3 months old, Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patty's Day!! Our little Irish Princess. Her Great Grandpa "Chucky" Francis Loyd was the first of his family born in America. They came from Ireland.

This has probably been my favorite month with Addie. She is so grown up and full of personality. I love her smiles and giggles. I love talking with her and hearing all the stories she has to share. I love her falling asleep in my arms. Last month it seemed like a fight to get her to take a nap, and sometimes still is. I often think it was due to her growing so much. No doubt she was having growing pains.

 Her stats:

• 25.5 in
• 15 lbs 8 oz

Milestones:

• She has started to have formula supplemented into her diet, and she has handled it like a champ. She is so easy going that it makes life so easy for us.
• She is filling up her clothes, and we will soon have to start wearing 6-9 month old clothes. She has already worn an dress that Grandma Hebdon gave her that is 6-9 month. 
• We used to swaddle her when she went down to sleep. She would stretch and move her arms so much that it would wake her up. But just recently we started putting her down without swaddling her, and she stays asleep. Which makes it easier to put her down without waking her up to swaddle. She likes to sleep with her arms up by her head, and at times finds her little fist or thumb to find comfort. She is such a cutie to watch fall asleep.She is learning to fall asleep on her own too.
• She is starting to want to sit up. When we lay her on her back, she grunts as she tries to sit up by herself. I imagine that she will be doing so soon.
• She loves to stand up with help. She is always straightening her legs, trying to force us to let her stand up. 
• She can hold the rattle with her right hand and switch it over to her left hand. Already mastering the hand/eye coordination which makes daddy excited with ideas of baseball.
• When I put my hands or feet up against her, she can push off and start a basic crawl. It makes me laugh with all the noises she makes when she is straining to move. 

March 21-22 Grandpa Gary Johnson (from LaGrande, OR) and Uncle Mark Johnson (from Seattle, WA) came to visit Addie for the first time. It was so fun to watch these two with this baby girl. They have always had boys in their family, so they were excited to have a girl. Grandpa Johnson has had a lot of surgeries and has a hard time getting up and down, but in the morning he was on his knees playing with her and getting a lot of giggles. So CUTE! The outfit was given to her by Uncle Mark. He bought a 6-9 mo outfit and couldn't believe that it already fit perfectly. She is growing so fast!

Addie in a dress my mom made for me when I was 3 months. 

I am so sad to think about going back to work. I was lucky enough to get time off until March 24th. But I am dreading the day. I really do miss ultrasound. But working 4 days a week for 11 hrs including travel, it's going to be hard. She will be barely waking up in the mornings, and by the time I get home she will be going to bed soon. I am glad that I get 3 days off a week though. I will watch her on Fridays. The lady we had set up day care with up had moved to Jerome without telling us. We found out the week before they moved because the Relief Society President came to visit us and asked what we had planned. What a shock! But we have found a place that my doctor recommended and feel pretty good about it. So we are hoping everything will go well there. It's Aunt Betty's Sunshine Group in Bellevue, just 3 miles south of Hailey.

Adaline Mabel Johnson's Blessing

We wanted to bless Adaline the first weekend of February, but all three of us got sick just before then. And maybe it was a good thing we didn't do it then, or maybe if we had kept to the plan a disaster would have been diverted. Either way....unfortunately my dad fell down and broke his femur that Sunday. He was going to "half-mast" his neighbor Tudd's flag, who had passed away earlier that day. My mom and dad are pretty close to their neighbors and he wanted to show his respect. He was climbing the drift and fell hard. Kevin helped him get into his truck and they headed to the ER. They admitted him and performed an emergency surgery that night. He stayed a couple of nights and then went into rehabilitation where he did a lot of physical therapy. He is quite a trooper!! Kevin stayed many nights with him, mom visited during the days, and Stephanie visited them for awhile as well. I wish that we would have been in a better situation to come and visit.

So we decided to bless her March 2nd in Arimo. It was so special to have our loved ones with us. We are so glad that everyone made it. It was the first time Adaline met her great Grandma Hebdon and also Stephanie's family. She loves everyone and smiles big. Joe performed the ordinance. All who came were: Grandpa Steven Hebdon, Grandma Linda Hebdon, Great Grandma Sarah Hebdon, Stephanie and Jeff Bare (and their kids Jared, Aimee, Alyssa, Jenna), Kevin and Rachel Hebdon (and their kids Adam, Benjamin, and Caleb), Uncle Brent and Aunt Tarynn Neibaur (and their kids Keegan, Triana, and Vinson). It was a wonderful experience and Adaline was so well behaved. I even got up to share my testimony with her in my arms and she was an angel. We couldn't have asked for a better day. We hope to have her meet her Great Grandma and Grandpa Neibaur this spring.

Four Generations: Grandpa Hebdon, Mommy, Adaline, and Great Grandma Hebdon

The whole clan: Top: Jared, Kevin, Rachel, Stephanie, Jeff, Daddy
Middle: Grandpa, Grandma, Grandma Sarah, Adaline, Mommy
Bottom: Jenna, Caleb, Aimee, Alyssa, Benjamin, and Adam

I made Adaline's dress. It was layers and layers of lace. I couldn't find a pattern that worked so I grabbed a dress that fit her and made up my own pattern. It was a little bit interesting, but I am glad that I did it. I also crocheted her blessing blanket. Many hours entailed and I would do it again. She is a sweetheart and has brought so much love and joy into our home already. We couldn't have asked for a sweeter girl. Love you Adaline!!