2014 Pumpkin Patch...

One of my ALL time favorite holidays to celebrate is Halloween. I just love October, the cooler temperatures, the fall colors, and now that we have Addi Kate...visiting the Pumpkin Patch! This year we had the BEST time picking out pumpkins, getting Addi's face painted, and just watching the amazement in her little face as we toured the Pumpkin Patch.

Oh my Heavens...is she not the prettiest little punkin you've ever seen???

Addi and her Pops...

Addi and her D-ma...

Addi and her Daddy...

Sweet little girl sitting on the hay...

All Addi Kate wanted to do was pick up EVERY SINGLE PUMPKIN!!!

She climbed the hay pile...

And sat on the big pumpkin!!

Peek-a-boo!!!!

I can't believe she stayed still enough to have her face painted!!!

We had such a good time...blessed, we are blessed!

Beach Fun...

We borrowed Jilly and Pops' motorhome and stayed out at the beach in September. Addison loves the beach, the water, and now we've discovered she loves FISH too!!

The guys were fishing and using the smaller fish for bait and Addi would stick her hand in the bucket, pull out the fish, and take off running. Crazy girl!

She also enjoyed letting Cousin Mikey push her around in her little car...

That evening before we went to bed, Addi was wanting something off the counter in the motorhome. Well, after telling her "no" several times, she decided to take matters into her own hands.

It was probably a bad-mom move to take pics of her in the process, but I just couldn't help it.

Good times!

Fall...

It's Fall ya'll!!! 

The temperatures have started to fall here in Florida and we are enjoying the nice break from the heat. We've been spending quite a bit of time outside which is one of Addison's favorite things.

Here she is swinging at PonderVille...

Addison has also started "smiling" for the camera...

Her laughter is contagious and I must admit, this picture captures EXACTLY the little girl's spirit...

Happy Birthday Addison: 20 Months

Time flies...and I absolutely hate it :( Our little girl turned 20 months a few weeks ago.

We celebrated her 20 month birthday with her great grandmother, who turned 960 months(80 years old) the week prior.

Addison is really starting to talk this month. She is starting to put together phrases and it's the sweetest little voice you've ever heard. She has started to sing her ABCs and can sings "A, B, C, D....H, I..." and it's all over the place after that!!! She is also counting everything...her fingers, brings on the sidewalk, and when she's ready for Pops to take off real fast on the golf cart. 

We are constantly telling her to be nice to Kodi...she wants to hug him, lay on him, pull his tail, pull his ears, etc. Bless his heart...he just lets her do it :) 

Addi's dance moves are expanding...she can do an arabesque, tendu, passe', and chase'. When we put her in a skirt or tutu, she twirls and twirls and twirls.

Addi Kate has been pretty sick over the past month. I think we've visited the doctor's office at least 4-5 times this past month. She doesn't "feel" bad, she just has had a runny nose and a cough that won't go away. Regardless, she's the happiest baby I've ever met.

Daddy and I are looking forward to Halloween this year. Addison can tell you that she will be a bumblebee this year and we are working on saying "trick or treat." 

We love you MORE than the world sweetheart...don't you EVER forget that!

Grandparents' Tea...

Addi Kate's school hosted a Grandparents' Tea this past week. We were asked to bring photos of Addi's grandparents so they could display them on the classroom door and they spent time during the week creating some artwork with a poem to give to the grandparents.

As you can see by the pictures, Addi was BEYOND excited to have her grandparents take her to school and spend the day with her.

This next picture KILLS me...I swear she looks like she is five!!! Stop growing sweet girl...

She walked hand-in-hand with D-ma and Jilly to school...

They played with Addi's classmates, ate a few cookies, and enjoyed the time with family...

Such a sweet memory...I know Addi will cherish these photos one day!

Knight Family Reunion, 2014

We attended the Knight Family Reunion over the Labor Day weekend. It was fun to see the difference in how much Addison had grown in just over a year...

Addi continues to be a social butterfly and will go to just about anyone. She does put on a little shy act, but it never lasts more than a few minutes. At one point she was loving on an extended cousin and admiring her necklace and I couldn't get her to even let ME hold her!!!

Here is the whole Knight clan...

We made a quick outfit change so we could head to Daddy's Fantasy Football Draft party and then grabbed a few pictures with D-ma...

I just can't get over the sweetness in these two photos! She sure does love her D-ma!

Because she didn't nap at the reunion, she crashed hard in the car. This next photo will show you just how sweet and happy this little girl ALWAYS is...

Sound asleep (although D-ma and I were trying to keep her awake until we got to our next destination), with her remote control (NOT a phone), and SMILING!

Sweet sweet girl and sweet sweet family time!

Happy Birthday Addison: 19 Months

Our little girl is growing like crazy!!! I can't even believe she turned 19 months last week. Time is definitely flying...and flying way too fast :(

Addi Kate has finally learned to pose for the camera...you'd think after 19 months with picture-addicted parents, she would have learned a lot sooner. But nonetheless, she has started smiling and posing when we ask her to let us take her picture. 

Addi's vocabulary is growing and growing! I'm amazed every day with the new words that she says. This month she added blocks, bracelet, Snoops (our nickname for Snoopy), gone, sorry, colors (purple, red, and pink), Tim (for Uncle Tim), most of Jilly's dogs names...Presley, Binky, FruFru, and she has started trying ro sing both the ABC song and Patty Cake.

Addison's hair is getting longer and longer...and I couldn't be happier!!

We've been putting it in pig tails and in a pony tail...as much as she will let us anyway:)

One of our favorite things to do is wake Addi Kate up in the mornings. She will lay in bed and just smile up at us...and then in her sweet little voice, she'll say "Hi." We love love love this little girl to pieces.

We aren't quite sure of her measurements this month, but she's definitely losing the baby fat and getting taller. We'll take her next month to get her measurements. 

Addison Kate...I hope you know that Daddy and I love you MORE than the world (and so much more)!