Wednesday, November 11, 2009

13 Months




Addison turned 13 months on Monday! Here are 13 things she is doing lately:


1) She is walking everywhere! No more crawling, and even trying to run!


2) With the walking comes a lot of falling and bumping, but she is so tough and just gets right back up and keeps going!


3) She is very attached to her mommy lately and will cling to me in new places, with new people, if I leave the room, etc. (I am treasuring every moment, since she used not to cuddle very much!)


4) She now has 2 bottom and 2 top teeth and is working on 2 more on top.


5) She is still a great eater! She wants everything that mommy and daddy are eating and will do the "more" sign and point to everything on the table and everything we're eating (even if it's already on her highchair tray!).


6) She is still a great sleeper (except when teething!) and sleeps from 7 pm-6:30 a.m. and takes 2 naps still (most days).


7) She is having more of an opinion now and will throw mini tantrums sometimes if told "no" or if we take something away that she's not supposed to have.


8) She is always giving me big hugs and kisses, which I absolutely love!


9) She loves playing with her dolls and being "mommy"- pushing them in a stroller, feeding them a bottle, covering them with a blanket-it's so cute!


10) She is imitating a lot of words and saying about 13 words spontaneously.


11) She loves other kids and waves to them, smiles and gives her friends hugs.


12) She continues to be such a happy girl and always has a big smile on her face with her cute dimples!


13) She is such a joy to be around and truly brings a smile to my face every second of the day!


Sunday, November 1, 2009

Halloween festivities

Hard to get a good picture of 3 kids under 2!
Happy Halloween!




Drawing Addison's pumpkin

Daddy's pumpkin


Oops! Can't eat that!


Loving the inside of the pumpkin!


On the train at the carnival

Well, we have definitely had a fun weekend! On Friday we joined our friends Kelly and Avery at Kelly's school carnival. Although Addison couldn't really participate in any of the games, she enjoyed riding the little train they had. On Saturday morning, we carved/colored pumpkins. Addison loved reaching into the slimy inside of the pumpkin and go mad when I took it away to carve mine! Saturday night, we went to our friends Kim, Gary, Cian and Cadhla's house for a Halloween-themed dinner and trick-or-treating. Addison had a great time and she must be worn-out because she took a 2 hour nap this morning and is still sleeping for her afternoon nap after 2 1/2 hours (it also could possibly be due to the 5 a.m. wake-up time this morning-daylight savings??).








Go Chargers!







Thursday, October 22, 2009

Pumpkin Patch Part Deaux
















Addison and I went to a little pumpkin patch by my work today after school. I wanted to get a few pictures in her bumblebee halloween costume. It didn't turn out quite as I'd planned because she's pretty clingy after I pick her up (can you blame her for missing her mama?) and she also did not want to put her Snack Trap down, so every picture has the Snack Trap. Oh well! She's still a cute little bumblebee!





Thursday, October 15, 2009

Step by Step, ooh baby!

I guess it took turning one, but Addison has officially become a walker this week! She is walking across the room now and is very proud of herself! Most of the time, she walks with her arms raised in the air, which is pretty cute!
We're so proud of her!

Little Mommy


Just checking to make sure there's nothing in it!




Addison got a stroller and doll baby for her birthday and has turned into quite the little mommy these days!



Monday, October 12, 2009

Birthday Party!

Cousin Tyler
Yum!



Love my new puppy from Grandma Kathy!


Not sure about the hat




Sweet cousin Katie helping out!


Sliding with Aunt Kristin


Our happy family!




Loving on grandma!


Saying hi to Aidan





Cupcake-themed party!


The spread









Great Uncle Dave, Uncle Matt, Aunt Milly

Great Aunt Diane, Uncle Rob


May, Grandma, Second cousin Tim


Grandma, Aunt Missy, Aunt Kristin


Swinging with Aunt Shannon and Cousin Katie



We had so much fun at Addison's birthday party on Saturday! We had a great turn-out of friends and family and had so much fun at the park!