Spoiled Little Flower Girl

Below are a few pictures of Addie after Megan's wedding. I am hoping to get more pics and video on here soon, but since I didn't take any myself I have to work on getting them from some other family members.

The wedding was beautiful and everyone had a great time. Addie got lots of attention! Imagine that....



Barry finally went back to work today. His first day back since July 8th. Now I have a spoiled little girl at home who wants to be held or talked to at all times. Needless to say I am not getting much packing done today for our trip. Another 10 days away from the house with Dad and Grandma are probably not going to help with the spoiling issue.


Addie doesn't really know what to think of her cereal. I can get her to eat some, but I don't think she is to thrilled about. I am sure that will change, but for now we are taking things slow.

First day of Cereal

All the girls (Kennedy, Zoe, Addie, Kayla)

4 Months Old

Saturday Addie turned 4 months old and today we had her 4 month doctors appointment. She is now 16 lbs 4 oz and 26 inches long. The doctor gave us the go ahead to start giving her cereal. I will have an update soon about how that goes.

I am happy to report that two times this week Addie slept 7 to 8 hours straight. Yeah!!!!

I can't believe how much she has changed not only in the last month, but since I last posted. She is now consistently rolling over from her stomach to her back and from her back to her stomach. It isn't a random thing she does anymore. If she is on the floor or in her crib she is rolling back and forth. She is talking a lot more now also and loves to look in the mirror and talk to herself.


Video of her rolling over.




We have been doing some traveling to see some family and friends we haven't seen in awhile.

Chillin at Uncle Bob and Aunt Bernice's

Andrew sharing his book with Addie

We are really looking forward to this weekend. Not only is Megan's getting married, but we will also get to see Zoe for the first time.

Can I have some toys please?

Barry has finally been released from the doctor! Basically his ankle has a lot of scar tissue from the uncountable amount of times he has sprained his ankle in the past. They are doing therapy and someday he will probably need surgery on it.

Barry is still off of work for his ankle and will be until atleast Monday. He goes in for an MRI today, so we should know just how bad things are after that. Hopefully he doesn't get to comfortable with this stay at home Daddy thing.

Sleeping update: Addie has been sleeping the majority of the night in her crib now and sometimes even at nap time. Unfortunately she still wakes up several times a night, but I am hoping that improves when we start giving her cereal. I imagine the pediatrician will give us the go a head at her 4 month appointment, but we will see.

In the last couple of weeks she has started to take a pacifier. Thank god! Not that I really wanted to push one on her, but when she started to suck on her thumb I was concerned. If you knew me when I was little you would completely understand. Lets just put it this way... I was working on multiplication problems in school before I finally stopped sucking my thumb. I don't want to go through what my parents had to go through to get me to stop. I am hoping it will be easier to take away her paci than it would be her thumb.

On Sunday we went to See Ryan, Brooke, and Kennedy. We were hoping to swim in their new pool, but it was to cold.

Whatever Addie would do Kennedy had to show
us that she could do the same thing.

Talking to her toy.

I am starting to get complaints that I haven't posted in awhile. Sorry! Barry has been off of work for the last week due to an ankle injury, so I have been taking advantage of having him home to entertain Addie while I run errands and get things on my to do list completed.

Last Saturday I took Addie to her first demolition derby, which was just down the road at the 4-H fair. She loved it! I think the louder it got the more she liked it. When the derby was over we walked in some of the barns to look at the animals. At this point she was exhausted, but was content just looking around at everything.

Not much going on this week, but after that we will be busy with Megan's wedding, Kennedy's 1st Birthday and Vacation. We leave for Oregon in less than 3 weeks!

Being tickled by Aunt Megan

Look at all those rolls

"Okay I am sitting at the table like a big girl now give me some big girl food!"

Addie & Ellah (Johnnice's Little girl)

Congratulations Brent and Cathy!!!

Baby Zoe was born 7-7-09 at 5:38 pm and was 9 lbs 2 oz and 21 inches long.

My Beautiful Niece:

Sorry I don't have any 4th of July pictures. Addie wasn't able to wear her new outfit I bought her because it was to cold outside. She was also very tired at the party, so she wasn't really in the mood to get any pictures taken. No fireworks for her this year..... Maybe next year.

Enjoy the other pictures and video I took.....

