Camp Mommy and Daddy

Stephen loves the outdoors! He likes to be in the sun when it's 90+ degrees and play outside all day, everyday and sweat! I DO NOT! I love the fall and winter! I think it's because the clothes are just prettier and the colors are better and you can go outside on a windy day and be comfortable. And wearing jeans is my favorite! Addison is exactly like me! She prefers cooler climates too. She will tell you in a second "I hot! I need water juice" But Daddy loves the great outdoors so when he came-up with the idea to Camp indoors with Addison, I jumped on it. I bought her a little flashlight, smores ingredients, and dug-out from the attic my big comfy floor pillows from college. We were set! Stephen pushed the 2 sofas around a draped a sheet over the top and a tent was born! She was in heaven. We turned out all the lights except for the flash-lights of course and we read books, giggled, made scarey noises (that she thought were animal sounds and she kept naming random animals), and our "non-squishy" smores and played for over an hour. It was a very fun way to spend a Saturday night just before bedtime evening.

First One in the tent

Checking it all out
Telling Daddy this big elaborate story about her shoes! HILARIOUS

Daddy reading Thomas the Train
Umm...... I DID NOT offer her one so while I was holding my cracker in my mouth and feeding Addison the hershey bar Noel literally grabbed my cracker from my mouth! Of course we had to re-inact it for the camera. YUCKY

Campers!

Daddy's Lil' Groopie

Stephen bought this electric drum set about 6 months ago and he and Addison really enjoy it. Stephen plays and she dances or occasionally she chooses to clash the cymbals for him. This particular night she chose to dance-it-up! She tried to crowd surf but it just didn't happen :)

18 months old!

WOW!! Has it been 18 months already? Time really does fly when your having fun huh? On major "birthdays" I like to up-date Addison's baby book with "What she's doing now" things. Here is her 18 months check-list:

-feeds herself well with a fork

-LOVES soft-shell tacos

-can speak clearer now and in conversation

-climbs up the slide and goes down alone

-LOVES Jasmine (from Alladin)

-only has patchy at nap and bedtime

-role plays a lot

-likes puzzles and coloring

-prefers to choose her own food at mealtimes

(still has a great appetite)

-loves to play mommy and baby

(she is always the mommy or maw-maw)

-likes to craft with me

-adores her kitchen set and tea pots

-ALL ELMO ALL THE TIME

-drinks well from straws and calls them "sticks"

-collects stickers from her GiGi

And about 1,000,0000 other things that we will save for the book!

2 days old
6 months old

On her first birthday! (look at those cheeks)

18 months old!

Daddy's Fancy Dates

Tonight Daddy took us to dinner at Mommy's favorite restaurant ~ Appalachian Grille! I thought it would be a good idea if we both had fancy necklaces. I was right! Love, Addison

Corn-on-the-cob = YUM-O

In the words of Addison "I yike corns"! Addison has always been a really good eater, even as an infant trying new foods she was never pickey. We could always pretty much feed her anything and she would gobble it up. Now that she is 18 months her taste buds are shineing through and she will now request certain things at meal times. For example: Breakfast ~ she always wants a bananna or oatmeal (she usually will eat anything with one of those items on the side), Lunch ~ she loves plain mayonaise sandwiches or mac-n-cheese (we rotate lunch items througout the week but those 2 things she will always eat really well), Dinner ~ chicken and corn! She will ask me everyday "eat chicken and corns?" and sometimes I say "sure" and sometimes I say "No today we are having _________" and she almost always replies with "Yeah!" It is sooo funny that whenever we pass a Chick-Fil-A she will say "Go over there and get chicken mama"! Here are a few shots and a video of Addison enjoying her corns at my parents house!