Open Mouth, Insert Spoon

This cute little girl started eating rice cereal last week...and boy can this kid eat! We had heard they don't actually get much in their mouth and that it is mostly just "practice". Addison actually eats the every last drop! She even quickly mastered the art of opening her mouth when she saw the spoon. What can we say? She's a fast learner :)

Snowbird

My mom's work was invited to Snowbird on Friday and we got to go along. Sadly I've lived 20 minutes away from the ski resort for most of my life but have never been up there. We had an AWESOME time! I think the cool clean mountain air was just what we needed.

We all rode the chair lift together. We were a little nervous until we realized there was a bar you could pull down so you didn't feel like you'd fall out. The adorable headband Addison is wearing here unfortunately plummeted several hundred feet to it's demise while we were on the lift :(

The view was spectacular!

Always stylin' in her sunglasses :)

Isaiah had to leave early to go to work. After an awesome dinner we took the tram up to Hidden Peak (elevation 11,000 feet!). Addison did not enjoy the cold winds but she looked adorable in her little red riding hood jacket.

I love seeing Addison and my brother Brandon together. He is so cute with her!

Her facial expressions are priceless.

My younger brother Mathew and I also rode the zip line. It was awesome until I got to the bottom and didn't think I was going to stop...LOL. I let out a pretty good scream which entertained a few people. The guy who helped unstrapped me looked at me and said - you must be a first timer.

Good Times.

Meet Zaddison

My sister Nicole and her husband Jon flew in from Texas in June for a visit. It was so fun having them stay with us and introducing them to their first niece.



They were quickly smitten by her adorable baby ways :)

Nicole is a really talented writer. Growing up she wrote a lot of short stories and poems. She's a great good artist too. Jon is a comic book author and artist (check out his stuff here). After they got back to Texas Nicole decided she wanted to write a children's story book and base the character on Addison (and the adventures she will have someday). So far it's really cute!!

Zaddison is a monster. Here she is with her mom getting ready in the morning...

(I love that the toilet is wearing a monocle - so creative :)

Zaddison's first adventure is about the monsters she finds under her stair case.

These are some of the sketches of what the monsters might look like. I love the one on the bottom right with Zaddison leading the monster away :)




It's amazing the get a peek inside Nicole's imagination. I know Addison will love

having her Aunt Nicole read her these stories someday!

If you want yoy can follow her progress at http://themintedmouse.blogspot.com/

Picaboo!

Isaiah and Adds were playing picaboo on Sunday. We seriously LOVE the sound of her laughing!!

Crawfish Fest 2010

Our neighbors hosted the 2nd Annual Neighborhood Crawfish Fest. It was awesome!


I was a little nervous about trying the little guys but they were really good!

It was great to get to know our neighbors better and enjoy a lovely summer evening :)

Uhhh....Whatcha Doing?

Addison was playing in her jumper and I peeked over the counter to see what she was doing and this is what I saw...

I couldn't figure out what she was doing so I walked over to take a closer look....



Apparently she was checking herself out in the mirror!


Hilarious!

Thanksgiving Point Farm

The weather was gray and daunting yesterday but I figured that shouldn't stop Adds and me from going to the Farm at Thanksgiving Point with our playgroup. In the past I have underestimated the weather (like 64 degrees on the 4th of July and all I had for Adds was a onesie and a light blanket). I wasn't going to let the weather outsmart me so I rummaged through Adds clothes and put together this outfit:

Pink courderoy pants, long sleeve jacket, onesie and adorable mary jane socks (thanks Cole...we're still lovin' the socks :)


Then we got down the Thanksgiving point - the clouds cleared up, the sun came up and it was 95 degrees before I knew it. Blast. Outsmarted again. LOL, I stripped Adds down to a onesie and we had a good time :)


She wasn't sure what to think of the pony...



But I think he thought she was pretty cute. I wonder if his special diet included babies?

Isaiah was at work so I had this llama stand in for him for a quick family photo.

The llama was actually really friendly and tried to kiss me!

Hay Horsie! (I love Addison's sunglasses :)

Hi Baby...

We even got to go on a horse drawn carriage ride around the farm. It was really fun!

Like most of our outings they generally end like this. Adds was all tuckered out and took a nice long nap for me.

I would highly recommend the Farm if you are looking for something fun to do with your kids or as a family this summer. It has tons of animals and is WAY better than the zoo (no concrete painted habitats). We will definitely go back when Adds is a little older!