A 7 month old update!

I just cannot comprehend that Addison is now closer to becoming a one year old than she is a baby!!

 It is just so wild that she is already 7 months...and that it's Christmas!



I feel like it was just May and I was freaking out about how few layers she needed on in our freak heatwave, and now I'm worrying about how many multiple layers she needs on due to the chilly December we've been having!

One thing is for sure - time stands still for no one, and it seems to move at double speed now I have two to look after and not just one! 

I just love all the new things Addison is learning, and the new stages we're getting to...but I'm just not ready to let go of those precious baby days either! I can see why people have 10 kids - babies, they're just so delicious and you always want more! haha!

She can now sit on her own for a minute or two unsupported if she is focused on an activity or toy in front of her, but the minute she looks away she is always toppling to the side!

She still loves to roll all over the show, and is quite the mover just through rolling.



One night I left her on her little blanket in our bedroom surrounded by toys to play with, and just walked to the end of the hallway to put some laundry down and when I returned I found her like this...



completely wrapped up in the blanket with the toys strewn about and halfway across the room - she gave me the biggest smile.  She seemed quite pleased with herself, and I just couldn't believe how quickly she had managed to make it happen!!

When big sis is at school she also loves to have free rein over all her toys - shh don't tell!

(That Lalaloopsy doll and her crazy hair is a fave for Addi to shove in her mouth!)

I think she has a 3rd tooth at the top that is starting to make its way through, but not causing her too much pain just yet thankfully.

She is still LOVING her eating! She definitely inherited the Jones gene for a love of food.

 I don't think we've ever given her anything yet that she hasn't loved and wolfed down.  She wasn't 100% sure on avocado on its own first time around, but when I mixed it with a little banana she still ate it.  The other day Byron mixed her a little concoction for dinner of what he thought was broccoli and butternut, but it turned out to be broccoli and peach! (I really need to label my ice cube trays!)



The first few spoonfuls she really wasn't sure and I thought we were going to have to abandon it, but then she ended up wolfing the whole bowl with gusto! It really seems like she is going to be a great little eater.  She is currently always beating her big sister at mealtimes (which isn't too hard considering Ella eats as fast as a snail)



but it is a good way of trying to motivate Ella to eat faster as she doesn't like being beaten by her little sis!!

She is becoming such a grabber these days, and is really especially keen on books! I looked over one day in church and saw her holding the hymn book like this and just had to snap a pic! She likes to hold books for about 1.5 seconds and then tries her best to eat them, she is also a big fan of paper for the same reason! and sometimes she has already eaten an envelope I'm holding in my hand before I even realise! You really need to be on red alert of what's around you.  I was trying to make Biscoff pie the other day with her on my hip and next thing she had her finger right in the Biscoff jar - she knows where the good stuff is!

I can't remember if I've mentioned about this in the last few month updates, but she just loves the sling these days! which is surprising, considering she went through a phase of really not being a fan - but it's definitely good news that she's back on side being carried! because it helps us not be too confined for days out.

She will even fall asleep in it too - bonus! 

Speaking of sleep - I'm still not getting much! and last month I said I was hoping teething was to blame...but she hasn't teethed at all this month, and can still be waking 5-6 times each night! It is exhausting and I don't know why she has gone from being such an awesome sleeper to such a terrible one.  We thought she maybe wasn't cosy enough in her big cot so we made a few adjustments to make it better for her, but she's still waking just as frequently so who knows what the problem is?!

She has also started a new phase just recently where she only wants to fall asleep on me in the night after a feed, and as soon as I put her down into the cot she wakes instantly, and then will only go back to sleep if I pick her up again! Definitely a habit we don't want to get into.

but look at how peaceful she looked during naptime one day? I had to snap a pic, with her arms behind her head, looking so chilled.  

She enjoys pulling out the cushion that supports her head from behind her when she is in her bouncy chair, and then one day I turned around and she was just snuggling the cushion looking all pensive! it made me laugh!

She went swimming for the first time on a random day off we all had thanks to St.Andrew.

It was so cute to see her in the water, she really loves bathtime and love to splash around in the bath so we just knew she'd love the pool!  

She still saves all her best giggles for Ella, and I just love watching how much they love each other.   

It's always snuggles galore once big sis is awake!

and Addi is just as excited by them!

Ella loves to try and match her outfit on a Sunday to exactly what Addi is wearing, so it was all pink dresses and pink tights this one Sunday.

and then blue dresses, white tights, and red bows on Remembrance Sunday.

How are they this cute?!

Trying out some new hairstyles on Addi!

because she still has the longest hair around! it just gets longer and wilder by the day!

and if it carries on at this rate it will be time for her first haircut soon!

At the start of December Addi got involved with our tradition of picking out our own Christmas tree each year...

She really seemed to enjoy peeking at each tree - it's like she was trying to work out which would be the best one for us to pick!

Once home, we got it all decorated and put the Christmassy tunes on...

and I had to capture these two in their festive outfits!I think she is going to love Christmas just as much as I do!

So happy filling all our days with this gang of four! Addison - you are the sweetest addition to our family!

