Horses Horses Horses Horses

Even though I am not at all into the Western look, I couldn't resist letting Nana buy this little outfit for Addie with a horse on the front of it. Maybe it's just me being homesick for good ole' Texas, but it had appeal. There were some cute crib boots (no, I'm not referring to gangsta-wear) that matched the outfit that I may have to buy when they go on sale cause I'm not sure about the ballet slipper socks w/ the cowgirl theme.
I've decided that there is an upside to the fact that Addie spits up half of every meal she eats...she gets to wear lots of cute outfits in one day. The downside is that my one tolerable outfit is really gross by the end of the day. Four days till we land in Houston! Whoop! Oh, and Emily - this title was for YOU. :)  

Cool Drool

It's sunny today, but so darn cold we're still hanging inside. I don't have anything that needs to be done out, so I see no reason in braving the weather.
Check out the cool drool/spit up here. It looks like one long string coming out of Addie's mouth. It doesn't even phase her though, she just keeps on watching Einstein. Anthony says it looks like Adam Sandler on "Big Daddy" when she does this. He can't wait to teach her to hang her drool to the ground. He's teasing of course...I think? She's been a little fussy lately, so there's been a lot of Einstein. It keeps her happy for short spurts and gives me a break from her sensitivity!
I snapped this quick shot of Simon while I was photoing Addie cause he was whining non-stop. His little life has changed so much since Addie arrived. Here he is, just inches away from some coveted sunshine. I would let him bask in it by the window, but the other day I caught him chewing on the corner of the 2nd, yes 2nd, rug we've had here. He ruined 3 of the 4 corners of the last one, plus it was around for potty training so I thought it would be nice to have a fresh one for Addie. I'm still mad about it, so he's in the dog house until further notice.
 

Weighty Matters

Okay, so we had the big 4 month appointment today with Miss Adeline. She weighs in at a hearty 17.23 lbs. Just slightly OFF THE CHARTS. Craziness. If this doesn't give me toned arms, nothing will. Thankfully, some of that weight is actually being put into height and her head, but still... I'm regretting that we haven't already done Christmas pictures. I'm not sure that the cute outfit Granny bought her will fit. :( She handled her shots quite gracefully and the visit was not too bad.

On a lighter, more cynical note...as I was driving home, listening to the "All Christmas Music" station as I do this time of year a song came on with "Christmas in Iowa, No Place I'd Rather Be" as the chorus. I was dumbfounded. I mean...who thinks that?? And, how small is their target market?? I am really amazed that this song ever made it past a high school Christmas play. Uggh.

Behind Shot

I couldn't resist taking this picture cause she's so stinking cute from behind. Love that diaper bum. Her head looks so big and heavy here compared to her body. That must be hard work! 

Baby it's Cold Outside

We are staying in today while the temperature drops for the next 12 hours thanks to a cold front coming in from Canada. By tomorrow morning the temperature is expected to be between 10 and 20 degrees below zero with a wind chill. Yipes. That is in Fahrenheit folks. We have to be out in it all day tomorrow, which I am not looking forward to. I better find my gloves!

I like propping Addie up on this pillow every now and then to see how well she can sit up. She's slowly improving. She couldn't take her eyes off of the Baby Einstein video long enough to smile for me. Sometimes she'll actually try to look around me when I get in her way. She's way to young for that.

Hope all my TEXAN pals are enjoying their warm cozy lives while I inhale soup and hot chocolate for the next 3 days! 

Teapot

Adeline's favorite song is "I'm a Little Teapot." Anthony got her started on this and sometimes there is nothing else that will make her smile. It's so weird. Here they are making a handle with one arm and the spout with the other. Sometimes when I'm feeding her cereal she gets a little fussy...but it's nothing that a little teapot can't fix. With that in mind, I have to say that the song is way to short to be very useful!
We had a GREAT relaxing weekend with Anthony at home for Sunday finally. It was so nice. Now with him working days again, today feels pretty normal, aside from the crazy cold temperature outside. We'll just have to deal with that.  

Bread

I got home from the hairdresser today to find Anthony and Addie playing on the couch. Right as I was hanging up my coat, I hear Anthony say, "She smells funny." I'm like, "huh? What does she smell like?" His well thought out reply, "bread." Hmmmmm. So I finish putting up my stuff and showing off my new do & go to pick her up. Yeah she smells funny, it's called a DIRTY DIAPER. He was so playing me. He says, "oh, really???" with a silly grin on his face. He didn't even lift a finger to pretend he was thinking about going to take care of it. Goober. The smell of bread will never be the same.

Swingin'

Here are some funny faces I got while Addie was in her swing this afternoon.


 

Christmas Spirit

For those who know me, you know I am generally quite into Christmas. I don't know what is happening to me this year, but I've got a bit of Scrooge going on. Maybe it's the dreary Iowa weather we're experiencing this week...who knows. Either way, my day today is rather bla and there's a good reason for it: The Hallmark Channel. Yes, last night after Anthony left for work I set out in search of a little Christmas cheer to get the ball rolling before December 1st hits and I found it on the Hallmark Channel. I watched 4, yes FOUR, movies in a row and finally at midnight when one repeated I fell asleep. Great way to start my Monday! Anyway, for anyone else who may be struggling I thought the least I could accomplish today would be to post about these movies!

