The Whole World In Our Hands...: January 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

January

Hangin' out in his big boy underwear

Cruizin' with his buddy, Jack (Pellin)

My little white trash boy

WTF? What a goof!

Posing with Sister's headband on

Attempting a sibling pic

Love her!

This sleeping position was much funnier in person

Walkin around in Emmy's boots

Hangin' on to her paci

Emmy & Papa bought Aaden a new (to us) bike!

He's still trying to get the hang of peddling.

He'd rather just have people push him.

Silly boy gardening at Emmy & Papa's with his "gloves" on

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

She's been trying to laugh for a few weeks but she hasn't quite gotten it down now. It comes out kind of like a excited cough. A cackle, really. It's hilarious. On Jan 15th - I got her first real laugh when picking her up from Joann's. On Jan 27th she let our her first scream. She's finding her voice more. And finally on Jan 29th we got a giggle belly laugh. She thinks Aaden is sooo funny, he's the only one so far that can get her to really laugh.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

To My Sweet Girl ~

Addison,
I can't begin to tell you what a sweet baby you are. You have melded into our lives and into our hearts with the blink of an eye. The moment you were born, our little family already felt more complete. And even though you're only 3 months old, it seems like you've been here all along.

You are so so easy going, sweet and cuddly - it actually takes restraint to not want to just squeeze you or bite your cheeks! I love the mornings that I get to cuddle with you. Your smile can brighten the day in an instant and your coos are just heartmelting.

I want you to know that even if there aren't as many blog posts about you or your baby book isn't as complete - it is not an indication of my love. My love for you is strong - just as strong as it is for your brother - I just don't have as much time to spend doing these types of things because now there are two of you that need my love and attention throughout the day. I'm so lucky to get to experience what it's like to have your heart double in size. They say that when you have a second baby, you don't have to divide your love, it simply grows. And it's so true. You and your brother both make my heart burst with love - but the cool thing is, it's different love. My love for each of you is unique - one is not stonger than the other - just catered differently to each of you.

I love you, Baby Girl. I look forward to watching you grow and become your own person. I can't wait for all of your firsts. I can't wait to have my own best friend in my daughter like my mom & me. I can't wait to see your and Aaden's bond grow. I'm so lucky to have both of you. A sweet boy and a precious girl - a million dollar combination. And honestly, we do feel like we've won the lottery in both of you.

I love you, I love you, I love you

Love,
Mommy

Monday, January 14, 2013

3 Months

Addison is 3 months old! She is sooo close to laughing but just hasn't gotten that giggle down yet. I know it's in her because I've heard her do it in her sleep - I guess whatever she dreams of is much more entertaining than the goofy things we try to do to get her to laugh. She is holding her head up a lot but not quite rolling yet but getting close enough to where I don't feel comfortable having her nap on the couch anymore. She's more active now and loves her little play mat where she can look at the lights, kick along to the music and the best part - stare and coo at herself in the mirror. She's also starting to grab at things like little toys. She enjoys sitting up more now to check everything out so her swing has been perfect for that.

She started daycare last week. She's doing great so far. She is going to a lady named Joann that is right down the street from Aaden. Louise doesn't have any openings until April so she suggested asking Joann. Joann used to run daycare but is essentially retired now. It's nice because it's only a few houses down from Louise's so we really only have one drop off and pick up still and I like that Addie has some one on one attention for the next couple of months. Joann has given great reports saying that Addison is an awesome baby and that she's perfect. :) Addison loves the fan in Joann's living room - I'm sure she could be entertained by it all day!

Right at 12 weeks, Addison seemed to have hit a growth spurt. She was fussy and wasn't sleeping well and then all of a sudden I noticed that she looked bigger. She's in 3 month clothes and fills them out pretty good. I don't think it'll be long before we're in 6 month clothes. She's in size 2 diapers. Not sure of her weight, I would guess 13-14lbs. She's still eating well and gets all breastmilk except for one formula bottle at night. I have continued to work on my freezer stash - I think I have about 120oz in there now! It's kind of addicting. I just bought another pump to have at home so I don't have to haul my big one back and forth from work to home. I think that even if I stop nursing/pumping at 6 months or so, it would be cool to try to give her at least one bottle of breastmilk a day for remaining 6 months so that she will have received breastmilk for the whole first year of her life. We'll see how that goes though.

First nap in her crib

Mommy & Addie on Mommy's first day back to work and Addison's first day of daycare

All ready to go to Joann's!

My sweet girl ~ 3 months

Love her!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Auntie & Uncle Home from Korea

Alec and Nicole came home from Korea for two weeks over Christmas. It was so fun hanging out with them - we've missed them so much and we've missed Nicole's cooking too. We were so happy that they came home and we got to spend some quality time with them. We really didn't want them to leave - it felt like old times having them home! Aaden had a blast with them and I'm so happy they got to meet Addison. Love you guys~

I joked that they should send this out as a Christmas card next year and freak everyone out! LOL