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Double Digits!

Addie turns 10 months old today. Double digits. It's quite crazy to think that in a couple of months, she'll have been blessing us with her beauty and spunk for an entire year! I almost don't want to think about it because it went by SO FAST. On the other hand, I can't even remember life without Addie.

Oh wait...yes, I do...that was a world where I could leave the house in a shirt without spit up, drool, or blueberry stains on it. A world where I didn't have to pack the entire house up with us before we left for the smallest errand. A world where the phrase "Emergency Cheerios" would have never crossed my lips.

But it was also a world without open-mouthed drooly kisses given upon request. A world without belly laughs let of at the slightest hint of a game of peek-a-boo. Squeals of delight at seeing a squirrel run up a tree. A world without the spirit and laughter and fun that Addie brings to us every day. I sometimes miss my old independence, but I wouldn't trade it back for all the emergency cheerios in the world. And that's a LOT ;)

So here are some pictures to commemorate the big 1-0!

Oh, and if you're waiting for a rocking chair picture, I must say that Addie sitting placidly in the rocking chair smiling for the camera for minutes on end just does not happen anymore, so no more comparison pictures without risking a big bruise on her head from leaping off happily to the floor.

How many teeth? Our little jack-o-lantern still only has two on the bottom, but now there's a new one on top with the hint of yet another top one coming in....can you see the glistening of the drool on her chin? Yum :)


Sometimes she seems SO big...


...and other times she seems so little!


Her favorite game is emptying. Emptying her bookshelf. Her toy box. The basket of shoes we keep by the door. She's curious about EVERYthing and her attention span ranges from quite intense--playing wtih the same toy for 10 minutes (which, in baby time, is like a year)...


...and other times, she's barely even touched one "toy" (i.e. my purse) before she's turned around and set off for another "toy" (i.e. my keys)


All the crawling/scooting/pulling up/pushing her shopping cart around can tire a girl out. When she yawns, we call it her baby lion roar.


Who IS this big girl and where did my helpless little baby go??? If someone can find my little tiny baby again, I'll give you a reward. An economy box of emergency cheerios.

Addie on the move!

Grandma-san Silvestro snapped a few pics from our trip to NJ, so here are some more of the cutie pie on the road last weekend:

Wow...I get to sit in the WHOLE bathtub when I come here.


Here's Addie chiming into to the refrain for her post-bathtime song "Little Bunny Foo Foo"


If a banana could make everyone this happy, the world wouldn't need anti-depressants, just bring on the Chiquita!


Addie was excited to play with Steve and Doug's old firetruck. She got the chance to practice...


...being on the move!

Road Trip and blog catchup

Addie just LOVES traveling. Taking advantage of Steve's time off from work, we took to the road. First stop was a short one in Philadelphia. Erin and Dave were in town from Austin for a wedding so we met them for some cheesesteaks and giggles. Erin hadn't seen Addie since she was a month old and this was Dave's first time meeting her. We didn't have much time with them, but the time we did spend was full of laughter and fun.



Then we headed up to Uncle Doug and Aunt Alli's house in New Jersey. Grandma Joan and Grandpa Bob met us there as did Alli's family--her parents, her sisters and their families. Alli has two nephews--Colin (almost 4) and Christopher (same age as Addie! Just 4 days younger!)

Addie and Chris played really well together. Though inevitably one of them would want whatever toy the other one was playing with. See Chris eyeing the toy Addie's playing with?


And he wins this round of "Addie versus Christopher"


Doug and Alli got all the kids superhero clothes! Colin is Batman, Addie is supergirl (complete with cape) and Chris is The Flash. Unfortunately, most of the pictures we took that night were blurry--this one was the best of the bunch. But we guarantee, the kids were absolutely adorable!


We're down at the grandparent's house now for a few more days. The camera is acting up :( So we may not have documentation of the rest of the trip, but we'll keep you updated.

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We got so wrapped up in the Olympics video that we neglected to post some pictures of Addie that were meant to be posted.

So here she is visiting the tennis tournament! Addie's uncle Dan works at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic and as many of you know, I (Monica) have volunteered there most of my life.

To prepare her for the tournament, we dressed Addie in her preppiest outfit.


Introduced her to some of our old friends


And made sure she had lots of cuddling time with Uncle Dan, who was so busy getting ready for the tournament, we hadn't seen much of him lately.


Oh and remember the pile o' babies picture?


They're growing up!!



Note...not all babies in the first picture appear in the second and vice versa as some of the moms in our group added in after the first picture was taken and some moms who were there for the first picture couldn't make it to this particular playdate and one was asleep during the photoshoot...but disclaimer aside...they're cute, huh?

Now that the blog catchup is done, it's time for some blog ketchup!

2008 Summer Olympic Games

Addie's been working hard these past 9 months of her life in training, and it's paid off with 3 Gold medals in the Summer Games! To watch the video, click the link and type the password 'Addie' with a capital 'A.'




(yes, this is what we spend our time doing instead of finishing unpacking)



2008 Summer Olympics: Spotlight on Adeline Silvestro from Steve Silvestro on Vimeo.

90 seconds of silliness

We had Addie's 9 month appointment this week. She is now 29 inches (about 85%) and 19 lbs (about 50%) and is doing well on all accounts. She got two vaccinations and didn't even make a peep! No crying!

What is on Addie's list of accomplishments lately? She's an expert waver now--no more arm flaps, it's a very distinguished, almost beauty queen-esque type wave. She claps a lot, especially when she's proud of herself. She makes kissy noises when she hears kisses, and when we say "Blow kisses, Addie" and blow her a kiss, she'll kiss the back of her hand (still trying to capture that one on video).

But most of all, she continues to crack us up with her "talking" and her silliness:

9 months in, 9 months out

Addie is 9 months old! She has now spent as much time outside of me as she spent in :)

She's very mobile these days--pulling up on everything and scooting (yes, still scooting--not sure she's ever going to be an official "crawler" but scooting gets her around quite nicely!) all over the new place. We can't even dress her in dresses anymore because she gets stuck as she scoots around, so in this month's photo shoot she's sporting some overalls.


Here I come!


Breakfast giggles


Can you see the teeth? She also has one coming in on the top! The drooling has returned.


Addie's channeling Bono even sooner than Steve did.




We put her on the chair for the official month picture. After a few happy arm flaps...




...she was done with sitting and ready to get up and be on the move.


Do you want to read a book?


Okay...

...ooh, is that an ice cream cone?

um...if you're not going to give me real ice cream, I'm gonna do something else...


...off to explore elsewhere...