Very Merry Christmas

Christmas was full of holiday cheer this year since we had Addison to celebrate with! We enjoyed being in Vero and spending our Christmas morning with the 4 of us (don't forget Tootsie!) opening gifts. Addison was a sleepy head Christmas morning which made for fabulous pictures. There is nothing more adorable than a little sleepy head-puffy eyed baby girl in her sweet pajamas. Addison is quite the princess when sitting on her new chair Santa brought her. She did get pretty excited about the bows and tissue paper! :)

After we opened gifts at home we went to Mimi and Grandaddy's house and opened gifts there with Auntie Clare, Dan and great Aunt Cheryl. We spent the whole day there and had a very lovely day...could have been about 15 degrees cooler but we can't have everything! My Aunt Denise, Uncle Steven and cousin Victoria came down from Melbourne for dinner. Dad made a delicious meal....beef tenderloin and duck...yum yum! The Sammons gave Addison a baby carriage that she loves...she did not want to stop pushing her babydoll around Mimi's house.

We left Saturday morning for Jacksonville. It was great seeing the family and spending Charlotte's 30th birthday with her! Poor Caleb has had a rough time battling different sicknesses so we were slightly paranoid about trying to avoid the transfer of germs from him to Addy. It was hard because Addison is finally at the age where she wants to interact with other kids and Caleb is just so darn cute he is hard to resist!!! We are looking forward to the next time they get to see each other because it should be really fun.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

Santa Baby!

We took Addison to see Santa today. It was a successful first visit...she loved him...more she loved his glasses!

On the Move

We have a crawler on our hands now! How exciting!!!! Addy had been rocking while on all fours for awhile and she had just started lunging this week. We honestly thought she might skip crawling all together since she likes to be flat on her feet and walk along the furniture but we were wrong! Children love making liars out of their parents. :) Yesterday she crawled for a second to get to my scissors while I was wrapping presents! We went down to Jupiter this morning to have breakfast with my sister and while we were at her house Addison decided to crawl across the rug to get Auntie Clare's laptop. I try to entice her to crawl with HER toys but she wants grown-up toys! I guess I will have to re-arrange my ornaments on our Christmas tree now to guarantee no accidents with that since the tree is in Addison's playroom!

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!

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.