Big Girl

Wow we have a big girl on our hands. Addison loves to eat eat eat and her weight reflects that. The other night I stepped on the scale with her and she weighs 14 pounds already. She is taking 8 oz bottles every three hours and often times seems as though she wants more. We started her on cereal this week at night before bed to see if that would help her stay full a little longer and she seems to be liking it. She is not so sure about the spoon but we are getting the hang of it. She is now sleeping about 8 hours a night which Dan and I are loving. Addison has her 2 month check up on Tuesday and I am curious to see where she is at and not so excited to subject her to the shots. Hopefully Dan will be strong enough for both of us.

She is getting stronger and stronger and likes to sit up in the corner of the couch like a big girl. When I put her on my shoulder to burp her she always pushes up with her feet like she is trying to stand. I can't believe how much she is growing and changing. She also loves to be outside looking around at everything taking it all in. She is such a sweetie and we are so lucky to have this precious little person in our lives.

Last weekend Miss Addison went to stay with her Nana for the whole weekend. I had a hard time letting her go but I know she was in good hands and it sounds like her and Nana had a great time. Dan and I celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary by going out to Spanky's stone hearth. I love that place. Their food is always so good.

Oh How Time Flys

My goodness I can't believe how fast time goes by once you have a little one. Addison is already 2 months old. It has been 4 weeks since my last post so I have lots of pictures to post from the last few weeks. Where to start well lets start most recent.

This week was my first week back to work and Addison's first week at daycare. She seems to be doing great with the change smiling in the mornings when I drop her off. It is so cute how the kids come running over to see her when I come and get her. She is defiantly a tired girl when she gets home.

Monday night after a long day of meeting all her new daycare friends

This past weekend we went home to St. Cloud to celebrate Mothers day with our mothers. I got to do some shopping and Addison got to meet many new people. Dan however caught a cold and is still trying to get over it. Here are some of the people Addison got to meet and play with.

On Saturday we had a tightly scheduled day of visiting. Starting the day at 9:oo am our first visit was Dan's Aunt Carol and Uncle Rich.

Up next was Dan's Grandma Margret and Great Aunt Alice.


After them was Dan's other Grandma, Shirley.




And with Grandma Shirley came Dan's Aunt and Uncle Kathy and Jim.

At 1:00 we headed over to our friends Keith and Jess's house so Addison could meet her new buddy Craigen. He is 2 weeks older than Addison and I can't wait till the two of them can play together. Craigen was a good sport and let Addison share his bouncy seat.

We hung out there for a while and then headed out to my Moms house to celebrate Mothers day. They made a great pork roast and potatos. Not to mention green beans from the Garden and some fresh bread delouse. Addison got to spend some time with Grandpa Jerry, My mom, my brother in law Chad, my sister Kim and my nephew Bryce. Whew what a day

On Sunday Addison and Dan let me go out shopping all by myself. But not before we took a picture of my first mothers day. She was so good on the trip to and from St. Cloud. and she did great with all the activity

A few weeks ago we had a visit from my Dad and step mom Linda. It was so nice to see them.

A few weeks ago my friend Meg came over and took some pictures of Addison and us. She did such a great job. I love them. Thanks Meg they turned out great.

She took over 1400 so if you think I posted to many keep that in mind.

Just a few more pictures. Look she already is trying to use a rattle as a phone.

During my Maternity leave Addison got to have a couple of play dates with Marielle.

And the my friends from West River Dental came with their little ones for a day. Addison slept through most of it. Liz and Lidia are on the end and Heather and Hayden are in the middle. All three of the baby's are 2 months apart. It was so fun to see them all together.

Okay I know this is the longest post ever and that it is getting out of hand with the pictures but I have one last one that I just love of Dan and Addison. It is already a couple of weeks ago that this was taken but I just love how she is holding her head up so strong and just staring at him.
And that is the last four weeks in a nutshell. A verry big nutshell

A Visit From Aunti Rhonda

This Monday my Sister and Addison's God mother, Rhonda came to visit and help out with little miss Addison. We had a great time and this morning I was very sad to see her go. We sang, danced, laughed and cooed at Addison. We actually sat on the couch for an hour and just stared at her. Addison has no idea the power she has.

Rhonda brought Addison some toys that her nephews are done with and one of them was this cookie monster toy. I am truly amazed that a children's toy could make three adults laugh so hard. Addison was not as impressed by it. Well the power of suggestion took over and I had the need to bake some cookies. The first two batches turned out but the last one we forgot in the oven for quite some time. No fire thank goodness but this batch certainly was not edible

A few more of my favorite photos I know they are very similar to all the other pictures that I post but I just can't help myself.

Thinking about something very important.

Love these cheeks

Growing like Crazy

On Monday Addison Grace had her first Dr.s visit and the Doctor says she is doing great. She has already grown a half an inch and has gained almost a full pound since birth. Even though she did not have any shots yesterday the visit tuckered her out. She slept almost the entire day.

Last week we were fortunate enough to have my mom up for the week. She helped us out so much by taking the nights and helping me get some things done around the house. Addison and I had such a great time with Grandma and we were sad to see her go.

On Friday my sister Kimberly, her husband Chad and my nephew Bryce came up to meet our little peanut. Bryce made Addison the most adorable Easter bunny basket complete with three Easter eggs with candy in them. He told me I could save the candy for Addison until she was able to eat it but unfortunately it somehow was eaten by me. Candy is never safe in my home. And on Saturday Nana Pflepsen came back up to celebrate Easter with us since we weren't quite ready to make the 2 and a half hour drive home.

So far this week we have done some much needed snuggling. Lilly as you can see can't get close enough. She always has to be on my lap when I am feeding Addison. Fortunately Lilly does not seem to mind the new "baby". A little jealous but she is accepting it. We have also been working on tummy time which Addison usually sleeps through. The weather has been so great that we have been able to go for some walks too.

Okay a few to many pictures sorry.