June 26th- 7 months old

Today was Addie's 7-month birthday!! She broke the skin and has a tooth on the bottom. What a great birthday present. We are going to Kansas City this weekend for a mini vacation and for Addie's 7-month birthday. We are going to the zoo, her first visit to see the animals. We are super excited. We will take pictures and get them posted when we get back!

Dead Batteries! Bon Voyage Grammy!

We went to Mansfield this last weekend. We saw Grammy, Uncle Randy, Carla, David, Clayton, Logan, Jonah, Bev, Bill, Pa Cecil, Gran Norma, Granny, Tammy, Barry, Brittany, Linda, Sue, and Ronnie.

Our camera batteries were dead so we didn't get the pictures but Grammy did. The next time Grammy comes up to see us we will steal her pictures. So everyone will have to wait for those.

Also Grammy leaves for her cruise this Friday. Bring me back some baby margarita from Margaritaville, Grammy!! We love you be careful!

I am a big GIRL!!

So as a mother, I have discovered that there are some things that really concern me and some things that don't. As a therapist and a mommy the two things that I have been super paranoid about were first the CARSEAT and second of all SIPPY CUPS.

I registered for and received the carseat that won all the safety awards. Which Addie also sits in during tornadoes.

As far as the sippy cup goes, we are using straw cups and she does really well with restaurant straws however; home cups with straws are spill proof. So they have weird little straw valves so she has to mash with her gums and then suck! But she is getting the hang of it. Here Daddy is holding the cup up so that when she bites it, water will come. Kinda cheating but it helped her learn the cause and effect of the straw cup.

Most people are somewhat impressed with this but yes Addie can suck through a straw and has been doing it for a while now.

Going swimming in the little pool!!

For Father's Day, we bought Addie her kiddy pool, filled it up, let it warm in the sun and then played in the shade. This is her preparing for the outing.

Here I am playing in the pool. It was just like a big bathtub. I didn't love it but I didn't hate either.

Eating a fish!

The Best Daddy!

This is how a great Daddy spends his first Father's Day. He is blowing up a pool by mouth for his Adder's.

Meeting Baby Currin!!

We went to visit Baby Currin for Ms. Vicki's birthday. Ms. Vicki is mommy's work friend and our carpool buddy. I call her "Lady in the Mirror." This is her new grandson that was born on Mommy's birthday. He is a doll. He seems so small compared to me!

Some items have yet to be mastered

There have been lots of changes in baby products over the years, but noone is yet to master baby sunglasses. The first pair we bought the sides were to long and didn't hook behind her ears properly. These have a headband thing and the velcro is in the wrong place. However, they are still just absolutely precious on Miss Adalynn.

I need big bows please!!

So, I have always thought that bald babies were cute. I wanted Addie to be blessed with Jeremy's thick hair but I wanted her to be bald. So I never dreamed at 7 months, she would still just have fuzz. Therefore, none of the little clippy bows work yet. We invited Jamie and Maebrie over so that Jamie could make Addie some more bows for Friday night friend night. Here is Addie modeling a bow and Maebrie showing off her skills. She can pull up and cruise around.

Babysitters!!

Last week, Mommy had her part-time jobs to do and Daddy had a Physics workshop to attend, so we needed some babysitters.

Tuesday, I went to Anna's house and visited and played with Alea.

Then on Wednesday, I stayed with Uncle Randy. He kept me like all day, changed all of my diapers even a poop one and fed me two bottles and some baby food! He was an awesome babysitter.

Thursday and Friday, my Grammy came. She lets me do things that mommy and daddy say "no" too. Like playing computer games and holding me while I sleep.

Let's Go Swimming Grammy!

After mom and I gave Addie her bath, we tried on her bathing suit and hat. I bought it for her at the GAP for my birthday. She was laughing at Grammy and sitting up on the changing table. Yeah, I know not the safest but we were ready to catch her if she fell. I love this picture because she doesn't have any teeth. She has been a little fussy and had a low grade temperature, so I think the teeth are on the way. I am glad that we snapped a picture before the teeth came.

Mommy's Birthday and the Shareholder's Meeting

Mommy's Birthday is always the weekend of the Shareholder's meeting. With Uncle Randy already being here, Grammy came to visit as well. Then Great Aunt JoAnne from Memphis came to the meeting to represent the Sam's Club that she works at. We had a great birthday celebration.

After we kidnapped Aunt JoAnne from the WalMartians, we went to the food court at the NWA Mall to have some drinks and waited for Daddy to get off work. Then we all went to eat at Penguin Ed's/B and B or whatever you want to call it. Mom figured that this would be a great local restaurant to take everyone to. After fried pickles, bbq, battered fries and fried pies we were all stuffed. So Grammy took me home and mommy, daddy, Uncle Randy and Aunt JoAnne went to the concert. They saw One Republic, All American Rejects and Journey.

Addie's First Concert

Who else would take Addie to her first Rock concert other than Uncle Randy? Well on Tuesday, June 2nd, Uncle Randy babysat Addie with me supervising as I worked in the office. So that afternoon was the first concert for the shareholders. It was Lifehouse and Taylor Swift. So off we go. Uncle Randy wanted to carry Addie in the baby carrier. But then he saw all these hot girls! He laughed and said I am never going to get a girl if I am with my sister and carrying around a baby. We stayed just to listen to Lifehouse and then we left. No Taylor Swift for us.

Sarah, Parker and Durinda Came to Visit

Parker Wesley Saffold came to visit us. This is my friend, Sarah's baby. He was born in March and they live in southern Arkansas. Sarah has a long time family friend who graduated so they came up to NWA for the weekend.






This is Addie and Parker playing in the floor. Addie kept trying to eat Parker's foot.








This is sweet Parker sleeping in the floor. He is a thumb sucker isn't he precious?










Here are Sarah and I with the kiddos! Who knew that we were going to turn out to be such hot moms?

Scary Storm

So last Saturday, Jeremy was outside mowing and came in to get me and this scary cloud is coming toward our house. (actually this was north of our house) Most of you know, that our house is kinda up high so we can see everything coming in from Oklahoma. I took this picture and they showed it on 5 News. This is a "shelf cloud" or that's what they called it anyway. On a happy note, it provided a nice rain storm that Addie slept through.

Eating

Addie is fully adapted to the eating routine. She absolutely loves eating and will eat anything. The only food that doesn't work out well is peaches. She loves them but she spits them up. As soon as she goes into the highchair, she starts saying "ew, ew, ew." Then we put on the bib and she gets more excited and when she sees the food it is just all over. She ate 6 ounces of food last night. This is her preferred way to eat without the tray on the highchair with her foot propped up.

Childproofing the House

Now that Addie can roll throughout the house, we decided to go ahead and install the cabinet locks. This is Addie helping Daddy. She held the plastic box the locks came in! We did leave one cabinet without the locks so that she can have some fun!

Memorial Day

For my first Memorial Day, we had a cookout. All of my favorite friends were here. Eric, Tasha, Matt, Mary Kim, Will, Tracie, Matt, Jamie and Maebrie. We had a big cookout and then the big people played Rock Band on the XBox.

This picture is of Maebrie, Matt and myself.

Patience Please Everyone

Today was mommy and daddy's last day of school with kids. Mommy has a lot of paperwork to finish up this week. Tomorrow Uncle Randy is going to keep me while Mommy works from home. Hopefully, next week will slow down and Mommy can put up some new pictures. Mommy is going to work part time this summer that way I don't get to spoiled over the summer. Thanks to everyone for continuing to check my blog. There will be lots of exciting things to come with the summer updates like swimming!! But for right now, I will continue to sleep! Good night everyone and sweet dreams.......