Thursday, February 23, 2012
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!
Silly girl!
Valentine's Day, my hair isn't quite long enough for the bow
I got my first tooth today! 2-15-12
Doll baby, ready for grandma's
Love my daddy so much!
and mommy too!
Family Pic 2-18-12
2nd tooth came in today! I'm a happy girl :)
Blue eyed baby, trying to capture a tooth shot
So excited and telling daddy about my tooth
Addy's first 2 teeth, 2-22-12
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
last few 6 month pics
Pics from the last month
One thing I forgot to mention in my long post was about going out to dinner with Brett and Kelly a couple weeks ago... Addy had been sitting in her high chair and was getting restless so Jared was holding her on his lap. Well, the waiter had just refilled Jared's water and Addy was quick to reach for it and pull it towards her, knocking the glass over and it went all over Jared. It was quite funny! He didn't think she could reach it and thought it would be heavy for her, but no.... so lesson learned, keep stuff far away from the edge from now on!
7 months old Already!
Whoa, not sure where the last month has gone and sorry for not doing any updates since then. We have been both busy and lazy at times. Since the 6 month post we have done several lunch dates with friends and family, I got a pedicure with my best friend Sara, we got Addy's 6 month pics taken (and now need to get her 7 month ones done), we have had some lazy days at home, and she tried all the vegetables and moved on to fruits, her favorites were peas and prunes. (I know, what a combo!) Of course we have hit a brick wall for now, my sweet baby girl has decided to become a little difficult at times, a little stubborn...(hmmm where does she get that from... not me at all! Ha!) you see she absolutely loves her Oatmeal for breakfast and Rice Cereal before bed, but she does NOT want anything to do with the fruits and vegetables. She clamps her gums down and shakes her head back and forth and will not budge until you set the spoon down away from her. Of course I manage to side track her and slip a bite or two in but she gets so mad and flings her food everywhere. I knew this would probably come, I am blaming it on her sore, swollen gums for now. She is trying to get her two bottom teeth and you can feel them ready to break the skin, she is chomping on her fingers and arm and anything else she can gnaw on and had a two week span where she would wake up throughout the night. Knock on wood she has been sleeping 7+ hour stretches again for the past few nights. We either let her fall asleep in her crib, or if she falls asleep while eating her last time before bed, we put her down shortly after and she normally does very well.
Now for something she really dislikes... naptime! She will take a nap on us and be comfortable for an hour or longer but if we lay her down she either wakes up right away or within 20-25 minutes usually. (Yes daddy spoiled her by holding her for naps!) We have tried the crib, the pack and play, our bed, So I began a quest this week to do naptimes in her crib, we are not very successful thus far but I keep trying, I have tried letting her cry it out by herself, consoling her by talking, singing, etc and even rocking which we really haven't done much of. She wants no part of any of it, however if we are in the car she is usually out before we get where we are going and then wakes up shortly after we stop moving. I am also trying to spread out her feeds from every 2 hours to every 3 during the day and since Sunday we have been doing well. I have been trying the baby wise method where they eat, play, then sleep and you do it over again except at bedtime and the middle of the night feeds. I had gotten the book and started it several months ago but really didn't stick to it so hopefully this time is better, so far it is!
Addy is also throwing her toys when she is done playing with them in her high chair, sometimes she tries to hide it and toss them down the leg holes and other times she flings them. I am trying my best to not laugh and tell her no, and to move on to something else.
Over the past few weeks, Addy has had the chance to be around other little ones for short periods of time. We had dinner out with my friend Holly and her husband Russ and their adorable little girl Camille a few weeks ago. Holly and I have known each other since kindergarten, we had different friends in middle school and high school, but reconnected last year on facebook and have lunch dates almost monthly. Camille is 16 months now and her and Addy just looked at each other and were so cute. After dinner, both girls were ready to go. Next time we will get together at one of our houses to make it easier on the kids and us. A couple weeks ago we went to Ark City for the night to see friends Ellen, Bret, and Chloe. We had to take maternity clothes and baby stuff back to Ellen as they are expecting again! Chloe is going to be an awesome big sister. She was so interested in Addy and I will upload some pics of our visit. We had a fun time and enjoyed seeing them. It is definitely different traveling with a little one, for a one night visit, we looked like we were moving in! We also had a lunch date with my friend Megan and Colton, he is a month older than Addy and she was playing hard to get already. Colton would like at her and she would look away. It was funny to watch! They are coming over in a couple weeks for a play date. Addy met our neighbor across the street after our walk one day. His name is Jordan and he is 6 weeks younger than Addy. At first they weren't interested in each other and then once they decided they were ok, they kept touching each other and tried to hold hands and talk baby talk. It was so adorable! I told Jordan no dating til they were 30 lol! Jared was sick a couple weeks ago, so we had a quiet weekend at home and mom and I got caught up on Addy's scrapbook. I had just been piling stuff in her closet for it, well we made 110 pages in a week and got caught up from finding out we were pregnant to her 6 months. I am proud of it and hope she enjoys it one day. Mom, Addy, and I made a quick trip down to see Uncle Jason in Pittsburg, and we had a good visit with him.
