Weekly Update - Saying "HI"

Weekly Photo

Over last weekend, we visited with some of the Raube and Kuntz family in Bloomington and Pontiac.  Addie was able to see her grandparents on both sides of mommy's family.  It was really nice to see everyone, especially since it had been a while.  We were able to get a few pictures (see below).

Milestones Week of July 15 (62 Weeks):

Miss personality:  Lately, Addison's mood has changed drastically with her teething.  She is much more irritable and short-tempered.  Once her teeth come through, I'm thinking we will start seeing her happy personality come back :)

Food habits:  Before naps, Addison usually gets a small snack and milk to help fill up her belly.  Her favorite snack is 1/2 of a peanut butter sandwich.  Generally, we will cut the bread up to make it easy for chewing.  Lately though, we decided to just cut the crust off and give it to Addie whole.  She did great biting off pieces and not choking/gagging.  Her ability to eat the sandwich without any help from mommy or daddy is a pretty big milestone for us and shows that she might be ready for a variety of other foods.

Teething:  We can see almost all of Addison's front top and bottom two teeth.  It seems as though her gums are swollen and more teeth are trying to come through.  We're hoping that it's a quick breakthrough for her and not too painful, but her moods are proving otherwise :(

Extended Vocabulary: Addison has started saying "HI".  Daddy taught the word to her earlier in the week and she says it repeatedly now! ha ha  It's so cute because she will pop her head up next to where we are sitting, smile really big and say "HI".  So cute!

More Pictures:

Hanging out at Nana's

Making sand angels :) 

We buried Nana.. can you find her? :) 

THERE'S Nana! 

Hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa Kuntz's 

Grandpa and Addie 

Grandma and Addie 

Grandpa Raube's house 

Aunt Nancy Raube loved seeing Addie again!  

Here's Addie with Uncle Tom.

What an awesome visit!  

Weekly Update - Happy 4th of July, 14 Months Old

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Of course I've been a little delayed on posting again, but I always keep track of events and milestones on my phone's notepad so I don't forget specifics! :)  On Friday July 1st, mommy's cousins Angela (with her husband & kids) and Ashley came to visit us at the lake.  We had such an awesome time with all of them and Addie seemed to love having the company around.

Milestones - Week of Friday July 1st to Friday July 8th (14 Months)

4th of July - We celebrated all weekend long but starting on Saturday, uncle Dillon set of lots of fireworks at his house.  Addie seemed okay at first watching the bright lights, but eventually became annoyed (sleepy).  The rest of the weekend and on Monday (the 4th), it was so late by the time fireworks were going that Addie was already in bed.

Bedtime Soothing - In Addie's crib, we keep a stuffed animal "Bear-Bear".  The bear plays soft music when you hit the button the his back and then will shut off after 1/2 hour.  In the last week, Addie has started hitting the button when the music stops playing if she's still awake.

Pekaboo - We've posted before about Addie playing pekaboo.  It's even cuter now because she will hide behind just about anything and wait for you to say "BOO".  She uses curtains, pillows, toys.... ANYTHING to play pekaboo!

Visit to Illinois - We left on Tuesday the 5th to go visit Nana in Chicago with cousins Blake and Avryl.  We had a great visit with Nana!  We went swimming, played around the sand volley ball pit, and just had FUN.  On Friday the 8th, we went to visit with Grandma and Grandpa Kuntz for a bit.  Addie had fun "talking" with them and playing with toys at their place.

Food Habits - We have taken Addison off of baby puree completely.  She still only has her two top and bottom front teeth, but is really good at mashing most food, enough to swallow.


More Pictures:

Playing in the sand at Captain Ron's

Cousin Angela, Addie, and Grant 

Cousin Angela, Cousin Jackson and Addie 

Pulling things out of mommy's cabinet... as usual :) 

Cousin Ana and Addie 

Daddy and Addie right before fireworks at home 

Popsicles for the kiddos 

Addie and Cousins (from left to right)

Ana, Avryl, Grant, Blake, Roman, and  Jackson up front

Weekly Update - Upgraded walking

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Milestones - Week of June 25 (59 Weeks)

Pekaboo - We've blogged about playing pekaboo with Addie before but she's started something new.  Before, we would jump around a corner or hide behind a blanket and yell BOO.  Now, Addison will cover her eyes and pull them away quickly and wait for us to say BOO.  She gets such a kick out of it and it never gets old to her!

Walking - It seems like Addie gets around more on her feet than she does crawling nowadays.  As long as there is something to hold on to, she's usually walking.  She used one of her walkers on her own this week too without any help!  If we try to walk WITH her though, she wants nothing to do with it.  The minute we try to pull her away from whatever object she's holding on to, she will immediately sit down.