Monday, November 30, 2009

A Week full of Family!

Charles, Addison and I drove up to Jacksonville Tuesday evening and we stayed at Guy and Reva's. We had a fabulous time and got to see a lot of family and friends! Wednesday we visited with Charles's mother's cousin Martha, she had not met Addison in person yet. Then Wednesday evening we went to Corey and Jessica's to see Andrew and Lynn, and the Jolly's. It was nice being able to catch up with old friends. Caleb and Addy spent lots of time together and let me tell you Addison sure loves her cousin Caleb....Addy couldn't get enough of Caleb or her Uncle Kelley! Addison enjoyed all the attention from her PA and Grandmommy too but Caleb did not like sharing his Grandmommy with Addison at first!

Thanksgiving day was wonderful. We went by the Dostaler's on our way to Charlotte and Adam's. It is a very exciting time for the Dostaler family because Andrew just proposed to Lynn last week! YAY!!!! Congrats to them! The whole family arrived at the Werner's around 11 and we were greeted by the most delicious smelling aromas of turkey and casseroles and all the wonderful Thanksgiving Day food. Charlotte did a lovely job decorating and preparing everything (Judy helped a lot too) and the dinner was delicious. Corey fried a turkey and brought it over to eat in addition to Charlotte's roasted turkey. They were both fantastic! Addison thoroughly enjoyed her turkey too. It was her first time really eating finger foods and she had no problem. She has eaten turkey everyday since Thanksgiving....we are just waiting for her to start saying Gobble Gobble! She is now boycotting baby food because she is just too cool for that now...finger foods it is!

Friday Charlotte, Jessica, Brett and I went and saw New Moon. Then we stood outside the movie theater talking about it for about 10 minutes....yes we are definitely Twilight groupies!!! So cool. :) Friday evening Charles, Addison and I met our friends Kelly and Dean and their 11 month old Campbell for a drink then we had dinner with Guy and Reva...delicious chicken pot pie!

All in all it was a wonderful week and we are so thankful to have such wonderful friends and family! Enjoy our pictures below!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

What a Big Weekend!







We had a wonderful family weekend full of quality time! Friday night Charles and I went to the Festival of Trees Gala which got us excited for the holidays. Saturday we took Addison out to lunch then we went to the Festival of Trees. Addison got to see many beautifully decorated christmas trees, gingerbread houses and crafts! She loved all the lights and the train that ran through the gingerbread village. We went with our friends Jenn, Clint and their 9 month old Katie. After that we went to the Harvest Festival which is my grade school's fair. The girls weren't too impressed by the fair but the parents sure enjoyed their fried dough!!! Yum Yum! Today we went to church then the local Children's Bookstore with my parents and we got Addison some great new books. We ended the day with a nice ride in Addy's swing. It was a fabulous weekend and we are looking forward to going to Jacksonville this week.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Baby goes Boom!

The past few weeks Addison has become very ambitious and wants to walk ALL the time. She is not happy if she is not standing on her feet! She has figured out how to hold onto furniture and walk. She loves the coffee table for a few reasons: 1. the corner covers are her favorite chew toy, 2. it is just the right height and 3. it is home to the remote controls which are her favorite toys! This morning she was doing her morning stroll from the couch to the coffee table with daddy and she face planted into the side of the table. Her forehead now looks like someone hit her with a baseball bat....my poor doll baby! This is her first official boo-boo and it was bound to happen eventually.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Mother/Daughter Weekend







This past weekend Addison and I went to Orlando with my mom and sister. We were trying to get a head start on our Christmas shopping. Clare had lots of success and unfortunately for me I did not. Addison was fabulous though! She really enjoyed people watching at the malls and was truly a joy to have along and she was quite the trendy diva in her purple....FYI purple is THE color for fall!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Can I get a Straw please???


Most of you know that Addison has been anti bottle since about 3 months old....LUCKY ME!!! The other night I did get her to drink 3 ounces out of a bottle while laying in her bathtub...can we say princess? Around five months old we bought Addy a sippy cup with a straw. I always carry my tervis tumbler with water and a straw and Addison has always been fascinated with it. Well when we got her her own cup she drinks great out of it! m Now we are the ones fascinated by watching her drink from a straw! She still does not like it if I sneak milk or formula in it but she will down some water if I let her!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009











H1N1

Ok so I will be the first person to say I was totally against getting the H1N1 vaccine for Addison. I think the media has done a great job making parents scared of vaccines and really question how much good they do verse the bad they "could" do. Charles and I have not bought into the whole autism arguement because we have not been able to find any medical data supporting those claims...we have found most of thos eclaims come from Hollywood but that is just our opinion. I do however agree with spacing out vaccines because I do not like how a 10 pound baby receives the same dose as my 6 pound baby.

Recently many people I know have become ill with the swine flu, two are pregnant women who both were hospitalized. After one of my close friends got sick over the weekend I decided I needed to do some research to see why I had this bad impression about the vaccine. The last thing in the world I wanted is for our 7 month old to end up in the hospital because she has the swine flu. After researching on the web for a bit I found what the negative stigma is about the vaccine. (please forgive my incorrect medical terminology) There are two different types of injectable vaccines. One is drawn out of a multi dose vile and the other is a signle dose pre-packaged syringe. The multi-dose vial contains a preservative that does have minimal amounts of mercury BUT the single dose does not have any mercury/preservative!!! Both contain a NON-active strand of the influenza virus so it will not make your baby sick (the nasal mist does have an active strand). Addison and I went to the doctor this morning because Addy needed her booster shot for the seasonal flu and Charles and I decided to get her vaccinated for H1N1 if AND ONLY if our doctor had the single dose syringe available. The nurses looked at me funny when I asked if the H1N1 was a drawn out of a vile or if it was the single dose. It was in fact drawn from a vile and I told them I didn't want it. They asked me why and told me it did not contain any preservatives. I questioned them so they went back to check and of course it did. We were lucky because they only had two single doses left and Addison was able to get one of those.

So basically if you are thinking about getting the H1N1 vaccine for your child you can request the single dose shot if the mercury makes you feel a litle uncomfortable. Make sure you question the nurses because in our case they did not know for sure. Addison will have to get her booster shot 28 days later so she will not actually be immune to the virus until two weeks AFTER the booster shot. Sorry this is so long but I wish someone would have told me my options upfront!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Happy Halloween and 7 Month Birthday!











Addison turned 7 months old on Halloween. It is amazing how big she is getting. She has two teeth almost all the way in and she enjoys trying to bite our fingers off! :) Her favorite thing to do is stand and try to walk. She has no interest in crawling...just standing. Halloween was a great success complete with costume, trick or treating and a pumpkin full of candy! It is so funny how even though Addy is clearly too young to eat candy...they gave it to us anyway. Lucky mom and dad!!! Ava and Addison had matching pumpkin costumes and they were the cutest two pumpkins that ever were! Hope everyone else had a great Halloween!