FOOTBALL IS HERE!!! Finally! There were some serious football withdrawls in this household.

We took Addison to Cowboys' Training Camp today. It's so nice that they have it in the air conditioned Alamodome and we don't have to sit outside and sweat for an hour. Addi had a pretty good time! She clapped when everybody else clapped, yelled "ball!" when she saw the balls flying in the air, and definitely turned some heads in her little pint-sized Tony Romo jersey :)

We went to the museum today with Great Grandma Tonya, Auntie Anne, and Aysia. They had some kind of interactive exhibit going on that was a little too difficult for Addi to enjoy. She had a great time outside though and in the tree house!

Fingers crossed...Charlie may have an AMAZING opportunity on the job front!!!

Happy 4th of July! We spent the fourth at The Johnston's farm again this year for the third year in a row. It's quickly becoming one of my favorite traditions. The first year we went we announced that we were expecting little Addi. The second trip Addison was just 4 1/2 months old. What's funny about that trip though is that I distinctly remember 2 different groups of people there. Those with kids (grown adult kids don't count!) and those without (Addi was only 4 months old so she didn't count...no running around yet!). Those of us without kids sat inside in the air conditioning or on the porch underneath the fans having good conversations and enjoying our cold beers. Then there was the other group...I remember watching 10 or so little kids running around the pool and swimming with all of the parents sitting in lawn chairs around the pool watching them with their trusty adult beverages in hand and Mom Braden telling Charlie and I, "just wait...that will be you next year." Sure enough, Addison had us around the pool ALL DAY LONG. We were officially thrown head first into the mommy and daddy crowd.

The morning of the fourth Addison went to her first parade. She held interest for a little while but it was ridiculously hot and nap time was quickly approaching so we had to cut the parade a little short. None the less we all had a great time and Papa and Poppo really outdid themselves with the barbeque. Thank you Chris and Gayle for a wonderful weekend!

Addi's first solo ice cream cone

Check out our little swimmer :) Please excuse my annoying voice!

Just some recent pics of our sweet girl

my girl loves her some fashion.  we took advantage of a HUGE sale at Carter's yesterday and i had to do some serious restraining to keep from spending $200.  they have an adorable new line that actually resembles something that i would wear!  i got addi this adorable brown, green, and white skirt with a cute matching t-shirt and she wore it today to go shopping with me and nana.  

after we got ready for bed tonight addison walked over, grabbed her new shirt and gave it to me saying "on" in the sweetest little girl voice.  so i put her shirt on her and she walked over, grabbed her new skirt, brought it over to me and says "on?"!  it's the first time she's shown interest in her clothes and my heart just smiled from all of her cuteness.  needless to say, she wore her new outfit over her pj's until it was time to get in bed.  i can't believe how quickly she's growing up.  her daddy is in big trouble if addison inherits her mommy's shopping genes :)

this is the face i got when i told addison she couldn't drive:

we spent the day in waco today for brady's big 2nd birthday! the kiddos had so much fun playing together. happy birthday brady!!!

birthday boy and grandpa

checkin' out the stud in the camera

don't let the sweet and innocent look fool you!

reading with abigail

i'm 2!!!

cousin abigail is SO funny!

this girl loves water. any water. she would spend all day in a pool or a bathtub if we let her. now that it's 90+ degrees here, it's too hot to be anywhere but in the pool!

addison learned how to make monkey sounds today. too cute!

I realize it has been a LONG time since I've posted so I wanted to update everybody on what's going on!

Addison is 14.5 months old. The time has flown. She has developed such a little personality and she is such a silly girl! She is absolutely the most wonderful thing to ever happen to us. Right now she is really trying to speak real words. She's always been a little chatter box but it's so cute to watch her try and say new words. Here's a little list of her words right now:

* mama
* dada
* nana
* dog
* duck
* up
* out
* snack
* bite
* no
* hi
* uh-oh
* bye bye

I think I got them all. She signs "more", "please", and "all done" when she is eating. She actually started doing that about 9 months old...it made feeding time a lot easier! She also likes to make animal sounds. We moo for our cows and raspberry for a horse. She can do snakes and chickens too. The horse is by far her favorite sound to make. I need to get it on video because it's so darn cute.

We've always had a sweet, cuddly girl but for the past month or 2 she has been a huggin and kissin machine! There have been numerous nights where it wasn't bed time until both mommy and daddy got at least 5 or 6 hugs and kisses each. That is absolutely my favorite part of being a mom right now. Those sweet little sloppy kisses make my day!

Charlie just got a new job working for a mortgage company. We're really excited about it because it keeps him at home with us :) All he needs is a computer, a telephone, and the occasional commute to Houston (which Grammy and Papa do not mind at all!). Hopefully this will turn into a wonderful thing! We are definitely blessed.

happy easter! we spent the night before easter dying our easter eggs. i was so excited to share this tradition with addi. growing up, we dyed easter eggs every single year. i swear my brother and i were still having easter egg hunts in high school! i love that i have my own little family to carry on this tradition with. addi was not too sure about this activity when we first started. right when we got going, addi picked up one of the spoons we were using to dip the eggs in the dye with and tried to put it in her mouth. charlie and i both reacted with a really loud "NO!" and about scared the bejeezus out of the poor kid. she broke into hysterics :(
















she loved her easter egg hunt! we weren't sure if she would really "get" it but she absolutely did and had a blast! she walked all over the front yard collecting her eggs and putting them in her basket. we actually had to take them out and re-hide them because she was not done hunting! wonderful day :)

FINALLY! A TOOTH!

Good grief it's about time! Addison hasn't really eaten much the last 2 days and has been uber cranky. I decided to stick my finger in her mouth tonight just to check it out and sure enough there are little bitty ridges poppin' through on her bottom gums! Yay!

Lost Maples

We all packed up today and headed out to Lost Maples for a little hike. It was beautiful! We had to carry Addison most of the way because it was a little too rocky for the stroller. She had a great time looking at all of the colorful trees and the weather was perfect for her. Here are a few pics!

Can you believe this is in Texas?


Addi and Nana




I love this face she is making :)


Big Girl!




xoxo,
Erica