She drove it right into the ground!

So yesterday, shortly after I hit send on the blog message, the utility guy came by and marked where all the buried wires were. Today, the workers still didn't show up, so I email the guy. Apparently the city is taking their sweet time with the permit, so hopefully we'll see some work being done by Tuesday.

Addy's costume came yesterday - She looks awesome in it! And no, we aren't telling what it is :)

On great news-our couches came today!!! Bad news - Josh and I need furniture 101. They are much bigger than we thought, even with measuring :) Oh well, we have a plan, and they are going to be awesome anyway! Pictures coming once we get the room rearranged. Other than that, nothing exciting going on. Addy had a rough day with her tummy. She didn't eat much today, but she did throw up alot. Hopefully tomorrow is better, today was quite gross! Since we don't have anything else to say, here's an extra pic:

New Stuff

Sorry I didn't write last night, Josh and I got caught up in watching all the Chilean miner stuff on TV - it sure is amazing!

Yesterday was a pretty busy day. We met up with Josh and a friend from work for lunch, then we went to Sam's Club, Walmart and Lowe's. Little did I know, we really shouldn't have gone to Lowe's.... We had to go to a different Sam's Club, the one out by Josh's work, because the one about 5 min from our house didn't have Addy's size of diapers!! But, she might be out of those soon anyway, we'll see. (We did a weight check on our scale at home yesterday, and she's almost 14lbs!) While we were there, I saw some variety packages of fruit and veggis for Addy - we'll see what the doctor says, she might be starting those next week! Then we went over to Walmart - and of course bought more than we should have ;) Just as we were leaving Walmart, Addy was starting to fall asleep. I figured we could run into Lowe's really quick, since I only needed 2 things. She was asleep when we went in, but it took me forever to find one of the items, and so she woke up before we left. She played part of the way home, but then screamed that she was hungry for the other 15 min of the drive... Then she was cranky all night, and has been trouble with her naps this morning. At the moment though, she is sleeping soundly, and for almost 2 hours :D Next time, it's home when it's time for her nap!

Addy is doing some new milestone stuff the past few days. She now signals to me when she wants to be picked up. It's so funny - she leaves her left elbow bent with her hand in front of her and then stretches out her right arm at an angle. Then when you pick her up, she curls up real tight. She is so silly :) She also no longer wants to sit on anyone's lap, she only wants to stand up. She has also graduated from the teradactyl voice, and has just moved right onto screaming. Josh and I are not fans of this new development.

Yes, it is Wednesday. No, I have not seen the yard guys since first thing Monday morning. Maybe we'll see them soon???

Just getting started

Today was a very exciting day, we thought. I had just laid Addy down for her first nap, when all of a sudden people from the lawn guys were in our backyard! So exciting! But they weren't there even a full hour, before they left some tools charging and a bobcat on the side yard, and they were gone. But that gives me one more day before I have to take Toby out on a leash :) Since they weren't working, I was able to paint the mailbox since its Columbus Day!

Addy has been doing pretty good. She seems to be getting into a routine with 4-1 hour naps during the day, and being a little fussy at night. I think the "at night" part is just us not knowing what she wants, but we are working at it. The past 2 days, we have noticed that she is starting to stick her butt in the air when she's on her belly. She's also still working on her sitting. She can do a full 10 seconds or so, but then she leans back and if I wasn't there, would fall down :( Addy loves peekaboo right now-she gets excited just anticipating it. So cute!

Happy Fall!

Friday was Addy's first day to the park. It was a beautiful day and wasn't supposed to be too warm, so we decided to walk to the park in our neighborhood. So, yes, the temperature wasn't too bad, low 70s, but there was not a cloud in the sky. Mommy sure was sweating by the time we got to the park! We tried the swing for a little while, and this is the face she pretty much gave me the whole time. She seemed indifferent to the whole situation. We tried the slide for a little bit, but I was really getting warm, so we decided to head back. We'll have to try in the spring when she is bigger!


