9 months and on the move

Holy cow...it's been a busy month for Addie Lou!  Baby Cake is 9 months old...and one week before her 9 month bday she decided that she was not gonna sit still anymore.  Yep, she's crawling - started slowly but now this baby can move!

And it doesn't stop there....she can pull herself up, cruise along the furniture and even stand without holding onto anything for a few seconds!  Baby proofing here we come!

Some more stats for my big girl....

*18.5 lbs and 28.5 inches tall

*saying lots of "dadas" and "mamas" - mostly "dada" when she's happily playing and "mama" when she's upset...go figure.

*doing some insanely cute clapping to music

*waving - she really likes to wave to herself in the mirror!

Other big news....my super sweet husband got me a real deal camera for my bday earlier this month!  I'm still figuring out everything that it can do, but it's been pretty awesome so far.

Even better....we just got a nice new computer for me to organize all of my fancy pics and update the blog!  So, I basically have no more excuses for not keeping ya'll as updated as can be on our family of wolves!

That said, enjoy some pics from my fancy camera from an adorable winery, Fox Meadows, that we hung out at a couple weekends ago.

cherry blossoms

The cherry blossoms came early this year because of all of the warm weather, so we headed to DC with Jennifer and her boys to take some pretty pictures.

I love this picture of Adeliene and her daddy!

8 months

Adeliene is 8 months old today!

Some updates....

recent milestones: 2 teeth on the bottom, thinking about crawling - lots of rocking on hands and knees but no forward progress, thinking about standing - can hold herself up if she has her hands on the wall or table

favorite foods: green stuff (loves the peas, broccoli, pears combo), bananas, sweet potatoes, apples, puffs, water - she loves drinking water out of her sippy cup or a straw

*the only food she really doesn't like is peaches!

favorite toys: ball popper, all bath toys, learning puppy

favorite non-toys: iPhones, tv remotes, strings and zippers on sweatshirts, mommy's hair and iPhones - I have to mention it twice cuz she loves it that much

favorite songs:  the itsy bitsy spider, patty cake, the snuggle puppy song

I love how she....

sings to herself when she gets sleepy

laughs so hard when she recognizes the beginning of one of her favorite songs

smiles at Louie for no reason at all

gives big time hugs and open-mouth drooly kisses

bathing beauty

Addie got her very first swimsuit a few days ago!  She was really excited to model it for everyone!  It's just coincidence that she was wearing her red cowgirl boot socks that day....but it's a nice touch, don't you think?

great grams and gramps

Adeliene and her great-grams and gramps finally got to meet!  They came for a visit last week and we took advantage of the nice weather and spent a super fun day at the National Harbor with Nana and the Brooks family.

great-grams, nana, mommy & adeliene

Addie loves her greats!  She can't wait to see them again - same goes for her mommy!

XOXO

wanted: baby iphone and tv remote

I think it's time to get a real camera.  The iPhone camera isn't working anymore...mostly because Addie is obsessed with the iPhone.  She wants to grab it, play with it, drool on it.  So I get a lot of pics like this now...

So, yes...I have heard all of your recent comments about how the blog hasn't been updatesd since Vday!  Here's a few photos to appease you!  In the meantime, I will start writing letters to Apple to request a baby friendly iPhone....ideally, one that won't break if it gets wet from baby drool!

While we are on the topic of Addie's new favorite things, she is also loving the tv remote.  I think she will probably learn to crawl from trying to get to either the remote or the iPhone.  She literally lunges for both if they are anywhere near her!

But although Addie's interests are clearly becoming more sophisticated, it's good to know some things haven't changed....She still loves a good nap on top of her daddy!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Heart Day!

Every holiday feels different once you have a baby.  It's so cool to watch them experience it for the first time - and to look forward to how fun it will be as they get older.  I had so much fun doing a Valentine's day photo shoot with Addie - and it's going to be awesome a few years from now when I'll get to help her make Valentine's to hand out to her friends!

This Valentine's day, on Addie's behalf, I want to ask each and every one of you to be her first valentines!

I realize there are a lot of pictures here, but I just could not choose which ones to post - they are all so darn cute! All photos are, of course, courtesy of Jennifer.

Addie & Everett...