Happy Birthday Addison!!!

                                  At 7:55pm one year ago, our little girl came into our world.
                                    She is a beautiful blessing.  Throughout the day, I've been remembering
                                         what was happening up until the minute she was born.  I can't believe she is
                                           one year old.  We went to the Atlanta Children's museum to celebrate and to
                                       Zaxby's for lunch ... she's a big fan of the chicken fingers and fries.  We had a
                                         wonderful day with Addison.  It was just the three of us ... just like the moment
                                          she was born.  My parents were at the hospital when she was born,
                                           but it was just me and Jeremy in the room when we met Addison for the first
                                time.  Here are some of the highlights from our wonderful day.

                                       Since we'll be having Addison's actual party in a couple of weeks ... we had a small
                                   celebration for Addison just the three of us.  Here are the gifts she opened today
                                     (one from my parents and one from us).  And it isn't a birthday without some
cake (or cupcake).

And this is how our day began ...

 

Addison loved playing at the Children's Museum

Crawling through the tunnel

 

She was exhausted after all of the playing ... nap time

She was ready to open her presents when she woke up

She was very excited about her card and gift from Honey and Grandiddy

She loves her new pal Scout

She seemed to like the card we got her

I think she was a little excited...

And then there was cake ... notice the bib

Digging in ... wasn't too sure about the icing

 

Happy 1st Birthday Addison!!!

                                    We love you and have had such a wonderful year watching your grow and change.  We can't wait to see what the next year brings!

December Fun

                        Addison has once again had a very busy month.  She has been eating more and more

                       'regular' food and seems to like anything we give her.  So hopefully that will continue. 

                       She has also begun to let go and stand on her own for very short periods.  I know she will be walking soon ... where did our little girl go?

We had a Christmas party  this month and our friend Jenny brought her reindeer ears ... which Addison loved!

 As all of you know it has been quite cold up here lately ... so here Addison is all bundled up and ready for school.  She still loves the Lighthouse Academy and is so happy.  She has begun telling us bye as soon as we sit her down ... even before we're actually leaving. 

Addison also went to visit Santa and she didn't seem to mind him.  Picture to come ...

Addison went to Jackson's 1st Birthday party and had a great time.  She managed to get a hold of Greg's money clip and is ready to go shopping ...

  We'll definitely have to take her back to Southern Prep.  She had so much fun.

 

And then it was Christmas time .....

We were lucky to spend Christmas with my family ... I haven't been home for Christmas in a couple of years.  Addison and I spent a few extra days visiting.

Christmas Eve

 

My family - my Mom, Addison, Josh (my brother), me & my Dad

And then Christmas morning ....

She loved her books and her giggles doll

Addison's great-grandparents (Mimi & Gran) stopped by to see her Christmas morning.

 Addison also got a radio flyer wagon for Christmas and here she is ready to deliver some gifts to my friend Julie and her girls Blaine and Payton.

Addison, Blaine & Payton

Addison had a wonderful Christmas

She also had a great time visiting with her Uncle Josh (my brother) ... she has him wrapped

Addison also had her first hair cut (really just a trim) while we were in Americus.  Her bangs were getting out of control, so we had them trimmed.  It was a little sad for me :-).

We had a wonderful visit and had a great time with our family.

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

11 Months Old

      It's been a very busy month for Miss Addison.  She's getting so big and

is so busy!!  And crawling every where.

She finally started crawling on her knees ... here she is when she realized she could do it.

Elizabeth you were right ... just took being on a differnt surface for her to realize she could do it.

I also gave her a sucker the other day.  She seemed to like it.

Of course she had to touch it with her other hand as well.  It was too funny.

We went to Jeremy's parent's house for Thanksgiving.

We had beautiful weather and Addison had a great time.

 

Jeremy bought Addison this giraffe before she was born and she loves it.

She gets so excited when she sees it.

While we were in St. Simons visiting, we were able to meet up with one of

my friends from college, Allison, and her little boy Rhett.

We had a great time and I'm so glad we were able to meet for lunch.

 

Addison was able to wear her first Christmas dress the Sunday after

Thanksgiving and we were able to get some really cute pictures of her.

Sitting in front of the beach

 

Jeremy's parents and Addison - she was busy looking at the ducks :-)

We also put up our Christmas tree when we got home and Addison loves it.

She gets the biggest smile on her face everytime we turn it on.

I knew she would love it ... she loves bright shiny things.

This is when she saw the tree for the first time.

 Just staring at the lights ...

She did not like touching the tree the first couple of days, but now she is

getting braver and really likes the shiny (non-breakable) ornaments that are on the bottom of the tree. 

I can't believe Christmas is almost here and Addison will turn one in less than a month.

Where has this first year gone?  It has been an amazing year!!

Sorry it was such a long post ... it's been a busy month!

Fall Fun!

Addison has had a very busy Fall so far.  We went to the pumpkin patch and she had a blast.  She found some very cute mini pumpkins that were perfect for her and she loved the hay ride.

It definitely would not have been nearly as fun if our friends Mary and Jackson had not come with us.

Of course we couldn't get them to all look at the same time. 

It's amazing how much her expressions are so similar to Jeremy's.

Addison was so excited on the way home.  She had so much fun on our outing. 

Addison also had a great first Halloween.  We went trick or treating with my best friend Julie's two little girls.  Julie and I have been friends since we were seven so it was a lot of fun to take our little girls trick or treating.

Peyton (the flower) is 16 months, Addison is 10 months and Blayne is almost 3.  They had so much fun and were so cute!!

And of course Addison was a ballerina.  She loved her outfit and it was so cute!

Addison went to visit her great grandparents, Mimi and Gran.  She loves to spend time with them.  And of course my parents always loves spending time with her. 

 

Addison now has her second tooth coming in and her favorite thing to do is to cruise around the sofa.  We are having so much fun with her.  I can't believe she's ten months now.  This first year is going by so fast.