A trip to the zoo!

We had an exciting day today...Addie's first trip to the zoo! We took the train down with our friend Jennifer and had a great time! Some of her favorites were the birds (which there were a lot of!), the otters swimming in the water, and the tigers! She is completely tuckered out now and napping. What a fun day!

She was as interested in the penguins as they were in her.

Looking at the birds with Jennifer.

Her "big toothy smile" as Daddy calls it.

The otters swam right in front of her and she loved it!

And she jabbered away at the tigers below. I didn't know she even knew what they were, but she loved them!

We love Daddy!

You learn something new every day...

Or in Addie's case, sometimes lots of things every day. Here are a few things she has learned lately...

-how to go down her slide all by herself (it's only a foot high, but we're proud of her)
-how to say "Skype" when we turn on the computer
-how to remind us when she needs her medicine
-how to use a spoon (it usually involves her fingers putting food onto the spoon, but she's getting the idea)
-what is in a mug - "coffee!" (no tea parties for her, thanks Cyndi!)
-when it is appropriate to say "Bless you!" (she also says it to herself after sneezing)
-who is usually at the door when someone knocks - "Kara!!!"
-where Virginia's house is (our next door neighbor)
-when we are close to home (she knows it from 3 different directions and starts calling for the dogs blocks away!)
-where her belly button is
-how to say "pigtails" and point to them
-that you should always say thank you, even when the doctor made you cry
-who is the softy in the house ("Daaaannnn!" when she doesn't want to go to sleep :)
-how to praise God ("Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy")
-how to make Daddy smile...just give him one of these!

For Grandma...

Words

Addie is growing so fast and it seems that her vocabulary is growing even faster. Everyday she learns a new word. It's nice that she can now tell us what she wants or needs. It's a little scary too in that she repeats almost everything (right Kara?)! It's been fun to see her grow up though.


Some of the scarier times when she has started talking (actually, they are pretty funny). Yesterday, Addie woke up from her nap and was sitting in bed with us (who still weren't quite awake). To my surprise, she looked at my shirt (which was one of Wayne's NC State t-shirts) and said "Pack!". Wayne has been trying to teach her about the NC State Wolfpack, I just didn't think she would get it so soon!

Here is a video of another of her words. When we're asking what this is, we're pointing to a shirt. (You can probably guess what she says :) We're working on making this pronunciation better, but it's been so cute!

70s and sunny!

We've really been enjoying the Texas weather here the last couple of weeks. Here are a few pictures of our fun outside!

We had a nice dinner outside with Dan and Cyndi last week.

And a nice picnic this weekend!

Another walker

While his mom was in the hospital this week with his baby brother, look what Elias learned to do!