Mmmm, Bread!

I've recently read a lot of articles on the benefits of Baby Led Weaning. It's an interesting concept. Keeping some of the facts in mind, I have let Addison explore more 'real' food. She mostly just plays with it or sucks on it, but it introduces her to more textures and also allows her to do things herself. My curious little girl is always reaching for things on the table while we eat. This night at California Pizza Kitchen, it was the sourdough bread on the table. Only minutes after we gave it to her, her attention had moved on to something else. It was cute none the less :-)

I'm Really Trying to Crawl!

She must think she has somewhere to go :-) Usually I let her play on her mat and I'll look over and she has wiggled away, but lately she has been moving pretty far! She has a backwards glide going on. I know as soon as she figures out how to plant her feet when moving backwards, she'll be able to get her back end up. And after that...well, I don't want to go there. I already bought another baby gate and switched to a more "green" floor cleaner!

Splish, splash~ Playing in My New Pool!

My New Duck Tub!

Now that lil miss thing is sitting up, she was slipping and sliding in her other tub. We are sporting the duck tub now. It even quacks!

All ready for my boat debut, got my lifejacket!

I was shocked she didn't cry when we put it on, she just kind of sat there. It looks so huge!

Family Time!

A few pictures from Roger's family get-together :) We celebrated Roger's mom's and his brithday. We also celebrated Todd & Leslie's anniversary :) It was such a beautiful day!

I Love My Bunny!

I would suppose it is frowned upon to let a young baby sleep with a stuffed animal. Truthfully, by the time she is asleep, she winds up rolling away from it anyway. It is quite cute to see her snuggle with it though :)

6 Month Stats!

At our Doctor appointment at the start of this month, Addison weighed 15 pounds 1 ounce. She is 25.5 inches long. She is back down to the 50th percentile for both height and weight, but her doctor didn't seem concerned. I wasn't either, I know this kid eats!

6 Months Old!

And she wasn't very happy about getting her picture taken last night!

6 months, 6 MONTHS! Good god, it's been a half of a year since I had my angel. Not only that, but she is half way to being 1 year old! Time flies, it really does.

Well, my girl has quite the personality now. She clearly displays her feelings of both like and dislike, and I might mention when she doesn't like something, she shrieks. It's a horrid sound. I hear it often these days. We are working on some sleep issues with Addison. She used to conk out at night during her last feeding, but now that she wants to be more active, we have a harder time getting her to sleep. I have recently started putting her in her crib after I feed her and let her fuss. She goes down right after our bedtime routine at the same time every night, 7 PM. The book I am reading called Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child gives great suggestions for sleep training as you would call it. To my dismay, none of them are magic or easy :) I put her down and let her fuss for 5 minutes, then I go in and comfort her without picking her up. Next I go in at 10 minutes, again no picking her up. Then 20, then 40, you get the idea. Going down the first night she cried for 1.5 hours, the next night is was 45 minutes, then 35 mintutes, and now about 20. Once we get this down for the nightime, we'll work on the naps and the night wakings. For now she goes down at 7 pM and sleeps until 2 AM. Then she is up every 2 hours after that! That is the tough part!

As far as activity Addison still loves her jumper and her playmat. And, of course, things are all so much more interesting now that she can sit up! She loves riding in her stroller. She adores being outside. The sprinkler out front has been known to soothe her. Addison loves running water! She has also graduated to the shopping car seat! That was new and exciting also! She loves to watch her baby Einstein videos and read her books before bed.

It's a good feeling that summer is here and the daylight is longer. I still get sad that by the time I come home I am starting her bed time routine after just a few minutes, but at least I know that it is *my* time with her. Then we binge on the weekends!

We go for our 6 month doctor appointment tomorrow!

My Future is so bright,

I gotta wear shades!

Today I Played in the Grass!

It was the first time. I was intrigued by this new texture! But in the end, it was exhausting!

Look at Me! I Can Sit Up!!!

Addison is sitting up now. It's amazing to look at her while she is sitting there, I often wonder where my little newborn went off to. She teeters a little forward, but is getting so much better and pulling herself back up. She can even lean over and pick up toys in front of her. She'll sit for quite a bit before she gets over excited and pushes back. But hey, we all start somewhere!

Here is a video of her sitting playing with her toys!

5 Month Portraits

Taken today at Picture People. There were soo many good ones. I had SUCH a hard time choosing!

Yum...Socks..

She is all into munching on her feet lately, but she must have wanted a change of pace. She went for the sock this time!

Just call me Cheeks!

Ignore the crazy woman behind me. She follows me everywhere!

Addison and Jayden

A fun day walking around the mall...well for the moms anyway. Then we get all crazy and break out the camera. No matter how much we explain to them that this is why we have babies, they still don't want to play our mommy games.

Ahhh, before the great ideas...


Does she like it if I touch her big bug eyes?


A toy? A toy to bribe me? This baby weighs a ton on my lap!


Seriously, you aren't going to take her out?


MOM!! Puuhlease, she tried to bite me!!! Get me out of here!!!


Ahhh, fun was had by all at the mall :)