Easter Egg Hunt

Addy thought the Easter Egg Hunt was wonderful. She immediately ran out and started grabbing the eggs. I still can not believe how big she is getting everyday.

She touched the Easter bunny. We are making progress from Christmas since she would not even touch Santa.

A web site said the other day that the average words that a 22 month old child says is 20. She picks up in a day probably 4 new words. I would think that her vocabulary is in the hundreds. She says 3-4 word sentences. She talks as much as Brandt and I do. I am sure that she gets this from me not Brandt. She sings 4 or 5 songs by herself. I want this to slow down. I absolutely love this age.

Continued 1st haircut and playing at the Avenue

I wish I knew if she thought these statues were real. She loves playing with them.
Papaw and Meme visited this weekend. We had a great time visiting with them. She wakes up every morning asking to see Papaw and Meme. We wish we could live near everyone.

Brandt and I celebrate our 3rd Anniversary this week. I have been pregnant for 2 of them. I am looking forward to next year when we can really go out and celebrate . It is hard to believe that we are about to be the parents of two children. These 3 years have flown by. I would do it all again. We are so blessed with such a wonderful, happy, healthy child. We just pray that this little boy is just as sweet. She is going to be hard to beat.

Addison's 1st haircut and playing at the Avenue

It is so funny everytime we see these statues I guess she thinks they are real. She will bend down to look at them and pets them like a real dog.

Proud daddy sitting on the bench with his little girl.

Addy's 1st haircut. She did not like sitting in the chair. I was doing everything to distract her while she got her hair cut. She brushed my hair and watched TV. She just needed a little taken off the back. They did a great job.

Addison playing in the snow

It snowed last friday, when she got up from her nap I showed her the snow. Her first reaction was snow with bent knees and a big wow. Then she said coat, boots, and outside; she is so funny. She loved the snow.

Her little hands and nose were freezing when we tried to carry her in kicking and screaming. Kids have no concept of cold. She was in the bath tub tonight and told me that she needed to poop. I put her up on the potty and she went poop and pee. She was so excited and mommy was so excited also. She is really talking in sentences now. Addison looked at me last night and said "I want milk" and then tonight "I want grapes". I love that she is able to start telling me things. This age is wonderful. She is so cute and interactive. I love being her mommy.

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90th Birthday Trip to Dallas, TX

Brandt's whole family

She loved to sit at the piano and play. She thought it was great.

Brandt's Grandfather turned 90 this past weekend. I guess that I married into good genes if nothing else. He is doing excepectional for 90 he gets around like he is 70. Brandt's cousin PJ was able to fly in from Virginia also. We had a great time staying at his aunt and uncle house. The surprise party went really well. The car ride and the plane ride were the worst. The plane was trip was so bad that I am refusing to get on a plane for the rest of the year. We got on the plane to come home at 3pm off the plane at 4pm back on at 4:30 then sat on the runway till 8:30. We landed at the wonderful time of 10:30 got in bed at 12:30 and up for work at 5am. I love air travel.

Addy and I had decided to fly in a day early to spend some time with my friend Colin and her boys. They had been sick so Addy and I had a girls only day and night in a swanky hotel that Daddy set his girls up in. We played at the mall next door to the hotel at there indoor play area. We ate dinner and watched the ice skaters in the mall ice skating rink. Addy got to take the longest bath ever with the water running the whole time (her favorite thing).

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.