Miss Roly Poly

I'm not talking chubbiness here, I'm talking Addie spins on her belly to line up her path and rolls across the floor. She rolls and rolls and rolls. This girl is fast! She can go clear across a room in a matter of seconds. I'm wondering if she will ever crawl with being so effective at rolling to get to where she wants to go...

Addie's 6 Month Pictures

All I have to say is that our baby is growing up too quick. I feel like she is growing up even faster than Wes did at this age. She's such a little ball of energy and smiles. Addie has another thing going for her to put on top of Mommy's list lately... she's been consistantly sleeping through the night now for about 3 weeks straight. She is a little over 3 months ahead of schedule on that compared to her brother. Thank you, Addie!

Will Work for M&M's

He who fingerprints the window, cleans the window... Wesley is in this awesome "helping" phase. I was cleaning the house the other week and he wanted to join in on the fun. I got this bright idea to have him clean the windows. The boy went all out and kept wanting to clean window after window. The best part is he works for M&Ms, ice cream, suckers, etc.! Sorry folks, he's all mine. :)

Sneak Peak

Here's a sneak peak of Addie's six month pictures...

Backyard Fun

The kiddos have enjoyed the outdoors so far this year. Wes just loves getting dirty in the sandbox. His orange socks can prove it. I even found one of my kitchen utensils out there the other day. I have no idea how it made its way out there. :)

Wes has also been quite the helper with planting flowers and he even likes to help water everything with his little watering can. When his can is empty he always says, "more," which comes out sounding like "moye." He is talking more and more and is becoming more understandable. His speech therapy lessons have helped him a ton.

Addie has been hanging out in our newest addition to the swingset-a baby swing. She also hangs out in the exersaucer and pool. She isn't mobile yet so it is nice that she is happy to just sit there. She is quite the babbler lately. We get a lot of, "Ba ba ba da da da's" out of her. She absolutely adores Wes and Wes seems to love having her around as well. He gets a big kick out of making her laugh. He's always randomly picking up toys and bringing them over for her to play with. Unprompted too! He's definitely winning Addie over and she doesn't like to take her eyes off of him.

Lest We Forget

Lest we Forget is a Southwest Michigan based organization that has a mission to educate others on past wars. Every year they have a local event and we went as a family this year to check it out. There were helicopter rides and that by far was Wesley's favorite. He loved to watch it take off and land.

So Sleepy

Addie's Six Month Stats

Happy six month birthday, Addie! I know I baked a cake for your brother at six months, so I'll try to find the time to do the same for you. I guess that just proves she is the second child. After looking back at earlier blog posts from when Wes was that age, I've realized I'm slacking a little. I'll try to do better, I promise!

Addie did great at her six month check-up. She is following in her brother's footsteps and is slipping lower and lower on the weight percentile chart. She weighed in at 14 pounds, 3 ounces (18th percentile) and 26.25 inches (65th percentile) in length. She is becoming slightly more mobile by being able to do circles on her belly. I'm sure the full-on crawl is soon to come. She is also very close to being able to sit-up by herself. No teeth have popped through yet, but the doctor said that her bottom gums are swollen and then they should be here shortly.

She has outgrown her milk protein intolerance, which makes things nice since I don't have to be so careful about what I eat. All in all, she is a very happy baby these days and is a complete joy. She always greets us with smiles in the morning and they continue until it is time for bed. She has started to do a lot of babbling and bubble blowing. She likes to break out the bubble blowing during cereal time and it makes a mess.

Wes loves to make her laugh. He also likes to get close enough to her so that she can kick him. He brings on the drama by exclaiming, "ouch!". The sibling rivalry has started... :)