A 6 month old update!

6 months, 6 months, 6 months!!!



Half a year already! Say what?!

Time is flying by!

This month has definitely seen the most changes! and actually I'm not sure this mommy can quite handle just how many things are changing and how fast Addison Mae is growing up! 

In just the 1st week alone there was...

Her two first teeth! That we can't actually take a photo out because her tongue is always poking out, blocking the view of the teeth!! She has really struggled cutting these two, but I'm hopeful now they're here we will get a break from teething for a short while!

She rolled over for the first time! and then rolled back straight away, and then rolled over about 10 more times! and likes to do it at every opportunity now.  Can you tell big sis was a bit excited about it?!



She is also getting much stronger at sitting semi independently...and I feel like sitting up by herself will be right around the corner too!

She has switched from the bassinet part of her pram to her sitting up 'big girl' part!

She moved out of her Moses basket into her big girl cot (this was her last ever sleep in her basket - remember how up until just last month I had to roll up a blanket to stuff next to her and here she was completely filling it!)

She started off just having her daytime naps in the cot...

and now sleeps at night there too!

So she moved out of our room and into her own room!! It hasn't been the smoothest of transitions.

 Most people are all like 'yeah once we moved our baby into their own room they slept so much better as we weren't disturbing them anymore' - we have found the opposite! These past few weeks have been her worst sleep yet with one night where she woke up 8 different times! (she never even did that as a newborn!) I'm hopeful teething has some of that to answer for and it's not just an aversion to her cot!

She had her first taste of food! Mashed banana, just like Ella tried for her first food too...and she loved it! She was really going for it, gobbling it up! she spit a little bit out but mostly she seemed very keen which was surprising for the first try!

At the end of last month, we had Halloween - and Addi dressed up as a little pumpkin along with her zombie bride big sis.

We headed out trick and treating around our neighbourhood - sometime after 6pm, on a day when Addison hadn't had an afternoon nap!

She was wrapped up all snug in the sling, and I was convinced she was going to fall asleep...but she stayed awake the whole time!

I guess it was just all too exciting and she was enjoying being in on all the action too much!

She also went to her first halloween party!

and aren't these babies just the cutest little pumpkins in the patch! Lana, Cohen & Addi - her little buddies from toddler group.

We also took her to her first Fireworks display - not really knowing what to expect.  I anticipated some crying or uncertainty but there were no tears at all!



Addi just seemed mesmerised by all the lights and colours, and again stayed awake for the whole display despite it being late...and then did fall asleep just as we were leaving the showground.

She decided, hallelujah, that she doesn't hate the sling anymore! So we have been able to do plenty of forest walks this month now that we're not confined to the pram!

This little pair of sisters are still the cutest around,

 and I just can't get enough of how much they love each other! 

Addi really does light up when she sees Ella for the first time at the end of the school day when we go to pick her up, or first thing in the morning when she wakes.  

Also, at night sometimes when I am feeding her in her room - Ella is in the bedroom next door and will call something through to me and Addi seems to think she's talking to her and she'll coo back and they do this cute back and forth chatter like a little conversation! 

It makes me excited for the day when I can imagine they will really be chit chatting back and forth at bedtime! (and then we'll probably be cursing it, and wishing they would just go to sleep already! but right now it seems like a cute thought!)

This pic sums up her feelings on sisterhood well!

and always with the kisses! 

Addison's hair is still growing like a maniac, and we often get stopped in shops and when out and about with people commenting about just how much hair she has!

She still sucks her fingers 80% of the day! It used to be her two middle fingers but in the past few weeks it's progressed to the end two (beside her thumb) which funnily enough is the two fingers Auntie Mel was attached to all through her childhood so maybe it's in her genes!

She is still a big fan of the Jumperoo, and she is very enthusiastic with her bouncing these days! Her other favourite things to play with seems to be plastic spoons at the moment, and when I say play I mean she stuffs them into her mouth as far as they will go! (sometimes gagging on them even!) and then once she's tired of one spoon she'll throw it down and I'll hand her a different size or shape new plastic spoon and away she goes again! I'm pretty sure you could sit her somewhere for an hour with a lap full of spoons and she'd be more than happy! who needs fancy Christmas presents hey?!

She brings so much joy to our family with her sweet little personality.  It is starting to shine through more and more.  The things that make her giggle the most are - big sister, obvs! (especially watching her crazy dancing) being thrown high in the air (by Daddy of course!) king of the castle nursery rhyme and 'this is the way the lady rides', when you shout her name really fast and loud repeatedly (for some strange reason! Auntie Alli discovered this in the car one day and it still produces giggles every time!) and she has finally developed two little tickle spots just under her ribs - aside from the bit of her neck where Daddy blows raspberries on.

She really is the happiest baby.  She is finally back into a pretty good nap routine now - usually an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon.  Unfortunately both of those naps co-incide with Ella's school run which is the bain of my life!!! If I had a £1 for every time Addi has fallen asleep in the car 2 mins after we leave the house I'd be a very rich person! 

I can't believe we're at 6 months! So very excited for what the next 6 will bring!