Canada Trip

In February Addie and I went to Canada to visit my family while Alex was busy traveling to conferences and competitions for school. We were able to be there for 2 weeks and did lots of fun things including:

• dancing to Katy Perry at breakfast
• having bath time in the kitchen sink
• going to Church in my home ward
• eating nachos and watching a "Walk to Remember" with my parents
• playgroup with other babies 
• eating lunch with Grampie at the high school
• eating Wacky Cake cupcakes, Aero and Caramilk chocolate bars
• going to Library Time
• running into friends at Wal-Mart 
• going on walks and thankfully not getting blown away by the infamous Pincher Creek wind!
• pushing Addie in the stroller in the Church gym with Dad and Addie laughing soooo much
• Tim Horton's hot chocolate & Timbits
• Lindsay coming for a surprise visit!
• playing the piano with Addie
• visiting elderly residents at the retirement home
• the McDonald's chicken nugget meal fiasco
• taking photo booth pictures with Lindsay and listening to old CD's we had around the house
• going to Waterton Lakes National Park and seeing extended family
• chicken on a stick at the Claresholm 7-11 
• going swimming in the pool at the hotel in Calgary
• taking the C-train to downtown Calgary and seeing some of my old high school teachers
• shopping
• talks with my Mom
• seeing an indoor garden

Thanks Nani and Grampie for letting us come visit you!

Months 7 & 8

7 Months Old

Accomplishments: Addie slept through the night for the first time on January 17th! She can also sit up on her own without any help.

Foods She Liked/Didn't Like: She liked sweet potatoes, pears, applesauce, butternut squash and rice cereal. She was unsure of carrots and peaches.
Discoveries: Adelaide LOVED to play peek-a-boo with us and laughed every time we played. She got so close to crawling but was not quite there yet so scooted backwards instead.
Special Memories: Walking outside when the weather was actually nice, playing in her toy box, baby time at the library and her being fascinated with the lady who plays the guitar, snuggling more, panting while she ate baby food, the one time we pretended the leather recliner was a slide, putting her entire pacifier in her mouth.

*****

8 Months Old

Accomplishments: She started crawling but got frustrated easily and refused to do it most times. She pulled herself up from a sitting to standing position for the first time. She is getting so big! She also cut her first teeth- the two on the bottom.

Foods She Liked/Didn't Like: The same as last month plus Cheerios, prunes, Puffs, and started to like peaches. She is such a good eater! She still wasn't too sure about carrots and didn't like avocado the first time she tried it, but then loved it the second time. 

Discoveries: She is very curious and loved to touch and put everything in her mouth this month. Most of the day was spent chewing on whatever she was holding.

Special Memories: Addie laughed every time I blew my nose, the trip to Canada to see Nani and Grampie (we also got to see Auntie Lindsay too!) laughing at her Peter Rabbit stuffed toy on the airplane ride, having baths in the sink, going swimming for the first time, playing with a friend's dog, being so happy to see Daddy again that Adelaide gave him a nosebleed by putting her finger up his nose (also, she chews on his nose. Addie is fascinated with Alex's face and will always try to eat it/claw at it)

Chewing from Aggen Family on Vimeo.

Early Crawling from Aggen Family on Vimeo.

Crawling, Standing, Waving, Oh My!

We are officially mobile in our house (and waving goodbye too) !
Check it out:

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On The Move 2 from The Aggen Family on Vimeo.