poor little big girl

miss adelaide jane

six months

height 27 inches 90th percentile

weight 20 lbs. 14 ozs. 97th percentile

head 18 1/4 inches 97th percentile

little addie had a bad day at school...and to top it off, she had to go straight to the doctor's office to get her last round of shots. these are the bad ones, the 2 month, 4 month and 6 month rotation. awful. the last time we did this, she puked immediately and wasn't herself for days. did i mention that i am an awful mom because i added on a flu shot (which means she will have to go back in a month for the second dose!) she immediately fell asleep in the car, and then stayed asleep from 5 to 7:45...woke up had a bottle, some tylenol, and is now currently zonked out yet again!

it's getting harder now that she is a little person. i can tell now that she is crying for more reasons other than 'i am wet change me' 'i am hungry feed me' 'i am tired need sleepy' ...

now for sure its cries of - 'i hate you for taking me here, and letting these nurses shoot both my legs with needles' 'i can't believe you made them give me another shot' 'you are crazy lady if think i am coming back here for more' 'quit trying to tickle me, its not funny' 'i will get you back for this, just wait'

sweet sweet laides...i love you, and i hope you feel better tomorrow. but its still okay to rub your snot on my shirt anyway. im getting used to it.

whoaa we're halfway there...

yes, the 'addie-tude' is still there...

our little ladybug is now half a year old. six. six months. it's really hard to believe that six short months ago she was this 'sort of' tiny thing...and now she has a personality that melts even strangers - i know this because no matter where we are, they stop me just to tell me how beautiful she is... now i know she is, but its nice to hear from people who could care less.

what has she accomplished in these six months, too much to mention..but these are my favorites lately...

our little ladybug sits up, she loves squash, she has 4 bottom teeth, she still absolutely LOVES music and anyone willing to sing to her, and she is still a fantastic sleeper. her routine is slowly building as the school year starts up. bed at 9, wake at 5:30-6 am, bottle and dressed by mom OR dad, off to daycare by 8:30-9 am, bottle, nap, PLAY, bottle, nap, PLAY, then mommy comes to pick her up at 3:30-4 pm., bottle, mini-nap, PLAY W/ MOM, eat big girl food, bath, PLAY W/DAD, bedtime! what a life!

what the heck did i used to do six months ago?

will lean for food

the lady leans for yogurt.

and this is where the yogurt goes cause she leans to fast.

chi-nnati

i am always up for anything that has to do with mixing chicago and cincinnati - especially when it comes to food.

tonight we tried that new'er' restaurant Chi-nnati's and we hit right during happy hour which helped us try some apps too.

it wasn't bad...wasn't anything special either. i guess i just wasn't hungry enough to be there.

maybe next time when i am craving six layers of something. we'll see.

addie however enjoyed her first restaurant highchair experience...just another check off the ol' new-things list for this week.

here addie is looking for our waitress so mommy can get more coke.

more ch...ch...ch...changes

so only five days into daycare and she sits on her own.

i had to see for myself today when we got home.

she's naked because she was soaking wet due to an increased amount of drool FOR THE TWO NEW TEETH that suddenly joined the once lonely tooth.

i can't take anymore changes. this is nuts.

if she says ma-ma next week i may just have a nervous breakdown.

ch..ch..changes

so...my little lady isn't so little anymore.

this week has been all about letting her grow, the six month mark is around the corner and after two bins full of clothes that don't even fit her anymore...i decided to accept the change, enjoy the change, celebrate it even.

she is no longer a pumpkin-seat babe. onto bigger and better views in her new big girl chair.

this was definitely an easy adjustment for her...and an even easier one on my arms. in six more months she will actually get to turn around for an awesome view of the back of my head..but for now, she likes to talk and sing and fall fast asleep.

and our little lady has moved from meals in her bumbo to a big girl 'high' chair.

this is my favorite part of the day...because when addie eats it's as if every bite may be her last-so she leans toward the spoon (and me) a little closer everytime until she practically has her head on the tray. it is extremely entertaining but extremely difficult to get food in a mouth i can't see.

so far - addie loves squash and by loves i mean her head makes it to the tray much faster than with anything else.

and she HATES pears and by hates i mean she actually leans back.

but the biggest one of all is that today, on the fourth day of daycare, i show up to find her sitting up, unsupported, and having a blast. WHAT? the only place i have ever seen her sitting up is on my lap - where she eventually falls from balance. and when i looked surprised and said "look at you!" they said, "she's been sitting up all morning". i have to admit i was part beaming proud and part dying inside that i hadn't seen it first...that i hadn't let go of her at home long enough to let her try...but...

that doesn't matter. she is learning. she is growing. she is definitely changing.

and how could i be jealous...she is mine. i'm the one that gets the first smile in the morning and that is all that counts. cause damn its a good one.

big girls DO cry.

(day one - she knows something is wrong. mommy is crying as she takes this picture.)

day two - ( she slept through most of the day they said while mom sat worried about not being forgiven for deserting her again.)

i have to admit. when people told me how crushing it would be to drop her off for the first time at daycare...i thought they were crazy. i thought how happy i'd be to be getting back into my old routine of work, and students...you know - adult-stuff. but instead i...

didn't sleep at all Sunday night just like i used to before the first day of school when i was a kid.

cried the ENTIRE morning getting her and myself dressed.

had to have greg take her in, while i busily unloaded all of her things into her cubby and the fridge. i was afraid that i wouldn't hand her over if i was in charge of that part.

could barely walk out of the room - thank god greg just kept saying 'let's go' 'babe let's go' 'c'mon let's go'

cried after greg left for work.

cried through half of my hair appointment.

drove around aimlessly. crying.

and then picked her up at 12.

and what was she doing?

laughing and playing.

lesson learned. mommy is crazy. baby is happy. daycare is a good thing. for both of us.

(by the way, i didn't shed one tear day two. shouldn't i get a sucker for that?)

watering can

i figured i'd put all this slobbering to good use.

now addie is in charge of watering my flowers...

(look closely for the string of drool that hangs so gracefully from her lower lip.)

jurassic afternoon

there are sound effects to these pictures.

if you listen really closely you can hear them.

best part were all the times that noah claimed large pieces of bones were dinasaur poops.

very loudly by the way, very loudly.

hanging out with the boys

so i had a fun afternoon with my three nephews...and made something very clear to me..this house is in NO WAY ready for addie to make any moves on her own. geeeeeeeez!

everytime i see these two together i laugh thinking about all the trouble they are going to get into with each other...hopefully i will be able to bribe them into giving up the truth with these pictures...

ADDIE's BACK!

so for the past two days my little lady has been miraculously returned to me. she is back to her laughing fits, her grabbing things out of my hand, her eating, her pooping, her talking, her screeching, her rolling, her sleeping, her happy face for strangers...

i couldn't be more excited to have her back.

so tonight we celebrated together by snuggling up and watching a movie on the floor in her bedroom. i hope that someday she has memories of watching movies with me..sprawled out..late night snacking...and laughing in the dark (or crying depending on the movie). i can still smell my old house, and see the gigantic t.v., and picture my mom lying on the floor in front of the t.v. and how she always put a towel down so we didn't get food on the carpet...and movies playing as we sprawled out all over the floor next to her.

i hope there are a at least a few more nights like tonight...if not i will remind her of this one. especially when she is screaming "i hate you" which she is certain to do at some point.