she smiles. i promise.

I get a lot of comments from friends & family who follow the blog about how Addie is such a serious baby....not many photos of her smiling.  But she smiles.  A lot.  I promise.  It's just that she wants to smile at your face, not your camera.  So, as soon as the camera covers your face - serious Addie.

These are for you great-grams!

christmas soon to come

The Wolfe family had an awesome Christmas...actually, 2 awesome Christmases....one in New Mexico with Gram, Grampa & all of Addie's aunts, uncles & cousins and one in Virginia with Nana and Auntie Sarah.  Pictures are soon to come....I'm waiting on some more to be emailed to me from various family members (you know who you are)!

Some exciting stuff in the meantime....baby Addie had her first bites of real food.  Well, if you count rice cereal as real food.  She's been showing a lot of interest in our food lately, so we decided it was time for her to try it out for herself.  Christmas day was her first attempt and she seemed to really enjoy it!

Here's some video of our big, real-food eating girl!  Check out the camera flashes while she's eating....she's like a celebrity!

*Don't forget to pause the music if you want to hear my commentary....mainly on how pointless plastic bibs are with soupy cereal....I learn something new everyday!

christmas nap

Merry Christmas to all!  Hope your Christmas mornings were lovely....Brad & Addie started theirs with a nice Christmas nap.

new mexico xmas

Brad, Addie & I returned from New Mexico a few days ago, where we celebrated Christmas a little early and had Addie baptized at Brad's family church.  It was a great trip and baby Addie did amazing on the airplanes and in the car!

She also thoroughly enjoyed her baptism....awake and happy the whole time...even a few smiles!

Stay tuned for more pics of our trip....but, in the meantime, here's a super cute one of Addie all bundled to go to the park with her cousins.

Adeliene also hit a big milestone at the end of our trip...our little baby girl is officially sitting up all on her own!

addie & santa

Brad & I decided it's never too early to introduce a baby to Santa...better get her on the good list now....who knows how long it will last!

See what I mean!?

little addie lou who, who was no more than two...

Last night, Addie and I watched my very favorite Christmas movie...How the Grinch Stole Christmas...the original...not the crappy Jim Carrey version.

I was super excited to share it with her and I think she really enjoyed it!

Does anyone else see the striking similarity between sweet little Cindy Lou Who and baby Addie Lou Who (Wolfe)?!

the good kind of yelling

Addie recently discovered that it's just as cool to yell when you're happy as when you're mad.  Here she is on a recent morning...her happiest time of day!  Don't forget to pause the music at the bottom of the blog!

happy thanksgiving

We spent this Thanksgiving the same way we've spent the last 8 Thanksgivings...with the Brooks family!  But this year, we had 2 new baby friends, Adeliene & Everett!  Quite the cute couple, no?

BFFs

Buckley...who just had a birthday on November, 27...and Louie are bestest friends.  How sweet is it that Lou is sleeing on Buckley's fluffy paw?!

hair pulling...yea!

Just wanted to share with everyone how cool it is to see Addie look at something, decide that she wants it, reach out and grab it.  She's totally focused now.  No more random flailing arms and hands that might land on something.

That said, she has been turning that incredible focus on my hair....and pulling....really hard...I'm talking kung-fu grip.

All I can say is "awesome"...and "ouch."

starting to sit...sideways

Addie recently inherited a Bumbo seat from Benjamin & Everett and we were super excited to try it out since Addie has really been trying to sit up lately.

She really likes it...but only once she leans to one side.  She does not like to sit straight up...prefers to lounge a bit.

All that sitting eventually makes a baby girl sleepy.

jumperoo, tcu & puppies, too

Addie has really been enjoying her Jumperoo.  We have to put a pillow under her feet so she can can reach the ground to jump, but once she gets going, she has a good time!

She's watching some TCU football with her daddy right now.  It's a big game so everyone is sporting their TCU outfits.

Addie is really excited!  She's a big fan already!

Nobody puts baby in the corner....except Brad....she just needed a quick nap.

Then it's back to the game...but in her second TCU outfit of the day (she spit up on the first one)!

