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My baby girl on her 10 month birthday!

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It's been too long!

Please excuse my complete neglect of Addison's blog, I know her fans have been concerned about her. Not to worry though, she is just a busy little bug! Tonight we started packing for our 2 weeks trip to Minnesota (we leave Monday) and I am trying to get as much work as I can done before we leave. For those of you that don't know Addison got a new "ride" complete with 4 doors, cold A/C and her very own personal fan. This past Friday we traded Alex's 98 Wrangler for a Jeep Grand Cherokee and it has been a blessing! Not only was it a pain to get Addison in and out of the 2 door Wrangler but she would always be flushed and sweaty as the air wouldn't circulate back to her. She is a happy little camper now!

Jeep Grand Cherokee

Addison livin large!


We still attend multiple playdates every week and Addison's new favorite place is the Espee Spray Pad. It is a park that has a water area with sprinklers and sprayers of all shapes and sizes for the kids to crawl through, over and under. I wasn't sure how she would do because she freaks out when we rinse her hair in the bathtub but as soon as I set her down she was gone. She was weaving through kids, drinking the water and splish splashing, it was so cute I couldn't believe how brave she was!


Hangin with her friend Kace


Drenched!

So much fun!


And one of my new favorite pictures <3

Jump!

Addison "breaking in" her friend Emma's jumperoo....

It's July

No super exciting news this week just our regular playdates and watching Addison become a little girl right before my eyes. She is now like superbaby crawler and can be out of my sight in 2 seconds flat. She still hasn't mastered picking up little pieces of fuzz or dog hair off the ground so I do not yet worry about her eating questionable floor items but I am sure that will be next. Baby food is a big THUMBS DOWN in our house now, she just spits it at Alex and I and laughs. Now she is pretty much eating what I eat, her favorite being nutri-grain bars, yogurt melts, avocado and PIZZA! We had pizza twice this week and it looks like she is going to aquire my love for it :) In about 2 weeks Addison and I will head to Minnesota for 10 days to visit my mom, dad, sister and grandmas. She is going to LOVE Minnesota in the summer time, she will actually get to be outside and we are going to take full advantage of it! I promise to take plenty of pictures!


Addison and her friend Kaelam are TROUBLE! She is even drinking out of his cup!

He follows her everywhere

Addisons newest trick is sliding across the floor holding onto her rings


I'll take it from here peoples!

Super Addison!

Checkup!

Today was Addison's 9 month check up and she had the super cool giraffe room again! She didn't grow as much as I had thought but she is steadily gaining height and weight so she is on track, I just think she looks so much bigger than she is!!
Weight: 16 pds 8 oz
Height: 27.75"
She has gained almost 2 whole pounds over the past 2 months but only about an inch in height...personally I think they measured her all funky but I let it go ;)
So the first thing that happens when we get in the room is a toe prick to check Addisons hemoglobin, Addison didn't even flinch, she was too interested in her bottle! All of those results came back normal, YAY!
Alex and I had decided before she was born not to vaccinate her on the suggested time schedule and thus far she had had no shots, just heel pricks when she was born. We talked with the doctor today about what vaccinations we should start with and we decided on the DTaP which is for diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis. I'm still uptight about vaccinations but I know it is important, we are just doing one at a time which our doctor says is totally fine. Anyways, I layed Addison down on the table and gave her her bottle, the nurse cleaned off her little leg and then did a deep injection of the vaccine. Addison sort of jumped at first, her face turned red and it looked like she was going to burst out in tears but she just sort of whined for a second and then kept eating her bottle. What a trooper!!! She was in a good mood all afternoon too! I just hope she makes it through the night without a negative reaction or fever, it looks like she will be just fine though. I was so proud of her, Alex and I even took a picture of her battle scars...

Daddy and Addison in the waiting room watching Monsters Inc.

Toe poke

I gotted a shot mommy :(



In other news, we went to Target today to stock up on diapers and bought size 3 cruiser diapers! She has been wearing regular size 2 diapers but we upgraded and hope they will leak a bit less! Addison had a blast in the cart at Target, smiling at everyone!

What a little ham!

Some other pictures from yesterday, look what Little Miss Explorer discovered! Uh-Oh!



Missy Moo and I