Formula Recall

Yesterday was a VERY exciting day--I got my first Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer :)



The best part is, we didn't have to pay for it! Gotta love credit card points!

Today was spent taking care of Addy's formula recall. Pretty much all of the formula powder in plastic containers was recalled-exactly the formula powder that Addy uses. The company said that their ready made formula was the substitute for the powders, but that is a problem for 2 reasons: 1) WAY more expensive 2) we are still using extra powder in her bottles to make them higher calorie. I called the GI doctor, and she said that it would be completely fine to substitute with Enfamil, so that's what we did. I got about $48 in refund money and I was able to get the Enfamil pretty cheap with coupons :) Other than that, Addy slept a lot of the day and was in a pretty good mood. It may have been the last hot day of the year too! It got to 91 and was pretty humid, but tonight we are supposed to have storms and then tomorrow will hopefully be gorgeous!

Crabby

Sorry I haven't written the past 2 days-Addy has been extremely cranky, but we may have figured out why. The nights before, she went to bed at 9 and Josh woke her up at 5:30. Last night, she was asleep at 8:15 and was in a better mood most of the day. I am having trouble getting her to take long naps, since she gets hungry. She has taken a few 5oz bottles 2 days in a row now, so that is an awesome victory :) She also ate quite a large bowl of cereal today too. We'll see how tomorrow goes!

Happy 5 Month Birthday!

Addy keeps getting bigger and bigger, though not as fast as her friends :) She seems to be getting chunkier, especially this past week, since we've been increasing the calories in her bottles. She still fits well in her 3-6mo. size clothing. She is pooping once a day again, sometimes with it being more solid - she's growing up!! Now that she is almost completely on formula, it has gotten stinky! She also is eating 1 tablespoon of rice cereal each day.

Some of Addy's favorite things to do are: sucking on her toes, pet and chase the puppy dog, play hand/song games, grab for toys, stand on people's laps, scream like a teradactyl, twist around when she hears noises, sit for up to 3 seconds on her own, and chew on celery sticks. She is still sleeping 9-10 hours at night, but enjoys falling asleep in her bassinet by herself. Walks outside are also a favorite of Addy's, as well as shopping.

Cute Baby

Today we successfully got through the whole church service-no poopy diapers, no teradactyl baby, just cute, mostly quiet baby! Then we went to Panera and came home to hang up pictures and a shelf.

Last night, we let the baby lay down in her crib to rest a little before bed, when all of a sudden we heard a very strange slurping noise. We go over to check on Addy, and she has both feet in her mouth and is slurping loudly on them....so funny! She did the same thing with her hand in her mouth during church-loud slurping :)

Also, a story from a few days ago: Addy was sitting on daddy's lap during dinner, doing one of her most recent favorite things-chewing on a piece of celery. This was a very long piece of celery, as her hand was in the middle of it, and she was chewing on one end. Toby came over to see what is was she was chewing on, and started to smell the other end of it. Soon, he very carefully put his teeth on the end of the celery closest to him and carefully slid it out of her hand, before running away with it. Addy just watched him do it, no crying, just a studying look. Josh and I just started laughing-it was sooo funny! The same thing happened tonight with a piece of paper Addy was playing with. Toby is so gentle when he comes up to steal things, it's so adorable! So far, he's only done it when we are at the dinner table. He's not allowed to touch her toys, and he does pretty good with that :)

Go Colts!! Addy loves the 1st down dance that we do when the Colts get a first down! Toby loves doing his touchdown dance for treats, so the game was a good one for everyone!

More Sitting

You can't tell in the picture, but Addy was sitting without me touching her at all, even with my legs. She can sit without her hands sometimes for about a full second!

Friday we had our bible study group. There were a LOT of kids there, right around 15! There were so many kids we couldn't even do the craft. But Addy did like the songs alot. She even continued singing after the goodbye song. She was sitting by herself in the blow up pool with plastic balls in it, so when we got home, daddy took this picture of her, still doing good with her new trick :) Then, after a few hours at home, we went to the balloon glow at Forest Park.


We went to Charlene's house and we all rode together-Charlene and mommy in front, and Brady, Maddie and Addy in the back. We had a rough time with the babies on the way there-no one wanted to sit in traffic, and they let us know. Then we had a long walk before we got to the balloons. They were really pretty! Then we ate a picnic dinner and watched the fireworks, before the long walk back home. All the while we were at the balloons, daddy was at the Cardinals game on the MVP deck. Free food, free beer and an awesome game-Cards won 14-4! We all got home late and we were all tired, except of course, for Addy. Finally she relaxed and we all went to bed.

Today was very boring - just cleaning and napping. IU won though!! Woo hoo 2-0!

Playtime

Wednesday was a pretty normal day - just playing and then grocery shopping. We did find pumpkin at the store though, so we stocked up :) Addy is a pretty smart baby though. While she was having tummy time, she figured out to pull on the blanket in front of her to pull the toy that was just out of reach closer. She was supposed to be practicing scooting, but instead she was practicing her brain ;)

Thursday was pretty boring too. We did some cleaning and playing. Daddy went to Columbia for work and then went to happy hour. Addy and I were supposed to go for a walk around the lake with a friend, but she canceled on us last minute :( So we just went for a walk with Toby.

Rolling Away

Today was very busy-playing that is. This morning Addy was having some great tummy time. Toby and I were laying down with her, and Toby was keeping her attention on other things :) She can lift her legs up along with her arms, a little bit Superman style. She also straightened out one of her arms even! After all that work, she had a nice long nap and I was able to get all the laundry done and get the ball rolling on our landscaping project.

This afternoon, Addy and I went downstairs to play. I was trying to convince her to roll over by putting one of her favorite toys in a place where she needed to roll to her stomach to reach. She kept getting close, but one arm would get stuck under her, until finally she did it! She stayed on her tummy for a little bit, until she didn't like it, and pretty quickly got herself rolled back over to her back. Shortly after that she was back on her tummy and then rolled over onto her back, off the blanket and gave me a big smile-4 rolls at once :) and of course this happened about 15 minutes before daddy got home. He missed it again...

During dinner Addy had some rice cereal, then she needed a bath, and then we even had time for a walk and blowing bubbles, which Toby enjoyed eating. Such a busy, fun day!

Something I forgot to mention yesterday - Addy showed her first signs of stranger anxiety yesterday. Just a warning, in case she isn't very happy while we are on vacation soon.