Really, attachment issues?

So I have a confession to make... Apparently I have attachment issues. I guess I first became aware of it when Christopher got rid of the white explorer in college. I was very sad and I felt like I didn't get to say good-bye. Then there was leaving our first rent house in Marshall. I still get a little sad when I have to drive past it while I'm in Marshall. Those of you who have been reading my blog a while you know that I almost cried when I was getting rid of the Saturn for the Envoy. Even though it was a MAJOR upgrade, I was really really sad.

One day when my mom was here keeping Addison we were talking and she mentioned how I have a hard time letting things go and reminded of the above instances. She said that those probably stem from all the moves when we were growing up. I mean 6 different schools from K - 12th grade, who would think it?? So at the time I thought, "well, maybe, but I don't think that it's that bad."

... and I had a moment yesterday when I realized that all this HAS to be true. What happened? I had a questionable mole removed from my back. I had been wanting to go for some time but Addison was on her way and I wasn't able to lay on my stomach. So yesterday was the appointment. Dr. Baldwin looked at my back and said "well, it doesn't look too bad, but it wouldn't hurt to get it sent off anyway." So we did. While I was laying there on my stomach on the table I was thinking about my mole and that I was going to be a little sad that it was no longer there. I kind of liked it, I thought that it added a little something to the small of my back. Then I realized that yes, if I'm sad about a mole being cut off then I must have attachment issues.

Apparently these are evident to Christopher also because when I called him to tell him that Dr. Baldwin cut it off his first words were "Are you sad?"

So I will freely admit, one less mole and two staples later... I, Mindi Collier have attachment issues.

What's the next step in a recovery program??

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Be patient, new blog look coming soon. Addison will only allow me to work on it for a few minutes at a time, so it may take a little while to get it all working correctly!

I forgot...

I forgot to give the 2 month stats from the Dr.

Weight -- 11 lbs .2 ounces

Height -- 22.5 inches long

Head -- 15 inches around

She was in the 50% percentile on everything, so we called her perfectly average!

Too much for a title

DISCLAIMER: Blogger is slightly upsetting me because I can't fix the format of this post to look normal. So bear with it.. hopefully next time it won't be all over the place!!

I really do have good intentions to update the blog more often. I just don't seem to get around to it. Thanks for hanging in there those of you that continue to check back.

Just a few things have been going on. Like always, I'll tell it in pictures.

Like I said in the last post, Addison thinks it's so funny when Chris puts his hat on her. Here are two of the cutest pictures that I think we have of her.

Friday we went for her 2 month shots! IT was also the employee Thanksgiving lunch at the hospital so I thought it would be a good idea to take her up there so that everyone could see her and then stop asking me if I brought pictures... Once Grandad got up there he had her for a while... you can't see it well in this picture but I really think that Addison looks just like him, maybe that will change once she has hair!!

This was just after the shots. A lot of people say that they cried when their babies got shots for the first time. Maybe it makes me and Christopher bad parents but we laughed. Shots don't bother us from all those summers at Camp Sweeney.
















Here is another after the shots picture. This may have been the first time that I have seen her cry with tears...

Sunday we went to the Cowboy game with Kallen and Kelsey. Addison stayed with my sister while we were there. She apprently cried the whole time, sorry Mel. She just didn't feel very good after her shots!

The game was fun though, I think what was more entertaining was the guys in front of us...

These guys loved to give high 5's after anything good happened. At first it was funny, then somewhat annoying...

Halloween and 2 months old!!

Here is Addison's Halloween Outfit that her Aunt Mary got her. Isn't she cute!!

Her actual costume was a lady bug. It was too hot to wear it for very long so she put it on for a few pictures. This is her friend Mallory, she was a bee so I thought it would be good to get the bugs together!

This is how car rides usually start out when she has a bow in.
This is how they end up! In the middle of car rides she likes to go ghetto!

Here are the dads with their babies at Trunk or Treat at church! Christopher and Addison, Kory and Kanyon, Mark and Blake

Now that Addison is 2 months old... She does some new things...

She likes to wear her daddy's hat.

She learns accounting from her dad. Doesn't she look so interested!!
She holds her own bottle. (okay, it only lasts for a few seconds but I feel like she's really old for those seconds)


She does sit ups. She does sit ups everynight with her dad. We attribute her incredable neck strength and the fact that she rolled over to these.

This isn't really anything to do with her 2 months old things, I just thought that it was funny. I was getting her foot prints in her book and she stamped me instead of the paper.

I have not been able to get a good picture of her smiling yet. She smiles a lot, but in every picture she just looks crazy... We'll try again later

Well, tomorrow is the day that I have to go back to work... YUCKY! I'm not too excited about it. Here are some things from this past week.

Addison is watching the Red Sox game. She doesn't remember that she's been to a game, but I think that we got her to be a fan early!

Doesn't she look like she's sitting in a little pink recliner?