One Magic Christmas: Mary Steenbergen works as a checker in a grocery store, never says "Merry Christmas" and wears a long puffy mauve coat for most of the movie. It will make you cry - the coat and the movie.

Timepiece: One story in the "Christmas Box" series. I love the series, so I gave this movie a shot. The actress in it has a horrible British accent, but James Earl Jones is in it and I still cried.

Season for Miracles: Patty Duke plays an angel in a small town. Laura Dern is a druggy mom. There's a love story. It's good, really.

Fallen Angel: It's a Christmas love story with Gary Sinise, there is a little blind girl involved, and a happy ending. :)

For the complete schedule of Christmas cheer on the Hallmark Channel, go here and for ABC Family's Christmas movies (also a good choice) go here.

Cute Addie story for the day - I just went into her room because she's waking herself up early from her nap. As I was tucking her into her blanket, she was smiling and licking the blanket. Kinda funny.

Pride and Prejudice?

Well, we got a great compliment today for Addie. A gal at church said that she looked like a baby out of a Jane Austen book. She was wearing her pink and white dress from Strausburg (yes, it BARELY still fits!) and her little black patent mary janes. So cute. The only thing wrong with the outfit were the ridiculous cartoons that were visible through her white ruffle bum tights. I don't understand why they don't just make them WHITE. I mean, does a baby really get that much enjoyment out of cartoons on her bum? I on the other hand, do get some strange enjoyment out of the ruffles on her bum. Not sure who is crazier, the diaper people or me. I would have taken a picture after church, but it was so wrinkled and soaked with spit up. I was just happy to get it off of her! The upside of her not getting much napping in during church is that we all crash in the afternoon. Before we had Adeline, people use to warn me that my nice relaxing Sundays were over. I have to say, they are just as relaxing these days, only a little more fun because of her.

Yummy!

This gal loves to eat and she's really pretty good at eating from a spoon. Nana and Pops left this morning, so it's back to just the two of us. Anthony is actually off tonight so maybe we'll play a little with him when he wakes up.
I had a "first" today. Today was the first time I got puke right in my face. It was awesome! I was on my back with Addie in the air and she puked right in my eye. It went all over my face, in my hair, and then my clothes as I moved to put her down! Wow. Luckily, this was pre-shower anyway. I'll be sure to keep all active play pre-shower from now on!
Three weeks until we go to TEXAS! I just can't wait. :)
 

Happy Thanksgiving

Well we had a very happy turkey time today. Addie was so great while I got the meal ready today. Of course, she did have a new TV in the living room to watch, which was nice. We found a super cheap (really...I've never even heard of this brand) TV that fits into the shelves on the main floor so she can watch a video or something while I cook in the kitchen.
She started rice cereal and is getting pretty good at it. The only problem is that once she gets going, you better really shovel it in cause she doesn't like pauses. She starts to cry in between every bite. As evident from all the photos on this blog, she's not exactly starving. Holly offered to feed her while I was finishing some stuff on dinner today and she couldn't get it in Addie's mouth fast enough.
All in all, the meal was great and the company was better. Unfortunately Anthony had to go to work right after we finished up the meal, but it was great to have him with us for a while. Addie is having fun with Nana and Pops and it is good to get her around other people than us so that she can be social. Christmas isn't far away and we've got to get her ready to be seen by all.
This first picture is all Nana's doing. She came in the door the other night wearing this. She and Anthony thought it would be fun to get a picture of Addie wearing it. Addie wasn't sure what to think. The second picture was last night before bedtime. Nana was helping me keep her up until 7 p.m. and decided to take her to Nick Jr. for some Dora the Explorer. We were all surprised at how it captured her attention. She just sat there sucking on the pacifier watching this show for almost 30 minutes. The last picture has nothing to do with Addie...I just like taking pictures of my pretty table tops!

 

Hmmmmm

There's not much to elaborate on about today, but I had to make a post just for Emily's sake because Addie just hummed herself to sleep for the first time. I'm so proud! :) Aside from that, it's been a typical upside down Sunday where the naps are goofy and her mood is just okay. We went up to the hospital for a few minutes to see Anthony, but it was short and sweet because he was busy and she was crazy. I couldn't get a smile for the photo, but had to share the outfit with everyone. She makes me look good these days. 

Pink

Anthony always loves it when I dress Addie in anything other than the color pink. So yesterday I put her in a blueish-purple top and some blue jeans. Now, the top did have bows on it and the pants had both bows and ruffles. And she did look cute. Despite that, when we went to the hospital to have lunch with Anthony all of his coworkers kept asking what "his" name was. Even as Anthony kept talking about "her" and "she" each new person that arrived asked about "him." One guy even kept calling her "little buddy." Either way, I think he now sees the value in pink. We could avoid the confusion if I would just adopt the bowhead look, but I just don't think that is for us. She can wear bows when she has hair and I will really enjoy it. I actually deviated from this rule the other day and bought a red velvet bowhead thing to match her Christmas outfit. It will probably only be used for our Christmas card photo, but either way I felt kinda shallow breaking one of my own rules. It's just that every other time I see a baby girl with one of these on it has fallen over her eyes. I'd much rather waste my time trying to keep cute shoes on her feet than a bow on her head. Anthony says we should pierce her ears...don't worry Nana, it won't happen! Not until she's been able to beg for it for at least two years. Maybe then. 

