6 months old today

It has been half of a year since Addison Josephine came into this world. She was born at 4:20pm on September 30, 2008 weighing 7 pounds and measuring 18.5 inches. She barely opened her eyes, couldn't hold her own head up, slept 20 hours a day, snored just like a lawnmower, smiled in her sleep and made our lives complete.







Addison now weighs in at 13 pounds 11 oz with big feet just like her daddy. She spent today at playgroup with friends, rolling over back to tummy, smiling with her two new teeth, belly laughing, eating carrots, and splashing in the big girl bath tub. She has grown right before our eyes and each day opens up new parts of our hearts that we never even knew could love. She is our daughter, our love, our Addison.

Roley Poley

Addison rolled TWICE from her back to her stomach for the first time today...and I missed it both times!!! We were at a pool playdate for our mommy and baby group and twice I was busy talking and then I look and she is on her tummy all by herself! Such a big girl :D Addison was a little fish in the water, smiling and giggling the whole time.


Addison and our favorite pregnant mommy, Ashley!

Addison and Savana in their adorable baby bikinis!


Beautiful pool!


Also thought I would include this adorable video in our post today...Addison loves playing peekaboo with daddy...

We're baaaaack!

We just want to let everyone know that we made it back safely last night. We left Negril, Jamaica around 2pm, had a layover in Chicago where Addison got to see her grandma Laura and meet great grandma Natalie for the very first time!!! We landed in Phoenix around midnight and finally made it home at 1:30am. We are all pretty zonked but Auntie Maggie and Big Poppi are in Arizona so we are visiting with them until they leave for the airport this evening. It has been a crazy week of traveling and family, we are so blessed. I will detail the trip more when I have more than a few minutes but here are a few sneak peak pictures :D




Kisses @ YS falls

Red Stripe Booze Cruise...Addisons first!

Happy baby!


Sleepy girl

Beautiful sunset

YS falls

Packing stinks! But we got cute shoes!

3 days until we leave for our international beach vacation and our den looks like a disaster zone! That is where all the "packing" will take place, unfortunately right now there are just piles of clothes, shoes, diapers, cameras, formula, baby food jars, toys and everything else we are convinced we will need, including the kitchen sink. For those of you that don't know, Alex, Addison and I will be leaving Thursday night for 8 days on 7-mile beach in Jamaica. Miss Addison is all set with her PASSPORT...can you believe it!? What a little world traveler! Her picture is SO funny, it looks like her baby mugshot! Oh well, there's no mistaking its her :)
Addison and I did a Target run today to stock up on all things baby and we even got her shoes that match mommy's!


Baby Crocs!!!

On another note, Addison started carrots today which led to us deciding she now needs to eat clothesless...her entire face and outfit were orange after lunchtime!


The weather was gorgeous today and Addison and I hung out on the back patio for awhile and of course Mommy HAD to get out the camera!


Loves to cross her legs...such a polite little lady!

Addison and Munchkin, partners in crime!

And more bathtub pictures because they are just too cute!

Hope

Because of Addison, I have more hope than ever for the future.

Can't resist a kiss with a face like this

Today Addison had another 2 firsts! Her second tooth just popped through AND she got her toothies brushed for the first time! She looooved the tooth brushing, it probably felt good on her sore gums. I just gave her her second dose of tylenol for the day and I am hoping she wont have a difficult time going down. Her bedtime is 6 which I think seems early but if I try to prolong it by even 10 minutes she has a major meltdown and is hysterical which isn't good for her or Mommy! Our middle of the night feedings are usually at 3AM and 6:30AM so she is doing AWESOME with sleeping through the night.
Addison is now taking bathes in the big girl bath tub and enjoys splashing with her rubber duckies. It was time to switch from her baby tub that was giving mommy and daddy a better bath than Miss Addison!
Today was our playdate with mommy and baby friends and it was a wonderful time. The dogs were locked outside (glorious!) and the babies got the run of the house. We so enjoy our playgroup and couldnt ask for a nicer group of women.
Less than a week and we are headed for Jamaica! I guess we should start packing...



Addison and one of her many admirers, Cason :)

Playgroup

Bathtime baby


See my teeth!?!Click on the picture to blow it up and you can see her little toothies!!!


Silly willy




Bath time with Daddy!

Happy girl!

WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!

Addison gets a kiss from a camel and eats sweet potatoes!

Addison had her first petting zoo experience today! We went with our play group to a place called "Marley Farms" which is a farm/horse boarding/petting zoo. They had all sorts of animals like llamas, goats, cows, potbelly pigs and ostriches. Our favorite though were the camel who gave Addison a big old kiss on her face and the Zonkey (Zebra and Donkey mix haha!) We went in the pen with the goats and sheep and Miss Addison loved them and thought it was HILARIOUS when they jumped up on mommy...I on the other hand wasnt thrilled as I was wearing sandals and a white shirt, needless to say next time I'll plan ahead!

When we got home from that adventure, Addison had her first taste of real food...SWEET POTATOES!!! She wasn't thrilled but liked it much more than the rice cereal I've been forcing her to eat. We will stay with sweet potatoes for a few days and then move on to other veggies. Alex and I are still at odds of whether she will be a meat eater but we still have some time to decide. Love to everybody!!!






The Zonkey!