Miscellany + Cookies

First the miscellany.... Addie got this cradle for her Rose Petal Cottage for Christmas... she LOVES it!


Okay, I couldn't pick just one!


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Addie is spoiled... I saw this picnic table on sale, and I just had to get it for her! They had a cute pink one with flowers... but there was only one left, and it had a big chip in it, so blue it was!
She loves helping Mommy put things together, or should I say "helping"
It is impossible to take action shots nowadays, because she sees the camera, and automatically says "cheeeeeeeeeeese" even when she isn't looking:


Case and Point











"Addie's"


She LOVES it! And we can't wait for the basement to be finished... it is bigger than expected!



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Random cuteness



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Addie helping me make some cookies:


I let her dump the flour in, and she got it all over herself! The picture didn't quite turn out, but she hated dirty hands!





This is after a taste of a chocolate chip


Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm


It was the beginning of the end...





She could no longer be trusted.



I think she thought the spoon was to eat it with...



Sneaking more chocolate chips


Not so sneaky....


"Ooooh chocolate chips just laying around"






Once I got the chocolate chips out of reach... she needed something new to get in to....
"Juice!"

Ewwwwwwww! No!

After I took that away, she found more "juice"... I was half tempted to let her try it!



Look at all that chocolate around her mouth!

Christmas Belated

I am a little late on this... but we have been BUSY!

First off, my surgery went well. I have a follow-up on the fifth. It is still tender, but I think it has been less painful than the first time I had it removed!

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On to fun!

Elsie got "wrapped up" in Christmas! haha! Couldn't resist!


Addie got lots of books, which she loved!


She also loved head locking errr... hugging Elsie




There, that's better.


Poor Addie had an ear infection on Christmas :( It was her first one. We had to bring her to the ER on Christmas Eve because she was running a high temperature (103.8) and was very lethargic and wouldn't sleep. So that is the reason there aren't a ton of Christmas pictures, and she doesn't look too happy. Her urologist said that if she got an infection on antibiotics, it would be a doozy, and it was!
See, not too excited about opening a present.


A bunny!


This bunny is used, by Addie's cousin, Chase. He wanted her to have it because she gave him a sock bunny for his birthday a couple months back.


Addie got a cookie for Christmas! She had to protect it from Presley!


Elsie kisses


Eating a different cookie. See! NOT as excited as she usually would be!




She is eating it like that because she is trying to eat just the frosting off!


That's all folks! Hope everyone else had a Merry Christmas!

Saturday again....

This week was a pretty good one. I made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies last weekend so this week I got to eat them all!! They were pretty good. My OCD self is compiling a recipe book with all the recipes I use, and I am taking pictures of everything, so here is the one for the cookies I made! They were SO good!

This week and last we puppy sat Presley, my mom's dog, and he and Elsie had a blast! They also got dirty!!!! Here is Elsie in the tub... she looks like such a little rat!


Here she is after she has been brushed and dried, such a cute little fluff ball! She definatly needs a hair cut though!!!

Which she got! I think this is the only picture Joel has ever taken on his own... he loves his puppy! I don't really like how her face looks, I like it to look more natural, like she hasn't had a haircut... but it will grow back!


For a couple weeks now I have suspected Addie was getting cradle cap... at 9 months you ask? Yes, I thought that was too old also. Anyways, I slathered on the baby oil and rubbed it in... she looked so cute

Strangely when I brushed nothing came off... so now I wonder if she just has a dry scalp like her daddy. It sure LOOKED like cradle cap! After washing her hair twice, under quite protest, it was still a little slick looking, but she was SO tired! This is the best smile she could muster...

Poor thing... at least her hair looks fun! Mommy is so mean!

Earlier today I went to the store, and decided Addie needed a walk behind toy, since she is really getting mobile, I would rather her walk than crawl... at least then her hands are staying clean! So I picked up this... She didn't really get the whole "walk behind" thing, she kinda just leaned into it. I am sure she will figure it out! In the mean time, Daddy pushed her around on the riding part, she really liked it :)

Today I also went to the dollar store... I am becoming a sock animal making fool!! I bought 16 pairs of socks and gloves, I can't wait to get started on making more animals!! I think my next project will be a lamb for Addie!

Well, that is about all for this week! I hope everyone had a great week!

"All I want for Christmas...

... is my two front teeth" Well, any teeth really.

Tonight we went to see Santa... We thought it would be best to go during the day so there wouldn't be a line, and I had to go to the doctor anyways, so we just went after that. We got there at 4:40, and see a sign "Gone to feed the reindeer 4:30-5:30" Great! So we ran to Michaels, I needed some stuff there. We go back to Santa, it is 5:36... and a line :( 40 minutes later, we get to Santa. Addie isn't a fan of lines, so she wasn't in the most stellar mood when she got to see him. At least she didn't cry though. She slept the whole way home too, poor baby!

Rivertown had a good Santa though, very authentic looking. And he was really nice, he talked to her and even held her longer than we expected, so that was nice, that he didn't try to shove her off right away.

Oh! And the girl at the Santa thing asked me what HIS name is! Honestly! She is wearing pink and red with flowers on it! AND pink shoes! Does she look like a boy? This summer whenever she had a stitch of blue on her, people asked if she was a boy! It is SO annoying, maybe I have my mommy glasses on or something, but I really don't think she looks like a boy! Vent over.

Tonight I also made Christmas cookies, a yearly tradition I almost skipped this year. I am glad I didn't, I can't wait to eat them! Although, I accidentally left the last batch in the oven for about an hour :( Yikes!!! So if anyone like extra crispy cookies, give me a call! Tonight I still have to frost them all, which is probably my least favorite part, but oh well, the frosting is the yummiest!

Last week we also did out Christmas picture for our Christmas card. Christmas is really creeping up on me this year! Tonight we went to Michaels and it had a countdown to Christmas... only 15 more days! I am not even half done with my shopping! I really need to get in gear!

As you can see, Addie liked the ornaments:

And Elsie liked the Santa hat... stinker!

Speaking of the date, Addie is 8 months old today!!! Yay!! She is such a big girl! She is really working on crawling, she kinda inch worms and rolls herself around, which would be way cuter if it didn't involve so many face plants... I think she will be crawling in no time! She is also becoming quite the climber. She can pull herself up pretty good, on us or low things, she hasn't done it in the crib or couch or anything yet.

Oh! And this past weekend, my sister, Jaki got married! I was co-matron of honor (I was first though!) It was a fun time, and everything went smoothly. I took 391 pictures!!! I would have take more buy my battery died, and I forgot the spare! Oh well, I got a lot of cute ones though, I think at least.

Here is the happy couple:

And another happy couple :)

Hmmm... we were smiling... must have been before we found out we had to stay late to clean up! Or at least I did, Joel had to go watch Addie.

Addie was the flower baby in the wedding. She was very crabby the whole day, so she isn't in a ton of pictures. Here is probably the only one where she smiled. I carried her down the aisle.


And here are me and my sisters:

Here you go Amy:

This is way longer than I planned on! I hope everyone has a great week!