New Tastes

Addy's last few days have been full of new tastes! She now plays with the toy in this picture and she puts in her mouth sometimes. She also enjoys chewing on burp rags and fingers. On Thursday, she put her toes in her mouth for the first time. She promptly spit them out and gave me a disgusted face. Apparently she already has stinky, gross feet :) Also, when she has her new medicine, she seems to not like it at first, but then is ok with it, so maybe she just isn't expecting that taste when we put it in her mouth. However, we do give her a little water with her medicine, and she LOVES it. She smiles when we squirt the water in and sort of tries to drink it out of the syringe. It's super cute!

Most of the week was spent in the house, avoiding going outside. We met with a few landscaping people for the backyard. We also went back to try to get more pics taken at Baby's R Us, but big surprise, she didn't want to cooperate again. We did get a few cute shots, and our free picture, but there weren't enough good pics to really buy too much. Then last night, it was mommy's night out with her other mommy friends. Daddy did a good job all by himself for a few hours :) And then today during church, Addy decided she would sing when no one else was, just to keep the music going :)

One last fun fact: daddy likes to blow on Addy's legs to make fart noises and see her smile. Today she decided to fart right back-daddy did NOT appreciate it!

Model to be....maybe

Today was a shopping day. We needed to get out of the house, so we decided to go to the outlet mall to get a walk in and to give Addy something else to explore. She fell asleep right before we left, and slept all the way to our first stop, Babys R Us. She woke up once we got there, but we didn't really find anything we wanted. So we started to leave, and we got stopped by one of the girls who was working the new portrait studio there. She asked if we had time, she had a trainee and she was wondering if Addy could be a "practice" baby. They tried a few different positions, food, etc., but Addy was just still so tired, so she was cranky and didn't want to cooperate. But we have a free appt. on Friday and we get a free picture of her then, just for helping out. Hopefully she'll cooperate more then :)

We went over to the outlet mall then for about an hour and a half and Addy slept almost the whole time. That's strange, since the past few days, she hasn't slept more than an hour for a nap at all! She is a crazy sleeper, but of course the most important is that she sleeps all night!

She is also starting to become a little more interested in toys. She still doesn't reach out for them, but she is starting to play with them, if you put them close to her hands. She can occasionally hold her own bottle up, all by herself for about 5 seconds, she can stand with little support for about 5 seconds, and she is starting to love sitting in her Bumbo seat, since she is getting close to sitting. Her green bouncer will have to be retired soon, as she is trying to sit up in that too, which is not allowed!

Ticklish

Nothing too exciting today. We were supposed to have a few people come out to look at our yard today, but we didn't hear from anyone. We'll see....

Addy's doing pretty good. She doesn't like to be in the house all day, but when its so hot, there isn't much we can do. Apparently her sleep schedule was not just a weekend thing. Saturday she slept in until 8, yesterday until 7 and today until 7:30. That is awesome, except for she, at most, now has been taking 1 hour naps during the day. But I'm enjoying her sleeping in, but if she's going to keep this up, it would be awesome if we could shift her bedtime up a few hours to let daddy get up with her and then we could have some time in the evening to ourselves. We'll work on it.

Tonight, daddy was playing with Addy and she was getting very excited when he would tickle by her neck and on her sides. Her feet are also slightly ticklish, so it should be very fun soon!

Look Who's Talking!

Sorry its been awhile, but I've been working on a new video for you!

Friday, Addy and I went shopping most of the day. We went to the grocery store, Sam's Club and Baby's R Us. Then we all went on a nice long walk around Creve Coeur Lake-everyone really enjoyed it :)

Yesterday, we started to reorganize the kitchen which we finished today. We spent a little time outside both days, but it sure is warm here. It's not supposed to be any better the whole next week-high 90s everyday :(

Addy is doing so much new stuff. As the video shows, she's definitely starting to "talk" alot, she likes to fall asleep by herself on the couch and she fits well into all of her adorable 3-6 mo. outfits now!

Enjoy the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leCk28JvojM&feature=youtube_gdata

Let's go to the Mall!

Since it would be completely INSANE to be outside for more than about 5 seconds, Addy and I went to the mall to do our walk for today. The actual high was 100, which is better than yesterday's 101! Eh, it is miserable, so we stay inside.

We tried out a different mall, one I think I've only been to once. It was ok, not my favorite, but it worked as a walking workout. We went into Hot Topic and saw the spot where Jordan's cd was supposed to be, but they were out! Too bad we still can't find his song on any of our radio stations. I've even requested it on one of the websites, but haven't heard it :(

Addy's got a new fun trick instead of peeing on me. For example, yesterday after a nap, I thought I get her diaper changed. It wasn't very wet, but I decided to change it anyway. She was then in a good mood, smiling-I thought because I had just changed her diaper. It turns out that she was making that fresh diaper wet. So I waited about 2 minutes to make sure she was done and when I went to change her, the whole side of her outfit was wet! She goes through about 3 outfits a day, just because of her excessive peeing. Oh wait-we are proud parents. We have the best peeing baby ever!! :)

New Trick!

All kinds of new things going on today! Addy has been having stomach issues the past few days-mostly spitting up a lot more than usual, and getting really upset at night when we try to lay her on her back. So we called the doctor, and she started a new medicine today. Instead of a liquid, this is a dissolvable tab. We just put half the tab in her mouth, then wash it down with water 2X a day. This morning it went ok, we'll see if it continues!

Today, Addy and I were playing in the basement. She was in a good mood, so I thought I'd put her on her tummy to play for a little bit. All of a sudden she was on her back and started crying right away. I didn't know if I just put her on her side accidentally or if she really turned over, so once she calmed down and had a little food, I thought I'd try again. She played for a little bit, fussed then used her right arm to push herself just a little bit, and she rolled over her left side onto her back. This time she was excited and smiley. Now, if she puts her two moves together-back to belly, and belly to back, with the direction she can turn, she could be mobile and roll across the room! Scary stuff :)

End of the Year!

Well, we've been busy with daily life here. Just starting our weight loss challenge, so far, so good. Thursday night, we made jello and pumpkin bread for Josh's end of year work party. Friday, Josh left a present on his boss's desk-her stapler inside of jello (see above). Anyone who watches the office understands :) It went over very well.

Yesterday, Josh mowed the yard and got all our hoses outside hooked up while I started cleaning out the office. Still messy, but not nearly as bad as it was! He also started a new gym-one that is cheaper and much closer to home, which is very exciting. Also, we got some terrible news--one of my favorite Cardinals has been traded to San Diego :(

Addy is doing well-we are starting to figure her out more and more. We need to up her Zantac dose now that she's bigger, because its not working, especially at night anymore. She can really grab your fingers now and she has a very strong bite--just ask her daddy! She has also slept in her big baby bed (her crib in her own room) the past two nights. She doesn't seem to notice that it's different, so we are definitely ok with that! Now we just need to prepare-its supposed to be 100 degrees on Tuesday and close to that hot Mon. and Wed. We might just camp out in the basement for those few days.