Happy Birthday Grandma!!

This weekend we celebrated several things!  On Saturday I headed to Cedar Falls for some much needed time with the girls for my friend Megan's bachelorette party.  We had a great time!!  Addie stayed with Grandma and Grandpa H for the night since daddy has to get up so early to milk.  This was only our second night away from little Addie and our first night that all three of us slept in different places!  We all survived and I know that I am ready to sleep in my own bed tonight!

Today I came home early, did a little cleaning, and took a nap before going to get Addie!  Addie and I then went to the grocery store to get supper for Grandma's b-day party!  The rest of our day (before our guests arrived) was spent playing and picking up after Addie!  I think she emptied the drawer with the measuring cups three times today!!  Addie then helped mommy cook supper for Grandma's birthday(which was actually yesterday)!  We had spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, and of course cake and ice cream!  We had a blast and Addie loved seeing all her grandparents!

Addie with Grandma and her cake!  She really wanted to dig in, but she only has about two more months until she is able to dig into hers! 

Addie with Grandpa and Grandma.  Also doing something silly with her arms that Grandpa had just showed her!

Addie and her Great Grandma and Grandpa.

Addie with Auntie Em and Ryan!

We all had a great weekend!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY "AMMA"!!!!!!!!!!  We love you!!

44 Weeks!

Addie is 44 weeks today.  The weeks seem to be going faster and faster.  Before we know it summer will be all over with... *sigh* .... I am not a fan of winter and really not looking forward to any of that white stuff anytime soon!  It is also only 8 weeks until miss Addison is 52 weeks old!  A whole year.  I have really been party planning happy this week!  It is SO much fun and I can not wait until she is old enough to participate in all the planning!

We plan on fully soaking up what is left of summer!  And what better way to do that other than SWINGING!!  Max was gracious enough to give Addie one of his swing sets to enjoy.  It is not the biggest thing in the world, but it was free and Addie absolutely LOVES it!  She would swing for hours if we let her. 

Addie has always loved to give kisses and will give you a nice sloppy open-mouth kiss if you ask for one!  Well, now she now can blow you kisses!!  So if you really don't want all that slobber with the kiss, you can opt for one of these.  She is so adorable when she does these things!  

She has also learned to whistle!  In her own way anyway!!!  I really can't take credit for this, but Great Grandma sure can!  She was the one who really taught her to whistle.  It is hard to explain what she exactly does, but she really just makes this face the blows really hard through her teeth.  It makes a little of a whistling sound, but mostly sounds like she is doing Lamaze!  Another adorable act of Addison's!

Tonight Addie was a little impatient to read her book after her bath!  She crawled all naked to her books and started reading herself.  So independent!!  She wasn't all too happy when I caught her to get her pajamas on.

One of our games that never seems to get old is peek-a-boo.  She loves to play behind the curtains and just about anything she can peek at you from behind.  Here she is peeking from behind a door.  She thought she was the silliest thing!

She also loves to dance with her singing Violet.  It also plays bedtime music for her and I play it some nights when she is still going strong way past her bedtime.  Violet seems to calm her down!

As far as sleeping Addie has been doing great this week!  We followed the doctor's orders of giving ibuprofen and Tylenol together and it worked great!  She slept throught the night last night with no medicine (just some Orajel).  It is so great to get some sleep again.  Speaking of sleep, I am thinking it sounds pretty good right now!  Thanks for stopping!

MOOOO.....

Yesterday Dan was able to show his dairy cows for the very first time!  Dan had them ready nice and early for the fair and Addie and I met up with him later.  Addie had a blast watching the cows all day.  She kept calling them Emma, but towards the end of the day we had her saying "moo" with us!  

Here are some pictures from our day...

 Dan won a blue ribbon for the dry cow that we took and placed 9th with his other cow.  Not too bad for a first timer!!

And of course a picture of our Addie!  What is a post without one of those?!!

Addison Marie: 10 months!!

Happy ten months Addie!  Mommy and Daddy wrote you a name poem!  We hope you enjoy!!

 Addison Marie

A is for active.  You are so energetic and full of life. 
D is for delightful.  You fill our hearts with your charm.
D is for dada, because you put on a big smile whenever you hear his voice.
I is for independent.  A 'do it yourself' type of girl!
S is for silly, because you do goofy things all the time. 
O is for on-the-go. Crawling is your main mode of transportation!
N is for noisy, you love to make funny sounds, talk, giggle, and yell!

M is for mama, because you can't seem to leave her side.
A is for adorable, because you truly are the most beautiful girl in the world.
R is for rub-a-dub-dub, because bath time is one of your favorite things!
I is for imprint, which you have forever done in our hearts.
E is for embrace.  We love to hug, cuddle, and squeeze you!

Addison Marie, you mean the world to us!  Happy ten months!!

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

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It is just amazing how much Addison learns and grows each month.  It is so hard to believe that in two months we will be celebrating her first birthday.  A year since she was born.  Wow, time sure does fly!  Here are some pictures we took outside today.  Addie and I enjoy swinging on our swing and watching Emma, Kitty, and the cows!  She wears Emma out yelling her name all the time!  Emma is up and down, up and down, going to Addie when she calls her name!  What a great life on the farm!

~Be sure to scroll down to see Addison's nine months pictures!~

nine month pics!

Addie's nine month pictures are here!  I wrote about how hard it was for Nichole and I to get a smile out of this little stinker.  We did just about everything other than run around the block naked to get this girl to smile.  Just wasn't her day I guess.  But as you can see, even though Addie was one of the most stubborn children that day, Nichole actually was able to create her magic and get us some amazing pictures yet again!  Be sure to check out Nichole Priebe's blog (which has a link to her website) in my blog list!

So here they are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That Nichole is SO sneaky.  I didn't even know she was snapping this picture.  I did not dress nor do my hair for pictures that day!  Guess I got my 'get out the house quick mommy look' goin' on!

Thank you Nichole for putting up with our little un-smiley child!  Praying that her one year pictures go a little more smoothly!