Dancing.

Addie got three toys that sing for Christmas. 

Today she was playing with the singing lantern my grandma gave her and I noticed she was bouncing.

So I played the music again and she bounced again.

When Ray got home from work we busted out the singing pony, and sure enough, she bounced.

She dances to the music! And I love it!

Check it out....

Oh, and Happy Happy Happy Happy Birthday to the greatest Mom/Grandma EVER!!!

We love you!

Christmas Card.

This was is the first year we did Christmas cards.

They got here late, like a few days after I had already left for Cedar late.

So Ray sent them out. I printed off the labels 5 minutes before I walked out the door.

I didn't have everyone's addresses, so if you didn't get one I apologize.

But here they are...

Christmas.

We had a really good Christmas this year.

We got spoiled rotten and got to spend lots of time with family.

It was so nice having the boys home!

And it was so fun having Addie there this year.

Waiting for the boys to come downstairs so we could go see what Santa brought...

Addie's loot....

When people would ask me what Addie got for Christmas, I would say, "A rocking horse and a block--ya know, like the ones they have at the doctor's offices, only smaller." Hard to explain. But she LOVES it!

And the rocking horse. It talks. And she was scared of it at first, but she warmed up after a minute.

We all had the song it sings stuck in our heads all morning.

Our attempts at a self-timer family photo....

Then we ventured down to Grandma's for breakfast.

After Addie's nap and some cleaning up, we drove on down to St. George for a fabulous Christmas dinner and some more presents with the Wrights.

We are so lucky to have such great families! Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Jammies.

Addie pants opening her first ever Christmas Eve jammies...

Doesn't she look cute!!

I had to buy boy's pajamas so she would match everyone else, but she makes anything look darling. 

Addie got to open her's early so she could go to bed and the boys wouldn't let me take a picture of the rest of us until Christmas... So you'll have to wait until the next post to see all fun matchy-matchyness.

Eight Months.

Addie Pants turned Eight Months on Monday.

I was stressing out because I was in Cedar and forgot my camera.

Ray was supposed to bring it down with him when he came, but he forgot too.

So we called my mom's friend and he came over and snapped some pictures for me. Phew!

Anyways, at 8 months she....

Crawls all over the place.

Her bottom two teeth have broken through.

She has learned how to fake cry.

Follows my parents dogs all over the house. They don't love it, but she sure does.

Loves to eat her gerber finger foods...

She gets excited when I get them out and then tries to get as many in her hands as possible before she puts them in her mouth.

Sleeps through the night. Most nights.

Loves to rough house. Especially loves to go upside down.

Is impossible to put a diaper on/get dressed. She rolls over and crawls away.

Loves to jump.

Loves to pull herself up on things.

Laughs when I turn bubble guppies on. She only really likes the intro, then she gets bored.

Is still just a little sweetheart.

We love her to pieces.

Lemons.

For some reason this crazy little child loves to suck on lemons....

Well, for a minute anyways....

Mobile.

Last Saturday (12/3), our little miss went mobile.

I ran to the store and while I was gone Ray called and said that Addie was crawling all over the place.

She had been really close, just never anything that could officially be called a real crawl.

I came home to this....

It is kinda fun because she is so much better at entertaining herself.

But she is a mischievous little thing now.

She loves to pull herself up on our coffee table and pull everything off of it.

She loves paper. I don't know, she must like the way it sounds or feels. But she loves to eat it. I am constantly digging it out of her mouth.

It is impossible to wrap christmas presents when she is around.

She dumps out her diapers and drags them all over the front room.

I tried to take a picture of this, but she just crawled over and tried to get my camera.

Haha the little turd. 

I totally love it, though.

Fun.

Having a little person is so much fun.

Seriously, the funnest, hardest, most rewarding thing I have ever done.

I am totally loving this phase.

I love how she reaches for me when I walk in the room.

How she can blow spit bubbles for hours on end.

How she looks like a bird when she wants more food,

and how tight she can clamp her mouth shut when she doesn't.

It is so fun to watch her pant like a little puppy or flap her arms like a penguin when she gets excited.

It is fun to pick her up like a little ball and bounce her around the house. She laughs every time.
I like how she refuses to bend when she doesn't want to sit. It makes me laugh every time.

I love to squeeze her tight and kiss her little cheeks all day long.

Her big blue eyes, her fuzzy blonde hair, and her cute naked bum. Even when I am trying to change her diaper and it is crawling away from me.

I love how she growls like a lion. (Maybe not a lion, but something scary)

How she always smiles back and laughs when I laugh.

How she says dada all day long, and how Ray loves every minute of it.

How she gets compliments everywhere we go.

How she splashes like a maniac in the bathtub.

How Ray loves to show her off.

I love how we can tell when she is really mad because she does her fast cry.

How she rubs her eyes when she gets tired.

How sweet she looks when she is sleeping.

How she gets really excited when I go to get her from her naps.

How she puts her little hand on mine when I give her a bottle.

And mostly I just love that she is mine.

Looks like?

Ever since Addie was born people have told us that she looks exactly like me, or exactly like Ray.

We've even been told she looks like my little brother, Casey. (Not so sure about that)

We can't decide.

I kind of think she has my eyes, but looks more like Ray in everything else. 

She definitely has Ray's crazy hair.

What do you think?

Number Four.

And last, but not least...... Addie's final Michigan outfit.

She wore this for the Ohio State game. Michigan's biggest rival.

Michigan won for the first time in 8 years.

Good Luck? I think so.

Thanksgiving.

We had Thanksgiving with Ray's family this year and it was a lot of fun. 

We stuffed our faces with lots of yummy food, watched some football, and then headed out for some black friday shopping.

We didn't want Addie to miss out so before dinner we gave her some Sweet Potatoes and Turkey.

Yum.

Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!