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Yesterday you took your first swim lesson with your mum. You were surrounded by other babies and lots of water. You really seemed to enjoy yourself. But I think your favorite part of the whole experience was all of the really cool water toys!

Addison, you were 6 months old today.
You’ve had many “firsts” recently, and your mum is slightly pouty because they’ve all been while you were with your poppy.

• You can sit up by yourself.
• You can eat solids now. You’re partial to rice cereal with bananas or banana flavoring — warmed up slightly of course.
• You know the following words & phrases: toes, kitty, Aunt Rachael, daddy, gramma, mommy, ba, peek-a-aboo, butt-changing (diaper change), piggy, and night-night.
• You’re only 6 months, but you wear size 9-12month clothes. You need to have your tray attached and secured in your swing
  now because you like to lean forward.

Everywhere you go, people must stop and talk with you. When your mother was in class tonight, we walked by a class room. The instructor stopped his lecture, walked out into the hall and invited you in for everyone to see. He said, “see, this demonstrates that bald is beautiful”. The instructor was bald, and of course you don’t have much hair right now. 😉
Oh yes, and you have developed a close bond with Big Kitty. He tolerates you, even to the point where he will mush up against you for attention as he would a big person. You have learned to keep you hand open when you pet him instead of clenching his fur up in your fists. He seems to know you are a wee baby human.
As always you are a very happy, squealing, and alert little girl. You are loved by everyone on your daddy’s side and everyone on your mummy’s side. We are all lucky to know you.

Bathtime

Addison Sitting up By Herself!

Addison, last night while your mum was in class, I took you to my webmasters club meeting. A man was speaking at the front of the room while we all listened. After about 5 minutes into the lecture, you started talking. Nay. Growling. Raaaarrrrgh. You have discovered your voice and the new sounds you can make. It is hilarious. You don’t make nice cooing girlie sounds, but sound as if you are imitating a dinasaour or monster. Gramma-cat excused herself, and we left the room promptly (I’ll be able to view his presentation later, so the meeting was still valuable). As we drove back to where your mum was, we alternately growled at each other in the car. You, in the back seat; me driving up front. YOU ARE SO MUCH FUN!

[Addison fans, stay tuned for audio or video recordings of Godzilla Baby.]

You are as strong as a sumo wrestler and as curious as Einstein!
You can hold your own bottle now. And get this…not one of those plastic four ounce bottles but….a full 8 ounce glass ba! It is truly an astounding feat. Japanese Sumo Wrestlers: beware the Amazing Addison.

Also very recently you have begun to grab things. Yes, as any intelligent inquisitive scientist does, you want to understand the world around you. You want to experience the physics of objects as evaluated through physical examination.
You are acutely aware of your surroundings, staring intently on those things which capture your attention, and whipping around your head to see more as you hear it.
A scientist of the highest caliber!!