Happy Half Birthday!

While you usually only see one really cute picture of Addison smiling,

here is how picture taking usually goes:

"Another one of THESE pictures?"

Dad knows how to make her happy.

"I'm six months old!"

"Oh, look at the pretty bed"

"Mom, you can hang out here...but I'm going to play!"

Addison is SIX MONTHS. That seems so big...she turned 6 months old this month, and I turned 26... In my "plan" I honestly didn't see myself having a baby at this point in my life, and if you were to ask me when I did see myself having a baby I honestly don't know what I would have said...but 26 probably would not have been my answer. As I sit watching her on her video monitor, putting on her own little variety show instead of sleeping, I am so thankful for the six months that I have been blessed and privileged to be her mother. Even though times like this I am tempted to think (and often do), "what did I do wrong? why isn't she sleeping? her waketime is going to be all messed up now" (haha, typing it it seems silly, I know) I marvel at all the things she is laying there doing and can't help but smile and even laugh at her straining her neck to check the door, unvelcroing her half swaddle, pulling that swaddle off, rubbing her eyes, playing with her bumper, and rolling back and forth and sideways to end up wherever she wants to in her crib. She is growing so fast and learning so much...it is simply amazing and humbling what God has entrusted Brad and I with! Here is what Addison has been up to in her six month:

• says "mumumumumu" when she cries. I know it has no meaning, but to a mother's ears it sounds like she is crying for her mommy...
• has two teeth that are starting to come in (this was actually a five month thing, I just forgot to put it), but are not in completely yet.
• wants everything that Brad and I eat, and especially our drinks - she will drink out of my water glass as much as I will let her
• sleeping through the night again...YEAH!
• sits up well on her own, but still tips if anything happens (like a sneeze from someone two blocks away). :)
• loves all of her toys
• will sit contentedly in our laps if we go out to dinner...huge success!
• hates being strapped into her carseat
• smiles at anyone that will pay attention to her
• anticipates what will happen next when we are playing with her, or getting her up from a nap
• is so full of personality...so much fun to watch
• has started reaching for me when she wants me to take her or pick her up
• drinks her bottles faster than any baby I've ever seen.
• smiles EVERY time Brad comes home from work - she could be in the middle of tears and this little girl lights up to see her daddy.
• wakes up and will play in her crib for long periods of time
• is very alert and interested in everything going on around her

Like I said earlier, month six has been SOOO much fun. She is at such a fun stage. It is so wonderful getting to know her more and more each month and finding out new things about her little personality.

5 is gone...

But, I still want to post about it! :) I have been very lacking in my blog posting...but I'll be honest, month five was hard and so I had very little motivation to write about it, and month six has been so much fun I have found it hard to pull myself away. (And if there is ever a lack in pictures, you can bet that I have found yet another "safe" place to store my camera cord and have forgotten where that place is.) :)

Look at me, I'm five months old...and I couldn't be happier... :)

Here is what Addison was up to in month five (unfortunately, I am sure I have forgotten some of it, but know that she will forgive me):

• grabbing everything in sight, and holding her toys


• blowing raspberries...all the time...to the point where she could hardly cry because her cry would turn into a raspberry, which made Brad and I laugh, which she didn't like very much


• saying the /b/ and the /mu/ sound


• sucking on her lower lip - I'm afraid I may have taught her this...I do this when I concentrate on something and I'm thinking she might be imitating me?? hopefully it is just a phase...I'm working on it too :)


• sitting up with support


• still not rolling from back to front...it's ok, we have a month before we go to the doctor for her checkup ;)
  
• weighs 13 lbs. 3 oz


• has officially retired all of her 3 month clothes


• loves playing with her feet and taking off her socks to suck on

• likes to play in her exersaucer and sit in her bumbo with her green frog

• started rice cereal, and she loves it! she opens her mouth for every bite and will dive for it if you are not quick enough. her face was priceless the first time she tried it, a little disgusted with the texture, but wanting more...I'll try to upload the video sometime soon.

Yes, month five was a little difficult, a lot of holiday fun led to a messed up schedule which meant a lot of not sleeping through the night and no naps which led to a tired and fussy baby (and mommy). But, here we are recooperated and doing great. And it just goes to show how unconditional a mother's love is. On to month six... :)