14 months & 15 months

Memorial Day weekend, we went to the zoo with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Lisa, Adam, Elizabeth and Harrison. Addie made it pretty much all the way to the end and then she crashed out. She was ready for naptime!

SMC Reunion June 4-6^th… Addie crashed the party for a few minutes and got to see her SMC aunties!!! Also before I left for reunion, Addie decided to put her brain to a test. I had a wipes box sitting in the middle of the hallway with our bedroom door shut. She was so smart to move the box, stand on it, and try to open the door… I couldn’t believe it! I snapped some pictures before she realized I was there watching her!!!

June 21^st- Father’s day. We started the day out by celebrating at our house with my dad. Then we went over to Jeremy’s parent’s house to celebrate with his dad and swim in the pool. (I think that was the last time we were in the pool all summer….it was a busy one)

June 30^th- play dates with Harrison and Auntie Elizabeth. They came over for a few and the kiddos enjoyed playing and coloring with chalk. They were the highlight of the neighborhood as most of the neighborhood kids came over and played with them for a bit. After our play date, we had another one with Annika and Xavier. Addie did really good around Xavier. She was right by my side as I was feeding him. She played really good with Annika and even learned how to play the piano!

July 11^th- she had some fun with daddy in the laundry basket… she thought it was hilarious! She also stacked my Pepsi cans! Look how high she got them!!! I was so proud of her!!!

We also took Addie to feed the ducks and she loved it. She had more fun chasing the squirrels and getting her hair caught in the tree than anything. She did manage to chase one duck back to the water.

She also inherited a rocking chair that was my moms, then mine and now it is hers. She loves it!!! She loves to rock and rock!

July 18^th- celebrating Uncle Adam’s birthday. Daddy also figured out that she loves pickles. We can hand her a whole pickle spear and she will down it. She is a lot like daddy as I won’t even touch the things.

July 24^th- Christmas in July. Grammie, me and Addie went shopping and got her an ATV. She got on it with no problem at all…then she pressed the button. Ut oh…. She kinda didn’t like the noise. She also didn’t know how to steer (and still doesn’t). Now, a month later in August, she loves to ride it and loves to drive into the wall, chairs, the dog beds.

Grammie also purchased her a shopping cart, which she likes to drive around and play store in the house. She has learned to go through the kitchen cabinets and put stuff in her cart.

Grammie also purchased her a desk. She loves to color and has made several masterpieces!

We also took some time to visit her Memaw and Papaw… they are our neighbors next door. They are the “grandparents” of the neighborhood! Addie has so much fun with them and also the other kiddo’s too. She enjoyed playing in the pool with Megan, Marek, Coen, and Maddox.

July 30^th=We took Addie to Bendix woods to a playground there. She had so much fun…but I really think daddy had the most fun of all!

August 4^th- We took Addie back to the playground, but we were joined by Grammie and Gramps! Mama forgot the camera so we don’t have any pictures….

August 7^th- Melinda visited with her dogs, Cole and Spencer and we also went to Thistleberry farms. Addie was a little gymnast on the jumping pillow. She loved it!! She also felt sand for the very first time. She enjoyed petting the horse and chasing the chickens on top of doing duck races with mommy and daddy! Mommy also took her on the cow train. She loved the train ride!! To finish the activies she enjoyed an awesome piece of corn on the cob!

August 8^th- we enjoyed spending some family time with Jeremy’s side of the family and we went to Notre Dame to feed the ducks with Aunt Elizabeth, Uncle Adam, Harrison, Grandma and Grandpa. Afterwards we went to Coldstone Creamery and enjoyed some ice cream.

August 13^th- We went to the playground with Grandma. Grandpa stayed behind at home.

August 16^th- we celebrated my parents 35^th wedding anniversary today. It was alittle late as they were out of town and finally could get together with all of our schedules. Addie enjoyed playing with Grammie and Gramps outside with her ATV. She enjoyed running into everything and Grammie was helping her steer clear of everything!

