Addie's 2 months old!

8 weeks old pictures

The Yard

It seems that Daddy has found himself a new hobby. Since Addie came along, Dad spends a lot of time in the yard.Before the baby, the front yard would look decent. But there was a lot of untapped potential in it.
Daddy has finally gotten a grip on edging the yard next to the sidewalk. That has greatly improved its look. If you look really close, you can see where the line is a bit crooked. Daddy says its because the sidewalk is crooked. Sounds like an excuse.
Two years ago mommy planted flowers in this little circle. Now there are two crepe myrtles there and no one really knows how they got there.
Daddy still has room for improvement, but wow, those edges are looking pretty sharp! Dad's new blower does a good job cleaning up the grass after he edges. Thanks mr. blower.

After Dinner Pics

Addie was calm after one of her many feedings throughout the day so I snapped a couple of photos

Happy 4th of July

I'm not usually a big fan of the 4th of July because fireworks freak me out a bit. But we went to a parade this morning. It was a lot of fun. We were the parade. Hundreds if not a thousand people from our neighborhood gather together just a couple blocks from our house. We all walk down this street that makes a complete circle. People come out of their homes and sit in their front yards with their friends and watch us parade around in our patriotic gear. This was our first experience with this. Come to find out, this is not the first time they've done this sort of thing. It's been said that our neighborhood has been hosting a parade for over 60 years. Here are some photos of us in the parade and with our festive decorations.


I hope you get a good laugh out of my little hat because this is one of the most humiliating things I've ever had to do.Same hat, different angle.
This is us right before the parade.
Notice the cute decorations on Addie's stroller. I took my hat off as you can see.


This is Addie all hopped up and excited about her first parade.
Dad and me walking in the parade with one of our neighbors, Hannah. She likes me.
At the end of the parade everyone gathers while the fire truck sprays water out of its big hose.
Though I like swimming, I don't like getting squirted by water. I stayed at a safe distance and watched all the kids run and dance in the cool water. Later I went over and laid in the wet grass. That's more my style.
I told you I get a little freaked out about the fireworks.
This is where I spent the majority of the evening...huddled up under the computer desk.

7 weeks old

Addie went to her first firework show last night. We had a huge July 4th celebration at church. I didn't get to take any pictures of all that. We were too busy visiting with everyone and passing Addie around. She did great the entire evening, but was worn out by the end of it. We didn't get home until 11:30pm, but we all had a wonderful time. She slept about 7 1/2 hours last night! The longest stretch ever. I'm not sure if it was because she was so tired or if maybe she is beginning to go for longer stretches at night because the night before she slept for 6 1/2 hours. Here are some pictures from Friday when she was 7 weeks old.

Thanks for the blanket Aunt Sara

Big Belly

"I'm holding my head up better everyday!"

Big Belly again.

Addie's first cold

Addie has her first cold. Her nose is all stopped up. It sounds really pitiful. I took her to the doctor and luckily it is just all in her nose and she doesn't have a fever. I'm going to start putting saline drops in her nose and continue suctioning it very often. She is not happy about that, but hopefully it will help get rid of all the junk in her nose. I did find out that she weighs 10 lbs now. I couldn't believe it. She is growing so fast.