15 months :)

Addalyn was 15 months on the 3rd of September.  She had her check-up last week so I figured I'd give a little update on our little one's development!  She started walking right around 14 months - and is now a pro.  It is so funny how quickly you watch her walk with caution that she is going to fall, to letting her run/walk freely everywhere! 

Little miss Addalyn LOVES to talk!  She has lots of words in her vocab - I've heard people tell me she says a lot for her age, and very clearly.  I think she was working on her cognitive skills for a bit and that is why she walked around 14 months - she was just fine crawling and not advancing her motor skills :)

She says:
hi, bye, good night (nuh-nigh), daddy, mommy, please (the 's' sounds like a 'z' and it makes you want to give her everything she is asking for!), thank you, up, down, on, off, all done (da don), all gone (ga gon), uh-oh, no (she says no for EVERYTHING, even when she means yes!), eye, ear, belly button (beh-bah)and love you (nuvuu).  Just this weekend we noticed her starting to sound like she is counting to 2.  Aaron likes to throw her around, and play with her - and typically goes 1, 2, 3 before he does it...it seems she's starting to pick up on that!

Her check up went well - nothing to be concerned about.  A healthy, happy 15 month old.  Here are her stats:
Height - 30.8 inches (61%)
Weight - 22.41 lbs (44%)
Head - 18.3 inches (65%)

Addalyn has a very fun personality - the other day we were walking out of Applebees and she started saying hi to every table we walked by!  She is happy almost 100% of the time.  She loves to read books (for like 2 seconds at a time), play with her mega blocks, sit in her chair that daddy made her, dance, and play with lots of other toys.  She's at a very fun age!

But, as any toddler, she is starting to test her limits.  She wasn't too happy with mommy the other day.  We were at the play area in the mall - and Addy didn't want a girl to be on the same toy she was on, so she hit her...and mommy ended the fun play time immediately and had to strap her in her stroller so she wouldn't climb out so we could leave.  But, as I told her - we don't get to play when we are naughty...She'll learn :)

Mom - do these shoes go with my outfit????

Our Smiley Girl!



Don't I look BEAUTIFUL with the pretty's in my hair??  She loves to sit in the sink when I am getting ready in the mornings!  This morning she discovered my bag full of hair things and wanted them in her hair!

Just playing in the bath...without the water in it.  Do you like my pretty necklace?  I LOOOOVE mommy's necklaces!

Nuh-Night

Tonight Aaron had just gotten Addalyn's pajamas on, and we were all sitting on the floor...I said something about going "Nuh-Night" to her, and she replied by saying in the sweetest little voice "nuh-night" and then taking her bear and started walking toward the hall way.  Aaron and I looked at each other and smiled, then followed her (and I grabbed the camera) as she said "nuh-night" a couple more times as she walked straight to her crib. 

I snapped this picture right as she approached her crib.  She then turned around and looked at Aaron as if to say, "pick me up and put me to bed, daddy"

Aaah, she is just such a precious little girl!

Oh, for the LOVE of shoes!

So I've mentioned before that Addalyn loves shoes.  Well, we just got some shoes from our neighbor that her daughter has outgrown - and there is this one pair that Addy LOVES!  She will find them and want to wear them around...so the other night we took some pics of her in her shoes and PJ's.  Such a goofy girl.  But as I have said before...she is sooooo my girl when it comes to the shoe-loving thing!

I mean really, can life get much better than having a cute pair of shoes?

Cuddling with the warm sheets that just came out of the dryer!

Just having my bedtime snack with my shoes

Reliving my pregnancy with Addalyn

So I'm 32 weeks today...and I've had a few people tell me how different I look this pregnancy vs. Addalyn.  They say I'm carrying lower...but I was carrying pretty low with Addy - I decided to look back at my 32 week post when I was pregnant with Addalyn, and something tells me I'm looking pretty similar...what do you think?

31 weeks & 4 days with baby 2!  (I know, a similar pic was posted in my last post...sorry!)

32 weeks with Addalyn

One thing that is much longer, is my hair!  Other than that...I'm feeling and looking about the same as far as I can tell.  I'd love to hear your thoughts!

31 weeks

Last Thursday I was 31 weeks - and I realized I hadn't taken a picture since around 26 weeks.

Things have been going pretty good this pregnancy -- can't complain! I had the glucose testing a few weeks ago, and all went well. The baby's heart rate is still in the 150s at the appointments...

I can't tell if this pregnancy is different or not - I feel like it is the same but people tell me that I look different, so who knows. I have taken about 5 different "gender predictor" quizzes online where you answer questions and based on the answers it determines whether you are having a boy or a girl. They all pretty much say girl with an 80% chance...and Aaron is pretty convinced he's having another little girl --- so maybe we'll be covered in pink again!

But, if you go by the Chinese Calendar, it says boy :)

The heat has been starting to get to me a little - I pretty much think it is hot all the time at home. The office at work this summer has been really cold (60's) and everyone is pretty much freezing...but I have been feeling just on the 'tad' cold side, so I'm not uncomfortable like others!

I haven't gotten too swollen yet - can still see my ankles, although I can definitely see it in my face and toes...just the look of them, not like they look SUPER puffy - but I notice the difference. I have been able to still wear my wedding ring. I looked back at older posts to see when I couldn't wear it anymore with Addalyn, and it was right around now. I actually had to have it resized after Addy because it was still too tight for me about 3 months after she was born, so it probably makes sense that it is fitting a little longer this time around!

