You, your, my...

Addie: Mommy, what are you drinking?
Mom: It's a yoo-hoo.
Addie: Is it my-hoo?
Mom: No, it's yoo-hoo.
Addie: It's not my-hoo?
Mom: No, it's yoo-hoo.
Addie: Oh, it's your-hoo.

Photo shoot

You may have seen some of the goodbye pictures from our other blog. Here are a few more that I thought were cute!

Vacation

We told Addie today that we were going on a vacation this week. This got her very excited, even though i don't think she knows what vacation means. We finally pulled up to the house we are staying at for a few days (some friends let us stay at their place out east of Dallas) and she asked "Where we are?" to which we replied, "We're on vacation!" That got quite a cheer from her! We've only been here 2 hours and we've already explored the house, had a tea party, and gone on a paddle boat ride. Should be a fun couple of days.

Here she is on the porch looking out at the little lake/pond and waiting for daddy to get up from his nap so we can go on the boat again.

"Hello daddy..."

"We miss you and will see you tomorrow!"

A couple of pictures that made me smile...

I'm not even sure what caption to give this one...
And what do you do when mommy and daddy have to work? Chill out and watch Cars!

A little too smart...

So this morning, Wayne and I were trying to use our "secret" language when I asked him, "Should I put on a m-o-v-i..." I didn't even finish my sentence when Addie piped up "I want to watch Nemo!" Guess we're going to have to figure out a new word to spell!

Happy Birthday Addie!

Little Ballerina

Yesterday we celebrated Addie's second birthday for the first time (her birthday is not until next Friday, and we're planning another party on Saturday!). We are still in NC and wanted to celebrate with Grandma and Grandad Denny.

One of her favorite presents was her new ballerina outfit. She and daddy have been dancing all over the house!

This is how she chooses to eat cake because she doesn't like having dirty fingers and the fork was just too much work!

She obviously doesn't mind a messy face though!

And here is a bonus picture from our trip to visit Addie's cousin Julia (and my brother Marc and his wife Rachel!)

The Beach

We had a day free in South Carolina and were able to take Addie to the beach for the first time! She loved the sand, loved watching the water, but didn't like getting too close to it. It was a beautiful day for some family time at the beach.

Here lunch here was PB & J, Doritos, and sand.

Mini vacation

We finished up our time at MTI and have had a mini vacation on our way out to North Carolina.

Here's an extra big "cheese" for giving her chocolate milk! She did great in the car again!
We spent last night and tonight in Nashville. This morning we made a trip to the zoo!

We got to eat dinner at an Aquarium restaurant.

And then we took a little stroll through the Opryland Hotel.

It was exhausting!

We finished up the day with some "swimming" (it's a very loose term for Addie, she much prefers just to dip her feet).

Tomorrow we head to North Carolina to see Grandma and Grandad!

A few pictures from Colorado

Sharing a room...

The joys of sharing a room with Addie. I am laying in bed right now listening to her "go to sleep" in her tent. One minute I hear "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound..." followed by "I'm a chatterbox, I'm a chatterbox." She has no idea how true it is.

The rest of the story...

Our last day in Iowa was a fun one with Grandma and Grandpa! We went to the Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium and ha d a great time.

Addie and the giant catfish!

Elias liked it a little more :)

2 words - easy baby. He fell asleep like this wherever we went!

Mom's turn, then Elias' turn!

One last outing with Papa.

So as we were getting ready to leave on Friday morning, Addie told Jenna "I want to stay here!" and then she told me goodbye! We sure did have a fun time in Iowa. Love you Grandma and Papa and Uncle Ben and Aunt Jenna and Elias and Baby Zach!

Cutie Patooties

Aren't they cool?

A real cowgirl...

Thanks for the outfit Grandma Denny, Grandma Van Dine and Lydia!

Fun in Chicago

Here are a few pictures of our recent vacation to Chicago.

Uncle Jibber stopped by our hotel with his big truck on his way through Chicago!

At the Lincoln Park Zoo

Go Cubbies!

Carousel at Navy Pier