Miss Adalynn will be 10 months on the 26th!

Addie I am so proud of you!!! Here is a list of all the wonderful things that you learned this month!



The Positives:

• You can prop yourself up to sitting from being on your belly
• You can pull up on anything
• You just got your first top tooth on your left (this is 3)
• You can officially say 4 words with meaning, "mama", "dada", "Bella", and you can "bawk" like a chicken, I am not 100% sure that you aren't saying "duck"
• You wave "hi" and "bye" anytime you hear those words
• You are beginning to Patty Cake
• You are trying to cover our faces with the blanket for Peek A Boo
• You are crawling with one leg up under you and the other leg propels you around
• You have learned how to operate several of your toys, dropping balls in the right places and pushing buttons
• You definitely notice when someone enters or leaves the room especially your "mama"

The Not so Positives aka the Milk Saga

• Now that you can stand in your crib, you are having a hard time putting yourself to sleep so I have been holding you until you fall asleep! Daddy says you should probably cry it out. However, Mommy is not so sure yet!!!
• We still don't sleep through the night. There were a few really good nights and then we lost that. I am sure it will come and go.
• I am getting very low on milk supply. I had set my heart on nursing for a full year. After we borrowed the initial milk from Maebrie's supply, I attempted supplementing with whole milk. Addie loved it and it was going very well then she ended up with a little rash. Not so sure they were related but I stopped and we borrowed some more milk
• After the initial rash, I called the new pediatrician and apparently they only take one phone message a day and I had missed the nurses call. When I called back they refused to take another message. So this is Doctor #2 that I am unhappy with. So far I have loved both doctors but what does it take to get a friendly receptionist!!!! Jamie says I am going to have to suck it up that everyone is going to have something. However, Mommy is not so sure about this either! I do not expected to be treated any differently than anyone else, I just wish these people would realize I work with children and have two stinking degrees I am not INCOMPETENT!!!
• So after some benadryl creme (diagnosed by and administered by Dr. Mommy) , the rash was gone! The bad news is it has been like 2-3 weeks and last night she had a little rash again??????????? So it must be something else not the milk.
• Last tidbit, I know many children survive on formula so for those of you who think that is the easy fix............I dare you to drink it and smell it. It is awful. Addie doesn't enjoy it at all and it makes her stink.
  

The Last Few Weeks

I haven't posted a lot as of lately because I haven't been a very great picture mommy lately. I need to buy a new memory card! I hate to erase them, I just throw them in the safe when they are full. Anyways, this last weekend my mom came up and kept Addie for so that I could visit my speech girls in Pea Ridge, I am mentoring two girls there.

Jamie, Alix and I have been crafting on Friday's. We aren't crafty enough to come up with our own ideas but we are great enough to steal other people's!! We have been making custom painted canvases, t-shirts, tutus, hairbows and picture frames. If you need one of these items we can make it for you and we won't charge you a fortune!!!

I have been making a lot of bows. They are easy and it is fast and somewhat therapeutic for me. I am not good with hobbies. Here is what I have made:

A tutu and matching bow for a friend's baby!

These are some bows that I made for Addie. I have made a few for presents but I am not very good at giving things away, I just want to keep it all for Addie. I have bought a lot of ribbon so there is no reason that she shouldn't have a bow for every outfit!

Uncle Brandon

Most of our family is familiar with Brandon but for those of you aren't: Brandon and I have known each other longer than any other two people in the Group O' Friends. Brandon moved to Mansfield when we were in the first grade. When we were older Brandon and Jeremy were really great friends. He lives in Bentonville as well and went to college in Fayetteville with us.

Anyways, he came to see us the other night and Addie wasn't real sure about him at first. Then he started reading her books. She loves her books. But her real love for him came with his animal noises.


Addie started out across from Brandon with the book between them, but then she turned around and scooted her butt up against and rubbed his face while he read her stories and made noises for her.

She is so stinking cute!!

Typing on my blog

Here is our little angel typing you all a message on her blog. She absolutely loves the computer, and anything else with a screen. We love you all!

Visiting Mansfield

We finally got to visit with Bridget and her family. This is her 3rd daughter, Michealyn Grace. She was born the same day that Addie was. Addie was born at almost 4 am and Michealyn sometime around noon. She is a lot bigger than Addie and has a whole lot more hair as you can see!!

We had a great visit and the girls seemed to enjoy one another.

Visiting Uncle Julio and Aunt Weezer

This is my Uncle Bill and Aunt Bev. They are two of my most favorite relatives and they are very responsible for helping mold me into the person that I am today. So you all have them to thank. They are very large fans of Addie. They encouraged her with fancy toys like magazines and Mt. Dew bottles and encouraged her to pull herself to standing.

This is my baby and I am not so excited about this pulling up business!!

Learning to Crawl!!!

Ms. Anna has reported that Addie has been scooting around to get things. This weekend Addie wanted the laptop and crawled over to it. She isn't lifting up her belly. But oh well scoot crawling/army crawling/Addie Hop is better than no crawling. Right?

After a mommy and daddy reflection, we decided that we probably aren't doing a lot to encourage her to crawl. We continue to play with her constantly on her pallet in the living room with all of her toys. When we leave her alone and sit on the couch, she actually crawls around and gets toys and plays with them!! Who knew that sometime you should leave your child alone??

As the week has progressed the crawl has gotten a little better. Today, I was feeding her Cheetos. Because she loves them! And she grabbed my shirt and pulled her self up to her knees and was getting to her feet. Oh my goodness, it is so super scary. She has no balance and absolutely no safety awareness. She is so going to be bruised up soon.

Please pray for Jeremy and I as our parenting makes a new turn from an infant to a walking baby!

Oh yeah, and I am pretty sure that she is using mama with purpose now. She has called me that 4 times in the last few days. It is absolutely the most precious sound, I have ever heard.