Vacation Part 1- Seaside, Florida

We started our vacation with a 7hour drive to Seaside Florida. Our dear friends Joel and Andrea Allen invited us to share their family vacation with them on the beach! We arrived and instantly were in love. The beach was right across the street and the sand...well lets just say it looked like sugar and it must have tasted like sugar the way Addison kept eating it. She just loved it. The diapers after the fact weren't so pretty but what diaper is. The little town is where the Truman Show was filmed and it was darling! Everything you need is just a hop, skip and a jump away. They had a beautiful beach and a beautiful cottage named Waterside. It was so nice. Keith's favorite part was the outdoor showers, after the endless hours of playing in the ocean. Each bathroom had an indoor shower and an outdoor shower. Fully enclosed and private, Keith loved to shower outside. Addison loved the sand and her new friends Lauren and Ben and I loved the cottage and surroundings and of course Joel's cooking. We all loved the Allen's and their generosity. Thank You Allen's for inviting us along and we can't wait to see you again soon.

Addison meets the "play yard"

This week was time to bust out the "jail" or play yard whatever you want to call it. Addison, now that she is mobile is all over the place. Even with her gimp crawl she is fast! So for Christmas, Keith's uncle Terry got her this play yard. It is 18.5 feet of play space and encompasses everywhere she normally plays, but she for some reason hates it. It is crazy. She just stands and cries out! Keith and I both have played with her inside of it and we even gave her a new toy to play with when she is in there. She doesn't care! She wants freedom and who could blame her.

Addison at 9 months

Addison is growing leaps and bounds! She is so tall. She is crawling fast and will walk with you. Yesterday she was in the middle of the room and just stood up on her own. She is eating what we call "human food" and there's nothing she doesn't like, except the organic "pure" baby food I thought I'd try instead of making it and that she hated!! She spit it everywhere and would fight us when we would put the spoon to her mouth. She is talking non-stop. DaDa is her favorite although now she says MaMa more and then NaNa and GiGi and i swear she says Hi and Daddy. She waves hi and bye, gives five and lifts her hands above her head if you ask "how big is Addison?" She is clapping and dancing and is getting into everything she can. She also is sleeping everywhere. In the highchair, on daddy's lap, in her crib, in her jumparoo, and the stroller. It doesn't matter if you are feeding her or showing her the coolest things she falls asleep at the most inopportune times.

Addison and her Friends

We have many friends that have babies right around Addison's age. It is good for her to have social interaction, so besides Gymboree twice a week we try to have playdates with her friends as much as possible. Thanks to Gabe, Korina and Libby for being such good friends! Thanks to Emily for being a great role model!

Aunt Emily and Malyke come to Visit

My sister Emily and Malyke came to visit a few weeks ago and I wanted to post pictures from their trip. Emily was great at getting Addison to pose for pictures or maybe it was that she always had the camera with her and shot a million pictures. Either way we got some priceless pictures of Addison. Malyke kept Keith busy with a trip to Wrestlemania 24 and an Orlando Magic game where they were the fans of the game and got to stand in the line as the starting lineup was introduced. They got to slap hands with Dwight (and the others)! It was a jammed packed weekend and add a couple trips to the beach and I'd say were good. Addison loves her aunt Emmy and Malyke and misses them already!!

Addison is mobile

Keith and I are in for a hurting now that Addison is crawling. She has been scooting for quite some time but now she is off. She is a crab crawler! One leg out straight and the other tucked underneath her almost as if she is dragging it along. She is definitely her father's daughter because only an engineer mind would come up with such a crawl. The one leg out steadies her if she is about to fall. In her new found freedom she found her toy bins and loves to dump them out. My Dad awhile back got her the Save the ta-ta's onesis and now that I am weaning her it makes it all the more funny! I haven't figured out how to put video on here yet but when I do you will see her "crawl".

Spring Break at the Bakers

Okay so everyday is spring break for Addison but our friend Karen was very nice and on her spring break invited us over to swim in their pool. Addison loves the water and the new floaty made it even more fun.