Addyson's 1 Year Photo Session

Stephen was off today so we took Addyson to get her 1st year pictures taken. Here are just a few of the 77 that were taken. We ended up getting all the pictures on CD along with the ones we brought home. They are so cute and I am proud to say I have one of the cutest/happiest/sweetest babies in the world!!!!
For a look at all of them you can view them on my myspace.

A fun filled week

Let's start out with a cute picture of Addyson, she matches her room!!! I can't believe she is going to be the big 1!!!

I was at the store one day and saw this cake book (beginner) and had a great idea to make Addyson's 1st b'day cake myself. So I got all the stuff to make from scratch and did a "test" cake last night...I'm not sure if it was a good idea at all. I know there are some things I need to do different so maybe it would work. Next time I'm not making homeade icing, that's for sure. You should of seen the messy kitchen...just picture powder suger all over the kitchen. Plus none of my bowls were that deep sooooo blending it was a fun story in itself. Here is my creation.

This is about 10 minutes of my day with Addyson, don't forget that I said only 10 minutes of my day........

Come on play with me


She thinks she is soo funny


Look at me mommy I'm actually being still
(not really the picture just makes it look like that)

"Oh I love my ball mommy, let me try to kick it laying down!"

She looks so cute on her knees

Just rolling around

"Touch my foot mom"

"Hewwo?"

" ohhhhh Its the kitchen"

"Maybe if I go fast she won't catch me"


"Uh I wasn't doing anything mom"


*Taken to her book*


"I'll just read this for a minute"

"The End"

" Oh look at this, its mommy"

"I couldn't see it so well so i'm going to throw it on the ground"

"Mom you were so different looking"


"Ok that was boring what else is up here?"


"Can't really tell so I'm going to climb in here"

"Ok nothing interesting so what is on THIS side?"

She was happy because she was taking movies/video games/cds off the shelf

She was mad because I made her stop!

These are pictures of my Moon Flower that my neighbor gave me. Now she gave it to me as a little plant, I watered it and it grew to be this pretty! I'm not very good with plants so I pride myself in knowing that it bloomed because I took care of it!!! Whoo hoo

Oh and beside it are two sunflower plants, I need to plant those because I hear they get HUGE!

Happy Mothers Day!!!

This is my first Mother's Day with Addyson outside of the womb. I look back at a year ago and we were anxiously awaiting our daughters arrival. Even though I knew I was a mom even then it stijll didn't feel the same. And now a year later I sit back and look at our beautiful smart hiper active little girl and couldn't imagine not being a mommy to her. Being a mom is such an amazing feeling. Knowing that Addyson is mine and that I am mommy to her puts sunshine in my world. She has really been starting to hug me....she will just squeeze me tight, laugh and do it again. I LOVE it. When we go shopping and she is sitting in the cart she will reach out and grab me and put her head into my stomach and just squeeze as tight as she can with her little giggle. Oh wow, how can THAT not make you smile??? She used to stay with whoever she was with even when I held my arms out but I scored big the other day....mom had her and I started to walk out of the room and she started crying...I came back and held my arms out and she started her little giggle/fuss/laugh and lunged toward me....I took her in my arms and she hugged me tight. I looked at my mom and said "1 point for me oh yeah". It's always a joke that she wants others over me....it's just that she sees me all the time....ha that's what everyone tells me.
I can't explain all the emotion I have for Addyson but to sum it up, I love her so much..I look at her while she is sleeping and I just want to hold her tight, kiss her little cheek, rub her soft skin. Being a mommy is the most rewarding job in the world, sometimes it's all a little overwhelming but then Addyson breaks out in her contagious laugh and you can't help but laugh with her, even if she is tearing my house a part. Haha
I tell her to give me an eskimo kiss and she will put her face to mine and i will rub my nose against hers. She then laughs...I've NEVER heard a baby laugh as much as she does. Sometimes she will just be sitting in her car seat and will just laugh at no particular thing.
Ok so yes it's my first Mother's Day and it's been a good one...I love my family to pieces!!!!!!

Oh yes how could I forget the woman that birthed me, raised me and chased after me wherever I went...my mother.....with having 6 kids she is my inspiration!! I love you mom and all that you have done and am doing for us!!!!! Happy Mother's Day!!! There should be more days honoring mothers, they put up with a lot!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen we have a WALKER in the house!!!

This evening me, Stephen, Wade and Priscilla were watching PS I love you when Addyson started crawling into the kitchen. Stephen went to get her and just stood her up and said "go get mommy" well she walked all the way across the room to me, probably about 10-15 steps....we all just were amazed and started clapping and whooping and hollaring! So we paused the movie and started getting her to walk to everyone. We caught some on video and others escaped us, they were really good too. She was so excited that everyone was laughing and clapping for her. I called my neighbor and they came over just to see her walk, and she did. It is so crazy how one day she is scared the next day she is walking across the room. She does this thing where she falls back or forward because she "thinks" someone will catch her...she can go to a sitting position but she goes so fast she loses control. Here are a few videos capturing some of the moments from tonight. We are so excited! She is growing up sooo fast. What a day to remember. I hope they turn out okay.

Almost a year!

I have some old and some recent pictures of Addyson.
She is such a cutie pie.
She now puts her hand to her ear and goes:

"hewwo" - Hello
"Hi Dad"
She really does say "hi dad", it's so cute

I love putting her hair up like that she was called Pebbles today

I did her toes last night, she moved so much it was extremely difficult

I found the big bear Stephen gave me and showed it to her and she LOVED him

She actually stood up on her own in front of the bear, then proceeded to fall over. lol

hugging the bear

"look at me mom!!"

She was pretending to be a dog. lol

Pay backs are rough.....

I laugh when Addyson:

Knocks a whole cup of water all over the floor
Takes all the DVD/Video Games/CD's off the shelves and throws them all over the room
Bumps her head because she is crazy
Bites you and then laughs about it
Grabs everything in sight, going around and around the table trying to get it.
Crawls in the kitchen and takes the pans out of the cabinet in less than 5 seconds
Screams and jerks and strains herself when she is tired of being in her car seat
Pulls EVERYTHING off EVERY shelf she can get to
Crawls away from you when you are calling her
Breaks two of the most important keys on our laptop keyboard
Gets her head stuck between the couches because she is trying to get to something she can't get
Did I say gets in to EVERYTHING????


I laugh only because I know she will get it all paid back when she has kids and wants to pull her hair out because her child won't stop MOVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!