To my BIG NEWs! Addison is now crawling all over the place, started right around 8 months (36 weeks) every time I turn around she is in another room (very speedy) She has also mastered how to get around the room walking..... well, not "Walking" BUT holding onto the couch and then walks from one end to the other . She will also pull herself up at the little table by the front door, walk until she can grab the chair, then walk until she can grab her jumperoo, basically walks around until there is nothing left to hold on to!! and as of this last week, she is getting quite brave and will let go for a few seconds and stand there! Luckily, she will let herself drop, I heard some babies will stand there and yell until you come and get them, so Im thankful she is a brave one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jf9YJEmDOk
Another BIG News,Addison can now say Mama (37 wks) and it is really sweet! For the longest time she would say DaDa DaDa and never Mama, but now she says it! To hear your child say your name and look at you or reach for you when they say your name is truly one of the best milestones they can reach!
We recently pulled out the highchair and it is wonderful! I highly recommend our highchair, lots of positions, in height/lays back/ rolls and it folds up. Another great thing about it, is you can take the top off and have it become a booster for your chair! We had been using the bumbo, bc she still fits in it and we would just put it on the table and feed her while we were eating, but I accidentally left the bumbo at our friends house the other week and had no other option, but to pull out the highchair and all I have to say is.... I should have pulled it out forever ago! Addison would grab at everything on the table making our eating a challenge, but now she can sit in her chair and I dont have to worry about where Im placing everything on the table!! and she likes it! I think she feels like a big girl in her chair! On the subject of eating.. we have tried out some new solids this month and have even started trying solids that are more hand held... which I would say she is not a fan of .....she likes it pureed. This month we have tried Barley, Wheat, Pumpkin, Blueberries, Cantaloupe, Apricots, Yogurt and Chicken, We are also discovering Puffs! I wouldn't say she has mastered eating them, however she has figured out they go in her mouth and she has to hold them in there with her finger to get them to dissolve. We also tried eating bananas and green beans that weren't pureed, but she is not a fan.. would rather just squish them all around on her tray! She is still mastering the Sippy cup, but she is getting better and better at it, finally figuring out that she has to tip it back, but most of the time, unless you help her she just wants to play with it!
Addison is such a talker and full of great smiles, very adventurous..
loves everything she cant have (ie all of Stephens stuff..LOL). She Loves her bedroom and almost every time I turn around she has ventured to her room to play with her books/stuffed animals or socks/shoes bin! Its cute to see she knows where her room is and will go play in it! Now that it is getting nicer out, we have enjoyed walks and she loves them talking and laughing at things she sees... She loves the Itsy-Bitsy -Spider, Patty-cake-Patty-Cake, singing and sometimes she sings along, clapping at everything exciting, tickling and of course still loves to be picked upside down(crazy girl) Still loves her Jumperoo and has discovered that she can now reach up and grab the bird or frog..... such a little stinker.Her favorite spot is sitting at the front door, I think she could sit there all day. Poor GA lost her spot). Addison and GA are still doing great, Poor GA doesn't know what to do with this moving child...LOL.. She is still napping good and has fully adjusted to 2 naps a day 1hr in the AM and 2hrs in the afternoon. A NEW Discovery - The last several months she was getting up in the middle of the morning every night around 4:30ish.. I thought it was cause we had added solids when all of this started, but recently I remembered that that was around the time I had started putting her to bed around 7:20PM. Well I decided to try putting her to bed closer to 8PM, the way I had before and well she now sleeps through the nite 7:55- 7 AM and sometimes 715 if Im lucky!! 
Highlight - she also now recognizes me and crawls to me every time I go to daycare to pick her up... its the best after a long day at work, to walk in and have her light up and crawl to me! These are the moments to live for!!
All in all our little adventurer is Growing, Happy and Healthy and WE are reminded every day of Gods goodness in our lives!
