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!

Well.... ain't we crafty!

Addison and I love love love to craft. Well, actually I love to craft and she just likes to do anything that resembles coloring or stickers. She is proving to be an excellent simple instruction follower too. Today we constructed a Fire Engine gift tag for my great-nephew Eli's fireman themed party. These foam gift tags are east to make a she thinks they are really something. All the pieces are pre-cutt so we simply have to put the puzzle together then glue it. Easy enough! She knew this was for Eli and she kept asking "truck for Ali?"

Wacky Wednesday

Manic Monday

Addison and I ran a lot of errands today and to make the day a little more fun for her I allowed her to take "baby"! I found her this really cute baby carrier back-pack at a toy store in Gatlinburg last fall and it is starting to come in really handy. I really don't mind if she takes her baby everywhere we go but I just don't need the "extra" responsibility. She is still a little young to watch out for baby so this little back-pack is just the ticket!

Chattanooga for the afternoon

Today Stephen, Addison and I drove up to Chattanooga to drop Stephen's Trials Bike off to be sold! A trials bike is a strange motorcycle that has no seat and is bascially used for agility stuff. They climb rocks, stumps, up hill-sides and back down. They are neat to watch and he has really enjoyed having this but just doesn't have the time to ride it anymore or the space. The closest place to ride is around Chattanooga and he doesn't enjoy driving all the way up there alone, the riding alone for a few hours then driving back home alone. He has 2 other dirt-bikes that he can ride in town with friends and not waste the entire day being away from Addison and I. So off to Chattanooga we went~ we went straight to the TTC to leave the bike a let Addison get out and stretch her legs and Stephen let her climb on all the obstacles and run around looking for frogs. We saw a tiny frog when we got there so she thought she could find more if she kept calling "foggy". After we played for awhile we headed into town to eat at one of our favorite restaurants "Sticky Fingers" and then head home. It was a fun slow paced morning and Addison had a great nap on the way home too!

Stephens trials bike

Rome Braves!

We love the Rome Braves! Actually we pretty much like all sports! We attend a lot of sporting events and Addison goes right along too. In the fall we watch too much football and go to a good many high school games and try to catch most of the CHS baseball in the spring. We don't really know any of the kids playing personally but we just like to watch and since I have a GHSA Coaches pass all the games are free for us so we take advantage and go! When we first started dating we would try to go to a Atlanta Braves game at least once every 2 months but the driving home late during the week got old and then....... the Rome Braves came! We love it! It is a really fun atmosphere and all the seats are great and cheap. We usually hit the Fuddruckers aross the street for dinner the over to the game we go. Addison loves all the music they play for each player and all the funny little side-show games they do in between innings. She thinks it's all for her. This game was really exciting the Braves were losing until the 7th inning and then they just went wild, 2 back-to-back doubles and then a guy hit deep in the outfield to tie the game and we scored the winning run in the 8th! Hot-Dog Addison says!

Addison @ a Rome Braves Game in 2008And now!