Zoo Fun

This weekend, Jamey had a break from school, so we decided to meet up in Denver. My sister has been missing Addy, and it's 2 less hours for Jamey to drive. We decided to take advantage of the nice weather and made a trip to the zoo. It was Addy's first zoo trip, and we were unsure of how interested she would be. She seemed to enjoy herself. She tried to say the animal names as we told them to her, and she looked all around.
No trip to the Denver Zoo would complete without a picture with the hippos. You don't get the full effect because there was some guy wearing chick pants laying on the big hippo, and he wouldn't move.

Addy wanted to pet the birds, which is against the rules. So, she just sat back and watched dada feed them. (Not pictured: Stephanie "the bird whisperer" had 2 lorikeets climbing on her arm to feed. The camera was around my neck so I couldn't get a picture. Needless to say, the other visitors were pretty impressed.)

She really liked the cockatoo! She tapped the glass, and it came over to her. I wish you could get the full effect of her huge smile.

Jamey wanted to pose for a picture, but Addy was more interested in the giraffes.

There was a peacock by us, and she was way more interested in it than me.

We had a great time at the zoo. There was a lot of stuff going on, so Addy didn't get bored. I can't wait until she's a little older and knows the animals!

Pictures

Recently, I decided to start gradually introducing whole milk into Addy's day. I didn't want to start giving it to her when she turned 1, so I decided to give her a little bit each day to see how she reacted. The first day went well. The second morning, she woke up covered in puke. I was worried that she was having a reaction, but decided to give her a little more. That evening, she gagged on her cookie and puked again. I didn't know if it was from the cookie or the milk so I decided to give her milk one more day. On the third day, she was doing really well, but when I fed her dinner, she gagged on it again and threw up once more. I decided that it was too early for her to start milk. We went three whole days without milk and without throwing up, so I thought I had the problem solved. Then, on the 4th no milk day, she randomly threw up again. When I took her to daycare, the lady told me that several of the kids have been sick with a stomach bug! So, fortunately I don't think it's a problem with the milk, but I'm still too scared to give it to her. Maybe in a few weeks we'll try it out again. To make things worse, she also has 4 teeth trying to come in on the top, so she's been a sick and cranky baby lately. But, she still finds time to get in to things she's not supposed to.

Here are a few pictures of her adventures.

Addy sitting calmly with Uncle Tyler for once.

I was making the bed, and she decided that she would rest from playing for a minute.

Taking a nap with Grampa after a long day.

Getting into things.

Crazy hair after her bath.

She recently discovered the touch lamp. Bright.

Dimmer.

Off. She thinks it's pretty fun.

Getting in to more things she's not supposed to.

10 months old

Addison is 10 months old today. I don't even have a clue where the time went. It seems like the 9 months of pregnancy crept by so slowly and now the past 10 months have flown by. Addy is learning new things every day and keeping me on my toes. She recently learned how to scoot off the bed on her tummy. She can also unvelcro her shoes and take them off. This makes it interesting to get her ready in the morning because just when I think we're ready to go, I'm searching for shoes. She's a little speed-demon at crawling and loves to cruise all around the house. This past week, she discovered that she can stand by herself. I'm not ready for her to try walking. As of today, she weighs 20 pounds and is still 29.5 inches tall. She has been stuck at 29.5 since November. I guess it's a good thing that she's not getting any taller because she can reach tons of things already and it constantly getting into things she's not supposed to. She babbles on and on, and her two favorite words are dada and doggie. She says dada whenever the phone rings and when she's standing by the door or the window. She knows that Duke is the doggie and says it whenever he walks in the room. She will also point to him when you ask her where the doggie is. Ask her where mama is and she just stares blankly at me, but she knows her doggie.

Now for a story.....
Yesterday, when I picked her up from daycare at the gym, I noticed that she had been crying. I asked the daycare lady what was had happened and she informed me that Addison had been pushed down the slide. (There is a huge plastic playground thing with two slides in the daycare room). I was a little confused, because we don't have stairs and so I couldn't figure out how she was able to get to the top of the slide in order to be pushed down. So, the lady goes on to tell me that Addy climbed the stairs and was sitting at the top of the slide when another kid wanted to go down, so the other kid pushed her out of the way. Needless to say, I was furious. Let's remember that the other kids are all over 5 years old. So, they are much bigger than Addy. What kind of person just lets a 10-month old climb the stairs by themselves, then doesn't watch them and lets them get pushed down the slide. I'm perfectly fine with Addy climbing the stairs or going down the slide as long as someone is watching her, but this lady was apparently just sitting there not doing anything. So, today when I dropped her off, I made sure to tell the guy that was in there that she's only allowed to play on the playground if she's supervised. He was shocked that the other girl just let her play on it by herself.

Now, it's time for me to reminisce over the past 10 months.......
Addison right after she got all cleaned up.
Addy and Grandpa (3 days old). I miss that little frog pose.

1 month old.

2 months old

Sorry, the 3 month picture got deleted and I'm too lazy to go back and put it in.

4 months old. Learning to scoot on her tummy.

4 months old again.

5 months old.

6 months old. She began sitting up by herself and crawling.

7 months old and crawling like crazy.

7 months again. She learned to pull up on things.

8 months old.

8 months again, playing in the dishwasher.

9 months old.

10 months old. Such a big girl.

A wonderful weekend

This weekend, Jamey was able to come visit us. It was a short visit (he got here around midnight on Friday and left at 9 on Sunday morning), but Addy and I enjoyed every minute of it. Only 7 more weeks until we get to be together full time (hopefully).

Here are a few pictures of Addy spending time with her daddy.

Trying to open dad's drink.
Just relaxing on the couch.

Snuggling in the chair.

Saying bye to dad before we left for church. We were sad to see him go!

Time for a change....

I realized a few weeks ago that it had been almost 10 months since I had colored my hair and about 3 since I had gotten it cut. I decided that it was time for a change. I called Kristi to set up an appointment, and Monday I made my way up to Denver. I had already decided that I wanted to go a little darker, and I was still debating on the cut. I knew that I wanted it shorter, but I wasn't sure about the bangs. I decided to be brave and make a huge change. I haven't had any sort of bangs in almost 4 years!

Here are the before shots.

Two inches, bangs, and color later... here are the afters. I really love the color and the length, but I'm still weary of the bangs. I know they will take some getting used to. Let me know what you think!

Oh, and I had to throw in a super cute picture of Addy sleeping for good measure.