Park with Peyton

I love my friend, Peyton. She lives in my neighborhood and we like to go to the park together. Last week was the last day of weather in the 70's for probably several months, so we took full advantage of it! Oh, and I bet you never would have guessed that we're both preemies (me 9 weeks early and Peyton 8 weeks early). Would you? :)

New things

For those of you who have been requesting pictures of a couple of our home's new acquisitions.

Kitchen Curtains

Built-ins (which obviously still need to be decorated, but can we get a big WOOHOO for no more exposed components and wires!)

Basement/Playroom

Sorry peeps, you're just going to have to wait until Mommy does a little decorating down there! Hey, something to look forward to, right?

So, you likey?

Look who found the toilet paper

I have free reign of our first level with the exception of the office, laundry room and now, the powder room.

Broken Dishes

This unfortunate accident happened when Mommy left me alone in the kitchen for a minute. She even thought she had all bases covered when she put Wrigley's food and water dishes up on the table. Little did she know, tippy toes + short little arms spells DANGER!

Wrigley hurriedly tried to eat his food before it got thrown away.

I bet you could guess that Wrigley's dishes no longer reside in the kitchen. No sir-ee. They found a new home in the laundry room, right next to his litter box. (Yes, he is litter box trained. Aren't all dogs?) I do feel bad that the poor guy has to eat next to where he poops. :(

One of my favorite visitors ever!

Mommy's best friend, Emily, came to visit us over the weekend from Chicago. It was a fun weekend, as it usually is when we're with Aunt Emmy. I was already in bed when Emily got to our house so I missed out on what the adults apparently do for fun when I'm asleep. Drinking wine and cuddling with Toby the big bear. Wild times.

I was so happy to see Emily when I woke up Saturday morning. Why would I be so excited, you ask? Because Mommy and Emily always spend a lot of their time together shopping and what girl doesn't like to shop? I knew I was in for a weekend of fun!

All dressed up and excited to go shopping with the girls.

What happens after a few hours of shopping with the two of them.

Did I mention that I usually make out on the deal when Emily is in town? She bought me the cutest new dress from her and Mommy's most favorite store ever...yup, you guessed it, I am now an Anthropologie baby! So, Mommy snapped some pictures of us together and wanted to post practically every one just a couple because she thought they were so darn cute. Thanks, Aunt Emmy. You are the best and I love my dress!

P.S. Who turned on the wind effect in that last pic? :)

Halloween

Well, as it turned out, I didn't make it for trick-or-treat. By "I didn't make it", I mean that I couldn't stay awake until 6pm. :( Mommy tried and tried to keep me up, but could tell that I just really wanted to go to sleep. So, she put me to bed at 5pm. She was pretty bummed out that I couldn't go trick-or-treating, but knew that it was best I go to bed. I must have been a very tired girl because I slept for 14 1/2 hours! No worries, she managed to get a couple pictures of me and Bubba in our costumes!

My little friend, Raegan, came trick-or-treating at my house and Mommy snapped a picture of her so I could see what she looked like in her costume. She was a cute little love bug!

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween to all you ghosts and goblins! I hope everyone has a fun day. I, myself, will be going trick-or-treating tonight and am hoping to get more treats than tricks! Then I shall come home and rot my tooth eating all the candy!

I love my Aunt Beth

Aunt Beth came to visit Mommy and me on Wednesday. We went out to lunch where I had pasta, banana and some of Mommy's soup. Why is it that the adult's meals always look so much more appealing than mine? After lunch, we did a little shopping and then home for my afternoon nap. Mommy and Aunt Beth thought it would be fun to go Christmas decoration shopping and couldn't wait for me to wake up. Once I finally woke up, I got bundled up in the perfect color for Christmas shopping...red!

Christmas decoration shopping was a success as Mommy and Aunt Beth both fell in love with some snowmen. Mommy also got a cute wooden sign and Aunt Beth got some bells for her door handle. The only unsuccessful part of the shopping excursion was what Aunt Beth did to me when Mommy wasn't looking.

