Pretty Pretty Pictures

For mother's day this year we went to Hermiston. The local Nursery and fotonovella were doing a mother's day photo shoot for free! We had the chance to go down and take get some pictures taken! They turned out soooo good! It was a beautiful day for pictures. Without further adieu, here they are.

Grandma Oldroyd was there too!


It was Addy's nap time while we were taking the pictures. She was not cooperating very well, so grandpa gave her a sugar cookie! She LOVED it! And of course she was quiet while eating it.

It's Official!

I no longer have a baby. I am now the mother of a toddler! Yesterday, Addy decided that it was time to walk. She took quite a few steps at work in the morning and continued to do so when we got home. Today she has taken even more! Addy is getting more confident with each step! It's kind of a weird feeling. I feel like I have waited for her to hit this milestone for a few months. However, now that it's here... now what?! I guess talking is the next milestone. I miss her as a tiny baby. She is just growing faster than I want her to. I suppose that is part of being a mom. It is just so much fun having Addy around. She brings so much life to our little family. I have gotten a few videos of her walking. The first is from yesterday, her first day as an official walker! The other two are from today. She's such a pro after just 2 days!


She is such a cute little walker!






There you have it! Our cute little girl! Walking at 11 months, 1 week, and 3 days! We love her!

Picture Week!

I found a lot of pictures that I have taken lately and thought I would post them to the blog for Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles! We miss you guys!

Addy loves helping Daddy practice for Choir on Sunday mornings!


We watched Daddy play football on a Saturday morning. It was kind of cold and rainy. That's Portland for you!


Addy loves to sit and empty out her diaper bag. This time she found a jackpot of animal crackers and decided to dump them all over the floor before eating them.



The past couple days have been gorgeous! We went to the park with a few friends. Addy and Alexa, who are two and a half weeks apart, were wearing twinner outfits! Super cute!


I bought these cute chairs at WinCo that are just her size! Addy loves to sit in them and kick her little legs. It's pretty darn cute!


This is a result of the long days full of fun! She sleeps on top of her blankets. If you put it on top of her she sits up and takes it off, just to lay down on top of it. So particular!

A Wonderful Mother's Day!

It was my first mother's day as a real mother. Last year, I was still pregnant. This year, I have a baby girl.

We decided to drive to Hermiston, for the weekend, to surprise Tyler's mom for mother's day. We enjoyed the beautiful weather, spending time with family, eating, playing games, and laughing. Tyler and his dad cooked us dinner that was so delicious! We had steak, potatoes, sliced tomatoes, and asparagus. It was wonderful!

I am so grateful for the mother's in my life, especially my mom, They have been such great examples to me and I can only hope that my children will one day appreciate me as much as I appreciate them. Even though being a mom is hard at times, it is ever so more rewarding. I would not trade it for anything in the entire world. I am so lucky to have the opportunity of being a mom. I absolutely love it! To all you mother's that are reading this, Happy Mother's Day!

My Little 11-Month Old!

My baby is a month away from being a year old! She is getting so big! Addy has such a personality. I cannot believe how much she has changed in just the past week or two.
New things that she does include:
~Talking! She can say cheese, done, ball, bye-bye, and night night.
~She will push your hand away if she doesn't want you to do something.
~Has taken a few more steps. However, she is a speed crawler! She can get anywhere super fast.
~Addy has great balance! She can pick up fairly large toys off the floor while standing.
~Squints her eyes and scrunches her nose and forehead whenever we go outside.
~Tyler has also taught her how to headbutt. Now, instead of giving me sweet kisses to greet me in the mornings, she gives me hard headbutts. :(
~She loves doggies!
~Pretends to talk on my cell phone when I let her play with it.
~She also grinds her teeth when she is playing... not a good thing.
~Addy LOVES to play with wipes. She will be entertained with one for at least a half-hour. She washes her feet, hands, and toys with them.

That's all I can think of for now. My next milestone post will be when she is 12 months old! Oh my goodness!

