Pelican Lake, day 1

Making faces with Auntie Jill, her first trip to Zorbaz (the local hole-in-the-wall restaurant), smiles on the boat, and napping with Daddy.

Fun all around. :)

Curly when wet

Sunday dinner

Addy finally met all of her KC cousins on Sunday evening. She was ohh'd and ahh'd over and, apparently, decided to show off her triple chin in practically every photo we took.

Will my tiny child really be a "giant" child like her cousins someday? Boggles my mind.

It's quite nervewracking

Anytime I spend significant time in the kitchen these days, I have a supervisor. Here's my view from the sink:

See her sitting over there? She looks all innocent, but really she's critiquing my use of spices and lack of proper knife skills. Here, I'll show you her I'm-pretending-I-like-your-work-when-really-I-find-it-unsatisfactory look:

So sneaky, eh? And just when I think I might get through an entire kitchen session unscathed, this happens:

Her trusty sidekick, aka. assistant supervisor, shows up. Now I'm in REAL trouble.

Sigh.

Happy Friday!

Play mat

The past week or so we've realized that Addy is paying attention to mirrors (in the living room, the mirror in the car I use so I can glance at her while driving, etc) and staring at anything above her. Her focus has improved so much, it's really fun. We have fun with it and frequently walk into the room she's in and try to get her to see and smile at us from the furthest distance. Across the living room? Check. Across her bedroom? Check. Down the block and around the corner? Still working on it.

Time to break out the play mat, a gift from Great Grandma and Great Aunt Rosemary during her shower back in February. (Sheesh that seems like a long time ago.)

She loves it! Wiggling and staring, kicking and smiling. Thumbs up.

Punk Rocker

Double trouble

Having fun Sunday night making faces in the mirror with Daddy.

Car seat faces

Caption as you will. :)

2 month check-up

Miss A had her two month check-up yesterday, shots and all.

At two weeks old she was 7 lbs 6 oz and 21 inches long.
Yesterday, at nine weeks, she was 10 lbs 13 oz and 24 inches long.

Her weight is very average, but her length is in the 95th percentile. A tall gal! It's so odd to think that her weight increased 50% in just seven weeks. Human bodies are amazing. And so is mother's milk, I suppose. :)

With the exception of a brief scream, the shots went over fine...at first. She took an early afternoon nap and woke up screaming and hot hot hot. That pain cry is so different than the irritated or hungry cry. Ugh, it's like a dagger.

A little Tylenol and a lotta snuggling and she was quickly feeling better. Broke her streak of sleeping 7-8 straight hours she'd held for several days and woke up three times during the night, but I suppose that is to be expected. She's sleepy today, but otherwise doing pretty well.

Two months! My oh my.

Next check-up is another two months from now, early September. Remind me to stock up on meds before that appointment. For baby and mama.

Smiles with Grandpa

Such a fun weekend!

Two months

Happy two month birthday, Miss A!

Afternoon snooz...

...on her face? Oof.

Videos

A bundle of random videos. None of them are incredibly exciting, just everyday run-of-the-mill Addyness. Enjoy!

(Reminder that if you would like to view the videos larger, open them in YouTube by clicking on their titles, then you can expand them full screen.)

Tummy time.

More tummy time. There's just something so cute about it. :)

Miss A and I walk every morning. With the mega-hot temperatures lately, there must be something startling about coming inside to the AC from the heat, as she will often sit in her seat with her eyes wide for a couple minutes, looking hilarious.

Puppy kisses!

Talking and wiggling on the couch.

Daddy's golfing today, so us ladies are just hanging on the couch. Happy weekend!

Smiling shoulder monkey!

'burns

Your hair! It be growing.

Growing

I feel like she's getting so long!

Happy Wednesday :)

Lifejacket smiles

Sunday afternoon visit to Bass Pro nabbed Miss A her very own lifejacket. I think she likes it. :)

(Very first smiles caught on camera! Score.)

And because photos aren't enough, we shot a quick video, too. :)

You can't make the videos full screen within this site, for some reason. If you'd like them bigger, click the title of the video to open it in YouTube. Once there, you should be able to make it full screen.

Shower at Cernerland

Two wonderful ladies on Nathan's team at work threw a shower for Addy on Friday afternoon. Cupcakes and a dozen+ Cerner employees.

Everyone on the team was instructed to bring diapers, and that is certainly what they did.

 Cancel that Amazon.com autoshipment!

We took the top off of the diaper cake when we arrived home...it had a champagne support system! Genius.

One guy from the team decided to go a different route than diapers...a bottle of booze for Dad. The tag reads: "CONGRATS Nate & Annie on welcoming little Addy. 6/22/12 From: Patrick" 

The other side was even better: ":-) Medicine for Dad. Doubles as teething aid for baby. (Not evaluated by the FDA.) Also reduces likelihood of Mom's headaches." So creative, eh?

Lots of fun and one pooped out party girl.

Lil monkey worried eyes