mastered!

If you know me well, then I've probably jabbered to you about our woes with switching Addison from the bottle (otherwise known as The "B" Word at our house) to the sippy cup. We just had to bite the bullet and enlist Addi in Sippy Cup Boot Camp...it's been 2 weeks now. I wanted to start using a sippy cup with her formula because when she turns 1, the bottles go away and we're supposed to only give her whole milk in a sippy cup. It really didn't go over so well in the beginning, but Scott and I had to be strong. Our approach was to just quit the bottles cold turkey and only offer the cup. FINALLY, I am so proud to announce that she has mastered the sippy cup! Boot Camp paid off!!!

florida photo shoot

We just got our CD from our photo shoot that we had in Florida earlier this summer. It's so hard to pick out which ones to actually order! Here are some of our favs!




















Thanks Jackie for doing such a fantastic job...you've made our decision so hard!!!

cat's out of the bag

Look who knows how to do laundry...she's never getting out of it again!! I'm so excited to have a helper now!!!

sad goodbye's

I know you all are probably sick of hearing me ramble on and on about how dearly we loved Addison's daycare provoder, Peg, and how badly we miss her! I just had to share one last thing with you. These were her gifts to Addison on her last day. Instead of buying gifts for her "graduates" she send them home with their favorite tokens from her playroom...how sweet!!

She sent home three things with Addison. Her favorite book, Goodnight Mood (which Addison chewed up like a puppy dog - Peg also wrote such kind words in the front); her purple rythm egg that Addi loves to shake; and an empty canister of Happy Bellies cereal. The story behind the cereal is that if/when Addison started to get cranky in her highchair and it wasn't time to get out yet, Peg would tell Addi that she needed to be a happy baby (and she would point to the baby on the canister) and it always made Addi smile. I just think that's the sweetest story ever!!!





We love you Peg and miss you so, so much!!!

baby campbell is on the way!!

Two Saturdays ago, we got to shower our dear friend Suzanne with lots of love and laughter as she's expecting her 2nd baby boy in November, Campbell (no middle name yet) Brown!! Suzy, I LOVE the name!!!

Here are some pictures from our big party!!