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Addison & I have returned from Florida and are catching up on our sleep. We had a fabulous trip. Addison just loved her best friend, Riley and the feeling was almost mutual. Addison is a little aggressive- and Riley wasn't quite ready for it. The 3 months difference is quite a bit! Within the first few minutes of meeting Addison was sucking on Riley's face. We ventured the beach the first day and the girls loved the water (not so much the sand, heat and sun, though). We stayed an hour and packed it up and went home. The next days were spent mostly shopping. We literally shopped till the poor girls dropped. The time flew by but Addison was ready to get home and see her brother and daddy... and get back on a sleep schedule. Brother Jackson was VERY happy to see both Mommy & Addison. I'm not sure when Jackson slept- he had a whole list of things that him & Gram did each day and I'm not sure a nap was part of the list. She bought a slip n' slide and they played on that, they went to the pool, mall, pet store and I'm sure hit Chuckie Cheese... Addison had her very first solid food today. We started a little later than we did with Jackson. She is over 5 months old but I'm glad I waited. She did great! Very messy and she is old enough to grab the spoon so this should be an adventure. Jackson begged to give her a bite... I was nervous but he actually did great. She just loves him so she would open her mouth for him and he put the spoon in and then dropped it! My BIG little helper! That's it for us right now... looking forward to taking Jackson back to Florida- he is the perfect age to enjoy it all!

Catch up...

Life has been busy so I'll just give a re-cap of the last 2-3 weeks. Nathan & I celebrated 6 years on the 10th of June. Mom watched the kiddo's while we went to dinner- came back and of course both kids were still awake and Jackson was still lacking a bath... one word- n-a-n-a. Bob is recovery very well and has already lost over 30lbs. It was such a life change for him- amazing. Heather, Mom & I went to Women of Faith in St. Louis this past weekend and it was my first overnight (28 hours) without Addison. I was dreading being away from her but it was such an amazing event. Everyone did great! We spent the most part of Father's Day outside playing. In the late afternoon we joined the Figureiredo's and Nana & Papa at their Beach Club and had a fantastic time. Jackson surprised us all and went down the HUGE waterslide all by himself (w/ a lifeguard at the bottom to catch). He first went down with Nathan and had fun but after seeing Ashton go down with ease by himself he decided he wanted to go by himself (totally NOT Jackson). On the way down (around corners and going fairly fast) he flipped around and looked like he was getting very scared. I hurried down after him thinking he would be screaming and instead he was laughing and running towards the steps to go back up. My baby is growing up!!! Addison is just the happiest, most content child I have ever seen. She's so sweet and is just full of smiles and personality. She is rolling back & forth (well, goes to her back only her her crib) and always wants to be on her tummy when you put her on her back. And when she is on her tummy she is trying with all her might to GO. She wants to make headway. I'm going to be chasing 2 children very, very soon. The other day at Auntie's house I laid her on the couch in the crevice of the 2 cushions and she sat herself all the way up- like a sit up! She is so strong. Addison & I leave for Orlando (take 2) on Saturday. She is very excited to meet her best friend, Riley Grace.

Fun in the sun!

We had a fun party at Grandpa & Grandma's during Memorial Day weekend. Grandpa got out the waterslide and it didn't take Jackson to warm up to it!

We roasted some hot dogs & marshmallows on their new firepit. It was a perfect day of 78 degrees.

Everyone had a blast.

Just an update

Jackson & Daddy on Uncle Phil's new/old bobcat. Jackson is in love. This past week we had a bit of a scare. Addison & I were on the way to the airport to fly to Florida to visit my best friend that just had a baby girl when we found out Grandpa Bob had a heart attack and was going into emergency triple bi-pass. So, we came straight home (have rescheduled our trip for later this month) and have been watching Grandpa get better. We are so lucky to still have him around with us. And he is recovering remarkably well. Jackson & Daddy are over there tonight taking care of him while Joan went to a church meeting.

Addison has mastered rolling over from her back to tummy. She WILL NOT stay on her back now. I timed her last weekend (and it was a tough one) and from the time I let go of her to the time she hit her tummy was 14 seconds. She doesn't waste time and loves being on her tummy. She will be 19 weeks tomorrow. She is perfect in... almost... every way. If the girl would sleep through the night (and not spit up) she'd be perfect. She truely is so good- never cries or fusses if there isn't a good reason and has such a great personality. She talks almost as much as I do- so we might have some problems in a year or two! Her & Jackson both take after me...

We went to the dr. last week and she is 100 percentile in both weight & height! What a champ! She is too long for her 9 month jammies and we have moved on to 12 months. I'm going to have to start buying them without feet b/c she's so long.

Jackson is such a big boy now. He LOVES to hang out w/ Daddy and go anywhere with him. He did not like seeing Grandpa in the hospital but got used to it after several days. If Addison turns deaf I think we can blame it on Jackson. I will put her on the changing table after she wakes up and he will climb his stool right next to her head and do the highest screach in her ear- all in this crazy high pitch baby talk. He loves to hug her- also known as putting all of his weight on top of her.