Kissing Concrete

This is a pretty cute video of Addison doing all her new things... kissing, bear crawling, waving (still needs improvement) and clapping. We are not sure why she decided to kiss the concrete, I just feel blessed to have had my video camera close to capture the funny moment.

Walking with the Walker

Addison is still far away from walking, but she did learn to walk using a walker GG bought for her. She crawls to the toy, stands up and starts walking. She goes until she runs into furniture or a wall... super cute!

9 Month Well Check

We took Little A to visit Dr. Sperling for her 9 month well check. She had fun playing in the waiting room.

She loves playing with the roll of paper on the exam table.

Here are her stats:

Weight: 17 Pounds 7.8 Ounces - 30th Percentile

Length: 28.5 Inches - 75th Percentile

Head Circumference 44cm - 50th Percentile

Did a simple blood test to check her iron levels and it came back great. Over all the visit went great, Addison is very healthy and developing at a normal rate. The only bad news is that Addison is not drinking enough milk during the day, so we are going to back off the sippy cup and replace with formula. Hopefully this will help, if not I still feel she is ok even if she is getting 4-6 ounces less than she should be.

Addison growled at Dr. Sperling, it was pretty hilarious. Dr. said she has not see that very much, haha.

Addison's First Painting

We celebrated GG's 60th birthday on the 24th and I thought the perfect gift that Addison could give her would be a painting. For those who do not know GG is an incredible artist and can paint just about anything.

I had this vision in my head how it would go and while the painting turned out great, it was a lot messier and went quicker than I imagined. This was a five minute project and we painted two paintings. Addison had a blast smearing the paint all over the paper, garage and herself. Luckily the paint washed off without issue. Addison had a so much fun and I see us painting a lot more pictures in the future.

I only got one picture of the first painting since I wanted to supervise Addison to see what she would do. Most of the pictures are from the second painting that we will be displaying in our house. Just starting out... so innocent...

3 minutes later... started the second painting...

This is her "determined to make a royal mess" face...

Making sure she did not miss a spot...

Now onto painting the garage floor with hand and footprints...

9 Months -

Sweet baby Addison is now 9 months, I cannot believe how fast this time with her has gone by. We love her so much and thank God for our healthy, happy baby girl. This month we have seen Addison mature in a lot of things she was already doing like standing up, talking, crawling, etc. Her personality has also really developed.

Fun Facts:

• Easily pulls up using anything she can get her hands on (including my hair, ouch).
• Favorite new foods are yogurt and cheese.
• Pooped in the bathtub for the first time, luckily Brian was home to help. (yes I know, TMI but I had to share the good, bad and DISGUSTING, plus this blog is for me to look back on and remember the more memorable times).
• Still an EXCELLENT sleeper - She takes two naps a day lasting 1-3 hours and sleeps 11-12 hours at night.
• Still have only two teeth, but the top ones should appear any day.
• Learning to kiss - it is mouth open, but really cute
• Loves to read
• Loves to eat!
• She makes the funniest growling sound that is hilarious.
• Learned to walk around tables and the couch while holding on.
• Balancing is getting better. I am hoping she will hold off on walking for at least another month (or two).
• Ate dirt for the first time.
• New words are bubble, yeah, hey.

Addison is so much fun and is pure joy to be around. We are so thankful for our super happy healthy baby girl!

Black Beans are YUMMO and FUN!

Addison is so good at feeding herself, she is also good at getting food all over herself. We save the messy fingerfoods like black beans and avocado for her supper so we can put her in the bath immediately afterwards.

DeDaddy's 90th Birthday

Easter Sunday was my DeDaddy's 90th birthday. After eating a yummy meal with my family, we went to his skilled nursing facility in Lakeway to visit him and give him some banana pudding that my Aunt made. It was a great visit! Dedaddy was in good spirits and enjoyed reading all of his cards. Having the family there to celebrate his milestone birthday was special as well. Happy Birthday DeDaddy!