Pure Talent

She's a natural. Her daddy's so proud!!

An Act of Love

Addison loves her puffs... she must love Bella that much more!

Follow the Leader...

Now that Addison is bigger, it's so much fun to watch her interact with other kids. By interact, I mean slap at little faces and touch eyes, noses, mouths, etc... Poor Connor was in for it as Addison doesn't really know her own strength. It also means that Daddy has to make Addison stop slapping him in the face! Here are a few pics of the kiddos playing together...

"Hey, I think they're taking our picture."

"I'll let you lead." I'm in here all the time."

"Hey, wanna check out this outlet?"

A Little Pool Play

steaming hot temperatures.........check
cute, inflatable baby pool.............check
adorable baby swimsuit...............check
matching cover-up.......................check
beautiful 9 month old to put into adorable bathing suit......check
lots of fun had in pool......unsure

As hot as it's been the past few days, I went and bought Bug a pool. Now, she LOVES bath time, so I assumed that she would LOVE the pool too, right? Wrong!! Maybe it was the huge inflatable hippo that is part of the pool, but this child wanted nothing to do with getting in the water. I thought the hippo was a brillant idea...providing some shade and sun block, but Addison wasn't as thrilled with it as mommy! She was much more content to pull at the grass along side the picnic blanket. She was happy to sit at the side of the pool and bat at the toys inside, floating in the water. She was very unhappy when you tried to actually put her in the pool and would quickly climb out. So, daddy tried to help out and get inside the pool. I have never laughed so hard! She eventually sat down and played for a short amount of time, but as soon as she was in by herself and realized it, she crawled right out. I can only hope we'll have better luck next time!

I sure do look cute in my swimsuit!

Even after Daddy got in with me, I still wasn't thrilled about the hippo...

This isn't too bad, I guess....

Enough is Enough...

So, Carter's was having a sale and Addison is outgrowing her sleepers....I had the great idea of heading to the Carter's store in Keystone to buy some. Since Nicole and James are expecting Jackson sometime in late July (if he waits that long), we asked them if they wanted to go spend some $$ too. They were in. Making a long story short, while we were dressing Bug, I had the idea to finally try a bow in her hair. (Ok, I was going to do a headband, but Daddy said no. Sorry, Nana, but it reminds him of Jean Bice from Quaker Factory!) She's getting quite a bit on top (not so much on the sides) and.... she actually had enough hair! It was just the absolute cutest thing so Brian and I decided to have our own photo shoot in her room. She was quite the little ham for the camera. Here are a few of my favorites...

Pictures to Enjoy

So, I caught Addison standing on her "Jeep" reaching for the steering wheel... It was too funny, so I decided to take a few pictures of it. A few turned into quite a lot, and I think Addison was getting a little tired of mommy and the flashes. It was distracting her from her main mission-honking the horn on the wheel!

Standing on my jeep rails...

Oh, you caught me...

Hey, I'll smile for one more...

Alright Mom, that's enough pictures...

Watch out, Hannah Montana!

So, Addison had her first sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's during Race Weekend. Needless to say, they took quite a few pictures during her stay with them, but these are by far, my favorite! :) We have quite the rock star on our hands...

Checking out the "guitar spoon"

Strummin' away

ROCKIN' OUT!

Wow, I look a lot like Grandpa in this picture!!

Let's Play Catch Up!

YIKES!!!! I haven't posted anything in practically two months! May is such a busy month for me, with school ending and trying to get everything in order there. It seemed like I didn't leave the building once before 4:00 and if I got out that early, it was a miracle! Now, the question is where do I start catching you up with everything??

Let's start with May...

On May 15th, Addie-bug had tubes put in her ears. The chronic ear infection that we could not get to go away finally won out and at 8 months, we had tubes put in. I still cannot believe what a short procedure it really is. Everyone told me she'd be done in no time and it really did happen as fast as they said. My response to the doc when he came out to get us was, "But I'm not done addressing envelopes yet!" :) I will say the after affects of anesthesia are not fun. Poor Bug was so out of it, she just kept crying and crying (screaming is more like it). I felt totally helpless and nothing really comforted her. But, after a nice long nap late morning, she was back to her chipper self! The ear tubes really have worked wonders. Granted, they are quite nasty when they drain, but I'd much rather be able to clean that out then have it sit in her middle ear like it was. Yay for tubes!!

So what else has Addison been up to? She is into EVERYTHING. No window screen is safe, no baby bag is off limits, no kitchen draw should be left unattended. This child is all over the place. She especially loves the kitchen, which we can't keep her out of! She crawls to the back sliding door and yells for "Belllll" which is her favorite word to say, even if Bella is standing behind her. She waves bye to herself and to all the traffic going by at Becky's. She says "Dada" when you tell her "momma" and then smiles. :) She hates when you take something away from her. She WILL NOT eat vegetables unless they are smothered (aka hidden) with pears or apples. She especially loves to bat the spoon away if she knows veggies are on it! Bella is her best friend. She follows her everywhere, even uses her as a step-stool to get up higher on the couch. She pulls herself up on anything that is minutely off the ground. She cruises along anything that is at waist level. She smiles when you tell her "no," with a look on her face like "surely, you don't mean it." She loves to give herself kisses in full length mirrors. Luckily, both grandma and nana have mirrors like those! Dare I go on? I feel like I would be typing all day! Here are some recent pictures of Bug!