9 month check up

Here are Addie's newest measurements-

Weight 18lbs. 12oz 50th percentile
Length 28.5 inches 75th percentile (Now she isn't short?)
Head 18 inches 75th percentile (still has a big head!!)

9 months old on the 26th!!

Now that we are back to school, I realized I probably would not be getting around to this during the week so it is a few days early. Things are changing so quickly it is really hard for me to remember what she is doing that maybe everyone doesn't know about but I will try: Cognitive and Language Milestones:

• Signing "more" when eating
• Waving "bye-bye"
• Uses lots of babbling and inflection
• Protests strongly the removal of something she wants
• Looks for lost things
• Makes /p/ /b/ /m/ /d/ /g/ /l/ sounds
• Has a sweet voice and a mean voice (very funny)

Motor Development (this is the one we are lacking in):

• Sits beautifully with wonderful posture
• Puts all things in her mouth (strings, rocks anything she can find)
• Pushes chest completely off the floor
• Supports weight on hands and knees for a limited amount of time
  
• Scoots backwards on belly
• Spins on belly
• Rolls quickly to whatever she wants
• NO CRAWLING

Other Development:

• 2 bottom teeth
• Eating everything and loving it
• Sleeping through the night about twice a week
• Still have yet to determined an eye color
• Have limited hair but what we have is growing
• Starting to have breakdowns when mommy leaves the room
• Riding in a big girl car seat!! (I need to get a picture)

The most enjoyable thing right now is how funny it is to wake Addie up. She is not on the school schedule yet and she really wants to sleep in until 8:30 or 9. She stretches and whines at 6:30, she is all groggy looking and really has a hard time getting up!!!

Girlz Night

This Friday night, we went to dinner with Alix, Jamie and Maebrie and then we to play for a little while at the Bettinardi's. Addie and Maebrie are getting better together. I sat Addie in Maebrie's bed and Maebrie ran circles around Addie while Addie giggled at her. Maebrie enjoyed the encouragement. I am afraid of what that may mean for the future. They are such sweet girls, Addie went toward Maebrie with her mouth open (maybe it was a bite but we will pretend kiss) and when I said oh kiss the baby, Maebrie opened her mouth and they kissed it was very precious.

Outside

We have been taking Addie outside on her bath nights to play with the dogs. Then after they love on her, she can have a bath. We decided to sit her out in the grass. This was something that we have never done before. I am not sure that she enjoyed it.

Our Picture

Daddy has recently discovered that there aren't many pictures of all 3 of us. So we took this picture for Daddy to use in his back to school powerpoint presentation. Addie looks super cute and Jeremy and I are just in shorts. We weren't really planning on taking a picture but Mom was at the house so we decided to take a picture in the front yard. Addie was most interested in the grass.

Last Week of Summer!!

The week before we went back to school we just tried to enjoy Addie. We just wanted to chill out as a family so most of these pictures were taken to show all of you what we do on a daily basis.

Typing with Daddy on the Computer

New Jammies playing in Mommy and Daddy's bed

Sitting on my clown car

Acting silly with Mommy and Daddy

I am usually happy when Grammy visits! This is an ugly face. BUT in the other picture Grammy looked Goofy so we decided better for me to look silly than Grammy.

Playing with Daddy

Eating Cheetos!!

Addie has been experiencing many different foods and tastes. I gave Addie a Cheeto Puff which she loved. She loves her Gerber Veggie Crunchies which are probably a lot better for her than Cheetos but oh well. Jeremy was holding some Cheetos and she reached out and took one away from him. We love to eat!

Our 3 pregnant Friends!!

Well as time goes on, maybe I will be allowed to share names but we have 3 special friends/family members who are all expecting new babies and friends for Adalynn.

All 3 of these special mommies have various reasons for not wanting to rejoice publicly yet. But I just want you all to know that we are super excited and praying for you!!!

Addie and the Snake!!

This is the picture of Addie that my friend, Donna, took of Addie and I at the Save Decatur Fundraiser! She is NOT touching the snake but I think that it is such a cool picture. She was sooo interested in the snake. I don't have internet stuff on my phone but Mrs. Donna and I figured it out during our boring inservice today. I bluetoothed the picture to her and she emailed it to me! Cool!

Continued Prayer Request

Regarding my job, for now I have decided to ride out the Decatur dilemma. I was asked to make a decision on Monday and I decided NOT to bale ship. I will stay until they decide to change my job and force me out. I could still take Addie to Anna's if I work in Gentry but I couldn't bare the idea of leaving a few other's behind. Mainly, the other 30 children that God has placed in my hands. Not my birth children but still my children.

Please continue to pray for our school and that my job will remain full time!!

Last but Not Least--- NUB's Place

Addie and I picked up Daddy at Nub's place on the way home Sunday. We had not yet visited Uncle Nub's new apartment in Fort Smith. Daddy and Nub had gone night fishing with Pa the night before. We are so happy to have Uncle Nub graduated and closer to us!!!

Great Aunts and Uncles

This is my Aunt Linda and my Uncle Barry. Addie's great- aunt and uncle. They are my dad's sister and brother. This is not a fabulous picture but they were playing with Addie and are always so happy to see her and visit with us. We always appreciate everyone adapting their busy schedules to visit with us while we are at home!!! Remember you are all always welcome to come see us!!!

Visiting Granny!

This is Addie visiting one of her other great grandmothers. This is Granny Helen Morrison, my grandma, my dad's mom. She had nine children!!! She is an excellent cook and it has always been a family tradition to go to her house after church on Sunday and eat dinner. I believe that she is 92, and she still tries to cook!!!

Groovy Tunes

I love this picture. Addie kept her hands on the guitar because she liked the vibration. But here she was looking at her Uncle Randy as he serenaded her with his wonderful musical talents.

Happy Birthday Grammy!!

On August 1st, we celebrated Grammy's birthday! She turned ??? well we better not say. We love you Grammy! We went to Gringo's for dinner and then to Marble Slab for ice cream. I had Orange Sorbet and it was all over me. If you look carefully, I have orange lips and orange stains all down my shirt!!! I am quite the eater, they couldn't feed it to me fast enough!

My Great Grandmother

This is Jeremy's grandmother, Faye Yates. She lives on the farm at Witcherville by Jeremy's parents. She came and spent a week with us and enjoyed playing with Addie. She is a wonderful helper and did all of our laundry and made our bed everyday!!!

Bath Time Fun

For the last couple of weeks, we have moved to the big girl bathtub!! Addie can now use that bathroom that we built just for her. Ever since her arrival into the world, she has never cried during bath time. She appears to love the water. She chases her ducks, sucks on her washcloth and splashes the water with her legs and tries to catch it. Maybe she will be that Olympic swimmer that I prayed for!!