This was an attempt last Wednesday at breast milk, obviously it's still not going just wonderful but I think that we are getting better! Notice how her and Chris's shirts are both super dark! YUMMY! Got to love that baby barf!

I enjoyed playing with Jill and Amy (Grayson, Mallory and Blake) these last few weeks. I'm going to miss that! Judging from this picture I think that Jill will be able to handle Grayson and the twins all at the same time!

I put Addison down for her to sleep the other day,

this was where I put her down...

This was where she was when she woke up..
And lastly, today was the first day that we went out in the 50 degree weather... so she needed her little grey hoody!

Lots of Firsts!

This past week has been full of firsts for Addison!

She tried to imitate a turtle (or having tummy time, which ever)

She peed on her daddy

She met her Uncle Kallen and Aunt Kelsey!

We took her "1 month and big blue" picture (yes, I guess this means that we have to keep Big Blue for at least another year!)

Captured the extra long hair on her forehead

(I know the picture isn't that great, but I had a hard time getting it to show up in pictures, so look closely on the right side of her forehead you can see it. I've thought about plucking it, but part of me wants to see how long it can get!)

She met her Uncle Mark

She took her first "sink" bath

Most Impressive... she met her 102 year old Great-Great Granddad

Here is a 5 generation picture Addison with her dad, Granddad, Mimi (Great grandmother) and Great-Great Granddad.

And she saw her first horse!

A few more that I didn't have pictures of...

She made it the 3 hours and 15 minute car ride to Bryan without needing to eat! (both ways!!)

And one night (only 1 so far) she slept for 6 hours!! I was amazed, too bad our luck didn't last other nights!

1 month old already???

Well, Addison had a good 1 month birthday, that was until about noon... that's when I decided to see if all the milk protein was out of my system. I let Addison nurse for about 2 minutes then gave her a bottle, thought that everything was good, then she started getting fussy... REAL fussy. She finally calmed down and we made our first trip to the grocery store. She did great, until we got in line. I was putting my stuff on the thing at the checkout line, I looked over at her and she looked like she was choking. As her face was turning red I quickly unbuckled her and pulled her out of her carrier, she coughed a few times and I thought that everything was okay... then she threw up! Yeah for throw up while in line at Wal-Mart!! We got home and were fine, until throw-up #'s 2-6 came. Don't get me wrong, they were spread out from about 4:30 - 9:00, but still I just makes you so sad.

So I'll have to post her 1 month picture later... It's been a long day and a long Cowboy game and it's time for bed!

Growing Baby!!

Well, the trip to the doctor this week as a good one... for Addison anyway! She's already gained 1.5 lbs! Dr. Neff said that most babies gain about 20 grams/day, and at the rate that she is going she's gaining 50 grams/day! We also learned that she is allergic to a protein in cows milk, which would make sense as to why she only cried when we fed her. The Dr said that she would more than likely grow out of it and it in no way means that she is lactose intolerant. Like I said it was a good appointment for Addison because we figured that out; however, not so fun for mom! Why you ask, well as long as I am going to be feeding her I cannot have any milk products. Those of you that know me know that I LOVE milk... and cheese... and ice cream... and yogurt! So this sort of sucks but I'll just have to get over it and really watch what I eat more than ever; it's just not fun trying to feed a screaming baby.

Addison loves to take a bath, she has never cried... yet! I think that she just like to hang out in her mini hammock!

You be the judge, how much does Addison look like her dad's baby pictures! (We tried to get her in as close to the same pose as possible)

Christopher

Addison

One 4 generation picture. Soon we'll have to drive to Austin to get the 5 generation picture. I'm not sure why I didn't think about taking one of these while my mom and her parents were here...

Friends

So here are a few of Addisons friends...

Kanyon finally got to come over and play!

Right before I snapped this picture I promise they were holding hands!

Here Kanyon is trying to show off his guns for Addison by asking where the weight room is...
She started to cry and he was comforting her!
I just thought that this was cute... I think that he's already trying to put the moves by touching her waist...
This is Blake, he's a little younger than Kanyon. He seemed pretty excited about coming to see Addison in the hospital, although all she she could do was a squirrel imitation

(she's already practicing for Kojie bid night!!)

This picture also shows her sporting the mohawk that her nurse Katie Jo would give her in the hospital. It was so cute, I think that we need to find a way to bring it back!Here is her friend Mallory! This picture is funny because of what Mal Mal is actually doing to Addison. Mallory noticed a scratch on Addison's hand and was concerned about it. As she was telling Amy that Addison had a Boo-Boo she noticed that Addison's hands were very dry. Amy and I noticed that she was picking very carefully at her hands then would say "EEWWH!" and then flick something on the floor. It took us a few seconds, but then we realized that Mallory was picking off Addison's dead skin! We had a good laugh, and here is the picture about it!

Pictures of Addison

Here are some pictures of the last few days.

These are the faces that I get randomly throughout the day!!