Addie Practices....

So last night, Addie spent some time with our friends while Jeremy and I went out to dinner. When we came back, they told us she had taken the toy walker and started walking with it! I'm sure she's just anxious to keep up, since all of her friends and cousins are walking by now. She's still very nervous standing up by herself, but apparently has no fear when using the toy walker!!! :)

Christmas Tree Shopping....

So Jeremy insisted we get a real Christmas tree this year, even though I'm sure I'll be doing the majority of keeping Addie away from it. Anyway, so we went to get a Christmas tree and I brought our camera along to record our trip. Addison completely refused to even look at the camera....which for those of you who know, is TOTALLY unlike her. :) Anyway, we were successful and found our little tree. So far (knock on wood) she hasn't paid any attention to it and has continued spending her time awake doing her favorite thing - terrorizing our dog, Jake.

Nope, not gonna look........

Still not gonna look.....

Fine, I'll look, but I'm going to give you a weird smile....

Maybe next year........

Train to the North Pole!

So last week my brother and his family were here from Orange County, CA, visiting for an early Thanksgiving. My parents took us all on a train ride to the "North Pole" - it was a lot of fun! We loved seeing them and Addie loved playing with her cousins.

Here is the train we took to get to the "North Pole"....

Addie's cousin Camilla....she wasn't sure what to think about the whole thing! :)

Addie wouldn't look at the camera because she couldn't stop staring at Santa Claus....

....See what I mean??!? :)

All the kiddos on the ride home....

We had so much fun with them the beginning of the week and then were able to spend Thanksgiving day with both our families. Aunt Brit has the Thanksgiving photos from Grandma Joy's house, so I'll post those later. We had lots to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Little Cornhusker!

BIG Ultrasound Photos......

So today was our "big" ultrasound for baby #2. Here are some great shots.....

Here is the "profile" shot of baby - looks a lot like Addison to me, but then again, all ultrasound pictures look alike to me.

Here are two cute little feet.


Here are the baby's hands up by the face.


Here is a funny shot that the ultrasound tech loved. It is the baby's mouth, wide open!

Is one picture missing??!???! Oh yeah, the gender shot! Well, we decided to leave it a surprise. Not just for you guys, but for us as well. We decided this whole baby was a surprise why not go all the way. So, you will just have to wait for mid-April for that news.... They did say the baby was measuring a bit big based on how far along I am, so that either means an earlier due date or just a big baby. Addie was 8 lbs 9 oz two weeks early, so who knows......

Mom's Little Helper

So Addie loves "helping" me out around the house and I thought I'd share some funny pics of how she helps.

I swear the kid can hear me open the dishwasher from anywhere in the house. And no matter what she is playing with, she bolts for the kitchen.

"Mom, I think the garbage needs to be taken out."

She loves helping me grab the warm laundry out of the dryer, so I thought she'd want a ride in the laundry basket. Seems to be enjoying it...
Oops, maybe not so much...... (I think this picture is hilarious....)

Not much else is new.....we are looking forward to spending time with our families this Thanksgiving since next year we probably won't be home for this holiday. Addie now has FOUR teeth on top - all four in the last two weeks or so. Poor girl!! She still stays so happy most of the time, so we are lucky.

Hope everybody's doing great!

Halloween Leftovers

So I have new photos but don't have time to upload them to our laptop right now! But I wanted to post these pics - they were taken on Halloween at Grandma Joy's house. Heidi just sent me some copies and I wanted to share them all with you! I had no idea Heidi was going to be a cat for Halloween - so that was a fun picture to have of Addie and her aunt Heidi.

Hope everybody's doing well. Look for more updates soon - sorry I've been so lazy about updating lately!

She Dances!

So, Addison has been bouncing like crazy to music lately which totally cracks us up. She can't stand by herself too steadily yet - she has to be holding on to something. Anyway, last night she did a little dance that was too cute - I had to share.

Halloween Fun

We had a fun and busy first Halloween with Addison. We had little visits with both Grandmas, and had lots of fun with our friends at a little dinner we had at our house. Addison wasn't too crazy about her costume, but she eventually forgot about it.