Thank God pictures are done...I'm tired of smiling.

Daddy's way of doing laundry

I put her in the bumbo and popped in Baby Einstein and all
she wanted to do was stare at the toys on the floor.

Finally I got her to watch her show

New favorite toy!!! The first day I put her in her new exersaucer she just looked around at all the colorful toys. When I thought she had had enough I tried to take her out and she threw a fit. Apparently she likes her new toy.

Today Addie and I were going to walk to the Fire Station to see Barry, so I put on her "My Daddy is a fire fighter" shirt. I thought maybe we could get her first pictures on the fire truck, but right before we were going to leave she pooped out her diaper all over her shirt.
I guess we will have to get pictures another day.

All the fun toys to play with and what does she like best? The tag.....

3rd Times a Charm

Today Barry and I took Addie to Sears for the 3rd attempt at her 3 month pictures. I know what some of you are thinking.....for crying out loud lady how many times are you going to get her 3 month photos taken? At least that is what Barry was saying to me. After the 2nd attempt at Babies r us I decided that they weren't very creative with their props and background choices and I wanted to try somewhere different. Yes she took some good pictures, but if I am going to pay that much for pictures I want them to be a little more creative. I decided to try either Sears or Jcpenny's since I had coupons for a free sitting at both places. To my surprise the Sears at the Peru Mall has a photo studio. I was hoping the experience went well because Peru is much closer for me than Aurora.

Overall I think Sears is 10 times better than Babies R Us. They took a lot more pictures...were very friendly and accommodating...allowed unlimited outfit changes...and spent quite a bit of time getting the perfect pictures. Also, when I told her we were in a hurry because Barry had a meeting, she burned the cd for me and said I could call in my order. I will definitely be going back there in the future to get more pictures. I am actually really excited because they have themed days. On August 22nd (my B-day) it is Cowboy/Cowgirl day, so I have signed her up to get some pictures taken that day.

Below are some of my favorite pictures from today. There were a lot of good ones to choose from.

Thanks Mom for giving me the heads up on the beach themed background! I am so glad I was prepared and brought her swim suit The beach pictures are definitely my favorite.

3 Months Old

Today Addie turned 3 months old. She is such a joy to be around! We have had a few crabby days lately, but the happy days far out weigh the crabby ones.

She likes when I sing to her and loves being outside. Unfortunately it has been to hot this week to spend much time outdoors. She also loves doing tummy time with Daddy on the big exercise ball.

Addie will be in Megan's wedding August 1st and Barry is determined to teach her how to wave. He works with her on it almost everyday. It is so cute!

Picture Attempt #2

Picture Attempt #1

I had to run to Babies R Us last weekend for something, so while I was there I decided to try and get Addie's 3 month pictures taken. She did really well at first, but had enough after the 3rd pose. They normally take 8 poses and you get one outfit change. I had just changed her into her cute little dress when she decided she was done taking pictures. The nice thing about Babies R Us is that there is no sitting fee and they don't pressure you to buy any pictures, so I can keep getting her pictures done until I am satisfied. I love some of the pictures they took, but I do want to go get more taken. If we had a Babies R Us a little closer I would be there all the time! I better hurry up though because all of a sudden she is starting to lose her hair and may have a mohawk by the time she is 3 months.

Addie's first Baseball game

Wednesday night my Mom, Barry, Addie, and I left home around 5:30pm and headed to my brothers house in Kentucky. We ended up arriving at Brent's around 12:30 Thursday morning. My Dad and Linda arrived later that evening and Ryan, Brooke, Kennedy, and Chuck arrived Friday morning. We had a full family weekend planned including a baseball game and Kayla's 1st Birthday party.

Friday night we packed all the kids up and headed to Cincinnati for the Reds vs Cubs game. My brothers mother-in law and father-in-law were having their company party at the game, so they were nice enough to let us join in the fun. Our seats were in a private area, which included pub table seating and an all you can eat buffet. We had plenty of room to roam around with all the kids and also had a great view of the game. Addie was awake almost the entire game and was very content looking all around. I couldn't believe how good she was. We all had a lot of fun!






Saturday was Kayla's 1st Birthday Party. I can't believe it has already been a year. She is so much fun. I just wish they lived closer, so we could see her more often.





Addie was so tired from all the excitement that she slept the entire 6 hour trip home.