she's a pisces for sure...

while it was only for a little bit...she loved it...oh how i long for the days when being chubby in a bathing suit was considered a cute thing...

i secretly whispered to her, "enjoy this while you can little girl" "you will soon have a complex that even i am not responsible for"

and i, for the first time, am realizing the interesting color that mommies get - when they hold babies with 50 sunblock...grrrrreat.

ahhh, summer.

(and no, she is not sitting up at 3 mons. - i cropped out my hand holding onto her for dear life)

um, no, she hasn't skipped a meal...

thank you doctor...

adelaide jane

three months

HT: 25 in (95th percentile)

WT: 15 lbs. 11 ozs. (97th percentile)

HEAD: 17 in (97th percentile)

and you are perfect in every way lady jane.

so you just keep on eating...

the only limbo this little girl is gonna do

is under a big stick...

thanks to melanie and joe for being addie's godparents...lord knows this kid is gonna need some guidance with the two of us as parents...

shout out to chi-town

my cousin maura just loved to
chat with me..




















and my cousin ben had
lots to say too..
but my favorite were
the songs that merritt
sang to me...

i had so much fun guys...wish i could see you all the time...
i will be up to visit as soon as i can!

i may be holy, but i still rock

don't be fooled by my precious appearance,
its just that now when i dance, i like to dance for jesus.

bring it. oh lord. bring it.

you're once, twice, THREE times a lady

so addie jane turned three months today...

things i love about my three month old

1. her unending amount of drool

2. her laugh and how many forms it comes in

3. her curls right after a bath

4. her dancing skills

5. her ability to sleep through the night

6. her big eyes

7. her love of cuddling

8. her constant attempt to get her entire hand in her mouth

9. her voice and how she sighs

10. her.

happy three months baby. can't imagine life before you. can't imagine life without you.

last day with my lady

i can't believe its over.

i can't believe its time for me to go back to work.

people told me in the beginning that i would not want to go back. that it would be hard. that i would miss her too much. people said that i would get into a routine with her, get to know her quirks, her cries, and get used to it being the two of us..daily.

and i honestly thought.."you are crazy" "i want my old routine back" "i want adult interaction" "i want to not live in three hour increments of time" "i will want to go back-believe me"

and now i have one more morning, one more day of her all to myself. its so stupid..but i am totally crying thinking about saying goodbye to her in the morning and then not seeing her for 8 hours. and its not like she won't be in totally capable hands..thank god for greg, and for our moms. its that i am used to knowing her whole day, and not having to ask someone else how it went.

and this is only for a super tiny bit - i mean, i am working for 9 nine days. and then i will be with her for two more months of mornings.

i think its just got me thinking about august. when she goes to spend the day with strangers...who won't be photographing all her smiles for me. i guess what i am trying to say is,

this sucks.

and i know i am not the only one who thinks that. addie told me she thinks it sucks too, she likes our morning chats, my singing and our dancing...but secretly, i know she can't wait to be spoiled with love from her daddy, her grandma and her nana too. and i am okay with that.

i just hope she tells me all about it when i get home from work.

quite good company

so i started to feel sick monday night, horrible sore throat, and a nasty cough...which pretty much describes my tuesday and my wednesday...(sooooo sorry erin)

and while i was just sitting there feeling miserable and waiting for the next dose of medicine to relieve whatever symptoms it could..i had the greatest company.

my daughter has a very sympathetic gene in her, she slept so i could sleep, she laughed so i could smile, and she wasn't fussy for a second - so i could be the fussy one instead. she even told me stories so i could fall asleep faster...

i mean, what DO moms do when they get sick? i couldn't get a sub, and leave plans on my desk for them to completely ignore anyway...i had to do what most teachers do...work sick...its just easier that way.

so here's to all the moms who have been as sick as a dog..and here's to all the kids who played nice for the crazy medicine-head mommies...i promise, we will get out today addie, you deserve a little sunshine, love you!

can we watch it again?

"please mommy please, can we can we?" addie says as i push play again on her butterflies and music dvd...

my wonderful aunt claire gave me a dvd with real butterflies flying around hopping from flower to flower all set to really beautiful lullabies..and to my surprise, addie is mesmerized by it...and i have to admit, so am i.

its better than that scary duck on the einstein videos - which she is also mesmerized by

and..huh, i wonder where she gets her love of the t.v. - couldn't be a trait her parents passed on could it?

and i guess until its a rotten cartoon that messes with her self-image and puts violence in her head - i will let her watch this as many times as she wants.

and secretly, i love that its butterflies. i bet her g.g. would have loved to watch this with her...i can see them now, cuddled up in bed together...just chatting and picking out their favorite ones...missed you again this mother's day grandma...love you.

love my little lady

first of all i have to give a shout out to addie's new friend OTTO BAILEY HANSBAUER! you are such a cute little guy, it was so fun to hold you today and remember how it wasn't that long ago that my little lady was swaddled up in a hospital blanket...awwww

but now my little lady is big enough to be a big help around the house...so addie and i made a paula deen strawberry cake today for her nana's birthday...

well actually, addie just danced to springsteen while mommy worked the handmixer, but i will give her creativity credit cause the strawberries around the top were her idea.

i can't believe tomorrow is mother's day. how lucky am i to get to have such a happy healthy little girl to smile back at me tomorrow! i can't wait!

pictured is my little lady and myself, and the 'fruits' of our labor!

who's a big girl?

so my little adelaide is now sleeping in her pack 'n' play...

this may not seem like a big deal to you all, but that is one step away from her crib..which means she is that much closer to sleeping in a room without one of us.

i am stunned how much she is like her daddy when it comes to sleep. she is crabby when she is tired, and if you put her down and leave her alone, she grumbles a bit and then WHAM - out like a light - and the best part is - she sleeps as hard as her daddy too. (just the other day she slept through daddy's saw, the ice-cream truck, and mama's loud t.v.)

i have pictures of her in her pack and play, but these were just so much cuter...i just had to share them with you...cause the only thing better than addie when she is sleeping is addie when she just wakes up in the morning and is so happy.

these pics show how addie greeted me this morning...