Peek-a-Boo

Addie loves Peek-a-Boo. Scott will play it with her all the time. We've even caught her saying, "Boo!" whenever Scott reappears. Today, she initiated Peek-a-Boo all by herself!

We were sitting on the couch and noticed Addie popping up from behind the coffee table with a big smile. We were lucky that she actually kept doing it once we pulled the camera out.

This little girl loves playing games!

Beach Time

Since we are in the middle of a nasty round of tests that last for a week and a half (gross), us girls decided to leave the boys to their books and we headed down to the beach!

It was the best beach trip I've ever had to Galveston. The beach was deserted, the weather a gorgeous 85 degress, with no humidity, and refreshingly cool water. The babies had a blast!

Both babies would just crawl through the shallow water, splashing all along the way. They were exaggerating their hand movements so that they could make big splashes.

Thanks Amelia, for making sure my baby didn't drown!

In Heaven

We wanted a picture with both kids sitting in the water. Turns out, we were asking too much of them.

Jackson: Why on earth would I sit here when I could be playing in the water?!

"I guess this is a safe enough distance."

"Fine, I'll only sit here if I can splatter Addie with mud."

"I'm outta here!"

Dinner at the Park

Last night for Family Home Evening we decided to take advantage of this AMAZING weather we are having in Houston and have a picnic at the park. We picked Scott up from school and headed straight there.

There were plenty of funny faces made...

Laughing at Dad's jokes...

Looking at wildlife...

Especially the pesky squirrel...

Cuddling with Dad...

Look at my cute red heads.

Spotting fountains...

Walking through the scary pigeons...

(Yes, I was actually present on this outing)

Getting stared down by the ugliest duck with a turkeyesque face...

Making my crazed smiling face...

Strolling with Dad...

Playing blast off...

We love any chance we get to spend time with Scott. It's nice that we have such a nice park so close by and now the beautiful weather so we can actually get out and enjoy it!

9 Months!

So I haven't been very good at taking pics of our little sweetie. I realized that she was a whopping 9 months and I had no pictures to post for it! We headed to the pool and took the camera, so we have a whole lot of pictures of our little fish.

Enjoy.

The water was a little cold for Scott and I.

Addie beat both of us chickens in.

Blast off!

Being treated from my hypothermia by Dad!

At 9 months Addie:

-Weighs 21 lbs (75 %) and is 28 1/2 in. tall (75%). Making her ready for a new carseat!

-Has 4 teeth, straight in a row on the bottom.

-Cruises everywhere and will pull herself up in the most random places in the house. She can also get down now, which makes my life a whole lot easier.

-Loves finger foods, especially blueberries and peeled grapes.

-Will go for any type of electronics.

-She's a little mime. Any noise we make, she will try and imitate. Scott will blow in her face and she'll try to blow back in his.

-If she's in a sweet mood, she'll give you a nice slobbery kiss.

-She can wave, although it looks more like a salute that would have been given in Germany in the late 1930's.

-She loves to follow older kids around, especially her buddy Jackson.

-The morse code cry is a rarity now (if you've heard it, you know what I'm talking about).

-Her hair is almost long enough for a pony tail... but not quite. We tried yesterday with poor results.

-Her red hair is a constant cause for attention in the grocery store. People eat up her gorgeous red locks.

-She is constantly jabbering. Constantly.

Addie is such a sponge right now. It's so fun to see her start the transformation from a baby to a little kid. She's at the age where we can sit down and teach her something and she will actually learn it. It is so much fun to watch her discover her world. We feel so lucky to have her!

A Few Of Our Favorite Things...

Eating a grilled cheese sandwich for the first time.

(Trust me, even though she doesn't look happy, she LOVED it)

Swingin' at the park with my best buddy.

Eating at Niko Niko's...

I have no picture of the food because as soon as it came, I was not going to mess with something as trivial as taking a picture when I could be eating the most delicious food ever.

Eating red velvet cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory.

Thanks mom and dad for the gift card!

PS 2 date nights in one week?! Crazy!

Making my own shower curtain.

And actually liking it.

Watching BYU football.

No matter how sad the outcome:(

Being brain-washed at an early age to cheer for our cougars.

A Good Laugh

I know I've already posted today, but we had a good laugh tonight and I wanted to write about it so that we'll remember.

Tonight when we put Addie to bed we did the usual routine, sing a song, give her lots of hugs and kisses, put her in her crib, give her a pacifier and put the blanket in her arms to cuddle with.

With Addie's new standing up in her crib trick, bedtime takes a little longer than it used to. Within a minute of leaving I heard Addie whining. I knew she had stood up and wouldn't go to sleep unless I laid her back down... we're still working on teaching her how to get back down.

I went in her room, quickly laid her back down and was on my way out when I realized that her sheets had a big wet spot on them. I thought that she must've spit up (since she's always doing that) or drooled a lot.

Right before I walked out the door I noticed a diaper down at the end of her crib and thought, "I wonder why Scott put a random diaper in her crib..." (Because when there's only two grown ups in a house and I know I didn't do something, then it must've been Scott).

Anyway, the light bulb suddenly came on and I pulled up Addie's nightgown only to discover a bare little bum. In less than a minute Addie had managed to get her diaper off, put it on one end of the crib, get to the other end of the crib, make a mess along the way, pull herself up and reach for the door. Oh, how I wish I could have seen it happen.

Our little girl is a character. Just one more reason why we love her.

PS She will no longer be wearing open nightgowns to bed.

It Has Begun...

Football, that is!

Most wives don't really enjoy this time of year because they're husbands are glued to the TV all day Saturday. Lucky for us, ever since we met, Scott has been teaching me the ways of football and I have come to LOVE it! We plan our days around college football games and are so excited that it has finally begun!

To kickoff the football season UT and Rice played just down the street from us. Our good friends, the Brames got two extra tickets and let us come along.

Sad Side Note

During the course of the game someone spilt their drink and it got ALL over the diaper bag... I mean, drenched it. I was not a happy camper about it. As soon as we got home, I emptied what I thought was the entire contents of the bag and threw the bag in the washing machine. When the cycle was done, I went to move it to the dryer and discovered that I had not, in fact, taken everything out of it. I'd forgotten the most important pocket... the one with the camera in it. Needless to say, our camera was trashed. I wanted to take a picture of its pathetic remnants, but that's not an option. Needless to say, I lost every picture I took from the game, including the adorable ones of Addie completely zonked out in her carrier. So sad. Such is life. Thanks Amelia for giving me all of your pics so we have some way to remember the awesome game by!

We walked to the rail from our apartment and were so glad to have a cold spell for this time of year, 90ish degrees. It felt great!

(Yes, Scott is flashing a peace sign... he can be so embarrassing:))

We waited for the rail for about 10 minutes. When it got to the platform, it was full, packed full. There was no room in the inn for us, so we had to end up walking all the way, luckily it's only down the street.

Addie was so patient with us carting her all over the place. She's really learning to like the carrier and fell asleep in it, heading bobbing all over the place, on the way to and from the game.

These boys have died and gone to heaven!

The UT marching band made some amazing shapes in the field. Here's a longhorn and TEXAS... amazing!

HUGE!

Pretty much everyone was wearing orange... we were so outnumbered.

After the game, we walked back to the apartment and watched our good ol' Cougars play, thanks to Justin TV and a cable connecting our computer to our TV. We had a blast hanging out with friends all day doing nothing but watch football. Thanks Brames for letting us tag along to the game (and for the pics)!