Addilyn Update

Since I have been doing a monthly update for Sadie, I feel like Addi hasn't gotten much attention. So here we go...I can't believe how old Addilyn is getting.  This year she started Sunbeams at church and loves it!  She is a social little butterfly and loves her weekly play-groups with friends.  She is always asking when she can go to real school too.  We play pretend school at home and she just soaks everything up.  She often will then go around calling me "teacher".  She has known her letters forever but is finally learning most of her sounds.  She can tell you what a lot of words start with too.  She knows her numbers and can count to 20.  She loves counting objects and I am amazed at how she can keep track of them.  She really likes clocks and is often asking what time it is.  She is still very into "projects" and loves to color.  She is starting to draw people and color in the lines.  She loves games and would play all day if she could.  She also loves to read and go to the library to get books.  She loves anything pink, especially the Pinkalicous books!  She also loves to dress-up and loves all princess things.  Her latest fascination is ballerinas.  She loves dancing around and loves to pretend to be a ballerina.  She has a great imagination and plays great by herself.  She no longer naps (maybe one every 2 weeks), but has quiet time in her room for a couple hours every afternoon.  She is so sweet and loves to compliment others.  Almost every dinner she tells me "thanks for making a delicious dinner".  She always tells us she loves us too.  She loves Sadie and loves being the big sister.  She is very helpful too. She is in charge of setting the table and emptying the silverware.  She thinks "staying-up" is the greatest thing ever and loves Monday night Family Home Evenings.  She is great at saying prayers and loves singing songs.  She often makes up her own too. We sure love you Addilyn!

Here are some pictures from recently...

Before her first real hair-cut (I have trimmed it but have never taken her to an actual place)

After...it looks much better!

Being a ballerina

She wanted some ballet shoes so bad that Darrin whipped some up with socks and duck-tape.  She thinks they are great!

Uncle J.J. came for a long weekend over President's Day.  Addilyn was in heaven.  She loves him and was so sad to see him go. 

Swim lessons...she really improved!

 First time bowling!

We went up to Winter Park to go tubing with Abby and Connor.  They had so much fun!

Sadie is 10 months!

Sadie is 10 months now!  She is so busy!!  She does not like to sit still and loves to be on the go.  She still loves climbing the stairs and walks all around the furniture.  She is standing a ton by herself.  She often will stand until she realizes she isn't holding onto anything, and then fall down.  She walks a ton behind her walker and just cruises everywhere.  She still thinks her sister is really funny and loves playing with her until she becomes a little too "motherly".  She is a great napper and still sleeps well at night (for the most part).  Sometimes she feels the need to wake up early.  :)  She says da-da and ma-ma..  She still loves to put everything in her mouth.  We finally discovered that she isn't a huge chocolate fan, (who's child is she?) but absolutely loves the bath!  She and Addi got a cold again this month that seemed to last forever but is finally over it. She is a major momma's girl, especially when she is sad or tired.  I can't believe you are getting so close to a year.  We love you!

10 months (a little red from her cold)

Family Pictures at Thanksgiving

I forgot that I never posted more of our family pictures from Thanksgiving in Texas. Here they are!

Grandma comes for a visit!

Grandma came to visit us for a week! Addilyn and Sadie had so much fun and were very spoiled. We were sad to see her go. While she was here we played a lot!  The weather was great so we spent time at the park, went shopping, went swimming, went out to eat, went to the bounce house, and just hung out. Darrin and I even got to go skiing for the day!  Here are a bunch of pictures...

It snowed for about the second time this year while she was here.  While I shoveled, Addi and Grandma played and made a miniature snowman and snow angels.

Addilyn got to go on a special date with grandma to get her fingers and toes painted.  She was in HEAVEN!  She kept telling her that "she just can't believe it." 

We had gone swimming that night and it all came off...so they went back the next day for round #2.

Sadie is a water bug!  She loves the bath and pool.

A lot of days when I work out, Addilyn has to get her work-out clothes on too.  She will do a little with me until she gets bored or it gets "too hard."  Here she is keeping up though!

She had a great time at ikea with grandma pushing her super fast and crazy down the aisles.

Sadie loves the vacuum!