Up on all fours!!

With a little help that is... I tucked her legs under her and she held herself for quite some time. Even threw in a little rocking motion in there. She balanced great on her little arm. I'm starting to get nervous that the days of putting her down in one spot (and her staying put) are coming to an end! Yikes!

Bring on the solids!!

We tried sweet potatoes first, she was not a fan of those. Found out cinnamon makes her skin break out in a red rash. Eek! (Of course we found this out 2 hours before her 6 month picture apt! Good thing it cleared up right away.) Today we tried brown rice cereal and she liked that much better.

The first 6 months...

Addie at 5 months

Wow did they go fast! I had no idea how crazy in love I would be with this adorable little girl of mine. She'll be 6 months old this Saturday and she's growing and changing every day. Girlfriend still doesn't care for the bottle much. She'll take it on her own terms. (Hmm, I'm starting to see more of myself in her more and more. Yikes!) We started solids this week, so that should help when I'm not around to feed her. So far she's liking brown rice cereal, but NOT crazy about sweet potatoes. She started rolling over at 3 months old, sitting up at almost 5 months old and now she's passing toys between her little arm and her hand. Amazing to see her work that little arm of hers, we're so proud! Addisen loves music... It totally changes her mood when you put one of her kid CD's on (thanks Aunt Alecia!). She also really loves her books. She'll even turn the pages with her little arm when she's ready to move on with the story. I'd definitely say she's a girl on the go. If she's moving (riding in the Boba carrier or Moby wrap, car seat, stroller, being carried, or even getting help standing up) then she's a happy camper. Kind of makes me nervous for when she starts to crawl. She finds her puppy, Willow, to be very entertaining and she squeals with delight whenever she comes by.

Addisen started her arm clinic at UofM a few weeks ago. We take her to get fitted for her first prosthetic arm at the end of November, and she should have it by early January! It's crazy to me that we're here already. I feel like it was just yesterday we found out she was missing her right hand and part of her lower right arm at my 20 week ultra sound. Looking at how much she's accomplished and grown despite this little set back makes me feel so at ease with how she'll handle challenges in the future. Nothing stops this girl. If she wants something, she's already figuring out how to use her arm to get it. We've started occupational therapy to help her get strong enough to wear her prosthetic arm. They are amazed at how well she uses her little arm and the strength she's developed this far. She's going once a week now until I go back to work in December.

Speaking work... I'm soooooo going to miss my mornings of giggles and stories with Addisen, but I feel lucky that I was able to take any time off at all. Enjoying every last day I get to be home with her until then.