Merry Christmas!!

Family Movie Night

Last week we went to a family movie night at our church. The movie showing was 'UP'. I couldn't tell you much about it, but I didn't go having expectations that I would actually see the movie anyway. Addison enjoyed running around most of the time.

Such a BIG GIRL!

Little stinker stole my popcorn.

My nephew Tommy and his bestest buddy Jackson.

I only managed to get three pictures of the whole night, because I was chasing someone around. It was fun, thanks to all who had a part in putting it together.

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Addison's newest fascination is lights and light switches. She is always climbing on something! So, if mommy hides the step stool, she gets creative(however probably not as much as cousin Anna).

I find it interesting that her shirt says 'Mommy's little angel'. :)

Note, that it has wheels! And yes, she has fallen out of it many times, but that doesn't stop her.

We're Ready!

Since we are starting to see SNOW in the forecast, it's time to break out the winter gear. Coat and snow pants-check, hat-check, mittens-check. Now we just need to get some boots, and maybe a scarf. I must say I really dislike the puffy winter coat plus car seat combination. I need to adjust the shoulder straps just to get her in it. We are praying for a winter without pneumonia and flu this year...last year was pretty much spent indoors.

My little snow princess.

Fall 2009

Here are a few fall activities we have done so far. We went down the road to Hemmeter's Market to ride the ponies, made our final trip to the zoo this year, and made a visit to the cider farm. Next we hope to visit Johnson's Giant pumpkin farm. I just love fall.

A LONG time.

I know I know, it's been forever since I've posted anything, BUT I'm back!! So at the request of my sissy-in-law, here is what we've been up to the couple months.

August started out with my dad getting an iv drug treatment for his melanoma cancer. After 2 weeks of treatments, he had a seizure. So, after some more tests and blood work, it was decided by his doctors that they would stop the treatments. It is most likely that is what caused the seizure. He had lost about 20 pounds due to being pretty sick and having a very little appetite. He has been off of the drug now for almost a month, and no more seizures, getting his appetite and weight back, along with his energy. He is doing alright, but is still not feeling great. He is scheduled to go back to Ann Arbor for a check-up at the end of the month.

Labor day weekend, our little Addie got Croup and ended up in the hospital for two nights! With mommy by her side of course. It was a little scary with her breathing, but she has bounced right back and is doing just fine. They treated her with steroids and breathing treatments in the hospital.

Addie has really started talking up a storm lately. Her vocabulary is expanding daily, here are some of her newer/current words...there are MANY more.

Sues (shoes)

Bah (bath)

Pot (potty)

Bubble

Socks

Wa (walk)

Bye

Ball

Butt

Sit

Boo

Peak

More

Pweese(Please)

Of course she still says mama, dada, baba, etc. My mom swears she said chocolate, but that might be a stretch. She was pointing at the ice-cream carton however. :) Sometimes I think she sounds like daffy duck, I may have to post a video. Addie loves balls, blocks, elmo, and singing/dancing with mommy. Her favorite dance/song right now is ring around the rosie, so we do this EVERY night MULTIPLE times. Addison's most recent accomplishment is going potty ON the potty. Although I'm not pushing the idea right now, I don't discourage her either. She has gone a couple times, and it was her idea to get the potty out and sit down!! She gets lots of practice at daycare, so maybe she will be trained sooner than I had hoped. :)

Finally, here are some pictures of the last couple months.

She is quite the little dare devil.

Addie & cousin Liam...they just LOVE each other.

PEAK!

The expression on her face here is so her.

Smellin' the flowers.

Not happy AT ALL that I made her sit down and take pictures.

Now that summer is gone, I promise to post some fall pictures very soon also.

Accident Prone?

Many of you may know that I have had my share of mishaps and have even broken a few bones, but will my daughter take after me? Addison is not scared of anything and plays hard. I think she is somewhat of a tomboy, like her mommy was. :) She usually has bruises on her legs, goose eggs on her forehead, etc. The other day, she was playing(alone), holding a big plastic toy, lost her balance, fell on her bum, and hit her chin on the toy, causing her to bite her tongue pretty bad. It punctured it, but luckily did not go all the way through. Since it was bothering her, and she wouldn't eat much of anything, I let her have ice-cream for dinner. :)

Not sure if you can really see the wound or not, but it's healing pretty good now.

Since she IS accident prone, I got her this helmet. jk Actually, they had a safety day at daycare and we were able to buy these fitted helmets for $4. There are velcro strips in the helmet, that I can remove when she gets a little bigger, so she can wear it longer. Now she just needs a little bike...but maybe I'll wait on that...don't want any broken bones...yet.