Keeping Up With the Vandegrifts: Addy Update

Wow! What an interesting last couple of weeks this has been. Since the last blog, Addy had her 7 month pictures taken and decided she did not want to smile, she was a little turkey and 4 different people came in the room to try to get her to smile but she just didn't want to. She didn't cry or anything, it was pretty comical. Later that night we went out to dinner with grandma Vicki and Addy was a big girl and ate her dinner in the high chair at the restaurant. Sat Feb 11th, we enjoyed a lazy day at home because Addy was fussy (from teething) Papa and Jason came by for a visit and Addy was cranky. The next day we headed to Nana and Papa's house for dinner. For Addy's 1st Valentine's Day, we met daddy for lunch since I had to work that night. We went to Mr. Goodcents. Addy got a lot of Valentine's cards from friends and family and some goodies as well :) Jared and I usually just get what we want throughout the year so we got each other cards and he also got me my favorite candy, Jolly Ranchers. We celebrated with dinner out the following Saturday while Addy went to grandma's for some fun. February 15th, Addy FINALLY got her 1st tooth. She had been drooling, chewing on everything, and fussy for awhile. We had lunch with a couple girls from my work last week and enjoyed that. I had never been to Noodles and Co and my meal was very good. Last Friday night our friends Cathy and Roy and 2 of their kids came over for dinner and to visit and we enjoyed catching up, it was long overdue! We had a lazy day last Saturday and then Jared and I had our dinner date Saturday night. We went to Olive Garden and then to JC Penny's. Jared picked out Addy's Easter dress and we got her a couple other outfits. We enjoyed our time together and when we got to my mom's, Addy was so excited to see us. Mom said she kept looking all around for us and wouldn't really smile for her. The next day we went to Jared's parents again for dinner. Yesterday Addy's 2nd tooth came in. She slept so good Tuesday night (almost 10 hours) and was in such a good mood yesterday and even took an hour nap in her crib.We hope that now she will continue sleeping better for awhile! She has been breastfeeding pretty much every 3 hours during the day now, which is a lot better than every other hour. She loves her oatmeal and rice cereal, but we are having trouble getting her to eat her fruits and veggies. We gave her some ham and gravy this week and today some chicken and noodles. She clamps her mouth closed and does not want to open despite trying to make her laugh or cry to open her mouth. Stubborn already! (Not sure where she gets that from at all ;) ) We weighed her here at home the other day and she was 14.6 pounds and 26.5 inches, which means in a month's time she has grown about 1 inch! She is in mostly 6 month clothes, size 2 diapers, and had not had a pacifier for at least 3 weeks or so. She really only took it when she was tired anyways, and then with teething I think she just didn't want it. She has been sucking on her fingers and once in a while her thumb, but usually prefers everything else in her mouth. She loves for me to sing Pattycake and for us to play peekaboo. Still not a fan of her stomach and does not show any interest in crawling, but is getting braver when we stand her up to her learn to walk toy, and loves to stand with our help. We love her so much and can't believe how much she has changed these past few weeks and she makes us laugh every day. We are truly blessed and are so thankful for these special moments with our little girl!