My Updated Stats!

Well, it appears I have grown a lot since my 4 week check up with the doctor. As of today my official stats are:

Weight: 11 lbs 15 1/2 oz (79%)
Height: 24 inches (95%)
Head Circumference: 15 3/4 inches (81%)

The doctor said I am doing great! I am growing, eating and hitting my milestones just like I should be! The worst part of the appointment was that I had to get 4 shots and take some yucky medicine by mouth. I cried a lot and Mommy and Daddy almost cried too. I'm doing ok now though. I took some tylenol right before I got the shots so I think that is helping. The doctor said my thrush is not totally gone (Mommy and Daddy didn't think it was when they gave me my last dose of medicine yesterday) so I have to do 10 more days of that yucky medicine in my mouth. Oh well, I'm getting used to it.

Tonight Mommy and I are going to a party that the neighborhood ladies are having for me. Daddy and the guys are hanging out at another neighbor's house. Tomorrow night Mommy and Daddy go to Humor to Fight the Tumor and then on Sunday we're getting together with a bunch of the Luther gang. It should be a fun weekend!

By the way, Mommy and Daddy had a great time on their "Hot Date" last night. They went to see Robin Williams live. They said he was really funny and Mommy was very surprised when Daddy finally told her what they were doing!

Have a good weekend.
Love,
Addison

2 Months Old!

Hi Everybody,
Can you believe it? I am 2 months old today. Boy, time flies when you are having fun and discovering this new and exciting world! Mommy and Daddy say I have grown and changed so much in 2 months. I am much more awake and alert and I smile and giggle all the time! I love it when mommy and daddy talk to me, make faces at me and kiss on my chubby cheeks! That makes me giggle a lot! I'm sleeping pretty well at night. I only get up once to eat, usually around 3am. Mommy and Daddy have been taking turns every other night getting up with me, that way they can sleep all night long sometimes. I don't think it will be long until I can make it all night too. Tomorrow I have my 2 month appointment with the doctor. I have to get 4 shots, I'm not looking forward to that at all. Hopefully they will be quick about it. Mommy and Daddy keep saying that they are curious to see how much I weigh.

Today Mommy and I went shopping at the Mall of America. She and daddy have a "hot date" tonight so she got a new shirt to wear. We were also shopping for something for her to wear to the Humor to Fight the Tumor benefit on Saturday night. Mommy, Daddy, and Auntie Molly are going this year. I can't wait to see Mommy and Daddy all dressed up! I know they will have a nice night. There will be a picture of Grandpa Al on the Honoree Wall this year so that will be special.

Well, it's time for me to eat again so I better sign off. I'll update after my appointment tomorrow and maybe we can even post some pictures or another video of me!

Love,
Addison

Pile In...It's a Road Trip!

We just got back home from my first road trip to Madison. Addison in Madison...ha ha, that's funny! Overall I had a pretty good time. I got to meet lots of people and they all thought I am very cute...they kept saying that all the time. Oh, and they also kept talking about how much hair I have too.

We left our house on Friday morning and I slept almost the entire ride down. I only woke up about 20 minutes outside of Madison because I was wet and hungry. I think mommy and daddy were happy that I travel so good.

We stopped by grandma's work and said hi then made our way over to Noni's (that's Italian for grandpa) house. We hung out there for a while then met up with Auntie Lori, Paul and Mackenzie and went out for dinner. After dinner I got to meet uncle Ross and Auntie Mo too. I also got to meet a very big (95 lbs.) brown dog named Jackson. He liked to lick my head.

On Saturday I went to two parties. One at grandma's and one at Noni's. They were both very excited to show me off.

Today we left around 1:30 p.m. and got home around 6:00 p.m. I slept the whole way home. Now I'm stretched out on my activity mat smacking my favorite new toy around (my bug).

I hope you all had a great weekend too! Talk to you later...

Love, Addison

Bug Smackdown

As mommy promised, here is the video of me showin' my bug who's the boss...it turns out that mommy and daddy's postings problem weren't technical problems at all. They were more what you might call "user error". They discovered that you actually have to read the directions on the website when trying to upload a video and that it can't be more than 10 MB in size. Silly mommy and daddy.



Love,
Addison

Bug Smackdown...to come later

Ok, so my technological skills are not as good as Todd's. He showed me what to do last night and I have tried multiple times today to upload the video of Addison and her bug and I can't get it to work. So, I will ask him if he can work on that sometime soon so that you can all see it.

Sorry for the delay!

Lisa

Getting Better

Hi Everyone,
I just thought I would let you all know that my thrush is getting better. My eating seems to be back to normal and my mouth is looking better, or so Mommy and Daddy tell me. I still have white spots but not as bad as they were on Monday. I'm getting used to the medicine too. I still don't like it but I don't make as many funny faces, I just thrash my head around and make it hard for Mommy and Daddy to get the Q-Tip in my mouth.

Mommy and I were busy today. We had coffee with her friend Brenda that she used to teach with, then we went to the Apple store, and then to Target. This afternoon we went for a 2 mile walk. I was awake for part of it but then I took a nap.

I'm looking forward to my first trip to Madison this weekend. I think Mommy and Daddy are a little nervous about how the car ride will go, hopefully I will sleep a lot.

Mommy took another video of me yesterday, I've really learned how to hit my bug now! Hopefully Daddy can teach Mommy how to post that on here later tonight.

Love,
Addison

Thrushing Around

Yup it's official, I have thrush. Yuck! Mommy called the clinic this morning and described my symptoms and they concluded that's what I have. Now mommy and daddy have to put this medicine (Nystatin) on a Q-tip and swab it around in my mouth....four...times...a..day. Ucky. Mommy said she doesn't think the medicine tastes very bad, but I don't like it. I make funny faces after she gives it to me. Maybe mommy and daddy can get a video of some of those faces.

Anyway, I have to take the medicine for 10 days and hopefully everything will clear up and I will be all good again.

That's all I have to report for now.

Love, Addison

Happy Sunday

Happy Sunday everyone! Last night, mommy, daddy and I went to visit our friends Chris, Jennifer and Davis. We ordered take-out from Famous Dave's BBQ (but I didn't get to eat any of it). I slept while mommy and daddy tried to play Rock Band on the PlayStation.

Mommy and daddy were excited because I slept from 10:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. That means I only got up once during the night.

Today we're watching football. We watched the Vikings kind of give their game away and now we're watching the guy who used to be the QB on my 2nd favorite team, the Green Bay Packers.

Playing with My Toys

Here's a video of me talking to my bug on my activity mat.




Love, Addison

Welcome!

Welcome to the Lusk Family Gazette. We're hoping to make posting here a regular occurance. We especially want to try to use this to provide friends and family updates on Addison. Unlike just pictures we can posts videos here too.