I Give Up!

I have a hard time getting Addie to lay on her stomach and hold her head up for long periods of time, so today I put her on the bed close to the TV so that she could see Baby Einstein. She held her head up longer than usual, but as you can see from the picture here she eventually gave up. She still enjoyed the view out of the one eye that could catch the TV though.
I don't take pride in talking about dirty diapers, however, she really got me today. I had gag reflex and everything. She saved up for two days and this morning while I was taking a shower she did a number to beat all numbers. It was in front and back...everywhere. She even got her hands in it which is a first of which I hear there will be many more occasions. Wow. Oh, and I realized that I have not been cutting her fingernails short enough because of the yellowish stuff underneath them after this episode. You'd think her scratched forehead would have tipped me off, but no. We were playing on my bed after the "big bang" and I noticed she had yellow fingernails!! Ugghh, I'd like to say I think I got it all but who really knows. Yummm. She is suppose to be napping right now, but she's talking to herself. :) 

Sweet Cherry Pie

Well, Addie made up for not sleeping through the night all week last night. She went to bed at 7 p.m. and got up at 7:30 a.m. I think Anthony had to plug her with the pacifier around 5:30 when he was getting ready for work. Not too shabby. When she does that, it's hard for me to complain at all when she won't take a nap longer than 45 minutes!
To top it off, last night when I was putting her to bed she was in her finest form. I wrapped her up good and snug and started singing some of our usual bedtime songs. She decided to sing along. It was insanely cute. When I stopped singing, she'd stop and when I'd start up a new song she chimed right in. I guess she didn't want me to forget how cute she is while she was sleeping for 12 hours. Sweet girl.
Look at this excellent head control! Today we're going to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving...very exciting. :) 

Stragglers

These two cuties didn't make it on w/ the last one...Enjoy!

Weekly Update

So it's been a week since I posted here...exactly a week since the night Anthony took over for me with Addie so that I could go to a baby shower. Everything has been upside down since then! He was so pleased with the fact that he got Addie to hold her own bottle while he watched TV. I was not very impressed when I was up with a gassy baby all night. Since then, I think there has only been one night that I didn't get up! Of course, Anthony is not aware of this because he doesn't notice when I am up at night...sleep must be nice. :)
All sleepless nights aside, we've had a nice week. Part of my difficulty with baby sleep at night has been due to the changing weather. I'm having a hard time keeping her room a good temperature. She's either too cold or too hot it seems. She's so high maintenance...I tell you.

The first two pictures here are some morning pics I had Anthony take on Saturday. No matter how rough the night is, she's always so stinking cute in the morning it makes up for it. This girl has mastered the chubby baby look...so funny. Check out the rolls.
My other two photos are just some good ones Anthony took while he was off this weekend. Yesterday morning he needed to go in her room to get something before leaving the house, so I turned the video monitor on to see if she'd woken up. Evidently she had, but she was just cooing away by herself. I put a mobile in her crib a few weeks ago with little jungle animals on it and she loves it. She was just chatting away with all the animals. She went on for almost thirty minutes before yelling for me, and yes, she yells. It's not a cry, she just kind of makes a loud noise to get my attention. Funny. 

What's wrong with this picture?

Anthony says Addie prefers to wear her socks on her hands. After weeks of working like crazy, he had the weekend off and they got the chance to bond. They mostly watch TV or he takes her picture. Last night he made Addie laugh over and over. It was so cute. I get a laugh now and then, but not over and over. I'm glad they got some good time together since he's going to have her on his own tomorrow night while I go to a baby shower. Maybe I should take a picture of what the house looks like when I get home? :) Last time he was on his own in the evening I got home and it looked like a tornado had hit.

Good Behavior

It was only four weeks ago when Anthony took Addie to Priesthood with him and was humbled by the greatest blowout we've yet to see. For this reason, I was really impressed that he was willing to give it another try. Lucky for him, she slept the entire time this round. In return, he gave her a star sticker in the middle of her forehead. I didn't even realize it was there until I had walked all the way through the building with her on my way to the car. I just thought everyone was turning and smiling because I had this adorable baby in my arms...till someone laughed and said, "Who did that?"
Either way, I'm glad she behaved for him. Today has gone suprisingly well considering we went through 5 hours of church meetings today. She's a very reverent child. :) People make comments about how quiet and sweet she is. I just sigh and give myself a pat on the back for being such a good parent...Ha! She's just good, that's all. She came that way.
For anyone who wants to know, here's Anthony's boring fact of the day: Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Wow, my world has changed knowing that. Hmmmm...the elementary school study of the planets will never be the same! This really should have been publicized better, I mean, there are parents out there teaching their children the planets! Truly earth shattering.