Note to Self

Addie has grown - move the make-up bag to a higher shelf.

Of course, take pictures and blog about it first...

Am I in trouble, Mom?
Oh, okay, she's got the camera out - borrowed time is better than no time...
Hmm, another color?
Maybe I'll try one on each cheek.
How do I look?

I push-a dat button!

Addie likes to do things herself - can't imagine where she got that - and lately she insists on being the one to turn off the TV (or TB, as she calls it) when her video time is over. Today she got a little confused with the buttons and helped me discover Menu options on our TV that I never knew existed. Let's just say we both ended up pushing a lot of buttons before we finally turned the TV off. So, yes, Addie-girl, we pushed-a dat button...don't tell Daddy!

Typical

Eyes closed for a picture and a bag of suckers in her hand. Yep, that's typical around here!

I bought the outfit she is wearing in this picture two years ago - just before her 1st birthday. It was dirt cheap and I knew she'd grow into eventually! At the time it seemed so huge - it doesn't seem possible that the huge outfit hanging in the back of her closet for the last two years fits just right now.
A lot of things in the life of a mom are just typical, but there will never be anything typical about how fast our babies grow!

One more

I forgot to add this picture to my previous post - we had to keep Addie from running around the parking lot while there were still cars getting lined up for Trunk or Treat, so we told her to stand by Daddy and hold onto his leg. She ended up sitting and holding a foot instead...close enough!

Tunk 'N Teat

Better known as Trunk and Treat!!

My little flower wasn't too sure about her costume at first...

She quickly warmed up to the idea of getting candy in her "punkin" though and ran around saying "Tunk n teat, Tunk n teat"!

Miss Mia was the cutest butterfly ever...

Flower and Punka (Addie's name for Ryan's mom)

Princess Olivia

The Monkey Man, Noah

Three stooges waiting for the candy collecting to begin...

One of the great loves of my life...

She didn't want the festivities to end - she insisted on wearing her "cottume" to eat her dinner tonight!

Ryan's 30th!

My wonderful husband(who is doing the dishes as I write this post)turned 30 on Saturday. We had a house full of family for the weekend - Ryan's sister Amy along with her husband and three children stayed with us Friday through Sunday and his parents were also here Saturday and Sunday. We had lots of fun being together and celebrating! The kids all decided to wake up daddy/unlce Rynie with a bit of birthday jumping...

Saturday evening we surprised Ryan with a party. He wasn't totally surprised...I'm not a very good liar, but he went along with it and we had a great time celebrating with friends and family. He can still blow the candles out in one breath...

My sweet friend, Tish, was a huge help to me in preparing for the party and she graciously opened her home to us for the evening. Her husband was in on it too, but he's not nearly as sweet as she is!

I don't know what was up with Addie for the day, but her eyes are closed in all the pictures I have of her. Guess she was too busy saying "cheese" to remember to keep her eyes open! Here she is with one of her favorite people - the famous TaTa aka Torie.


Miss Mia (Amy's youngest) enjoyed the party, too!

One little monkey

...with one big personality!