Sleeping with pictures of cousins

When my brother and sister-in-law were pregnant with their first, Chris and I put together this kids books with pictures of just us. When we got pregnant with Addie, they did the same for us. Just recently I gave the photo book to her and she loves holding it, flipping through it and seeing the pictures of her family. We have been taking it everywhere with us and we caught her asleep with it. I thought Aunt Tara and Uncle Todd would get a kick out of it. :) Miss you guys!

Hanging in the park with Rylan

We have made some new dear friends in our neighborhood that we love. Rylan is the little guy and I seriously think that Addie might have a crush. We were eating ice cream in the park with Christin and Kenny and decided to put the kids on the grass to play. Addie started singing/squealing to Rylan and we all died laughing...especially when Rylan responded back with "beautiful" sounds too. I have a video too but Chris posts those. :)

Random

We just thought this was a funny face...

Sweet Potatoes

We have tried a new food...sweet potatoes. Addie loves them! She will seriously down a jar in no time. We are still trying to get this whole spoon feeding thing down but at least she is flexible with us. ;)

6 Months Old!!!

Wow...it's crazy to think that our little girl is on the second half of her first year! She is amazing. She loves making noises, grabbing thing, laughing at dad, being held by mom, standing...and more standing. She is sitting up like a champ and of course loves to eat. Today at her appointment she was 26 inches long and 16 pounds 14 ounces! She has gained so much weight in the last 2 weeks...no more concerns on her size. We took some pictures, like always, and couldn't narrow them down so we made a quick show. Hope you enjoy as much as we did looking at them!

Happy 5 year anniversary us!!!

It is truly hard to believe that it's been 5 years already that Chris and I have been married...each year has gotten better and better and I can truly say that I would not want to be married to anyone else. I scored! We have had some amazing memories over the last few years with Addie being the best.

To celebrate, we spent the entire day together as a family and had my best friend Janay watch Addie so we could have dinner out. During the day we went to the park, walked for about 45 minutes then just pulled up a spot of grass and played with the Little Girl for about an hour. It was like we were in our own little bubble at the park...we had so much fun. For dinner we headed out to eat and I got to eat without feeding or juggling a wiggly baby! We had pasta, wine and great conversation. I am a blessed person.

Gentian Violet

Yes, that is a purple mouth that our daughter has. It's been a long road for Addie and I so we have tried an herbal method for her while I am on some antibiotics. We have gotten some pretty interesting comments, "did your baby eat a sharpie?!" while she was one this for 3 days as well as Chris and I have had some great laughs. It just looks wrong to have your baby and everything she touches turn purple! Needless to say, she is finished and her mouth is back to normal...praise the Lord.