Jan 25th was Addy's 6 month check up and she got 4 shots. She was such a trooper! She weighed 14.1 pounds 10-25%ile, was 25.5 inches long 25-50%ile, and head circumference was 16.5 inches 25-50%ile. We go back the end of the month for her 2nd flu shot ( they get 2 during the first year) and then go back at 9 months for a check up. She is still finishing her last box of size 1-2 diapers, and they are getting snug so size 2's here we come soon! She is in most 6 month clothes and can still where a few 3 month onesies. She loves walking in her stroller and sitting up on the floor playing, as well as holding our fingers and taking a few steps at a time. She is getting better with the sippy cup and drinking a few sips of water at a time. She continues to hate tummy time and rolls over when I put her on her tummy. I keep trying but it's not her cup of tea. I hope to be better about blogging so you don't have so much to read at once. I will post another post with pics from the past month.
Now for something she really dislikes... naptime! She will take a nap on us and be comfortable for an hour or longer but if we lay her down she either wakes up right away or within 20-25 minutes usually. (Yes daddy spoiled her by holding her for naps!) We have tried the crib, the pack and play, our bed, So I began a quest this week to do naptimes in her crib, we are not very successful thus far but I keep trying, I have tried letting her cry it out by herself, consoling her by talking, singing, etc and even rocking which we really haven't done much of. She wants no part of any of it, however if we are in the car she is usually out before we get where we are going and then wakes up shortly after we stop moving. I am also trying to spread out her feeds from every 2 hours to every 3 during the day and since Sunday we have been doing well. I have been trying the baby wise method where they eat, play, then sleep and you do it over again except at bedtime and the middle of the night feeds. I had gotten the book and started it several months ago but really didn't stick to it so hopefully this time is better, so far it is!
Addy is also throwing her toys when she is done playing with them in her high chair, sometimes she tries to hide it and toss them down the leg holes and other times she flings them. I am trying my best to not laugh and tell her no, and to move on to something else.
Over the past few weeks, Addy has had the chance to be around other little ones for short periods of time. We had dinner out with my friend Holly and her husband Russ and their adorable little girl Camille a few weeks ago. Holly and I have known each other since kindergarten, we had different friends in middle school and high school, but reconnected last year on facebook and have lunch dates almost monthly. Camille is 16 months now and her and Addy just looked at each other and were so cute. After dinner, both girls were ready to go. Next time we will get together at one of our houses to make it easier on the kids and us. A couple weeks ago we went to Ark City for the night to see friends Ellen, Bret, and Chloe. We had to take maternity clothes and baby stuff back to Ellen as they are expecting again! Chloe is going to be an awesome big sister. She was so interested in Addy and I will upload some pics of our visit. We had a fun time and enjoyed seeing them. It is definitely different traveling with a little one, for a one night visit, we looked like we were moving in! We also had a lunch date with my friend Megan and Colton, he is a month older than Addy and she was playing hard to get already. Colton would like at her and she would look away. It was funny to watch! They are coming over in a couple weeks for a play date. Addy met our neighbor across the street after our walk one day. His name is Jordan and he is 6 weeks younger than Addy. At first they weren't interested in each other and then once they decided they were ok, they kept touching each other and tried to hold hands and talk baby talk. It was so adorable! I told Jordan no dating til they were 30 lol! Jared was sick a couple weeks ago, so we had a quiet weekend at home and mom and I got caught up on Addy's scrapbook. I had just been piling stuff in her closet for it, well we made 110 pages in a week and got caught up from finding out we were pregnant to her 6 months. I am proud of it and hope she enjoys it one day. Mom, Addy, and I made a quick trip down to see Uncle Jason in Pittsburg, and we had a good visit with him.
Jan 25th was Addy's 6 month check up and she got 4 shots. She was such a trooper! She weighed 14.1 pounds 10-25%ile, was 25.5 inches long 25-50%ile, and head circumference was 16.5 inches 25-50%ile. We go back the end of the month for her 2nd flu shot ( they get 2 during the first year) and then go back at 9 months for a check up. She is still finishing her last box of size 1-2 diapers, and they are getting snug so size 2's here we come soon! She is in most 6 month clothes and can still where a few 3 month onesies. She loves walking in her stroller and sitting up on the floor playing, as well as holding our fingers and taking a few steps at a time. She is getting better with the sippy cup and drinking a few sips of water at a time. She continues to hate tummy time and rolls over when I put her on her tummy. I keep trying but it's not her cup of tea. I hope to be better about blogging so you don't have so much to read at once. I will post another post with pics from the past month.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
6 months old!!
