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Back to Work

So as my week with my sweet angel draws to an end, I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed being with her every day. I admit that we did get off to a rough start, you know not sleeping well and all, but by the end of the week(as it always happens) we were into a grove. It was really awesome watching her go through all of the daily things that I miss every day going to work. She is such an amazing kid and I have come to the conclusion that she really is 50/50 Chris and I, she got all of the good traits from the two of us. Just a perfect lil' miracle.

Well this week she mastered crawling on her hands and knees, pulling up (on everything, really everything, even bare walls that have nothing to grab hold of) and babbling. It is almost like she understands how to talk to us. Chris will say hey and she comes right back with HEY(or something that sounds allot like it) and when she gets upset she starts making this ggiggiggi sound like she is calling for grandma to come rescue her. Tonight she was talking to the picture of Mickey Mouse on her wall, so cute!!!

She just brings out the best of everything! I really loved being home with her, but I am really gonna love going back to work. I had a BLAST, but am not, by a long shot, cut out to be a stay at home mommy!!! Even though I would love to be that, it just doesn't seem to work for me. That said though, it was very nice getting to know her outside of, dinner, bath and bed. I am looking forward to the next week that she and I can spend together just the two of us!

We had pictures made this week, they were supposed to be her 9 month pictures, but I really wanted to have Christmas pictures taken too, and because her 9 month Birthday just so happens to fall on Christmas day, well we compromised. After the fact, I think that maybe I would have been ok waiting. We got a photographer that we haven't ever had and she was not great at all!! That on top of us getting there like 45 min before our actual appointment time so Addie was bored and tired because she had only had a 30min nap that morning(Chris blames that on me). Excuse me for thinking that if we get there early they may take us early, nope, they took us 25 min AFTER our appointment time!!! UGH!! Not fun, we both so wanted her to smile like she does at home, showing off all four of those beautiful little teeth of hers, well guess what, she smiled but all closed mouth. I blame that on the photographer, she just didn't have what it took to bring the little girl to an open mouth smile. Those pics are to be posted at a later date(after the family gets their copies).

I didn't get a lick of house work done, but I feel very accomplished. Love that little girl!!

My Whole Heart

I love my little girl more than life itself. Why oh why is it so hard to get her to go to sleep. I hate that I have to make her cry so bad!!! Now that she is pulling up, if she doesn't want to lay down and go to sleep she doesn't, so what do I do? I am really feeling like the crappiest of mothers right now. I hate myself for getting so frustrated over this, but what else am I to do? Is it possible to get postpartum this late? I love her so much I can't stand it, but why am I so bad at being a mommy??


On a brighter note, it is so awesome to watch her be amazed at all the new things she is learning. Tonight after dinner I gave her some yogurt bites, and I was watching her as she would get a piece stuck to the inside of her palm, and she would open up her hand and look at it at all different angles, then pick it off with the other hand and put it into her mouth.

She is talking more than ever now, she spent all day just telling me all about what she wanted. Even while trying to get her to go to sleep tonight, she would push away and then go on this tangent, talking about anything and everything. She is the sweetest being that I have ever met. She makes my life worth living. I love that little girl.