel Stay & Stroller Ride

Yesterday between class and church we received the call that my stepdad was going to have a proceedure on his heart today in OKC, so after lunch we headed out on the five hour trip to Enid, OK. While we were getting things ready at the house Addyson napped in her carrier and then she napped pretty much all the way through the trip. Needless to say I was sure that she would be up all night, especially with it being an unfamiliar environment with strange noises. Thankfully she was somehow still tired when we arrived so she had her night time bottle and off to sleep she went for the entire night. WooHooo!!!!
This morning we were going up to the hotel lobby (where I am posting from now) to get some of the wonderful contenental breakfast, and we decided to roll her up here in her stroller. I was feeling a little on the lazy side(nothing new there) and decided to see how she did in just the stroller rather than fussing with her carrier. She sat up and looked like such a big girl. Hopefully we'll be allowed to take the stroller into the hospital today so that we don't have to lug her around in the carrier all day long.
It feels like she's growing up so fast!