Addison's latest Milestones

Addison has gotten so big! She is 16lbs and 26' long! She is eating solid foods and drinking from a sippy cup!!! It didn't take her long to master the tilt head back and suck routine. She is eating cheese, crackers and anything else that will go in her mouth....as long as it's not cottage cheese....She hated that! She is pulling herself up and will stand up holding on to something or someone and she is trying to crawl. She loves to stand with her butt in the air and her hands on the ground I think she will crab crawl first if not walk! She is saying Da Da now and she got her first tooth! Months 6 and 7 were huge months for her!!

Bath Time with the Duckies!!

Addison's favorite part of the day is the bath! She loves the Water! Grandma Jan used these ducks at my baby shower and now Addie swims with the Ducks! These are actually two different bath times. Addison is going to be a great swimmer she love the water in her face. She however hates the getting dry part and the putting clothes on part, I hope that it wears off before shes to old.

St. Patrick's Day

For st. Patrick's Day we had tickets to see the Orlando Magic vs. Cleveland Cavs. We took Addison with us and we had fun. Keith surprised me and got me the Green JJ Redick jersey. I think our days of Addison sleeping through loud events are over since it felt like I spent most of my time out of my seat. Next time a babysitter will come in handy!

Fun weekend at the Grant Seafood Festival

We went to the Grant Seafood Festival this weekend with Nicky, Chad, Addison's Favorite, Gabe, Beth and Andrew! It was a seafood lovers paradise, they thought!!!! We deifiently missed the memo to bring a tent, chairs and bikini's. While the girls took the kids to the playground Chad, Keith and Andrew went from tent to tent trying the fried oysters and hush puppies to fried shrimp to the crowd favorite deviled crab. We put Addison in the swing for the first time and she loved it!!! It was so hot a record 89 degrees here and we felt every bit of it. After we were done we went to Beth and Andrew's and Addison and Gabe braved the cold water of the pool thanks to Nicky. We all got pretty sunburned and by the time we got home Keith wasn't feeling well and Chad believes he got food poisoning. I don't think we will make the 43rd Annual Grant Seafood Festival!

Happy Valentines Day

It's Addison's First Valentines Day and she is growing so fast! She this morning much to my chigrin has been saying DaDa DaDa all morning! The tell tale sign to if we can write this down as her first word will be if she says it to DaDa/Daddy when he gets home! Happy Valentine's Day to all!

Addison and the Animals

We met Grandma and Grandpa at the Zoo this weekend. They love the Zoo and Keith spent a lot time when he was growing up at the Zoo and I am not much of an animal person but, I do feel that it is important for Addison to be exposed to the Zoo so she can grow up with a love for Animals just like her dad did. We saw the monkeys, jaguars, kangaroos, rhinos, alligators and more. The otters and giraffes were no where to be found, we had to keep the Dingo from eating Addison and the Bird sanctuary was her favorite. Grandpa feed the birds nectar so Addison could get a close up look. Little did we know he would become the "bird man". Grandma held her cause Mom wasn't getting too close. Addison really enjoyed discovering the Zoo with her Grandma and Grandpa.

Richards meet the Magic

We are season ticket holders for the Orlando Magic this year! Keith and I enjoyed going to a few games last year so we decided that our gift for the year would be the whole season. The perks are pretty cool, but the coolest was getting to go to a meet the Magic event at the Amway arena. We took Addison with us and our friends Chris and Karen went too. We had to map out whose autographs we wanted due to a limited number of vouchers being passed out. So Keith and Chris headed to Dwight Howard's Line and Karen, Addison and I made a beeline for JJ Redick's Line. We were able to get most players autographs and handshakes. Addison did so well but when we met Keith Bogans and Keyon Dooling she was out. Keyon chanted "sleepyhead sleepyhead" at her over and over again but there was no waking her. We went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner were Addison ate her weight in Banana's it seemed. We ended the day with a trip to Ikea (one of mom's favorite places) that is new to Orlando! It was a pretty perfect day!

Go Buckeyes!!!

It is Game day at the Richard's Again! Ohio State is in the National Championship for the second year in a row! Keith sported his Buckeye pride and despite their loss he was pleased with their season! Addison sported her buckeye pride all day until bath time and then it was just Brutus keeping her feet warm. We started solids a while ago and I have been making all her food and she has done so well she now tries to feed herself and take the spoon directly to her mouth. She is sitting up by herself and rolling over like crazy! We thought since it was a special day we would give her a cookie to see what she would do with it and wow did see go crazy!! She almost ate the whole thing.