Christmas morning 2009

Addison's first reaction this morning was somewhat of a bent knee stance with a huge "whoa whoa" just looking at the toys underneath the tree. She loved the musical instrument set that Santa brought. She loves music class so the instruments were just the right touch. The drum which she calls "bang bang" was such the hit.

Santa got a great deal on this tunnel that attaches to a tent. She dove right in and kept in and out all day. Saying again, again and that was just the tunnel.

Not to name any names but Mimi and Papaw spoiled her to death, she kept opening and opening all day long. She loved all her gifts but I think the last one opened was the favorite. The tea set was a bigger hit than anyone thought it could be.

Although Elmo doctor's kit was not a far off loser by any means, she loves her Elmo. I am sure each Christmas to come will be more fun than the last but this one was great. She was just so cute with all the "whoas ".

Christmas Eve in Louisville

We spent this Christmas in Louisville. Addison had a great time running around with all of her cousins. Lindsey, Matt and Alex will be moving to Atlanta soon so Addy and Alex will become much better friends in the near future. She really started to get in to opening the presents. The first response to the gifts was "wow box" and then she would realize the box contained something.

Here is our family which is growing or really I am growing by the day. I am trying to give a belly shot to my dear friend Colin but it did not work very well. I will try again soon. Addy decided this week while in Louisville that the camera is a good thing again. She picked up my dad's camera and said cheese with a big grin. So hopefully I will be able to get photos again.

Granny gave Addy a mop, broom and dust pan. She thought they were great. I think one of her favorite gifts that day was the purse that Grandma gave her. She is still carrying it around. It matched her Christmas outfit perfectly.

She had started talking so much this week. She is really communicating. Two to three word sentences are coming out of her mouth left and right. I can not get over how much progress they can make in a day.

Halloween Party in the neighborhood and the Pumpkin Patch

Addy went straight towards the small pumpkins that were her size.

My little cow was the cutest cow ever! She loves her costume. Addy wants to wear it all the time. We were even able to dress up for story time.

I still wish we looked at all alike maybe the new baby will look like me.

17 months

You could say that somethings are just inborn. Addy is defiantly a girl. She loves to play with my purses and hats.

This is how I found her the other day. She was sitting in her babies stroller looking out the front door. She cracks me up. I wish I knew what she was thinking. I wish she was talking more.

My little lady is definatly a girl but she loves to be outside playing in the dirt.

Making Daddy happy in her Auburn outfit, even though Auburn has not been making Daddy happy.

Everyday she amazes me. The other morning she was hungry earlier than usual. She went and got her bib out of the draw and went to her seat at the table. Then last night it was bath time, she normally gets her towel and comes to the bathroom. The bath towel was not on the door like it normally is so she went to the draw and got a towel out. She pointed to her diaper this morning and said peepee. She is growing every minute. On Sunday, she was sitting in a big girl chair and I was sitting in her pottery barn chair. She said "mommy sitting in Addy chair". Brandt and I just looked at each other wondering if we really had just heard that.

I know I always say that I love this age but I really am loving this age. Her personality is just shining.

Hillcrest Orchard

We really liked the tractor ride.

She thought it was pretty neat to be able to reach up and grab the apples.

Addison is a sucker for any slide. She loved them in St. Thomas. Anytime we see one she has to go down them.

Sometimes I wonder who is having more fun, Addy or Daddy. I was so jealous when all she use to say was Daddy for everything but now all she says is mommy. I think that I hear mommy more than a thousand times a day. I will never get tried of it. Everything has mommy in front of it. She said crackers, Sam, and pj's this week. She is becoming such the mimic.

Hillcrest Orchard

We thought that it would be great to spend the morning up at an Apple orchard. They had a petting zoo, tractor ride, apple picking and horse riding. Addy thought she was big stuff driving the tractor.

She thought the cows were the best of all since it was the only animal that she came close to touching.

I wish someone would have warned us that the goats jump. They scared her a bit as soon as we got there. I knew that she would either love it or hate it. I guess she was more in the middle. It was neat to be able to pick the apples. They let you taste all the apples that they grow. It was nice to compare all of them together. It is hard to get any closer to fresh then right off the tree.

Obligitory End of Summer Update

Hey everyone. Sorry for another delay but we have been chasing our little energizer bunny. And when she naps we have to rest ourselves.

She constantly has new boo-boos on her, so much so she now says "boo-boo". She broke her collar bone last week. She's quite a trooper, though. She manages most of the time to act like she's in no pain. But her falls usually reminder her and cause a few more tears than normal. But she's back off to the races after a few seconds.

Its sad that the end of summer has come and gone. We had a bunch of fun going to the pool and the fountain park in Roswell. But we'll charge on and keep chasing the ball, and cruising in the Cozy Coupe.
And lastly, Addy is not just a little energizer bunny, but a little mirror of her parents. She pretends to type on the key boards (any keyboard she can get her hands on), pretends to cook in her new kitchen, to change the channel on the remote and often actually does change the channel, and to be a Mommy just like Carmen.