HAPPY?!

Addeline is by far the HAPPIEST Baby I've ever seen!! Does it show??!?!

Splish Splash Fun in the Tub

Does This Diaper Make My Butt Look Big?!?!?!

My Lil' Yoda

Dorian loves to dress and undress herself in any one's clothing. My clothes, daddy's clothes, and even attempts are made to dress in Addeline's clothes! This is Dorian in Mommy's sweatshirt! She put it on and took it off for hours the other night! (Debbie do you remember this sweatshirt?!??!)

She is such a character!! With a whole lot of personality!!! :)

Rollie-Pollie

We have made HUGE leaps and bounds in the past two weeks with Addeline. She is 100% mobile!! Before we left PA she was just learning to roll from her back onto her tummy...by the time we arrived in NM she had it mastered!! The look in her eye had changed! She went from being unmotivated to move at all to wanting to go after EVERYTHING!!! She is a moving machine now!


This is Dorian on Easter day....happy with her little bucket of candy...and well she liked it better empty than full!




Once we got to NM she started popping herself up onto her hands and knees rocking back and forth. She wants to crawl so bad!!!



But instead of crawling she learned to plop her bumb up and sit!!! Just as well, she is happy with that! This has opened up a whole new world for Addeline!!

Once she is up on her bumb now she tries to go after everything!!! What she sees is what she gets!!! She still hasn't mastered crawling but scooting across the floor on her tummy works just as well!

And as you see we get into a LOT more trouble these days!!! She now gets into a LOT of things she shouldn't...and Big Sister isn't such a great role model either! ha ha

But either way...we are happy happy happy!!!

Addeline's First High Chair

I started feeing addeline cereal at 4 months, In PA, without a high chair. She used our 3-in-1 swing chair. The chair is an infant seat, then is a baby swing, and then is a toddler rocking chair. So this is what she used up until last week. We FINALLY made it to baby's-r-us and bought her her very own high chair...and she loves it!!! She could sit in it all day and play with spoons!!! YAY for Addeline!!! :)

The Trip to NM

My mom and I set out for NM about two weeks ago. It took us three VERY long days of driving. On day one we drove about 9 hours and made it to Effingham Illinois. Day one was easy compared to what was in store for us!!! ha ha

We stopped only twice to get the kids out, stretch out, eat, and take a break the first two days of driving. My mom took the wheel the first two days for about an hour or so to give my eyes a break but for the most part she kept the children happy and fed while I got us to NM!

On day two after a LONG night of kids not wanting to go to bed because they were so tired we ate a free hotel breakfast and set out for another LONG day of driving. We drove about 10 hours on day two and made it to Weatherford Oklahoma!!! Not much to see but I started a game to see how many STates "welcome" signs we could get pictures of. We got every single one BUT Indiana! My mom was in charge of that sign...and well...she wasn't allowed to man the camera after it!! ha ha Just kidding!

The second hotel rocked, a lot more room, and a much better breakfast the next day! We were off with less sleep than the night before and only 7 hours to go! We made it to NM in great fashion with dinner awaiting us and a Daddy to take over!!! ha ha

The three day drive went way better than anticipated...My mom was a HUGE help...and we made it!!! I probably would have had to stop twice as much and a couple days more driving if my mom did not help...so..THANK YOU!!!! I really appreciate the help. Not everyone would volunteer to sit in a car for three days and take care of cranky kids...so truly thank you!

We got some fun pictures a long the way, a lot more than I wanted to upload individually...so take a peek at the scrap book I put together of our trip! :)

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