February Photo Dump...

While I try to keep the blog updated and post at least every other week, my decision to put the brakes on for a little while and then make the blog private put me a bit behind. Now that I am headed back to work, I want to at least get photos up so here we go... February in a nutshell!

Addison helped her great-grandma Sleavin (Bob's grandma) celebrate her 29th birthday ;)...

The whole gang... Sadly I had to miss the celebration this year 

Addison with Ema and Papa

She visited with great gramma and Pops...

 

 

 She had her first date. With Cam (an older man!) at the aquarium...

 

LOVE this picture :)

 

She slept through this part...

 

She took her pup to the dog park and watched him swim...

 

 

 

 Gave mommy grief as she tried to take some pictures to give to daddy for Valentine's Day...

 

Action shot - she is arching her back to get out of this!!!

Took her daddy to lunch in her pretty Valentine's outfit...

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Smiling ballerina :)

I just put Addison's stuffed animals in her chair... Kenai guarded them the first day!

The mayor of 4th Avenue NE - catching some rays...

Addison welcomed our friends Joe and Carolina as they made the trek from San Francisco to visit us. She even accompanied us on a booze-filled tour of Woodinville - two wineries, two distilleries and a brewery!





 Our growing girl...

Exhausted, but won't let go of my purse!

 

 

Mommy stocked up before going back to work!

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First encounter with "solid" food... very runny oatmeal cereal!

Date night for mommy and daddy! Thanks for babysitting auntie Chasie.

I sleep like mommy... don't worry, this is our bed. She doesn't sleep with pillows!

 

Kenai "shares" his toys. Not sure if he thinks he is "trading" or what!

Fast friends :)

Look at Kenai's tongue!

And our obligatory weekly shots!

I swear this is two weeks after the 19 week photo. I had a brain fart and forgot she had just worn this outfit....

 

Great Gramma Fun!

Addison is one lucky lady - not only does she have grandparents who love her (a ton!), she has GREAT grandparents who love her too! After a weekend visit with great grammy, we made our way down to Tacoma to see great gramma (my dad's mom) for a requested "four generations picture."

Had to get a shot with Baby Knox too (due 5/21!) - Gramma LOVES May babies!

Addison checking out her great gramma!

*Pictures taken January 29...

And a couple more photos of our 17/18 week old!

 

 

 

Visit from Great Grammy!



Great grammy came all the way from Orange County to visit the little miss. Grammy visited last January too - before we knew there was a baby on the way and during the one snow storm we had last year - so this trip was quite different from the last. Addison LOVED meeting her great grammy. We had lots of cuddles, fun dinners and even a day of wine tasting in Woodinville, which Addison didn't mind at all (I see a new way to spend some weekends in the future...) Thanks so much for coming to visit us!

Addison becomes fast friends with folks who have food for her!

Wine tasting in the "warehouse district" - literally a bunch of warehouses with wineries inside ;)

So comfy!

Auntie Loanie came for the tail end of the visit too - Addison "helped" her get some work done!

Addison: Four Months

Although Addison is actually FIVE months now, I need to get these four month photos and her official stats up on the blog before I post the latest so bear with me!

Four month stats (1/31/13):

• Height: 24.5 inches (47th percentile)
• Weight: 14 pounds, 7 ounces (52nd percentile) – This time, I guessed this DEAD ON!
• Head circumference: 42.5 cm (91st percentile)

Aside from the "official" growth markers, Addison continues to grow and change every day. There is still a lot of laughing, talking, kicking and grabbing everything in sight! What we thought was the start of a tooth is actually just a little white spot on her gums. Her pediatrician said that many babies get them, but they are not teeth just little bumps that go away. No teeth to report quite yet!

However, Addison did have a great discovery this month... her feet! She grabs them any chance she gets. Mostly in the tub or while she is being changed - that dang diaper must get in the way of her flexibility!

While there is no consistent rolling over (at four months), she did have her first tummy to back roll on January 11th. I put her in her crib on her tummy with some toys to go dry my hair. I came out two minutes later and she was on her back, squished against the side of her crib. Definitely not the way I put her in there!

She is still a great sleeper at night (yay!) and is becoming more of a napper too (another yay!)  She is very active and has been loving stints in her exersaucer (Kenai loves them too - she is at his level and a prime candidate for licks!)

The doctor said that we can start to introduce "solids" between four and six months. We are not quite ready to tackle that quite yet (since that means she is REALLY growing up), but are thinking we will at the five month mark so stay tuned...

LOVES at 4 months:
 - My feet!
 - Sophie the Giraffe -- seriously OBSESSED :)
 - Her pup. Addison has really started to notice that there is a big black furry creature that hangs 
   around. I have a feeling this is the start of a LONG-LASTING loving relationship.
 - The tub!
 - Putting EVERYTHING in my mouth... toys, books, hands, feet, everyone else's hands... you name
    it!

Obsessed with her hands!

Look ma, no hands! Addison loves to hold her own ba ba!

Multi-tasking baby! LOVE my Sophie...

This picture of Addison in the swing kills me ;) Bob and I haven't put her in the swing for a really long time and we decided to try it out again recently. Both of us died laughing once we saw how big she was in there.

Up, up and AWAY!

In mid-January Addison took her first plane ride. It was a quick jaunt to Montana, on a small plane, and she did great! I was a bit nervous to take her on my own, but all the moms in my PEPS group assured me that it would be a breeze. Thankfully, they were right! I received great advice about traveling through the airport with her and I must say, it was pretty darn easy. Now the mom that was traveling with her four year old... not so much. Fingers crossed Addison continues the good travel behavior - I keep telling her daddy will take her to Hawaii if she does ;)

I am very thankful that Lauren and Jess have most of the baby gear, which made what could have been a nightmare packing experience into a pretty easy one... We had a great week in Montana - we took some snowy walks, relaxed a lot, met up with the Kachmariks and Lauren and I even got to have massages! It felt so odd traveling from Tuesday to Saturday, but I loved taking advantage of my maternity leave and weekday flexibility!

Addison broke in her cousin's carseat - nice and comfy!!!

Getting some practice!

Mountain baby!

Uncle Jesse preparing for diaper duty...

Perfect place for a nap :)

True Montana footwear... in all shapes and sizes!

Adios Montana!

In other news, Chasie got her internship and moved into our house! Just as I was headed to MT with Addison, Chase was putting the finishing touches on her bedroom. It is so fun to see the downstairs room in our house made up as a real room instead of a catch-all for the random stuff that hadn't quite found a home post-move. Chase did a great job with the awkward shape of the room and for all you Harry Potter fans, she is now accepting mail addressed to "Chase Yeakel, Cupboard Under the Stairs."

Chasie on her first day - pictured in front of her office!

We also attended our last "official" PEPS meeting. I cannot believe how quickly 12 weeks went by (and how much these babies grew!) I am so thankful for the mamas in my PEPS group. PEPS meetings got us out of the house weekly (on days that I may not have had the motivation to do so) and the other mamas made the transition to motherhood so much easier. We will continue to meet, but won't see each other quite as often now that so many are back at work. I will say some of the "unofficial" meetings have been a bit mind-boggling for Bob. Recently he asked me what time I was going on a walk with my PEPS mamas. Walk? Who said anything about a walk? We are meeting for happy hour!

We were missing one of the 10 babies for this photo shoot - these pictures crack me up!



We literally set the babies down and Lucas decided it was naptime...

...But Sydney doesn't seem to mind!

Our first PEPS meeting - 12 babies ranging in age from 2.5 - 6 weeks

 

Last PEPS meeting - 9 babies (1 on vacation, 2 ended up leaving the group)