At Thistleberry farms with Mama!! Peek-a-boo
with Auntie Melinda and her dogs, Cole and Spencer.


























playing with her neighborhood grandparents and the kiddos!!









coloring on her desk for the first time
she knows where her crayons go.

showing daddy where her frogs are






Harrison and Addie playing on Grandpa's chair together.
proud daddy and Uncle on his birthday!
me wrangling the kiddos on Adam's birthday from going up the stairs!

Play date with Tommy. He pretends that she is his sister....how cute!
She loved her pickle!

Her new rocking chair


walking on campus with daddy
with me at the Grotto.
and a squirrel to chase too.... look how close she got!
She found one to chase!
watching her daddy feed the duckies
and comfy on daddy!

3 cans... going for 4...can she do it...
having some fun doing laundry with daddy
eating Patrick's corn on the cob for the first time!!!
I'll help you Addie!
Addie and Annika playing kickball!
Addie making sure I was feeding Xavier to her standards!
learning to play the piano
See Addie this is how you play.... Annika was already an expert at the piano!
with her Auntie E!
let's color!
my little model!
Here Gramps... a present for you...it's a square to my puzzle.
3 generations!
Gramps and Addie


Daddy's mini-me!

she found the doggie door again....
Father's Day with Grammie
usual look i get when I know she is playing and is trying to show me something...
Aunt Pam, Aunt Molly, Addie, me, Aunt Laur and Aunt Beth!!! all SMCers!!!
Addie with Aunt Pam and Auntie Laur!
She was so proud of herself that she started to clap!
I GOT YA~
Catching her in the act!


Addie was all smiles for Uncle Adam!
Grandpa with his favorite boy, Harrison and me with Addie!
Grandma teaching Addie about an animal.
looking at the tigers with Grandpa.
Getting ready to go to the zoo with Aunt LIsa, and Grandma.

With Grammie at Dzie Dzie's courtyard. It is so pretty out there.
Family pic! Happy Birthday Dzie Dzie!
at the pool with Grandma.
Fun in the pool with daddy!!!

Fun in the pool with mommy!

This summer has been busy. Between going to the zoo several times, having play dates, going to Bendix Woods to play on the playground, Thisleberry farms, visiting Dzie Dzie in the nursing home, visiting Aunt Joan and Uncle JOe, spending time with the grandparents.... I haven't been writing that much, but attached are a few photos that capture a majoirty of the fun that we have had this summer!

June 4th-- this was the last time I nursed Addie. She has been only nursing for like 2-5 minutes for the past few weeks and it's been at about 5:00 in the morning and then she goes back to bed. Well since it was my 10 year college reunion, I knew that this would be prime for me to offically stop since I was going to be gone Friday, Saturday and back home on Sunday.... so 3 days and done! So she was 13 and 1/2 months for me to nurse.... I personally think it was harder on me than it was on Addie.

June 10th- Addie is offically done with the bottle and we are 100% sippy cup!!! Go Addie!!! so she was 13 months old when we stopped!

August 22- we went to the Heston Steam musum today and it was fun for Addie. Daddy got his exercise since we lost one of Addie's shoes on the first train ride. It is 2.5 miles long and for about 2.3 miles of it, she was either sitting in between us or on daddy. Well she came to me towards the end and that is when we noticed she didn't have a shoe on. After talking to the conductor (which they were super nice) they let Jeremy walk the track looking for it after they searched. We finally found it about 2.4 miles into Jeremy's walk along the tracks! Daddy to the rescue!

August 27th-

As to date, Addie can say the following words and associate what they mean with an object. So instead of saying a word and not know what the meaning is, she knows!!

Juice

Dog

Mama

Dada

Duck

She can point to the following body parts and she knows them:

Head

Nose

Ears

Belly

Knees

Toes

Mouth

Eyes

If you ask her if she has somethng in her mouth she says "AHH" like if you were at a doctor's office.

If you ask her to do touchdown, she throws both arms up in the air!

If you ask her to say her prayers, she knows to fold her hands... sometimes after the prayer, she claps!

She knows how to give hugs and kisses.

She knows how to open and lock the gate in the kitchen

She stacks cans... 4-5 times high.

She empties the cereral bags and likes to feed the dogs!