Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The Crib...

From the day we brought Addi Kate home from the hospital, she's been sleeping in the Rock-n-Play. Some very good friends of ours told us that the Rock-n-Play was a lifesaver for them and their baby slept really well in it. So we signed up for one on our baby registry and were very excited to receive it at one of our showers. Addi has loved sleeping in it and has been a GREAT sleeper! Although we were warned over and over and over again that we probably wouldn't get any sleep with a new baby, we luckily never experienced that.

The thought of Addi NOT sleeping in her Rock-n-Play makes me sad. I guess I equate her sleeping in her crib as yet another sign that she is growing up. And growing up WAY TOO FAST, I might add :( Luckily we have two cribs...one in her nursery and one in our bedroom. So we bit the bullet this weekend and let Addi sleep in the crib in our bedroom. To my surprise, she slept throughout the night. 


And I might have cried my eyes out when I folded up her Rock-n-Play and stored it in our extra bedroom :)

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Look Who is Learning to Sit Up!!!

We have been working on teaching Addi Kate how to sit up on her own. We plan to take her to swim lessons in August so it's important that she learns how to sit up on her own before we go.

Here is a little video of her learning how to sit up...



Swim lessons here we come!!!

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Mommy's 40th Birthday...

Mommy celebrated her 40th birthday on our vacation. I woke up that morning and gave her some presents...


Look Mommy, I'm opening it for you!


This is for a night's stay at one of your favorite hotels, Ocean One, in Jacksonville Beach. 


I also got you this pretty frame with my pictures in it...


This is what the pictures look like up close...




This was Daddy's idea, but I knew you would like it a lot!

After we opened your gifts, you and Daddy took me on my first carousel ride...

  And I LOVED it!!! I hope we can go back and ride it again soon.

We spent the afternoon on the boat again and it always makes me very very sleepy...


Overall it was a great day and I think Mommy had a very special 40th birthday.


Friday, July 26, 2013

More from our First Family Vacation...

Our camping trip was a huge success because Addi had a great time!

Daddy took Addi on a wagon ride through the campground...


We took Addi on a ride on the boat...


If she wasn't sleeping to the sound of the motor, she was giving us BIG smiles...



We played on the beach...


And even got in the shallow part of the water...


And on the way back to the marina we saw a Pirate Ship...


We also celebrated Mommy's 40th birthday on this trip so we'll share those pictures in the next post.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Bike Riding with Daddy...

Just had to share this little video of Addi riding in her bike seat with Daddy...




It's a short video, but it cracks me up every time I watch it!

Monday, July 22, 2013

Our First Family Vacation...

We went on our first family vacation this past week. We didn't travel too far because we wanted to make sure that we were close to home in the event that Addison wasn't too excited about camping. So we stayed close to home and camped at Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine.

Here we are all loaded up and ready for our first family vacation...


It took us a little longer than normal to get all set up in our site because Mommy had to entertain and watch Addi. So kudos to Daddy for getting everything all set up for us...


We decided that the first thing we would do was to ride around the park and see the beach. So we fastened Addi Kate in for a ride on the bike...


Addi loved the beach, as usual...


We had a GREAT week and took WAY too many pictures. So we'll share more pictures in another post from our first family vacation.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

TWO Teeth!!

Look who has TWO teeth!!


She's getting way too big, way too fast!!