Today is our baby's half birthday, we can't believe how fast these last 6 months have gone and it seems unreal how much has happened in these few months. Last week we continued our vegetable journey. Addy had squash and carrots and seemed to like these better than the green beans. Her faces are still priceless! We will try more this week. Yesterday we began introducing the sippy cup with a few sips of water, she is very unsure of it and thinks it is a toy at this point. She is sitting up better and for several seconds before getting tired, and she loves to stand. She loves her bath time and rubber duck toy, as well as playing with her dolls or more like eating them, vtech lap-top, and teething toys right now. Thursday and Friday we went for a walk since the weather was wonderful, we took her in just the stroller part without the carseat and she was just looking from side to side taking in all the sites and fresh air and fell asleep for a bit on Friday's walk. When we reach our hands out to pick Addy up she holds them out to us. She is fitting into more of her 6 month clothes now and wearing a handful of 3 month stuff still. We are finishing up her size 1-2 diapers we have and then will move into size 2's. It is amazing how quickly the days pass and how much she is able to do already in these 6 months. I know we will just keep being amazed and I am loving every minute of it!
Debuting 6 month clothes "when mom says no, ask grandma"
Ready for dinner
Squash
Ummm really mom?
Ready to roll like a big girl
Sweet little doll
Is this for teething mom?
What are you giving me?
I'm supposed to do what with this?
Carrots, hmmmm...
Just seeing if you are looking at me :)
Love her expressions!!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy New Year! 2012
Just a quick post wishing everyone a Happy New Year! I rang in 2012 at work last night and Jared stayed home with Addyson. She was in bed by 10pm he said and he stayed up watching tv til 1:30am. What party animals!! Today we went to my mom's and had dinner, Mexican food of course!! We then gave Addy her first vegetable, green beans! She was so funny, making faces but didn't spit it out. I can't wait to see her reaction to other veggies the next few weeks. Here are a couple pics of her today.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Christmas Celebrations 2011
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas/holiday season! We sure did! It was busy, but we had a wonderful time with family. Christmas Eve we went to my grandma's(on my mom's side) before I had to work. That was a lot of fun and I loved watching Addy open her gifts and seeing her eyes get so big was really fun. She mostly liked the paper, but is now playing with all her new goodies. I had to work that night, normally on holidays it isn't too busy but man this year was really busy and nothing seemed to go right, thank goodness for a great co-worker, or else I don't know that I would have made it. Mom and Jason stayed at our house with Jared and Addyson, I was more than ready to get home to my little girl and husband. When I got home we saw what all Santa brought, opened gifts, read Santa's letter to us, and mom made our favorite breakfast, biscuits and gravy. Then we had to get going to the next stop. We went to my dad and stepmom's and had a great time. Santa had been there as well and we opened gifts and Penny made our traditional lunch of schnitzel, rice, green beans, and crescent rolls. As always, it was AMAZING! We then loaded up and headed down Greenfield, MO where Jared's extended family is. It was great to see everyone, and we had more great food. We definitely didn't go hungry that day!!We did our usual man and woman gift exchange and then the women also do an ornament exchange. We stayed the night with Grandma Betty and Addy had been sleeping through the night for awhile, but she woke up every couple hours and started coughing and sneezing, and had her first cold by morning. I highly suggest the batter operated nasal suction (suggested by a co-worker when I was pregnant). We have used it a lot this week and it works great. We had another great breakfast Monday morning, stopped by Jared's Mamaw's house and then headed home. Before coming home we had Christmas with Jared's mom and dad, and Kirk, Jenn, and the kids.We had another yummy meal, smoked brisket and other treats. It is so fun having kids around to see Christmas through their eyes. We then made it home and we were exhausted. Our great room looked like a tornado hit it. Addyson's pile was overwhelming and she was definitly loved a lot!! She got so many wonderful things and we made so many great memories. Jared took the tree down that night and got stuff ready for me to box up the next morning. When Christmas is over, I am ready to get my decorations down and clean up. Jared had off Tuesday as well so we finished picking up the decorations and went out to eat lunch before I had to nap. I ended up getting cancelled from work so Jason hung out with us that night and the next morning. Wednesday, Addy and I were lazy and caught up on sleep.We got the new stuff washed, cleaned, and put away. We brought up my wooden toybox my great grandpa had made for me, and it is now Addy's toybox. Last night, Addy had her first limo ride. My stepmom, Penny got a limo ride/lights tour and we went with her, dad, Jason, Angie, Jeff, Miami, and Henry. We had a great time and got to see some sights my mom had taken me to when I was younger like the house that was all decorated, including the entire garage, and candy cane lane. Addy was pretty good,and enjoyed the lights and not having to be in a carseat for the ride. She was tired at the end and fell fast asleep once we got in the truck to come home. Today we took my grandma shopping for her birthday and out to lunch and Addy is the best lil shopper (mainly sleeping the whole time!) . Tonight Addy weighed 13 pounds, 4 ounces on our scale and is 24 3/4 inches long. She has been eating oatmeal cereal in the mornings and rice cereal at night. I am still breastfeeding and that is going well. She is getting more rolls and doing new things all the time. She now holds her hands out more when we say "Come here Addy" and is starting to turn herself a little in her exersaucer. She loves having new toys to play with, and is laughing out loud but won't do it when we try to record her. We have had a wonderful 2011 and are looking forward to what 2012 has to bring and hope it is great too. We are praying for good health and happiness for our family and friends. Much love to all!!
Pretty blue eyes
So big!
Family Pic Christmas 2011
Relaxing in the limo
Group Shot
well rested and ready to go to dinner with mom and dad!
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