Mega Catch up!! lol

I thought I'd be good about blogging, but I guess I was wrong! So where are we now? Well, Addi is now 6 mos old and we just had her appt. on Monday. She is 14lbs. 14oz. and 26.25" long. 25th% for weight and 75th% for height. She is rolling all over, grabbing everything and throwing it down, sitting up on her own, and now has two bottom teeth. She is eating cereal and baby food and loves when we give her potatoes from our plate. I am all done pumping and just using up my frozen supply of milk, very soon she will be a fully formula fed baby...which for some reason makes me very sad. We've been weaning for a while now and at this point she is getting 2 oz. of BM and 5 oz. of formula in her bottle.



Thanksgiving: We hosted a Thanksgiving for all of friends and their kids this year. Wow! It was great and was definately a full house. I think we had about 30 adults and 10 kids, 7 of which were under a year old. I can't wait to see all of these kiddos grow up together!



Christmas: Christmas is so different once you have a child. We are so blessed to have amazing family and friends. We hosted a Christmas at our house this year. I think it was the first time that Joe and I have gotten both of our families together for a holiday since our Wedding over three years ago. Again, it was very crowded, but a great time!! Addi was definately spoiled rotten!!



Welcome 2010!!! Wow, what could this year possibly bring. In 2009 we went to the Dominican Republic just a few days after finding out we were pregnant, we put an addition on our house, and had our beautiful little girl.



In May Joe has to go to Argentina for one of his Master degree's and I'm flying out to meet him for 4 days....I'm soooo excited, but scared to death!!!!! We still haven't left Addi over night anywhere and we will be leaving her for 4 days! I'm going to be SO lost. I try not to even think about it, it makes me sick to my stomach!!



I'm already starting to think about Addi's 1st Birthday Party! I think we are going to do a party at our house and turn it into a 4th of July party as well, not sure yet.



OH!! Tonight (Wed.) Joe is leaving for Michigan to go snowmobiling and then on Friday there are a bunch of us driving up to go skiing. We are taking Addi and then our neice Ashley and a friend are going to babysit while we are out on the slopes. We will ski all day Sat and then Sunday morning for 4 hrs. and then head back. It will be Joe, Addi and I, Ashley and her friend, Nick, Caitlin, Shane, Katie, Drew, Jill, and Mike! I can't wait!



Well...enough for now. I'll try to keep up better and get some pics posted

Well, I went back to work this week. I had dreaded Monday for months. I knew I needed to keep it together in the morning as best as possible, but on Sunday night I was a mess. I was headed to bed and Joe was staying up to do homework and then feed her at 11pm. I was laying in bed and of course couldn't sleep when Addi woke up to eat. I had to get up and hold her again...She was being snuggly and I just cried and cried while holding her...I hated the idea of not seeing every single smile. Now here we are and it's Thursday. I've made it this far pretty well. I'm exhausted, but part of that is due to Joe being out of town and also having parent-teacher conferences Monday and Wednesday evening. The days have gone by faster than I thought they would. I can't wait until 3:15 gets here everyday so I can get home to see her. I need to do so much around the house, but I just want to play with Addi...maybe I can convince Joe to do housework! hahahahaha! J\K honey!

Enough about how I'm doing...Addi has been pretty good. She is of course more adorable by the day. She has gotten her right foot in her mouth a time or two and she has rolled from belly to back twice. She LOVES to just be talked to. She will lay on her playmat or on a blanket for an hour as long as you are keeping her entertained. She loves any toys that play music and light up. I bought a toy at a yard sale for a dollar and that was the best dollar I've ever spent! She can still wear a size one diaper, but I ran out of those and I'm now using Pampers 1-2's. She wears 3-6 month clothes now. Anything sleepers with feet in in them have to be 6 mo. I just packed up her summer clothes and everything too small. I never thought I'd be one to be sad over clothes, but now I realize it's not about the clothes at all but about her being "so" big now and growing up so fast!

Our addition has all the draywall up and done now and the walls are primered. We are planning to paint this weekend and Monday and Tuesday since I'm on fall break!

A few fun and/or funny things!

So the other night we were getting things ready to bath Addi. We always put her little bath tub up on the kitchen table so we don't have to bend over or sit in the floor...I was getting the tub and stuff ready and Joe was in the nursery taking her clothes and diaper off. It is a pretty short walk from the nursery to the kitchen table, but when Joe had made it about 10 steps, Addi started peeing! lol It got all over the floor and some on him. She quit about the time he got to the table and as soon as her bottom hit the water, she started peeing again! I don't know where that much pee came from! haha

This week tummy time is becoming more tolerable to Addi. I had just posted a thread on justmommies.com about her not rolling over yet and the next day she rolled from her belly to back for the first time on her own. She has only done it 2-3 times, but she is getting the hang of it. She is also getting her toes in her mouth now! It's so cute so I grab the video camera to tape it and she quits! We also thing she is starting to teeth now. Yesterday was a rough day and we turned to orajel and it seemed to help her. She is slobbering like crazy and chewing on everything, especially her fists and her passie!

Addi and Emma

This past Friday, Ashley Shockey and her little girl Emma came over to my moms to visit. Here are some pics we shot while they were over.

Shock was opening some stored milk and spilled some on Emma! haha I guess Addi wanted to lick it off! hahaha!

Our addition

Well, slow progress is still being made. For those of you who don't know, we are adding on a family room and a large master bedroom. We are also putting in new ceramic tile floors throughout the kitchen, new backsplash, and new countertops. We are having two Thanksgivings here this year so it has to be done by the middle of Nov. We went this past week and ordered a new sectional sofa with a lg. square ottoman to match, a rectangle shaped ottoman that the lid opens up for toy storage (it is leather to match the sofa) we also ordered a new dining room table with six stools (it's one of those high tables) and also a buffet to match the table. Everything is going to be soooo nice when it is finished. We have the drywall up in the addition and it is in the process of being sanded. Later this week we are opening up the wall between the kitchen and new family room so there is a pass through! I need to get paint picked next week! YAY!!

Gma Karen

My mom recently tore her achilies tendon and has surgery to repair it this past Wed. Addi and I have been going over there daily to help her get around. Since the Drs. didn't give her anything to get around with, one of her friends brought her a wheelchair to use which has been a blessing. I'm taking her back to the Dr. Tomorrow (Wed.) to have a hard cast put on. I hope everything still looks Ok when we go to the Dr. and she gets a better idea of how long she will be off of it. I know it is killing her knowing that I'm having to take Addi elsewhere when heading back to work.

Here I sit while Addi sleeps this morning feeling so guilty. I was soooo tired this morning and Addi was ready to get up. I caught myself getting angry at her b\c she wouldn't go back to sleep. So we get up and head to the nursery to change her diaper and as soon as I layed her down she gave me the biggest sweetest smile. I think to myself, how can you get mad about having to be up with that amazing little girl...you only have 4 days left at home with her before going back to work. I'm dreading going back to work and possibly missing some of her firsts! I'm going to do my best to just enjoy these final few days with her...Mommy and Addi time is going to be great the rest of the week!