So, I'm behind on blogging...as usual! Things here at our house have been crazy busy this month and it doesn't look like that will be changing anytime soon! We leave on Sunday to go on vacation with Ryan's family so today and tomorrow are cleaning/packing/running errands/doing last minute things that I forgot days! We're looking forward to a week in Pennsylvania with family - I'll be glad when we're actually on the road!!

A few weeks ago Addie and I headed to my parents house in Michigan for the weekend. Mom and Dad's church held a Father/Daughter banquet this year and I was so glad to be able to make it. These are a few pictures from the evening.

I'm so very thankful for both of our families and am grateful to be able to visit them often. It is so much fun to see Addie interact and love her grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins as she grows. It's especially neat now that she's older to see how much she remembers and watch as she gets excited to see everyone! Love you guys!

Piggy-back rides and TaTa...

It doesn't get much better than that!

Mommy's little helper

These pictures are from a few weeks ago, but this scene is becoming normal around here.


Imitation is flattery, right?


She's such a sweet thing. Most of the time! She likes to follow me around and do what I'm doing. Another favorite right now is if I give her an extra dust rag and let her help me dust. I guess it's a pretty common thing for toddlers at this stage to start "helping" like this, but it seems amazing to me because this toddler is mine! She's surely got to be the smartest thing around :)!