Double digits! A day doesn’t go by where I don’t stop and say to myself, I can’t believe what an incredible little girl we have and I’m so thankful for her. Our hearts bust at the seams and I’m not sure we could love anything more. Addison has her father & I wrapped around her little finger! It’s still hard for me to leave her at daycare because I really just want her to be with me all the time! I know she has a blast there and enjoys hanging with all the other kids, but I think its ok to feel a little selfish from time to time.
Size Stats: I was only able to get her weight...
Height - @ 9 months she was 28 in (60th percentile)
Weight - 19 lbs 6 oz (44th percentile)
Head - @ 9 months she was 44.5 cm (70th percentile)
Weight - 19 lbs 6 oz (44th percentile)
Head - @ 9 months she was 44.5 cm (70th percentile)
Development: We’ve got a crawler on our hands! As of August 8th, she has started to move. I was able to catch it on video after work and then she did it again for daddy when he came home. It was very exciting for us! She has a weird technique, but moving is moving. She gets up on her hands then uses her right foot & left knee. She kind of pulls that left knee to the next position. It looks funny, but it gets the job done! I’m pretty sure she has been “crawling” at daycare, but they didn’t really let on and said they like the parents to witness it first. I thought that was nice of them, but I had come to the realization that she would most likely do it their first! She still likes to sit on her butt and maneuver her way around.
Addy is standing up more & more lately and really just wants to use my body as a jungle gym. Sometimes she stands to give me hugs or kisses, but most of the time when she pulls up on me she is trying to reach or get to something else. We recently bought Addy a walker (not the one where you put the baby in and let them walk around in it), the kind that will give her some stability when she tries to stand up and has wheels for when she decides to walk. Once she gets those things mastered, it turns into a little bike that she can sit on. She loves to clap & wave! It is so cute to see her get excited and clap her little hands! Almost everything is clap-worthy! She’s big into waving and especially loves to wave at daddy.
Addy has been getting really good at playing fetch with Brinkley. I’ll throw the ball; Brinkley will get it and bring it back to Addy. Addy then picks it up and hands it to me for the next throw. So smart!
Personality: Addy continues to be loud, cheerful & outgoing!
I have 3 favorite times of the day:
- When Addy wakes up and we go to grab her from her crib. She is always very happy & chatty first thing in the morning.
- Picking her up from daycare because she is so excited to see me and I get smothered in hugs & kisses
- When daddy comes home from work and she is so excited to see him. Sometimes we sit out front waiting for daddy to come home and once I see his car and tell her that’s his car she just stares waiting for him to emerge. She lights up when she sees him and can’t contain her happiness!
She is a super sweet little girl, but she also has a little “bully” attitude in her! I’ve been told several times at daycare that she likes to put other children in head-locks! Although I’d like to think she is hugging them, I’m not so sure. She tends to yell at Brinkley and I feel like she is ordering her around…obviously she doesn’t listen, but it’s funny to watch.
Eating: She has been trying all sorts of new things. She really wants to be eating what everyone else is eating and somehow knows that what is on her plate is different then from what’s on our plates. We will slowly transition her into eating the same meals as us, but for now it’s still somewhat simple as to not disrupt her tummy. Her current favorite food seems to mandarin oranges…as soon as I take out the Tupperware containing the oranges she gets really excited. Another current favorite is her yogurt melts; she just can’t get enough of them.
Sleeping: As soon as we went to NO middle-of-the-night wake-ups, she got a cough & cold and has tricked me into coming back into her room. So, although we went a whole week without getting up in the middle of the night, we have regressed. As soon as this cough is out of her system though, it’s back to tough love! Also, I don’t think I’ve mentioned it before, but when Addy is getting her bed time bottle, she continually runs her hands through her hair. Once I lie her down in her crib we will watch on the monitor and it looks like she is twirling her hair! I’m not sure if she is doing it just because it feels good or maybe because she sees me doing it all the time!
Likes: Addy continues to love being at the pool. She also really likes cell phones and can spot them a mile away! We tried to trick her into liking one of daddy’s old Blackberry’s, but she still wants the real deal! She also loves her Aunt Michelle’s ipad…we may be creating a monster!
Dislikes: She has a love/hate relationship with pureed food. Some days she wants it, other days its like don’t even think about putting it near her! She still gets fussy when changing her diaper or if she requires a wardrobe change.
Pictures: She wanted nothing to do with me when I was snapping away today! Our usually smiley girl just wanted to do her own thing. She also got pretty ticked when I put her on her back and started to cry! Here are some of my favorites. You can actually see her "crawling" technique in a few of these.