This pregnancy is FLYING by - I can't believe I'm already less than 10 weeks away from my due date. I'm pretty confident I'll be going over like I did with Addalyn. I was talking to my doctor and the day that I would probably get induced would be on Monday, October 25th because they have a 10 day overdue policy before inducing, and 10 days would be on a Sunday, so more than likely it'd be scheduled for that Monday. If that happened this baby and Holly Sue (our niece on Aaron's side) would share a birthday - I'm pretty sure that Holly would think that was SUPER exciting!! I think she'd love sharing a birthday with her little cousin :)

Splishing and Splashing

We've been trying to do lots of swimming time this summer with Addalyn. I was a fish when I was little, pretty much at the pool from the moment it opened until the moment it closed every day in the summer - so I love to take Addy in the water at every opportunity we can.

For Addy's birthday, she got a swimming pool for our deck from the Scheel's - plus a water table from me and Aaron. The first time we tried to put her in the pool, she wasn't so sure if it even though she LOVES her bath...but when we put the water table in the pool - she was much more comfortable!

I would recommend a water table for ANYONE with little ones...it provide lots of entertainment for Addalyn in the evenings...some nights we are putting her into her P.J.'s early or having her run around in a diaper for a little while because she has drenched herself from her table - but she loves it!

When we were at my parents cabin over the 4th - we took her in the water where she couldnt' just sit on her own for the first time. The VERY first time we took her in, we were actually out in the middle of our lake with my family on the pontoon, all jumping off and relaxing. But, I didnt' have my camera for that event. My mom has pictures for me though :) She wasn't so sure of it at first, but then she relaxed after I talked to her and sang her some songs...and then she was just very calm in the water.

This picture is right off the dock at my cabin - but the same weekend!

We also went for boat rides a lot over the weekend...this one is when Addy and I were spotters for the tubers that we were pulling...we had just gotten done with some swimming!

The next time I attempted to put her in the pool on the deck - she was LOVING it and splishing and splashing!

We also have taken Addalyn to Family Swim at the Pine Island pool. On Sunday's they open the pool from 5 to 6:30 for families - where the kids can bring floaties, their life jackets, etc...which you can't do during normal business hours. She had lots of fun here too, floating in her toy, hanging out with daddy in the deep end with her life jacket and floating on her tummy/back also :)



I really wish we could take her swimming more...it is lots of fun! I'm hoping to try and find one more trip to the cabin this summer - and maybe another trip to a larger pool before it starts getting too cold for swimming :)

Not for the Weak-Stomached!

CALLING ALL SUGGESTIONS ----- PLEASE!!!!

I mentioned in my last post that little Addy got carsick. The poor little girl has gotten sick twice since my post. Therefore, in July she's thrown up in the car FOUR times. I feel so bad for her, but she really has acted just fine after it happens, and even before, it isn't like she's crying and necessarily acting like she doesn't feel good for a long time before it all of a sudden comes.

Anyone know of some good remedies I could try? I was notorious for getting car sick on the way to my cabin when I was little, and still can't read or sometimes even be in the back of cars, so I know she gets this from me. But she's so little - I don't know how to stop it from happening...I know there are medications out there, but she might be too little for them. I plan on checking with our doctor at her 15 month check-up.

I will say though, the story does have sort've a funny side. I thought I had a weak stomach - but OH MY GOSH does Aaron EVER have a weak stomach. I can't help but laugh!!!! More to the story below...

So Addy and I had an incident on the way to my parents cabin when Aaron wasn't with us, and I had told him I wasn't sure how I handled it so well. I told him I probably would've thrown up if I had him to rely on, because I have a pretty weak stomach. Well, I may have thrown up, but one thing I can count on for sure - Aaron would've thrown up for sure!!!

Case in point: Aaron was bringing Addy to daycare last Wednesday morning...seriously they hadn't been driving for more than 3 miles (which is weird that she got 'car sick' - but she really was fine after that, although we had to keep her home from daycare). Aaron said Addy was quiet in the backseat when all of a sudden she starts saying "uh oh" over and over again. And then she throws up. In the meantime, Aaron pulls over and tries to get her out of the seat - and he throws up.

I had posted something about it on Facebook, and for those of you not familiar w/ the website...people can comment on your posts. Well, one of my friends had jokingly said "toughen up Aaron" - and to which Aaron commented this:

"So picture this...Addy and I pulled over in a parking lot, cars going by, Daddy hanging onto his knees launching in a parking lot trying to help Addy get out of the puke saturated seat she is sitting in. Every time I go to grab her my hands slither around the puke and I have ho again. Finally get her out as she is crying, me taking her clothes down to nothing still standing in the parking lot with cars going by...pretty sweet"

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I really shouldn't laugh at my husband, but when I read this - I laughed out loud to myself. The thing that makes it more funny to me, is that it doesn't end there, because at home later in the morning he attempted to take the car seat out of the truck, which caused him to throw up again...

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...and THEN - as he was attempting to take the cloth covering off the seat so I could wash it (side note - I offered to do it for him so he wouldn't throw up) he threw up again - THIS TIME IN OUR GARBAGE BIN IN THE GARAGE. Ugh, seriously! So, I tell him that needs to be cleaned up...and - well, you get the gist. The chain of events just keep coming!!! I think from her one incident in Aaron's truck, Aaron threw up 5 times - no joke!

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We had another incident of her throwing up this past Saturday, where Aaron was actually in the back seat with her because we were driving with the Scheel's - and as you can imagine, I couldn't hardly get the car over quick enough for him to get out :)

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We all know what I'll be doing when I have sick kids in the future - looks like I'm going to be the solo parent in that department!

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Anyway - the reason for my post is obviously to get suggestions - but I couldn't help but share Aaron's story that goes along with Addy's car-sickness. And, I don't think Aaron minds my sharing, considering he posted that comment above to facebook, which has access to more people than my blog does :)

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In regards to Addalyn, I'm not sure what to do. Before July, she had no problems.

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Any ideas that you guys have, I'd love to hear them! Let me know!!!