Thursday, September 30

new birthday toys

Here are a few pictures of Addi enjoying some of her new birthday gifts! 

She got a cardboard playhouse that's been in our living room.  She insisted on pulling the computer into her house so she could watch Nemo in the dark by herself.



A special friend of Addison's gave her a very cool gift...just look at her face when she saw it!

It's the cutest little hand painted baby doll bed with custom handmade bedding.  It is just darling!!

This is how I showed Addi how to make it...

And here was her attemp...not bad!

Addi really likes to take it apart though...


But more than anything, Addi likes to sit in it and rock!

She was determined to lay down in the bed.  She didn't understand that she was too big!

And of course, she had to cover up!

She's also really been loving her new tricycle!

It's the cutest pink Radio Flyer you've ever seen! 
The basket on the front even has leg holes for her dolls...genius!

Go Addi Go!

What a lucky little girl!  Thank you everyone for her wonderful birthday gifts!!

Wednesday, September 29

coop turns TWO!

Cooper turned two, Mayberry style!

This was absulutely a darling little boy party!  Addi got a little wild so I ended up not taking as many pictures as I wanted to.  Cooper's mom did an amazing job...she thought of every last detail!  She posted lots of fun pictures HERE

Here's the Birthday Boy in the bounce house (and that's Addi sliding down the slide on her belly).  She was definitley a moving target at this party!

REALLY cute party favors! 


And there's Opie, himself!  I think he liked his cupcake, don't you?

Happy Birthday Cooper!  We're so glad we got to celebrate YOU!

Monday, September 27

more celebrating

On Addi's REAL birthday (yesterday) we layed pretty low. We all had a big day on Saturday so it was great to take it easy on Sunday.  Clark, Amanda and Baby Harper came for the party on Saturday and spent the night.  Addi was so excited to have a sleepover with Baby Harper!  On Sunday we slept in (a little) and went out for a late breakfast.  Addi's birthday, September 26th, is National Pancake day so naturally, we had pancakes!

After Addi's nap, she wanted to go to the BIG park!

This was only our second time to go to the First Baptist Church park and I could tell a huge difference in Addi's confidence.  She explored on her own and was very brave and tried to do all of the equipment on her own.  She did a great job!





Addi loves to bear crawl in gymnastics and she showed off her skills on the climbing "wall"!

She really liked the musical area this time and played all of the instruments!




Her park favorite is always the swings!

Whew! She worked up an appetite!  Good thing we brought a picnic!
Her friends, Hud and Raegan,  gave her this awesome new owl lunchbox for her birthday!  It was the perfect little bag for our picnic snacks!

Wheat Thin sicks...YUM!

Cheers, Daddy!

She thought it would be fun to sit on the slide and eat her sticks.  Whatever the Birthday Girl wants!



And then she decided to joke around with Daddy before we left.  Talk about two peas in a pod...those two are so much alike!  No wonder I love them both so much!!

After dinner, we sang Happy Birthday and gave Addi a cupcake!

She loved looking at the candles, but didn't want to blow them out, so I had to help her out a little!

YUM-O!!!!

She quickly got sticky fingers and needed a wipie ASAP!

What a fun birthday for our little sweetie! 

Today I took Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins to her classroom for her little party.  I also had some left over marshmallow pops and they were both a hit!  It was right after nap so everyone was still a little sleepy when I got there, but they quickly livened up once they got a little sugar in them!

Here's the special girl, herself!

Her friends really liked their sancks too!
Savannah

Ian

Miss Chocolate Face

Teeter Totter Buddies, Addi and Ian!  Addi didn't want to wear her special birthday sticker that said "Today is Addi's Birthday" so Ian wore it for her! I didnt' get a picture, but it was hysterical!

Licking those lips to get every last crumb!

Here's Sophie!

And Tehan!

And Joselin!

And Addi's two very special teachers, Ms. Deidre and Ms. Betty!



Well, that concludes the birthday celebrations for this year.  I can't believe it's come and gone so quickly!  Our little girl really is growing up right before our very eyes!  Happy birthday sweet girl!  We hope you had so much fun at all of your celebrations!!!  We love you!