Anderson Family: April 2012

Oh my! Where has the time gone? Hadley, today you are 6 months old (04.12.12)! I can’t believe how fast time has gone, and before we know it, you will be 12 months old and we will be celebrating your birthday! You bring so much joy to my life, I can’t imagine life without you! I continue to marvel at your growth and development. You are quite the mover and shaker. You are sitting up all on your own, pushing your self backwards on the floor, starting to scoot yourself forward on your bum and you are getting the crawling movements down. I bet you are crawling within the next 2 months! Which is very scary…I have more work cut out for me to get the house crawl proof! You love to “talk”! And do so with so much enthusiasm; we love to hear what you have to say. You are quite the “picky” eater. You definitely know when you want to eat and how much. There is no rhyme or reason to your madness. We will offer you solids and you will get so mad (yell, scream and turn your head away) so we won’t feed you. Then other times, we will offer you food and you will eat 1/2 to a whole container or more of food. And I can’t even contribute your eating pattern to a growth spurt (this occurs on a daily basis!) Your sleeping pattern is probably the most irritating thing to your father and I! You were doing so well and sleeping through the night or only waking up once….NOT ANYMORE! You will sometimes still sleep through the night or wake up only once…AND YOU NEED To GO BACK TO DOING THIS!!!! But more overly, you wake up, eat and then within an hour you are awake again-usually with some massive gas…and then even again sometimes for whatever reason! We are hoping that you will go back to your previous routine!

We have spent that past couple of weekends with the Munga and Pappa and the Conner’s (Easter and the Grizzly Peak Adventure Race in Red Lodge). You love to watch Meridian and boy does she make you laugh~it is so dang cute and fun to watch. And she sure takes good care of you, telling you “it’s ok, don’t cry.” I can’t wait for you guys to play together! You continue to be one happy baby-and yes your auntie Brooke and Munga still tell you that you need to cry more! Winking smile We spent Easter in Billings and had a wonderful day with Munga, Pappa, Auntie Brooke, Uncle Jeremy, and cousin’s Bohdan and Meridian. We also had a little video making fun that weekend for your Uncle Jason and Auntie Kelli- they think your mom and dad need to train for a marathon for this fall, and uncle Jason thinks that we should just throw you in a carrier and run with you (so check out the video below)!