I love you soooo much, Aunt Beth. We have the best time together, don't we? :)

P.S. Did you know that in 6 1/2 months, my Aunt Beth is going to be a doctor!?!?!?!?

Checking out my blog

I follow Mommy's directions really well, even when it's coming from the computer.

I also love reading my blog and watching the video. I think I'm pretty darn funny.

We got tagged!

Thanks Leah for tagging us! We've seen this done on other blogs but no one has ever shown us the love before. :)

The first part of the tag is to post the 6th picture from the 6th picture folder on our computer. This was the night before Stephen and Carrie's wedding. Our handsome daddy/husband is second from right. Don't ask us who those other jokers are. We don't know them.

The second part of the tag is as follows:

1. Link the tagger and provide the rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs.

So, without futher ado...

7 facts about mommy

1. I am a breast cancer survivor.

2. I am mommy to a beautiful daughter and wife to an amazing husband.

3. My dog is at the groomers and I keep looking for him. Obviously I miss him!

4. I often feel tired, but have a hard time sleeping.

5. I wish my mom and sisters lived in my neighborhood, or at least the same city.

6. I am one of 34 grandchildren on my mom's side of the family....and there are probably nearly as many great grandchildren!

7. I have a hard time letting go of past mistakes.

7 facts about Addison

1. I was born 9 weeks early.

2. I was born with dark hair, then it turned light blonde, then strawberry blonde and now it is sandy blonde.

3. My favorite color is yellow.

4. My favorite words are Mama, Dada, Hi, Bye, and Bubba.

5. I came home from the hospital on Christmas Day and turn a year old on Thanksgiving Day!

6. I love the swing.

7. I can't wait for my playroom to be finished later this week!

People we are Tagging

1. Julie

2. Katie

3. Ashley

4. Kate

5. Holly

6. Julie

7. We ran out of friends

Happy 11 months, munchkin!

Happy 11 months to our sweet girl!!

Dancing Bunny

Mondays are gym day at The Little Gym. This week was special for a couple reasons. First, I moved up to Birds. I used to be a Bee but Mommy and my teacher thought that now that I am getting around so well, I should move up a level. Birds go up to 18 months and though most of the others are independent walkers, there are a couple of us who still need assistance. It won't be long and I'll be keeping up with those walkers! I really like being a Bird. I think I am going to learn a lot from the older kids!

The second reason today was special is because it was "wear your costume to class day". Mommy thought my flower costume was a little cumbersome and would prevent me from easily moving around, so we improvised last minute and threw together this little number. I guess I was a dancing bunny. Cute, huh?




One unfortunate event did happen today. Mommy put a tear in her first pair of designer jeans. They did have a good 6 year run, but Mommy was still sad. Daddy said maybe Mommy shouldn't crawl around after me in her nice clothes. Daddy also wanted me to pass along the message to the person who introduced Mommy to designer jeans back in 2002 that you owe Daddy like 9 million dollars. That would be you, miss EJH. :)

Reason number 10,000,000,0001 why Mommy loves me

Because I help her with one of her top 2 least favorite chores....unloading the dishwasher! And for all our curious readers, folding laundry is her other one.

How am I supposed to help Mommy if I can't even open it?Open Sesame.

I'll start with the bowls.
Then the spoons. Oh wait, I think I'm taking out what Mommy just loaded!

Do you see what I see? Another dishwasher! Does it need to be unloaded?

Mommy, open it and I'll help you.

Babysitting Noah

Mommy, Daddy, Gammy and I babysat my cousin Noah over the weekend while my Aunt Julie and Uncle Josh were in town for the OSU vs. Penn State football game. By the way, OSU lost thanks to Pryor's butter fingers. :(

Completely uncharacteristic of our Mommy's, Noah and I unfortunately only got a couple pictures together in our PJ's Sunday morning. Bad Mommies!

They got more of the dogs all worn out from playing...go figure.

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At least Mommy got some video of me giving Noah kisses!