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.