We have a Crawler!!!!

OK OK OK...I know I have been a super slacker but in my defense we have had a LOT going on! Between Halloween and Clare's wedding (my sister and Dan got married 11-11-11) and Thanksgiving life has been pretty crazy! Halloween was fabulous. We went to a handful of local fall festivals and pumpkin patches. It was great to get us in the holiday spirit. Addison was a pink mermaid...that was decided after changing from a witch, green fairy, ghost, skeleton to pink mermaid. Ansley was an adorable little pumpkin. We went trick or treating with friends in a great family friendly neighborhood.

Fall in Jacksonville means Duval County Fair. We live the priviledged fair life (if that's possible) due to Guy being Chairman of the fair. We get great parking, free entrance, free rides, free food, and best of all: clean private bathrooms! Addison LOVED the fair this year. She rode any and every ride they would let her on. My personal favorite with her was the bumpy slide. She refers to the Ferris Wheel as the Ferris Round and she ate enough junk my teeth hurt watching her. It was a positive fair experience that's for sure! We headed to Vero Monday before the wedding to help Titi with last minute things. Addison took her flower girl responsibities very seriously for a 2 year old. She did awesome! We were definitely the proud parents. She dropped those petals with precision and perfection and when she was announced at the reception she walked onto the dance floor and twirled like it was no one's business! She danced the night away and even said her own speech to Titi & Uncle Dan. My sister, of course, was beautiful and the wedding ceremony/reception was a blast! Grandaddy has a slew of banana trees and Addison has been keeping a close eye on them as they grow. Well she finally got to cut a bushel of them this trip!

My sweet little bundle of love decided she was no longer happy sitting around, she needed in on the action and just started crawling while were in Vero. CRAZY! Not even 7 months old and she was movin and groovin on those little knees! Guess it is time to make sure there are no choking hazards in her path and the cabinets are locked! Oh AND she has TWO teeth!

Week of Family Fun

Life has been a bit of a whirlwind lately with wedding festivities filling up weekends and Charles starting a new job and the girls keeping me busy. I spent the last weekend in Sept away from BOTH my girls to be at my sister's bachelorette party. I am happy to report I had a blast and my girls did great without me. It was Ansley's first overnight without me...or should I say me without her. I was extremely nervous and worried sick but in the end she was wonderful for my mom! My aunt Cheryl got the spend the weekend with the girls as well and I was happy she got a taste of their sweetness!

I came home to a house full of our family from TN. Charles's cousin Erin, her two children Ross and Sarah, and Aunt Merc were here. I was so excited to spend the week with them and Ross and Addison had a BLAST playing together! Ross is 3 and Sarah is 8 months old. It was neat to watch Ansley and Sarah interact with each other. We would plop them on the ground facing each other and lay toys all around them and they would play and smile and share (or take) toys from each other but never any tears. I will post some cute pics of them all in a bit. We tried to let Addison and Ross have a sleep over...I thought it would make for fun memories but.....didn't go so well. We put Ross and Addison in separate beds on the floor in Addison's room (Addy still sleeps in her crib because she LOVES it). When Erin and I closed the door we watched them on the monitor and saw Addison jump up and tell Ross not to go to sleep b/c she wasn't tired. We heard Ross's sweet voice in the background ask Addy is he could to sleep in which Addison responded with a strong "NO!". Then Addison wanted back in her crib so we put her in there and her and Ross went back and forth of Ross saying he was sleepy and going to bed and Addison telling him no! Then you hear Ross grunt "Ugh" and Addison says "Don't UGH me Ross!" Really!? I just sit there watching the monitor and watching my daughter try to make her cousin break the rules. What a proud mommy moment. :) My monitor allows me to speak to the girls over them like an intercom so I tell Addison to stop bothering Ross and let him go to sleep and she says "Mom, we are just telling stories." WHAT!? All I can say is we will definitely have our hands full with her the older she gets if she is this crafty this young. :) After about 45 minutes of Ross ignoring Addy's pleas for staying up Addison fell asleep and Ross wanted to go back to his original room. Guess we need a few years until a successful sleepover.

Addison is going on week 9 of dance lessons and she LOVES it. She is quite the ballerina and tap dancer. We love it. She dances all over the house and looks forward to it every week.

Ansley was baptized this Sunday and the ceremony was beautiful and we enjoyed a great day full of family, friends and lots of food. Charlotte and Adam are her Godparents! Ansley has started waking up more throughout the night. I am not quite sure what it is all about but it is growing old very quickly. I am tired! Mommy needs a solid night of sleep...maybe once in 6 months...too much to ask??? Her sweetness during the day helps me get through the night. I think I will blame teeth even though I can't see any yet. She is sitting up like a champ and is getting more adventurous with her leaning to reach toys and getting in the crawling positions by herself. It is amazing how quickly they grow.

Happy 30th Birthday to Charles as well! His big 3-0 was Monday! As you can see Addison REALLY enjoyed Daddy's cake!

August Pictures

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Our computer had black listed the blog preventing us from being able to update blog....but NOT anymore!....August update coming soon...the test was us trying to resolve the issue (by us I mean Charles) :)

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Hi all! Our computer decided to download a new version of Internet Explorer and now it won't let us update our blog. So annoying! Our annual family Lobstering Fest is about to begin!!! We cannot wait to bring Addison back to the pirate ship pool and watch her swim and splash and slide down the slides. This is going to be the first year she REALLY has fun!

Addison completed her ISR swim lessons about 2 weeks ago and I will say...that girl can swim! She has no fear and will jump off the side and swim to the stairs or the side all by herself! It is very exciting. I highly recommend this program to everyone.

Addison also decided one morning that she was ready to pee-pee on the potty. Out of no where she asked me to take her diaper off and she just went and sat on the potty and pee-peed! We are so very proud of her but it is also a double edged sword...now she wants to be naked ALL DAY LONG! Guess we have to be thankful our diaper bill is going down even if she is the neighborhood streaker! :)

Ansley is just a doll. She is getting so big and so happy. The poor baby wants to eat real food so bad but our pediatrician said not until 4 months. If I am holding her while I eat her eyes do not leave my spoon or drink and she periodically head dives into my plate. She is showing all the signs and in two weeks Addy and I will start making Ansley's baby food! I am looking forward to doing that again. I enjoyed making Addison's fresh baby food.

Ansley's eyes are still blue so we are keeping our fingers crossed that they stay. Addison's were hazel until a year and then changed to brown so who knows. I will post some of Ansley's 3 month pictures in a few.

Addison had a CBC in the middle of July and her counts are still improving!!! YIPPEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her platelets have reached an all time high at 89,000! Her white and red blood are completely NORMAL! NORMAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't believe I can say that word when discussing Addy's blood! Now we just have to monitor those platelets and pray they get to normal status one day soon.