It's Snowing!

You know what I love most about kids?  Their innocence and complete honesty.  They see something a certain way and they will tell you all about it and what they think.  I love that truth.  I love that they don't tip toe around feelings and say something that they don't really mean.  If you really want to know the truth about something, ask a 2 1/2 year old!  Ok, so my point is this--- The other day Addison was in the bathroom with me while I was getting dressed.  She was standing by the tub where the sun was  shining in at the perfect angle through our blinds.  All of a sudden she shouted out, "It's SNOWING"!  I said, "Addison, that was a few weeks ago.  It's not snowing today.  It is 70 degrees."  She kept insisting until I looked over and realized what was going on.  She was watching the dust particles float all over our bathroom!  In her defense it really did look like snow.  In my defense I have absolutely no time to clean!  My Mom helps me out A LOT when she comes over and it had been awhile since she had gotten to hang out at our house.  HA!  So, guess what we did that Saturday night until 12 AM?  Yep, I took the hint and we cleaned the house from top to bottom.  Good, clean weekend FUN!  

Showing off her moves during dance party!

I love this pic of her goldie locks!

 Well, Melody's 6 month appointment was a success!  She weighed in at 14 lbs. 12 oz. (25%) and her height was 26 inches (50%).  We got our shots and we were on our way.  We talked a little about starting solids and when to do everything.  It's funny how quickly you forget how to do all of that.  I wish I had kept a record of what I had done with Addison.  I feel like it was yesterday when we were buying all of this baby food for her but I forget all of the little details of what we did.  Thank goodness for blogging!  It's the ultimate documentation:)

 This may seem like a weird picture but it is all of the frozen milk that I had to throw away.  Let me explain........When you have a child that has a peanut allergy, they recommend that all nursing moms not eat peanut products so that the second child has a lesser chance of developing the allergy as well.  They aren't sure this is how they get it but they recommend total avoidance.  Therefore, this is all the milk I had pumped before starting to avoid peanut products.  At the time I was only pumping here and there and this was about 3 months worth.  It may crush some people to get rid of this liquid gold but I was just fine knowing that I was doing the best thing for Melody.  I have been able to replace twice the amount of this milk so that makes me feel good.  Although we don't really give bottles, we will be using the frozen milk for rice cereal. 

 Dad had knee surgery a few weeks ago and Addison has been very concerned about his "bo bo's."  When we go to Ruston she likes to visit him at the store. Here they are riding around on Pop's scooter.  (Pop was my grandfather).  This sucker can fly!  They were all over that parking lot and Addison was constantly laying on the horn. 

 We took a trip to Monroe that weekend to say hi to Nona.  She was so excited to see the girls.  The trip was pretty easy so I hope we will be able to visit more often.  Every time I step foot into her house I instantly revert back to my childhood.  It is such a comforting feeling and I CRAVE cream of wheat and cinnamon toast when I walk into her kitchen.  I really, really miss those days. 

Melody is really starting to love her cereal!  Once she spots that spoon her mouth opens so wide!  We will be starting green beans this week.  Hopefully she will like veggies as much as her big sis!