Tired

That's exactly what Addy was after another trip to Deep Creek!

We had a blast! Beth, Ron, Blake, Brie, Karen, Laynie, Mimi and Grant all came with us last weekend.

When went to the beach both days {along with lots of other things!}. We left the beach right when Addy's nap time usually ends so she was exhausted by the time she hit her car seat.




Exhausted but really really happy! She loved having everyone around last weekend. I still think she was meant to be a little sister! ;)

Happy Anniversary!

Today, Garth and I have been married for 3 years!

I can't believe it has been three years. It seems like just yesterday and it feels like forever ago. A lot has happened in the last three years. They have been the BEST three years of my life!

Unfortunately, Garth had to go on the business trip to Massachusetts so we will be celebrating three years together, 346.1 miles apart :(

But, my man rocks. When Addy and I got home from the library there was a hanging tag on the door. I could tell from the car that it was from Edible Arrangements {yummy!} So we went next door to pick up our treat. Our neighbor came to the door with a huge, and I mean huge, arrangement! Addyson instantly said her tongue twisted version of watermelon. We munched on some fruit before lunch and will probably be munching on fruit for days to come!



Happy Anniversary! I am so thankful to have you has my husband and Addyson's dad! Thank you baby for making our day special even if you are 346.1 miles away. We miss you and love you lots!

Playing

We have spent lots of time in the last week trying to organize, weed out, throw away or store Addy's toys. She has a ton of "baby toys" and she just isn't interested in playing with them anymore. She will pick something up, play with it and put it back down, all within a few seconds or minutes, if were lucky!

Although we really need to buy Addy some new "grown-up" toys, she always seems to find something to play with. She found her new favorite toy while we were at Deep Creek with Mimi. We were all cleaning before we left and Garth had put Addy's sippy cups in a plastic bag and threw them in her diaper bag. Addy found the sippy cups and started to take them apart, put them back together, switch tops, put things inside of them and on and on and on. She loved playing with the sippy cups!

When we got home I got out all the sippys that lost lids or parts and put them in a basket for her to play with. Which, surprisingly, she has been playing with for the last week and loving it!!!





She loves those cups and I love that she likes to play with them and try to figure them out.

The only problem is...





she's getting really good and taking the tops off!! ;)

It has only happened once and it was hysterical. She was playing in the kitchen and I was on the computer. She was talking away, playing and I hear splash and immediately hear her say "no. no. no." I knew what had happened as soon as I heard the splash. When I walked over she was frozen, standing right in the middle of a puddle of milk. She looked at me like what just happened? and slowly walked out of the puddle. Which made her fall flat on her butt in said puddle of milk! Poor baby was hysterically crying and too cute!

I think it is time for us to go and buy some real toys!

Video!

I took a quick video of Addy yesterday morning doing two of my favorite things...

1. Saying "watermelon!" Check out that tongue action!
2. Finishing "Momma loves you..." with "little bug!"

You will also notice in the video that I ask Addy to say "bup." It was my third thing on the list, a few posts down, that I wanted to capture on video but in the last few days "bup" has become "up" :( She's growing up so fast!

To remember...

Addy and I were downstairs cleaning up the basement playroom and she found her Fridge Phonics on the floor. She pressed the song button and it started to sing the ABC song and much to my surprise and started to sing along. A B C D E F G H. Addy sang c and h in the correct spots...I am shocked! Terri and Dave have the same thing on the fridge and Addy must be playing with it there because it has been in our basement, untouched, for awhile. She is too cute and obviously very very smart! ;)

As I started to write this entry she was walking around the living room with the Fridge Phonics and the letter s song on. She was saying "s. s. s. s."

"Helmet!"

We hear that a lot these days.

"Helmet!" "Momma, helmet!" "Dadda, helmet!"

Yesterday she wanted to wear her helmet while she ate breakfast.



Yep, Addy thinks everything is better when you wear a helmet!

It's funny because her helmet is really the first thing we have bought that she has really liked more than someone else's exact same thing.

We bought her a bubble mower because she loved Jo-Jo's. She rarely touches her bubble mower. She and Ben have two of the same cars, Addyson would rather play with Ben's. She loved Jo-Jo and Rian's helmets before and I am surprised that she actually wears hers and doesn't want to put theirs on (like she always did before she had her own).

BIKE

Yes, I am yelling!

Garth and I finally bought Addy her Kettrike {read: really, really awesome tricycle!}. It was waiting for us when we got home, from Little Gym, Target, Walmart, and Chick-Fil-A, on Friday. Addy was thrilled and upset. Thrilled because there was a bike in our living room. Upset because she had to take a nap and I still had to put the bike together.

When she got up the bike was ready {sort of, Garth took it apart and tightened all the bolts after Addy went to sleep}!

Introducing Addy and her new bike...
{warning: really bad photography}










Taking the bike out for the first time...




This is what happens when you try to take the bike from Addy...