11 months

No official stats to report this month -- you will have to wait until after Addison's ONE YEAR check up tomorrow for those -- but regardless our little lady is growing and changing by the day. Month 11 marked some big changes as our baby quickly makes the transition to a toddler (woah!)...

- Addison got two more teeth bringing the grand total to FOUR (newest additions are the upper left,
   followed closely by the upper right)

- She also mastered standing while holding onto things -- furniture, walls, doors and, of course, in her crib

- With the new found ability to stand in her crib AND the addition of teeth, Addison decided that chewing on    her crib was a brilliant idea. I personally find it disturbing to walk into her room and find paint chips around    her mouth, but I guess it could be worse... thinking this is just a phase and we will be onto something new      soon enough (at least that's what I am hoping...)

Addison mastered clapping (just say "yay" and away she goes), waving (again, just one word - "bye" - will turn her into a waving machine) and now is pointing - at EVERYTHING! I am not sure if she wants us to get something for her or tell her what everything is, but we have been doing a little bit of both. She seems to like hearing what things are and hopefully this exercise will make her a genius ;) Speaking of genius, Addison is now also making the signs for "milk" and "more." Thank goodness for her teachers at school! We LOVED seeing her sign for the first time, especially since we didn't know how much they were working on signs and it seemed to appear out of the blue. She still hasn't learned "all done" so her way of telling us she is done eating is a little less polite - she simply flails her arms around and pushes her food on the floor. Classy, right?

Addison still loves dogs, especially small ones. She points, waves and gets VERY excited when she sees her pup after school and repeats this exercise pretty much every time she sees a dog, which in our neighborhood is a LOT! Maybe we will have a veterinarian on our hands?

I say it a ton, but this year really has flown by. Now that it has taken me a month to get this post up, tomorrow marks Addison's first birthday. I can't believe that one year ago Bob and I were prepping to head to the hospital to meet our little girl. My how things have changed! Addison brings so much joy to our lives and we cannot wait to continue to watch her grow. 12 month and birthday party pictures are up next :)

A girl on the move! These monthly photo shoots used to be sooooo much easier!

Trying out mommy's rocking chair...

Four houses, two states, one dog, one baby and SIX YEARS later!

Six years. I cannot believe that these pictures from this amazing day were taken SIX years ago. Sometimes it feels like yesterday, and others, it feels like Bob and I have been married forever (in the best way possible :)) All of our anniversaries have been great (remember last year's festivities!?!?!), but this year was especially wonderful because we had a very special someone to help us celebrate.

Bob has been working on our yard overhaul every free minute he has, so the boss (believe it or not, he is the one cracking the whip, not me!) gave him the day off to enjoy with his girls. Originally we had planned to take a weekend trip to Whistler, but I wasn't able to get Friday off work and taking a full weekend off from the yard project really wasn't in the cards so we decided to take a day trip instead. We thought about all sorts of places to explore and landed on Whidbey Island - Bob had never been and if I have, I don't remember. We loved exploring all the little towns around the Bay Area and were excited to do the same when we got to Seattle, but we just haven't had the time so we decided to make time.

We loaded up the car on Sunday morning (our actual anniversary) - dog, baby, snacks, camera, etc. - and made our way to the ferry terminal in Mukilteo. The ferry ride is short (just 20 minutes) and we timed it perfectly (we practically drove right on!) Once on the island, we made our way to a cute little town named Langley. We wandered around and found a fun spot to have lunch. Penn Cove (where the mussels come from) is on Whidbey so we decided mussels were a must. Addison was a little angel all through lunch - she contently munched on cheerios and French fries (balanced diet ;)) and waved at everyone in sight. It was perfect!

After lunch we drove to a beach on the island that has an amazing off-leash area. Kenai was in HEAVEN to say the least - he chased his ball, splashed in the Puget Sound, played with other pups and chased Bob up and down a huge sand bank (not sure who was having more fun at that point!) The weather was perfect for a little photo shoot so we snapped a bunch of pictures of Addison, hoping that one would make the cut for her birthday invitations -- you will have to stay tuned for those pictures (I don't want to ruin the surprise!)

After the beach, we took the scenic route home, which took us north to Deception Pass. We got to the bridge just as the sun was setting and it was BEAUTIFUL! Definitely worth the longer car ride home.
Talk about a perfect day...

Thank you Bob for choosing me to spend the rest of your life with - I cannot wait for the many adventures that await us!!! I am one lucky lady :)

I love our little family...
I can't wait to explore more with these two
(plus Kenai who was too busy playing to join us in a picture). 

  

Mmmmm sand...

Look what I found!

I think Kenai is in that plume of dust behind Bob...

I mean... ADORABLE!

Deception Pass