For the Love: the beach!!

First beach trip!!!

Addison LOVED the beach. Her favorite part was most definitely the water and the waves. Adam took her out to about her chest and held her hands as they "jumped" the waves. She was "ooooo"ing and doing her new high pitched screech the whole time. When Adam would get tired from bending over he would bring her in and she would turn around and reach for the water as he brought her back. It was great, we were all very surprised that she wasn't afraid of the waves, or the water for that matter. She is going to be my little dare devil.

While we were there she got to spend some quality time with her (my) Aunt Judy and Aunt Susan. They loved on her the whole time and she ate it up. She really was great while we were there and never got cranky or whiny, and slept well for being in a different place and sleeping in the pack 'n play. She is starting to get to the age where she is sensitive to loud noises or things that startle her. My Aunt Susan was singing her a song one morning and hit a beautiful high note. Addison gave her a blank stare for a moment and then decided that that particular note scared her. She curled her bottom lip out as far as it would go and began to cry. We all laughed because it was just so cute, but she was consoled quickly and was happy and ready to go in no time.

This is technically the second time that she has been to Fripp but the first time she was only 2 months old and we didn't even go to the water because it was December. My Aunt Judy and Uncle Richard have a house on Fripp and we have been so blessed, and they have been so generous, to let us enjoy using it on occasion and spend great times with extended family down there. We have made so many memories and I know as Addison grows up, there will be many more memories to be made Fripp side. It will definitely be a place that comes up in many a family story in the future! Thank you Aunt Judy and Uncle Richard for allowing us to be a part of that.

A few other milestones for little pants:
Pulling up on absolutely EVERYTHING, crawling around like a maniac, stood by herself for about a half second on the beach, has started to babble combining different sounds instead of just the ol "oooo", will wave bye-bye when someone says bye-bye to her, has learned the talented act of throwing objects long distances just to see what they look like when they splat on the floor, and she is already wearing 12 month clothes and growing like a weed!

One milestone that she hasn't met is eating small pieces of solid food. We chuckle, although I'm sure she doesn't find it humorous, when we have tried to introduce her to small pieces of food. We have deduced that she must have a very sensitive gag reflex and though that isn't funny her reaction to the tiniest piece of food being on the very tip of her tongue/lip IS pretty funny. We started by giving her stage three baby food. The one that comes to mind is the chicken with vegetables. There were little pieces of carrots in the baby food and every time she would get a carrot she would gag and gag until she was able to get the carrot out, sometimes making herself throw up. A few days later I tried this little snack that they sell that taste like fake strawberry and it dissolves quickly on their tongue so that they can start to understand what it is like to have solid food in their mouth. This was a fail. I broke off the tiniest little piece of the fake strawberry, maybe the size of a grain of rice or smaller, and put it on the tip of her tongue...instant gag. We've tried a few other things since then but she just isn't ready, and that is okay, she will eat solids when she decides it just looks too good to pass up.

I can't believe my little angel is going to be 9 months old next week. I guess I better start thinking about a first birthday party!

Here are a few pics of the little nugget at the beach and at my parents house in the pond:

Addie and daddy at the beach (while daddy tries to do his hot model pose) :)

Her "faux-hawk" from the sunscreen in her hair.

My favorite picture of her at the beach. My Aunt Connie and cousin Kristen (and family) gave her this bathing suit. She had a cover-up that matched making her the best dressed on the beach.