Saturday, September 17, 2011

Andrew and his ring

Andrew has a bad habit of taking his ring off, playing with it, spinning it, and banging it on things to prove its durability.  The ring is made of tungsten which is supposedly unbreakable once molded.  A few weeks after we got married we were visiting the Morrison's and Drew was showing off his ring by throwing it on the tile floor.  Well it broke.  Called the jeweler and he said it had a bubble, that it shouldn't brake or even get scratched, and replaced it.  While waiting for the replacement he wore a cheap gold ring from Wal Mart!  A few years later we were out for our anniversary dinner and sure enough he was playing with his ring.  We were eating out on a deck on the water at a fancy restaurant.  The ring fell and got wedged in between two pieces of the decking floor.  He used his knife to retrieve it while everyone watched.  There have been many occurrences like this!  Well yesterday we were walking around outside and he realized it was missing from his finger.  Once we were home he remembered something: earlier that day he was playing with it and was tucking in and out of his sock.  I know, I know...who does this?!  He looked around on the floor for it, but couldn't find it.  He sat down and saw it still tucked into his sock.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Chicago Children's Museum

On Thursday Andrew and I took Addison to the Chicago Children's Museum out on Navy Pier.  There are 4 infant non-walking areas and a lot of early childhood areas.  We got a year membership which covers 4 people over age 1 (hint hint Erin and any other visitors!).  Very excited to have a place to take her once winter strikes again.

The pad she is on has a mirror on it.

PS, she is not crawling yet, but she tries!  She lifts her bottom and scoots a little.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

BFF

Last weekend we went on a train to Lincoln, IL to visit the Sansotta's and celebrate Molli Kay's 1st birthday!  Molli was so sweet with Addison.  She shared her toys, gave her hugs and kisses, and got pretty good at saying "baby".  Molli and Addison are opposites in many ways, at least as of now.  It will be interesting to see how they interact when they are older.  Hard to believe that they are only 6 months apart and that soon Addison will be able to crawl and walk around like Molli. 

Birthday Girl aka Addison's BFF



Addison LOVED the watermelon

Lou Lou's new favorite hang out spot

Grammy got this Bitty Baby for Addison before she was born, well she got two: one with dark features and one with light features.  However I think Addison may have a mixture of both (light eyes and dark hair?)

She really likes the eyes.  Creepy, I know.

It's starting to get cool up here.  Its 52 and sunny today.  Time to get some winter clothes again now that I am 30 pounds lighter. 

Friday, September 9, 2011

Doctor Visit

Addison's 6 month doctor visit went well.  She is now 14 lbs 13 oz and 25.5 inches long (just above 25th percentile).  Dr. Goldstein said she was doing great and was impressed with how well she was sitting!  He gave us the okay on all foods and water!  We ordered a straw sippy cup and it should arrive today.  She got another round of shots and has been a little cranky last night and this morning.  Hoping she will be in a better mood tomorrow because we are getting on a train and heading to Molli Kay's 1st birthday party!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Toes

I'm pretty sure I've had a post titled "Toes" before for when Addison started grabbing her toes, but this post is titled "Toes" for when she first sucked on her toes!  I had her on my lap today and I was reaching for a book to read and I caught her sucking on her toes!

Maybe this runs in the family, right Tommy?!

Other new things:

Addison now likes to stand, with help of course, and look in her toy basket.
She tries to pull herself up now too.

Addison likes the piano : )

Tomorrow we will go to her 6 month well visit with Dr. Goldstein.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Swinging at the Park

Today we went to a nearby park to test out the bucket swings!  It's a little cool today so she also wore shoes!  She was so distracted by the other kids, clouds, trees, and buildings but I think she enjoyed it!

Swingin' with Daddy

Swingin' with Mommy

love her in pink : )


Saturday, September 3, 2011

6 months old!

Today is Addison's half birthday!  Can't believe it!

Last night we took her to the beach, well the "beach".  This was her first time experiencing sand.  Then we let her sit in the grass again, she loves the grass!

sinking in the sand

sucking in her bottom lip

trying to get her to look at the camera and not the grass

pulling the grass out