Standing and Talking!

Addie and Santa

Addie opening a gift from Marian, after visiting Santa.

Molly and Addie bonding.

Nine months old!

Nine months old!

This has been a busy month or so for Addie. She is now standing fairly handily. She took her first step on Thanksgiving, but still prefers crawling as her main form of transportation. She is also starting to parrot things we say. She can definitely say (in a baby sort of way), "done", "more", "bye", "hi", "mama", "dada". She also will mimic things we say that sound like these. We read a book today and I was talking about the ducks in the picture. She said, "Da"...which is also dad and done. So, it's not perfect, but she's getting somewhere!

We are getting geared up for Christmas. It should be a fun one at our house, being Addie's first! Great Great Aunt Marian has already been spoiling her with holiday frocks. She now has two 'casual' dresses for church, and two very special ones for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. This child will never want for clothing!

On a family expansion note, we had an appointment with our RE (reproductive endocrinologist, for those of you who are rusty on the infertility speak). We did our FET program start, which consists of a trial transfer, consent signing, and consultation. The trial transfer went well. She gave us the thumbs up to move forward. I had a small fibroid, which I've never had, but it isn't in a spot where it will pose any problems. We are now waiting for the scheduler to call us back to get some dates on the calendar. We should be set for a January or February transfer. I guess that is one way we will be celebrating Addie's first birthday! We are hoping for January because it would be better timing for my work schedule. But, as we know, we are certainly not the ones in charge here. God will definitely let us know what His plans are for us. We are just hoping they don't include twins. I don't know if I could make it through two babies at once. One colicky one almost put me over the edge. Maybe He would have mercy on me, though and at least make them good sleepers??