Apron Project

For Christmas this year, James and I have his older sister Becky's family and I decided to make aprons for all of them. This is how the aprons for the two girls turned out. I'll be busy sewing this holiday season!

Dish Duty

Addison LOVES to help with the dishes. She seems to have a sixth sense when you start them because she will come running in and pull a chair over. I'm sure she enjoys the quality time, but the thing she enjoys the most are the bubbles. :)

Washing her hands. Anything to get the water turned on! I'm so glad we have a faucet that is not easy for a child to turn on. Otherwise I'd be keeping her out of the water all day long!

A close inspection of the bubbles.

Birthday Girl!

Playing in the balloons Aunt Ali gave her!Picking the candy corn off the cake right after blowing out the candles. I think she's wondering if she's going to get in trouble. :)

Digging in! She really didn't touch the cake at all, just the ice cream; but, I suppose that's no big shocker!

We had a small birthday celebration with just our family for Addison's birthday this year. I thought about throwing a little party for her and inviting her friends, but I just don't have the energy lately! Addison and I enjoyed the day by playing with balloons, ice cream, and making/decorating a Sunshine cake! She's been talking about her "Happy Birthday Cake" all week.

I'm posting a video clip of Addison playing. If you listen closely you'll hear her say that she's two-years-old. Her typical first answer to that question is her name - "I'm Addie" she'll say. Age is not a concept that little minds understand too well at this point!

Trick or Treat

I love this face of Addison's. Such a classic "cheese" face.

Walking around downtown Provo as bumblebees (Addison and I) and Dad!

A close-up of the bumblebee.

Sitting in pretty leaves near the end of trick-or-treating experience.

More leaves for the bee.

The City of Provo does an early trick-or-treat with the local businesses that we decided to take Addison to. She had a lot of fun with it. The concept of not being able to eat the candy all at once was hard to grasp for a two-year-old, but once she understood she was able to handle it better. :)
After the local trick-or-treating we went to Salem to visit James' mom (Richard was out of town) and Great Grandma Harward. Addison decided she wanted to be Piglet for the second half of the night. She thoroughly enjoyed both of her costumes! We enjoyed our time visiting and Addison enjoyed her loot. She's already mentioned to me that she wants to go trick-or-treating again!

Barefoot and Pregnant

Here is a picture of my 21-week pregnant belly and my 20-week-old developing baby.

For those who have not heard, we are having a baby GIRL! We will have two little girls running around the house soon enough. James and I are excited.

No names chosen yet. That will not be something we choose anytime soon, I think. We'll keep you updated though!

Two Spoons Please

Addison loves her food . . . most of the time. She thoroughly enjoyed this soup and requested two spoons - double the enjoyment I guess!














This is a typical bite for Addison. Open as wide as possible and shovel the food in. We often have to remind her to chew her food. :) Where did she learn this from??











Need I say more? :) Just look at those eyebrows, everything is concentrated on that bite.

Banana Phone

Addison loves to pretend to talk on the phone to her relations. This phone conversation is a fairly long one . . . then she decides it's time to eat the phone! :)

If you listen, you'll hear her talk about great grandma's house, how great grandma is funny, Cade, Aunt Cami, Katie, and Lyndsey; that's all I remember at the moment anyway.

It is really fun watching her try to mimic her mom and dad. In another conversation she kept saying great over and over. I'm sure she's heard me saying that on the phone!