Misc. happenings from November

November was a busy month for us already and it's not even over. These pictures are from fun outings, visits at Nana and Pop Pop's from the past weekend, Zoo trips and more. Enjoy!

Some things just come naturally......

Yesterday, Addison and I were upstairs and the phone rang. It was Keith so I sat on the floor to talk to him, so Addison ran into her room, I thought. Next thing I know she comes out of my room with the toilet bowl brush and stand. She hands it to me and runs back to the bathroom. I tell Keith of the gift I just received and hang up the phone. I walk into the bathroom and she is plunging the toilet. Seriously pushing the plunger in the toilet. I ran to get the camera and caught a few shots before she finished her job. I am proud to say that Keith and I have never plunged the toilet in front of her. I have no idea how she even knew that the plunger went in the toilet. So whoever out there has been plunging toilets with my daughter, Thank You she will always have a career to fall back on.

My first 29th Birthday!

This weekend was my first 29th Birthday. Next year I will celebrate my 2nd 29th birthday and so on. Nana and Pop Pop were more than willing to keep Addison for the weekend so we could go out. Keith surprised me by inviting some of my PotteryBarnKids friends to dinner at PF Chang's. It was delicious. Saturday we had a very lazy day watching football. Go Sooners! We saw James Bond and really enjoyed ourselves. Addison had a great time as well. When we called to check in, Nana told us Addison spoke her first sentence, we both thought yeah right. But she said she had video proof. We arrived to pick Addison up and watched the video for ourselves and sure enough she said her first sentence: I don't want that Color! Thank you to Nana and Pop Pop for taking such good care of our peanut and being ready with the camera to capture these moments. She sure loves you! Press play and about 30 seconds into the video she says "I don't want that color" as clear as day. Turn up your volume.


***I can't get the video to upload. As soon as I figure out how to modify the recording I will post it. Sorry!!

Addison the Artist!

Addison is getting older and that means more activities. As most of you know we go to Gymboree Play and Music. We love it. Addison has so much fun running around, climbing things, popping the bubbles, and dancing with Gymbo (the scary clown.) Now that she is older more classes are available for her. Last week we tried Music Class. She liked the maracas and the individual drums, but she lost interest in the Beatles music they were playing. She loves music. She always has, even in the belly. While I was pregnant, I was working at Pottery Barn Kids and on the late night or early morning drives I would play Lionel Richie and she would flip and kick and move more than any other time. Now she dances to any music and will stop whatever she is doing to dance. She also conducts the music, something I give my mom credit for. While in Tulsa in August at Church my mom took Addison's hands and directed the hymns. Addison about 3 months ago developed a love for coloring. She always loved the crayons, the taste and feel, but never really colored more than a scribble. Now the artist in her is unleashed. Gymboree has an Art class for her age and we went yesterday. She wore her smock proudly (I was relieved since I don't have messy clothes)! She started painting on the walls (covered in paper) then she moved to the chalkboard wall and colored with chalk for a while. Then class started and so did the projects. She painted a turkey, played in the rock table, was afraid of the play dough, listened to story time, glued leaves on a wreath and built towers with blocks. She had so much fun that she cried when we left. Now to just get her to understand we only color on the walls at Gymboree!! Here are some pictures of her fun experience with Art!

Catch Up with the Richard's

This week has been busy. Addison is doing excellent. She is 33.5 inches tall. She is 25 lbs. She has 12 teeth with 4 more coming in. She will be 16 months old on the 19th. We are having so much fun with her. Today we met "Nana and PopPop" (formerly Grandma and Grandpa) at the Zoo. We are very lucky to have one 12 minutes from our house. Addison fed the giraffes, fish, birds and then pretend fed everything else. She is going to be a caretaker of some kind or just make a wonderful mother because she is very loving to all. She is saying more words which is nice for Keith and I because we don't have to guess as much. We have had a blast the past two weeks doing craft projects. We made a turkey and on each feather wrote something we were grateful for. We played with sidewalk chalk and finger painted outside. She is a little Pollock. (as in Jackson the artist)

We hope everyone got to see the beautiful night launch of the Space Shuttle. It was amazing how it lights up the sky like daytime. You can feel the sound in our front yard and it always makes me cry. Ok tear up. Watching the next few launches is going to be really neat as we see the end of an era happening. We had fun hanging out with friends and think we should have a launch party every time.

I have had Bronchitis for the past 2 weeks and finally saw the doctor for antibiotics. I hate them, but I couldn't put it off much longer since it was starting to hurt to breath.

Addison got to have a surprise sleepover at Nana and PopPop's and Keith and I had a fun date night last weekend. We went to dinner at one of our favorites Chipotle and then to the Orlando Magic vs. Washington Wizards game. This was the first game of the season for me. I get so angry that they won't play JJ Redick that at one point I started cheering for the wizards. It drives me crazy!!! But that's for another time. We ended our night with a stop at "Twistee Treat" my favorite ice cream spot. It was great!

We are gearing up for the holiday season. Pictures with Santa, family pictures, baking, Christmas shopping, Christmas decorating, Christmas cards, my birthday, Thanksgiving, Holiday parties, OU football, new gymboree classes, flu shots, and watching classic holiday movies are all on my list......So much to do and it's only 5 weeks away!

We are going to spend Christmas Eve with Keith's family and then head to Tulsa on Christmas day and spend some time with my family. We are excited to see our friends and family so far away.

Well I better stop blogging and get some sleep listing just a few things that need to be done is making me tired!!!

Just a little update

So these are just some darling pictures of Addison from over the past two weeks. Despite being sick, Addison has been in good spirits. She has developed a love for coloring and wants to color all the time. We also have had to enforce the "Naughty Chair" this month. She loves to throw everything. It first started with her food at 6mo, but now it is everything and she says "ba-boom" when she does it. If you tell her "No" she will look at you, do it again and then smile. I don't know what to do. Yesterday we were at the store and she would pull things (sour cream) out of the back of the cart and look at it and then next thing you know she throws it out of the cart and you are standing with sour cream on you toes. It's lovely!! So we have a "naughty chair" and I am finding myself 3 to 4 times a day putting her there, just for throwing. I don't know if it's working but I will march on. She really is a great child. The more I think about having more kids the more I worry that the next one won't be as good or as smart or as cute! But If my parents had stopped at one they would've missed out on the greatest kid....me! So with that theory in mind I do want more just not right away, I'm having to much fun with Addison! At least that's how I feel today!

Happy Halloween

This week has been pretty crazy! Addison has had a virus with a high fever for the past week and a half. Then I got it. Yeah! I love it when parents bring their children to play when they are sick only to infect everyone else! But that's a story for another time! So last night was the big night! We weren't sure if we were even going to go trick-or-treating from the events of the week, but Addison was so happy yesterday and she loves to walk, so we got her dressed and ready. I thought my little fairy needed some "pixie dust", so I got my MAC shimmer out and my big brush and shimmered away! She loved it and after we were done she took the brush and shimmer and then proceeded to put "pixie dust" on everything. She even took the brush with us around the neighborhood. She was the hit of the block. Everyone loved her costume. She got tons of candy, but her favorite was the tootsie pop. She got the wrapper off herself and was in heaven when we noticed. Man she's fast! So that was her treat, a few licks of a tootsie pop, but she didn't care. Then it was bath time and her skeleton PJ's. She was so tired that she went right to bed! Then it was the original "Friday the 13th" for us. It's not the scariest of horror flicks, but an original none the less! We had so much fun, we were even told we had the scariest house on the block (thanks to Keith's scary music)! We loved taking Addison around and look forward to next year!!