We officially have a sitter (and a mover!) Addison is sitting for much longer periods of time and can get herself back to sitting up from being leaned way over to the front. She can't pull herself up to sit from laying down yet, which is becoming super frustrating for her, but its only a matter of time.
While Addison isn't crawling quite yet, she sure wants to! She gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth or practices her yoga moves (downward dog seems to be a favorite!) She absolutely LOVES spending time on the floor, which means we need to vacuum a lot more (shedding season + black dog hair isn't all that fun when you have a little one rolling all around).
Addison is much more vocal now too. Seven months brought her first sounds that resemble an actual word (although she has no idea what it means quite yet). We hear DADADADA constantly, which is pretty fun. She also loves it when sounds are repeated back to her and has many conversations with auntie Chasie especially (trying to capture one of these on video!)
Loves:
- BREAKFAST. Our girl is a piggy in the morning. After her early morning eating session with mama, she eats a GIANT (like almost adult size) portion of oatmeal cereal and some sort of fruit, which is usually half of a large banana. She doesn't just nibble it, she crushes it! There is no lolly gagging when it comes to breakfast. Addison expects a full bite waiting for her as soon as she swallows the previous one.
- She is still doing great with various types of food too (even beyond the breakfast faves). Some days are better than others, but overall she is a great eater. While we try to make the fruit blends for her (bananas, apples, mangoes, pears, etc.), Addison is not a huge fan of the veggie creations we make. Not sure if they are too thick or not sweet enough, but after trying to get sweet potatoes, peas, butternut squash, etc. mixed with apples or pears into her, and being unsuccessful each time, we started giving her the blends from Plum. She LOVES them! Pumpkin and banana (odd combo, I know) seems to be the fave, but she also loves spinach, peas and pears, sweet potato, corn and apple, and carrots and apples. Pretty adventurous little eater if you ask me! Hope this trend continues.
- Mum Mums... Who knew that little rice "rusks" in the shape of a surf board and flavored with banana would be such a hit! We usually give her a mum mum as we are preparing her lunch/dinner and as soon as it comes out of the wrapper and into her line of sight, her hand shoots out to grab it! Working on her manners next...
- Highchair time. Mama K loves to bake and Addison is a great sous chef in her high chair. She helped make Uncle Jesse's birthday cake and has helped with cookies, other cakes, banana bread and always watches as her meals are being prepared.
- Music of all kinds (still even my singing). Chasie makes up songs for her and she is always intrigued. Her exersaucer is also music themed so she plays us her own creations too.
- Now that she is more mobile, Addison makes her way to her pup in an instant. The two of them will be lying on the floor a few feet apart and before you know it, she is nuzzled up against him, happy as can be.
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| Intriqued by his dog tag |
Dislikes:
- Having whatever she has in her hands taken from her - from toys to bags of baby wipes, when Addison has her little paws on something, she wants to keep it and will let you know it! (Seems like this will be REALLY fun in the months to come. Time to put some real parenting skills to the test.)
- Getting her face wiped after a meal. Not a fan... AT ALL! She would much rather hang out with carrots on her face, which by the way are much more visible in the natural light outside than they are inside... (I speak from experience :))
Now for the fun stuff...
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| First manicure courtesy of Mama K! |
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| Ready for swim lessons! |
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| Whatchya lookin' at? |
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| New friend at the zoo |
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| There is really an orangutan under there! |
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| Quick visit from Josh! Thanks for taking time to come over and meet our little miss ;) |
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| Fast friends! |
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| We find her in the most awkward places these days (after about a minute!) |
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| 29 weeks (and little wiggle worm :)) |
Some outtakes from our 7 month photo shoot...
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| Everything goes straight into her mouth these days... |
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| A girl on the move! |
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| The ultimate stare down :) |
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| Practicing my plank... |
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| ...And my downward dog! |
We were joined by family on both sides, as well as Addison's godparents Becky and Mike who flew up from San Francisco (THANK YOU!) Bob and I played double duty and were honored to be Patrice's godparents, along with his sister, Catherine. 
Addison had a very special baptismal gown and bonnet - both of which were given to us during her baby shower weekend by Bob's grandma. She explained that the gown was from Bob's grandfather's side of the family and was likely about 100 years old. Addison also wore a beautiful pin (again from Bob's grandma), little booties from my godmother Vilma and a shiny new silver bracelet from pops and mimi. She looked so dang cute! 
