New Addi Pictures

Here are a few new pictures of Addi. She is wearing a couple of the onesies that were decorated at my baby shower.

Also, today Addi said "duck" - she has been saying it for a while but today really confirmed it because I didn't say it to her for her to repeat it. She saw a duck on tv (she was watching a baby signs video and we were signing together) and she said duck and grabbed her rubber ducky! I was so excited that she made the connection.
 

 

Addi loves the bunny that Sitti gave her!

 

Michelle and I both wore this dress when we were little.

Standing up you say?

Today I turned around and Addi was standing up! She was holding onto her blocks box pulling blocks out of it. When she turned to look at me the box tumbled over and the blocked spilled out all over her. In addition to her love of blocks, Addi loves playing with her "house" and loves having books read to her. If she is cranky, all we have to do is pull out a book and read it to her. She enjoys the baby sign language books, animal books, the Doggies book - she giggles at all the different barks, and books with flip pages. She also likes climbing all over us if we are on the floor. She is growing so quickly, I am trying to cherish all the little moments and snuggle times. If she falls asleep in my arms, I enjoy just cuddling with her. Here is a picture of her from last week at a bridal store.

Addi's 9 Month Birthday!

I can't believe my little girl is 9 months old. She is 27 inches and 16.6 pounds. She is 25th percentile for height and 10th percentile for weight.

Mom came in town for a couple of days to visit while she was on Spring Break. I don't think I've heard Addi laugh so much!

Here are a couple of pictures we took today on her 9 month birthday.

Washington DC

Last week Addi and I went to DC to see Scott. Addi traveled well although she has to be entertained on the plane. Luckily the people sitting around us enjoyed entertaining her. The first couple of days were cold, rainy, and windy which kept us inside more than we wanted but we still tried to get out. We had beautiful weather the rest of the week. We stayed right by George Washington University at the Doubletree Suites. It was also the week of the Cherry Blossom Festival and spring break so it was insanely crazy - we waited to get into everything! Although we had a wonderful trip walking around town and visiting all of the sites (we rode the metro train and walked everywhere! - we didn't even bring the car seat.) seeing Scott every day was the highlight of our trip. Plus, it was nice to see where he stays and have a better understanding of where he is. Addi didn't sleep while we were there -she was cutting teeth and all of the city noise kept her up. Often she fell asleep while we were out and about. I was able to visit with Tracy and her son Declan and Catey while I was in town. We all went to the International Spy Museum and then to lunch at Gordon Biersh. Scott and I ate at a ton of wonderful places including my favorite Thai place (ThaiTanic) of all times that I've been talking about for the last couple of years. It was better than I remember! We also had the best Chinese food at One Fish Two Fish - Scott said he will never eat "regular" Chinese again. Addi and I went to Georgetown and shopped and visited the Museum of Natural History and the Holocaust Museum. We walked around the National Mall area all week and of course walked by the White House many times. Scott, Addi, and I went to Chinatown/Verizon Center, the Cherry Blossom Festival by the Tidal Basin, Georgetown, Waterfront, and the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden just to name a few. Here are some pictures.

 

Addi loved playing on the king size bed - she just laughed and laughed!

   

waiting by the Metro train with Daddy who is heading to work

Addi finally met Catey!