First Fathers Day, a proud Papa!

Can't believe we almost forgot to post pics from this fun first day!! Addie is such a Dada's girl. She says Dada way more than Mama, which she only says if she is REALLY upset. She thinks her Dada is the funniest person ever, and I love watching them together, it always makes me smile and forget everything else. We Love you Dada!

Grandmommy's visit to Chicago!

Addie has been blessed to have so many visitors this summer, especially Grandmommy! We did lots of shopping, yes we hit many good sales! Yeah for the Gold Shoes! We also enjoyed showing Grandmommy our classes at Bubbles Academy, Gymboree, and Swim class. The highlight was when we visited Great Grandma at the Belmont!!

Aunt Ernie's spontaneous visit to Chicago

Addie had so much fun hanging out with her Fairy Godmother for 4th of July! They went to the park together and laughed and Addie even learned a new trick, waiving! She is still perfecting the waive everyday we walk down the stairs and past the hall mirror as she catches a glipse of that pretty baby girl in the mirror :)

First swing

Once the temperatures were finally over 50 degrees by July we were able to go out and enjoy the parks in our neighborhood, yes it was a long.....winter! Addie is really enjoying her swings and giggles with delight! She also enjoys looking at the other big kids, aspiring to swing as high as them oneday too!

Side poser

Addie is a fan of a position we call the side pose. I am pretty sure it is a hybrid of her roll/sitting up faze. Even now that she is initiating sitting on her own, she still enjoys a good side pose to stop and check things out :)

Swim Class

Addie enjoys swimming every Wednesday with her friend Maddie Kendall. Last week the babies just started going under water and let me tell you that Miss priss was NOT a fan! We just signed up for another 8 week session, so to be continued on the under water status!

Gigglepus

For some reason Addie thought it was funny when Dada told her that mommy was "Chopping Broccoli."

7 month highlights!

Addison started army crawling around 7.5 months. She pulls forward with her right arm and pushes off with her left back foot. Quite a technique she created! She is also feeding herself her own bottles which is very helpful to Mommy, and when eating solids she is very independant! She takes the spoon herself and when she is done eating politely hands it back, well usually :)

Addie's first 2 teeth!

Here are signs of Addie's first 2 bottom teeth! They started coming in at 8 months!

Litchfield Beach, May 2009

Here are some highlights from Litchfield Beach. Addison had fun hanging out with Grandmommy and Grandaddy. She enjoyed her first touch of the Atlantic Ocean...brr it was a little chilly!

Mommy's a slacker!!

Ok, for all of you blog followers, Addison and Mommy appoligize for the delay in updates. Addie has been moving around like crazy and keeping Mama VERY busy! Since our last post in April, Addie visited Litchfield beach where she perfected her rolling capabilities, started army crawling around 7.5 months, and is now pulling herself up to a standing position on any and everything she can find!! Besides the army crawl with the right arm and back left foot, her most unique quality is that she is truly a gigglepus!! She LOVES to laugh, especially when dada comes home. She will find any reason to smile and giggle, so cute! Oh, and she also got her first 2 bottom teeth around the beginning of month 8. Other highlights are first fathers day, Aunt Ernie's surprise visit to Chicago, and Grandmommy LiNelle's visit to Chicago. We have been enjoying the summer and spending our days at Gymboree and Swimming classes. Addie put her head under water last week and oh so not a fan!

All our love and hope to keep up better with blogging, we promise!!