Good Stuff From the Past Week or Month

Last Thursday we had tons of fun with our friend Spencer! We watched him so his mom could go to Women's Conference in Utah. Addy had a blast! She loved having someone to follow around and play with. They ate snacks, read books, played catch, watched Blues Clues, and played with numbers! Here are some cute pictures of the two of them.








Addy loves to run around with her towel on her head after her bath. This is from Sunday morning. Tyler was trying to get her dressed, but she was too busy playing with her toys. She has started playing in her room a little bit more, which I really like. She loves to just crawl down the hall to her room and start taking books off the shelf to read.


And this video was supposed to go in my last post, but somehow did not make it. Addy loves to play catch with her daddy!

Cutest Girl in the World!

It seems that Addelyn gets cuter and cuter with each passing day. These past couple days I feel like she has grown a ton! She took 3 steps on 2 separate occasions on Friday (of course we did not get them on camera). She could totally walk if she wanted to, she just chooses not too. Stink pot!
She still loves to pull books off the shelf. When we tell her "no, no" she scurries to get away from it as quick as she can! It's pretty cute. Here are some pictures of her being naughty on Sunday in her Easter dress from her Grandma R.




Tonight at dinner she was being really cute and giving us cheesy grins and we managed to get a great picture of her 3 new teeth! She's too cute with all these teeth coming in! It makes her look sooo much older!


Please excuse the dinner that she is wearing... but this is a great close up of those new teeth! I think she is getting a fourth one in on the top right (your right).


Also, during dinner she pulled her shirt up over her eyes and started playing peek-a-boo with Tyler. It was pretty darn cute!



Addy has also started saying "ni, ni" for night, night. I usually say let's go night, night when I put her down at night and for her naps. Today at work I think she said it a few times when she was getting tired. Then when we got home and I was getting ready to put her down I was taking her to her room and I said "want to go night, night?" and she said "ni, ni, ni". It was pretty cute!
She is just growing up waaay too fast for me!

Movin on Up!

Addelyn turned 10 months this past Friday! (It was a busy weekend!) She has gotten so much more fun this past month! Here is a cute video of her from Saturday.


Addy's milestones from the past month:
~ Took one step at Grandma and Grandpa Romare's house.
~ Will stand for a few minutes until she wants to crawl.
~ Got 3 new teeth on the top!
~ Makes motorboat sounds with her mouth.
~ Addelyn loves Marissa. I think she's her favorite person, and I'm okay with that. (I need to get a picture of them together to show her when she's older).
~ Loves to do patty cake.
~ She is eating everything we let her. (She LOVES ice cream!)

We love our little girl and have so much fun watching her grow and learn!

A Visit to Utah

For Tyler's Spring Break we decided to make the long drive down to Utah. Stopping in Hermiston makes the trip seem not too bad! Unfortunately, Addy and I were both sick on the way to Utah and so it was not a fun car ride. Once we got there it was totally worth it though! It was so nice to see my family! Addelyn had so much fun playing with her Aunts and Uncles and Grandparents. Grandma even painted her little fingernails! We even got to see her Aunt Ambria! Addelyn loved all the attention, but missed home at the same time. I think she is glad to be back on her own turf and on her schedule. Grandma had a little photoshoot of Addy and here are a few of my favs from the event.





She's her daddy's girl. Already playing the piano!









She loves her books!

Did the Easter Bunny Come to Your House?

Because it definitely came to ours! It was Addy's first Easter and I wasn't quite sure what to do about the fact that she cannot yet eat candy. Then I thought of the brilliant idea of substituting goldfish (her absolute favorite snack) and cereals for the candy. She LOVED her Easter basket and that made me so happy! She had a blast taking everything out one-by-one and making a little pile of her treasures. You should have seen the excitement on her face when I opened her egg and out fell goldfish! So cute! We had fun relaxing as family, eating lamb for dinner (yum!), and watching conference.