6 Month Update

In a blink of an eye 6 months have past and my baby girl is growing up!  We went to our 6 month doctor's appointment today and Addison did great.  She is a little peanut though, now falling below the 50th percentile in weight at 15lbs and 10oz and only coming in at 24th percentile in height at 25 inches.  All other areas checked out good except for a little (or maybe a lot of) extra ear wax in her right ear...it doesn't seem to be bothering Addison but the doctor wasn't able to even see her eardrum.

This past month has just flown by and it seems like Addison is doing something new every day.

• She can sit up (unsupported) and only if she gets really excited does she topple over
• She can roll from tummy to belly and belly to tummy
• She has started to make tons of different faces, including biting her bottom lip
• She now sleeps on her tummy (that is a relatively new development but she is sleeping soooo much better)
• She is still feeding every 3 to 3.5 hours and only has had a few servings of rice cereal
• She is getting up at 7:30 and usually goes to bed for the night after her 10 o'clock feeding -- which is a major improvement for our night owl
• She is still taking 2 to 3 naps a day

For years I have tried to institutionalize the Half Birthday with John, probably for almost as long as we have been together.  I haven't been too successful but I will admit I've gotten flowers a couple of times.  Well, in 6 short months Addison has managed to wrap her daddy around her finger and when John got home last night we headed to Walmart to pick up a few Half Birthday gifts for Addison.  She is a lucky little girl...Daddy picked out a little keyboard that sings songs and does colors, numbers and animals and Mommy picked out a little giraffe that kicks balls and a purple adirondack chair.

Happy Half Birthday to our precious Addison!