happy baby

Sweet baby smiles are the best! Have a blessed and happy weekend!

Addie's newborn pictures

I just can't resist! We finally ordered our CD of Addie's new born pics and I just had to post some of them. Even though she is almost 3 months old and looks so much chubbier and bigger now.

Addie update:

- She is a great little sleeper! She has been consistently sleeping through the night since 8 weeks! I highly recommend Baby Wise to all you mommies-to-be. If you like schedules and sleep, this is the parenting style for you :)

- Addie was a smiley baby since birth, but now she definitely recognizes her mommy and daddy and smiles at us all the time! She also gives her grandparents big smiles too. We think she is on the verge of laughing - she's trying so hard but just can't figure out how to make it come out.

- She loves her mobile (and she can finally see it now too). We turn that thing on and she just smiles and follows it with her eyes. She also knows it is time for bed when when we turn it on b/c we play it before bed every night.

- Addie is doing a great job of holding up her head

- She has started to "coo" and "talk" to her mommy and daddy

- She now stays awake during walks and looks around at her surroundings

- Addie is a growing girl. She's outgrown her newborn clothes and we've had to move on to 8 oz bottles (she's not eating 8 oz now -but 5-6 at every feeding)

Ethel the bulldog update:

- Ethel's life before Addie: Ethel was our baby! We would practice her tricks, walk her and play with her everyday. She had a definite routine: eat dinner at 5:00, spend time with us in the family room; go outside to get busy, then she would go straight to her crate to go to bed.

- Ethel's life after Addie: We've neglected her tricks - now when we tell her to "give me paw" she lay's down.....she is so confused and just does whatever trick she can remember regardless of the command. She gets fed whenever we can remember (somewhere between 5-6:30); gets walked when we decide to take Addie for a walk. Oh, and best of all....now that Addie is sleeping through the night, Ethel has decided it is her turn to wake us up in the middle of the night. Ethel is consistently barking at NOTHING late at night! We've also neglected to put her in her crate and let her have free range in the entire downstairs area - BAD idea! So, needless to say the baby gates are back up and she is confined to the kitchen at night. Also, before Addie got here I would love to try to cuddle with Ethel. Bulldogs are not big on cuddling and Ethel would want nothing to do with it. Just a few days ago, I was sitting on the floor putting together a toy for Addie and along comes Ethel and just sits in my lap! I was shocked! She must be desperate for attention. I'm going to try to be a better mommy to my bully!!