Saturday was Kendall's 3rd birthday party (the daughter of a friend of mine from work). I didn't really get any pictures of her, she was running around most of the time! There was a bouncy house, yummy food and a balloon artist. Addy enjoyed playing with the other babies (Evan and Maddie), and hanging out with new friends. She didn't love the bouncy house or even frosting from the cupcakes. After the party, we went furniture shopping. Josh and I bought our birthday/Christmas present to each other-- seating for the basement! The new stuff should be here Thursday, just in time for the best TV night of the week! We'll send pics when it comes in.


Today was another fun day. We went to Eckert's Family Farm in Illinois. Addy had her first trip through East St. Louis (one of the worst parts of town). Thankfully, we came through during the day... The farm was really fun. There was a lookout over the whole farm, lots of bonfire sites, pig races, a huge slide, cornfield maze, food stations, animals, apple picking and pumpkins. We got over 9 lbs of apples, and I made a delicious apple-oat crisp for dinner. Yummy! Addy really loved the apples too. At first she made a really sour face when she tried some of the apple, but then she really started enjoying it.

Help!

Hey everyone!! I need your help. I'm going to enter Addy into a cute baby contest, just for fun. Tell me which picture you've seen of her that you think is the cutest. You can either post a comment or send me an email. Feel free to look back through all the posts and give me a date or description of the photo. I need your answers by the end of the week, and then I'll let you know where you can vote for her when voting opens at the end of the month :) Thanks!!

Readjusting

Here was Addy, trying on clothes before our big vacation!

Monday was definitely a readjusting to being home day. Addy slept a lot, and was a little cranky when she wasn't sleeping. Mostly, we just worked on doing very large loads of laundry!

Yesterday, Addy was on the same schedule she was on Monday...could this be the start of a real schedule?? We'll see... Addy and I went to the grocery store in the morning, and bought a lot of fresh fruits and veggies - we did a very good job of buying good for us stuff, since Josh and I really need to get back on our diets. Last week was a bit of a setback, but hey, that's what vacation is for :) I also got one of the bushes in the front yard trimmed down. It is about half the size it was before, meaning I cut off all of the green leaves. It looks very bare, but there is light coming into the living room, which is awesome. We need all the sunlight we can get to warm up the house, since its so much cooler than when we left! We haven't made it out of the 60s yet...

Today, Addy and I woke up about an hour late, which did mix up our schedule a bit, but hopefully it just set it back, and didn't really screw it up. So far, so good :) Today we went shopping for a birthday gift for a party on Saturday. Then we took Toby for a walk, had a dance party to Jordan's song, and made wonderful hamburgers for dinner.

The funny story of today (as depicted by the picture above): I know babies eat, I know babies poop. I didn't realize they did it at the same time ;) If it were me, I think I would have lost my appetite from the smell!!! Addy didn't seem to mind though.

2nd Vacation

Addy's second vacation was again very fun :) She rode in the car for over 1700 miles in just over a week!

Last Saturday, we left home and traveled to see Aunt Katelyn in Indy. We saw her kitty Gia and had Johnny Rockets -yum. Then we continued to Grandma and Grandpa B's house.


Last Sunday, we relaxed with G&G B. and Aunt Sarah (who was using her new toys on Addy) before we went over to Grandma and Grandad G's house. They weren't there though, so we went to church to visit everyone, then went back to their house for pizza :)


Monday, we ran errands - visited Art (our financial planner), got the loan for our backyard project, did some furniture shopping, and relaxed at G&G B's.


Tuesday, we went shopping in Shipshewana IN. We enjoyed the fresh air at the flea market and bought more stuff than we planned on :)


Wednesday, we went to Columbus OH to visit Aunt Stephanie. We did a car tour of the campus, ate at North Market, cruised the mall and saw where Uncle Jon works (so cool :) ).

Thursday, daddy went fishing with Grandad, while Addy and I relaxed in the morning, and then met up with everyone at G&G G's house for daddy's birthday dinner.



Friday, we relaxed in the morning, then went to visit the Degitz family. Then Addy got to have her first sleepover with Aunt Ally and Aunt Maddi.

Saturday, Addy spent the evening with G&G B while mommy and daddy went to a wedding in Kokomo.

Sunday, we had birthday lunch with G&G B and then went to visit Aunt Sarah at her apartment. After that we drove all the way back home!

What a fun, exciting trip!