Happy Birthday! Part 1

Today was Addy's 2nd birthday! She came downstairs to find a balloon and a present by her chair and she said "no balloon! no present!" I was worried for how the rest of the day would go but she was pretty excited once she opened the present. She got her very own comb and brush and was very excited to use them.

Then after dinner we brought out a cupcake with candles. She wanted nothing to do with the candles but of course LOVED the cupcake.

Autumnal Addy

Two weeks ago was a beautiful fall weekend and Addy looked so darn cute I couldn't stand it. Of course I took tons of pictures and NONE of them were great, but here they are anyway. I seriously wish I could stop time and have it be October all year long. BEST MONTH EVER.

Bye Bye Mama...Hello Gramma

It has been a busy week. One week ago Wendy flew in to spend the week with Addy, the next day I flew to China for work. We were lucky enough to have her come and help Brian and Addy got to be spoiled by her Gramma (thanks for the presents!) I got to skype with them a couple of times during my trip which was both awesome and heartbreaking at the same time. Here are some pictures of their time together. Thanks again Gramma!

The Most Wonderful Season of All

No I don't mean Christmas, I mean Fall! I absolutely LOVE this time of year and this weekend was the best. We had a cool crisp autumn weekend and took advantage by heading to the pumpkin patch. This one was amazing! They not only had pumpkins, but a corn maze and hay ride and ponies and a cow ride. Not to mention all of the delicious food. I think I probably enjoyed it more than Addy. Yay for October!!

Who says cleaning can't be fun?

Ice Ice Baby

I've mentioned before how much Addy loves ice packs but the obsession continues and has taken a strange new twist. Previously, the ice packs were always used for Addy. She loved to ice her legs, head, arm, whatever seemed appropriate at the time. Recently Addy has taken to throwing her dolls on the floor so they get an "ow-eee" so that she can get them the ice pack to make it better. The other day I saw her take her doll and slam it head-first into the floor several times and then say to me "ow-eee, ice pack?" It was so twisted and funny, so of course I let her have the ice pack.
Here is some evidence of our little mastermind at work icing her victim.

Remember these?

I bought Addy these sunglasses when she was like 6 months old and surprisingly she always left them on her face when she was a baby. Of course, this summer when she actually could have used them, she wanted nothing to do with them, until summer was over. She recently found them and has been asking for them all of them. Her favorite thing is to find the glasses, put them on and then ask for a mirror so she can see herself. She knows she looks cool.