Keeping Up With the Vandegrifts: My birthday week

Since I last posted we have had some busy days and some lazy days, which is a nice mix. Last weekend was filled with family time and Jared and I also had Brett and Kelly's bachelorette parties to go to. Jared said he had a good time and was a little hung over Sunday. Addy and I went to Kelly's party for awhile before the girls went out and enjoyed it. Addy doesn't seem too crazy about the party atmosphere just yet (I think it has to do with being tired and overstimulated) , however the tv and vacuum don't seem to bother her here at home. We came home and had a slumber party since daddy was gone. I can say Addy won't be in our bed very often as she is a mover in her sleep and I hardly got any sleep! Uncle Jason was home last weekend so we got to see him and mom had us over for lunch and this was the start of my birthday week since Jason wouldn't be home. We had lunch out several days and enjoyed visiting with Pat, Cathy, and Grandma this week. We had dinner with my mom's side to celebrate my birthday and Addy wasn't herself. She was fussy and seemed to be eating a lot more and then was up almost every hour so I think she has hit a growth spurt. On Wednesday she was fussy when Jared's parents were over and I really think she may be starting to teethe. Before her last dr's appt there were a couple white bumps on her gums and while I thought it was early I asked about it being the beginning stages of teething and she said it was pretty early and that it may be a little fluid collecting there. Well, with the increased fussiness and more drooling, I felt along her gums and that area has gotten harder and she likes to chew on my finger so we may be in for a long haul. She slept a little better though and was only up every 4 hours or so Wednesday night. Even though she has been fussy and up a lot more, she still manages to give me smiles and talk to me and makes it all worthwhile!! My birthday was yesterday and we had lunch with my mom, my dad came over for awhile in the afternoon and he also got to see Addy's fussy side, and then my mom watched Addy while Jared and I went out to dinner at Mongolian BBQ and Kansas Sampler. It was a nice day and after next year I have told everyone no more birthdays for me :) We measured and weighed Addy last night and she was almost 10 lbs 4 oz and close to 23 inches! We knew she looked bigger but we were so surprised that in a week and a half she has grown so much! Last night she slept for 8 hours! It was awesome except I kept thinking something was wrong and looked at the monitor a lot. We have another busy weekend coming up, that seems to be ongoing for us but life is short so we will take advantage of it. Here are a few pics of our baby girl, she definitely brings more meaning and joy to life then we ever realized!!