Already a good big sister

A few recent conversations with Addie:

Me: Putting Addie's coat on to go outside

Addie: Mommy coat too

Me: I should put a coat on too, huh?

Addie: (putting hand on my belly) Yeah...baby warm

(awwwwww...)

She felt the baby kicking the other morning, which was very exciting. This morning, she was lying on the floor and had her hands on her tummy (she thinks she also has a baby inside her tummy) and we had this conversation:

Addie: Baby kick!

Me: Did your baby kick?

Addie: Yep. Mommy baby kick (pointing at my tummy)

Me: (I lie down next to her and put her hand on my tummy) No kicks, huh? Maybe he's a asleep.

Addie: No sleep. TV.

Me: Who's watching TV?

Addie: Baby!

Apparently, my body is well equipped for media entertainment in there ;)

Keep an eye out for a halloween post soon!

He's already a self-soother!

maybe this one will be a better sleeper than Addie--he already knows how to suck his thumb :)

Random photos

Since many of our blog posts have a theme that we follow, often there are a few shots from the camera that don't make it onto the blog, but I still love them! So here are a few leftover photos from the summer and now the fall, in no particular order or "theme," here they are!


Playing in the sand is a serious job, people

When we first started playing "beans" it was just a big pile of beans in a bowl. Now it has become way more sophisticated

Addie is quite the diva, and our friend and actress Erin has taken Addie under her wing to show her the ropes....mmmmmm.....

MWAH!

Helping mommy cook

Helping mommy update the blog

Just being a cutie-pie

And there's nothing like hanging out with your friends!

Addie and Reese playing under Addie's "fort"

And mudging on the couch


Addie and Maya playing "hats"

Addie sharing a swing with Oliver, Chase is looking on in the background

Addie and Anne holding hands at the playground...can we all say "awwww...."

Last year we hit Cox Farms for some fall-festival-fun. Looking back at the pictures, I can't believe how little Addie was just a year ago! It was right before she started walking, she barely said anything, and had practically no hair. Now she's running, climbing, talking up a storm, and creating general mayhem with that she-mullet of hers. This year I heard about the Pumpkin Playground in Burke, which is a good 20 minute closer than Cox Farms, so....the shorter drive won the coin toss.

We had a lot of fun! We looked at ourselves in funny mirrors

"Drove" tractors

Went down big ol' slides (she liked it better this year, but didn't want a second-go)

Found something she does at every playground--the swing (for someone who has as many fears as Addie, this girl LOVES to be pushed high on the swing)

My silly goof #1
...and #2 :)

If you've been around Addie recently, you know that she knows all her colors, but her favorite color is YELLOW...so she was excited to score the yellow horse on this 3-horse merry-go-round.

We went on a hay-ride! Not much hay, but it was fun!

We sat in a Tee-Pee and heard stories and sang songs with tribal Elder Mama Mary

Dug for treasures in a big old sand pile

And we got to pick out pumpkins to take home! Here are Addie and Daddy picking out the perfect pumpkin.

How's this?

Notice that the pumpkin Addie left with is much more "yittle"--she traded out just as we were leaving.

Gotta love that fall fun :) Definitely will be a family tradition!

Addie's first cooking lesson: Halloween Cookies

Addie's first cooking lesson! Okay, folks, this is how you do it...


First you have your mommy put all the ingredients in a bowl

And you stirrrrrr it up.

Then you take the one halloween-themed cookie cutter they had in all of the party store (which is where your mommy went when your grocery store didn't have any...all the time thinking she should be going to Target but doesn't want to get sidetracked in the toy section) and PRESS it into the dough.


Put it on the tray and have your MOM put it in the hot hot oven for 8 minutes.

Help your mom decorate cookies by eating the sprinkles...


And licking the frosting...

And eating more sprinkles....



Then pass out on couch with Daddy from sugar-coma

You guys were right!!!

Boy or girl?

What do you think, folks? Our big ultrasound is a week from tomorrow and I honestly have no clue what is inside of me (how's that for mother's intuition?)

Please vote and let us know what you think!