Melancholy

Aunt Laura and Olivia came to visit this weekend and dang if I didn't forget to get a picture with them!! Besides her oddly timed naps, she did great! Here are some pictures of her being silly while they were here.

Summer has come to a screeching halt! Day one of workshops (aka day one of being away from Addie) went well. I wish I could say the same about last night. I literally cried for hours! Yes, plural! I started thinking about how I will only be with Addie for 3 1/2 hours a day and on weekends and it just choked me up. My emotions are in overdrive. I am THRILLED that school is starting because I am always "on." There is never a dull moment. But at the same time, she will probably crawl, walk, and talk while I am working. The first two years are huge developmental years. Here I go again...moving on!

I think Addie and Melinda are going to get along marvelously! Addie crashed when I got home so I think they had a pretty fun day. Here is a pic of Addie and "Sam" snuggling.

On a more exciting/scary note, her tooth finally broke through her gums!! I guess that explains the clinginess. For the most part, she has been a trooper. It's only a matter of time before she has a mouth full of teeth! AND not only is tomorrow Sean's 15th birthday...it's Addie's half birthday. AHH I can't believe it's gone by this fast!

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Rolling over!

So, yesterday Addie finally decided to roll over. I have been waiting for this for a month! Now if we could just get that tooth to come all the way through. It has been torturing her for over a month!

I am going to apologize in advance for my goofy voice! Thank goodness for the mute button.

I caught Addie right as she turned...

Exhausted after rolling over so many times, haha!

Seattle in a nutshell

The only way I know to share our Seattle experience is to post these videos. They are basically all videos of Addie. Here goes:

Waking up in Seattle

First morning in Starbucks

Enjoying the water

Bainbridge Ferry

The Pike Brewery

Trying to get Addie to go to sleep...sort of?

Before we went out on the boat

Out on Lake Union with Kim and Jordan's friends

Queen Anne Sunset

Sweet Potatoes/random videos

I tried feeding sweet potatoes to Addie last week and this was her response:

Here is a video of Addie trying to stay awake. She has a tendency to talk a lot and make random noises so that she won't miss anything.

This was before we left for Dyersburg. Toddy had to get her Addie fill!

Dyersburg Trip

This weekend we went to Dyersburg for Brandon and Mari-Kate's wedding. Andrew was a groomsman and hadn't seen a lot of his high school friends since our engagement party so he had a good time. It was also pretty nice to get to sleep late while Nonny and Big "played"!! I think everyone enjoyed hanging out with Addie and I enjoyed the break.

Don't kill me for taking this picture! I caught Nonny reading to Addie after she got out of the shower. I thought it was cute!

John David finally got to meet Addie!

This was at the wedding. We are struggling for family pictures...

Nana got to spend some time with Addie (and even feed her!) She was really excited!

Grandmother and Pop saw Addie for the first time. It was really sweet!

Addie loved Pop!

This was on the way home. Addie slept for a solid 4 1/2 hours.

FOUR months!

Yesterday Andrew, Addie, Charlie and I all loaded up and went to Mom and Dad's to swim. Andrew rode his bike over there and met us! We had a great time. Here are some pictures from the day.

Addie went to see her Dr. for her FOUR month checkup today. Of course I didn't know that she would be getting shots. Bless her heart! I happened to have some Tylenol in her diaper bag so I gave it to her when we got there. She had one vaccine orally and the other two were shots. She only cried when she got the last one. The nurse was really impressed! What can I say, she is tough like her mommy!

She is in the 97th percentile for weight and height which means that she is healthy and growing (not overweight though!! whew!). We get to start baby food! Normally, this wouldn't be so exciting because it leads to stinky diapers, messy kitchens and more work BUT I am making her baby food and I'm pumped!! I did a trial run yesterday with sweet potatoes. It was a breeze and it tasted wonderful. If every mom knew it was this easy, they would make baby food too. Not only is it easy; it's cheap and doesn't have any preservatives. Why not?! I also will start using my "Deceptively Delicious" cookbook that uses pureed food. Neat, ok...moving on...

This is what I use:

My delicious pureed sweet potatoes.

Here is a picture of Addie with her sweet bandaids.

I have a video of Addie, post-doctor visit in her exersaucer but it won't upload. I just added the batteries so she likes it a lot more now! She is acting fine so far but I'm sure it's the Tylenol...

**Here is the video that wouldn't upload...