Pigeon Forge

So we went on our first real vacation since Addie was born the week before last to Pigeon Forge. It was so great having a full week of just family time. Addie got to go swimming for the first time, she sat in her stroller like a big girl for the first time, and she figured out how to suck on her toes for the first time. We also went to some shows, the Black Bear Jamboree she loved! She danced to the music and loved watching the bears. So much changed with her in just one week, I can't believe our little girl is growing so fast!! We also went to the Forbidden Caverns, she wasn't too impressed, but she did look awfully cute all bundled up in her sweater and hat that her Aunt Raena knitted for her.

My New Trick

New Things

So many new things are going on, for starters we believe that Addie is teething and miss Crystal says that she thinks we will have a tooth popping through VERY soon! Yay we are so excited!! On Monday my Mom put in her 2 weeks notice, so after we get back from vacation she will taking care of the little girl. We are so very excited about this as well! It is such a blessing to have parents that sacrifice so much for us, I mean they always have, but this is an answer to all of our prayers! Also on Monday Addie started to sit up in small increments by herself! Not to mention just tonight she turned from her stomach to her back, she has been working at it for a few days now, and she did it!! The best part was that Chris and I were both here and got to witness it, it was just the sweetest thing, and she was so proud of herself afterwards. After that she was back and forth just to see our reaction it was priceless! Love our little angel!!

Talkie Talkie

Lookie What I can do!

Our Evening

Mommy : Ok sweetie, lets put you in the bath
~Addie in the tub~
Mommy : You splashin' sugar, splashy, splashy!
~Addie kicking and splashing~
Mommy : awe, Daddy, she's pooting, look at the bubbles...
...Addie what are you doing? Addie, OH, OH, She's POOPING!!! Honey she's pooping!
~Addie starting to splash again~
Mommy : Don't do that! (pulling her out of the tub) What do I do? (Addie standing naked looking around)
Daddy : well what do you want me to do?
Mommy : Wash her legs off, no just push the button. Don't spray her, spray her legs, wash her legs off.
Daddy: What do you want me to do now?
Mommy: Clean the tub out!
Daddy : How do I do that?
Mommy : I don't care, just do it!
~Addie still just hanging out naked not knowing what's going on~
Daddy: ok all done.
Mommy: ok in we go
~Addie pooting again~
Mommy: OH, OH, Honey she's doing it again!!
~Daddy in the hall laughing~
Mommy: Honey! Help me please!! Oh Baby don't splash!! Chris! I need you to clean the tub out again!!
Mommy: maybe we should put her diaper on and leave her out for a bit...
Daddy: maybe we should...

4 months

Well I can't believe my little girl is already 4 1/2 months old!! She has changed so much in the last month, she is definitely only days away from sitting up on her on as well as rolling over. It is so exciting, yet stressful because every time I put her down I don't wanna take my eyes off of her for fear that she will do something and I will miss it. She found her hands at the beginning of the month and at first I thought that she was leaning toward being a thumb sucker, but I think she just likes having something in her mouth. She is NOT a paci baby at all, so fingers it is. I am not at all upset about that, plus she looks really cute sucking in her thumb. This week it has been mainly her fingers, so maybe she will suck her two middle fingers like I did as a baby. That would work out for me because from what I understand if she sucks her fingers she will stop automatically at 6 months (so fingers crossed...). This past week We have had allot of firsts, last Monday we started feeding her rice cereal, she wasn't too sure about it for the first day or so but now she is EATING IT UP (literally and figuratively)!! It as even gotten to the point that she knows when it is time to eat, and gets all excited. She's really the sweetest thing you'll ever see. Ok she also has learned to roll over from her back to front, and I might say has pretty good at it, as a matter of fact when I went in her room to kiss her goodbye this morning she was just laying there leaning on her elbows with her feet up in the air like a little teenybopper. I went over and said "well good morning sugar" and she turned her head, gleaming and started talking to me. (tear) What an angel!!! She had her first bottle of just plain water also this week, and she LOVED it, i'm talkin' she chugged it and wanted more.

She had her 4 month well visit this month, she weighed 13lbs 10oz (50%), is 24in long (35%) and her head is 40cm(25%). The dr. said that she was just perfect, I replied with well we think so, and she said well you can put a vote in from her dr. also!!! It is just heartbreaking though that those shots make her feel so bad. She was ok for the first half of the day, but when that medicine kicked in she was just so pitiful! Oh it just makes me cry to see her not feeling well, WHAT AM I GONNA DO!!!! She is ONLY 4 months old... We laid down in bed that night, and we were watching her on TV, Chris looked at her and said "well you won, you were her favorite Today." I said "well when your sick you always want your mommy.” All in all though the day went well and it is all over with until September.

This parenthood thing is so crazy it's all going by so fast, our little girl is growing like a weed. I still can't believe that I am a mommy!!!! Yet all the while I feel that having Addie, and being a mommy has slowed down our lives. I just can't explain how it all works in my head. But it's like we do more in the evenings now that we have a little one than what we did before. When it was just Chris and I 10 O'clock came fast because all we did was sit in front of the TV from the time we got home 'till the time we went to bed. Now we have playtime, bath time, food, TV, and bed. It just stretches everything out. I love it!!! If I had known that motherhood was gonna be so wonderful I would have done it a long time ago, well probably not because I wasn't mature enough, but life is GOOOOOD.