Just in case you were worried about our pups cuz you haven't seen a whole lot of pics of them lately, they are just fine....and just as spoiled as ever!

Might as well wrap up this post with a super sweet close up!

my three ladies (from Brad)

I recently returned from a longer-than-desired trip overseas and what better way to return than to be greeted at the airport by my three ladies – Addie, Rachel, and my mom (Gram). So, I figured I’d take the opportunity to write a quick post about the three of them.

Thank you so much to my mom for coming and staying in Virginia for three weeks. What a comforting feeling it was to know that she was with Rachel to provide some 24/7 support. If I remember correctly, Rachel described having her here as “amazing” and “wonderful.” We already miss her, but we’ll see her very soon for Christmas and Addie’s baptism!!!

Rachel has gone back to work after 12 weeks of maternity leave. It hasn’t been easy for her, but she’s doing a great job handling it…there are a few tears every time she leaves the house, but she doesn’t complain. She is an absolutely phenomenal mother and it’s amazing that Rachel, a notoriously difficult person to wake up, can hear the smallest peep from the baby and she’s wide awake. But not only is Rachel awake, she’s smiling and happy simply to see the baby. It’s amazing to witness how connected and in-sync a mother and baby can be.

Little Addie and I have had quite a bit of time to bond since I’ve been home. Man that girl is adorable!!! In the mornings she is the happiest little baby and she loves to play in her new bouncer. She can roll-over in both directions and is really supporting her weight with her legs. She’s learning to take her bottle and I even have video of her holding her own bottle.   

happy halloween (a little late)

Wow, it's been a while since I've updated this thing!  A few developments since my last post....

*Brad & I are both officially back to work full-time.  I'm still adjusting....it's pretty tough....haven't made it out of the house without tears yet.

*Addie turned 3 months old on October 26!  Some things she loves....smiling (especially first thing in the morning), telling stories in her adorable high pitched baby babble (especially when she's on her changing table), rolling over (both ways now), playing in her jumperoo (pics to come), watching tv (not sure if this makes us bad parents, but she likes the color and movement).

*Gram left...and we really miss her a lot.  Can't wait to see her again at Christmas!

Before Gram left she got Addie these cute Halloween PJs.

We had a Halloween block party in our neighborhood.  It was really cold outside, so Addie went as an owl so she could be all wrapped up in her hooded owl blankie.  Halloween makes baby Addie sleepy.

*This pic looks a little weird because she's snuggled against me (I'm wearing black) and it's dark outside!  But her  little baby owl face is so darn cute!

a few more...

sweet addie lou

Some new favorite pics of our precious babe from our fav photographer...

i like big butts...

Addie is officially out of her newborn cloth diapers and on to her adjustable ones that she will wear until she's potty trained....of course, they're adjusted to be as small as they can be right now which makes her little baby butt extra puffy!  I cannot lie...I love it!

Daddy gets home today!  Whoo Hoo!  Check back for pics of Addie & her daddy soon to come!

snuggle bug

Addie is a serious snuggle bug.  Don't try any of that standard baby cradle-hold stuff with her.  She wants to be on your chest....and when she really gets cozy and falls asleep, she totally buries her head in your armpit or elbow.  Grandma Gwen was pretty amazed that she's actually comfortable like this (and that she can breath...I assure you she is and she can)!

Wish I had a picture of when she wakes up from this position because it's pretty darn funny...red, sweaty face and messy baby bangs.  Adorable.

pumpkins

Since it's almost Halloween, we decided to take a trip to the pumpkin patch with Nana and Gram...well, we actually just decided to go to an awesome garden center since there's not really any pumpkin patches nearby (and Addie's still a little too young to know the difference).

Addie wanted to wear her overalls to get into a pumpkin pickin mood....how cute is her little baby butt in this outfit?!

Addie & Nana posed for a pic outside of the entrance.

She wasn't too sure about the pumpkins at first...

But eventually she liked them.

Now we just have to decide how to carve them!

Whoo Hoo, Gram is here!

Gram got here on Wednesday and boy are Addie & I happy to see her!  She brought these adorable owl PJs for Addie (cuz she knows how much Addie's mommy loves owl stuff)....are those little owls on the feet cute or what?!