17 whole months!

Today my baby is 17 months old. I cannot believe how much she has changed in just the past few months. One more month until she is able to go to nursery! Can't wait!

Things about Addy:

~Addy is miss independent. When we are at the park she walks as far as she can possibly go before I can catch up to her (without a backwards glance!).
~She LOVES pickles, broccoli, apples, and popcorn chicken.
~Loves to watch her shows in the morning while I am getting ready.
~Talking up a storm! She is so good at communicating. She will usually tell me what she wants and then wait 1 second for me to get it (which isn't enough time) before throwing a fit.
~Still loves to sleep!
~Loves to wear daddy's helmet backwards and walk around the house.
~Tells daddy "no, no, no" when he's saying bye for the morning. She never wants him to leave.
~Always so helpful and polite! She's great a helping clean up her toys and saying thank you.
~Pretty good at sharing. When playing with friends she will say "share" if she wants a toy that they have.
~Walks around the house with her little purse and says "go buh-bye".
~She loves getting in things... at work she will climb in the cupboards and close the doors, last night she climbed in the dryer and shut the door.


Watching her shows...


She actually smiled for the camera!







We love her so much!

Book Worm

Addy loves to read. Quite often I will find her sitting in her room reading a book to herself.


I would like to think she gets this from me!

Do a Little Dance

She learns ALL her moves from her Dad!

Happy Halloween!

Addy was super cute for Halloween! We went to a party that our church put on. I think Addy had a blast playing with the balloons, checking out the costumes, and trick-or-treating. Tyler took her around and as someone would put candy in her bag, she would try to take it out. She found a sucker tree and took quite a few. She put them in her bag for safe keeping.


Here is out cute little bat witch (not exactly sure...).



Unfortunately, I am lame and forget to take pictures when we go places... so this is all I have. Sad!

Animal Sounds

Addy has finally decided to perform for me while I have the camera out! I have been trying to get this on video for quite a while now. She is so cute! She loves to look in her book, point to the animals, and make the sounds.


My favorite is the pig! Yoi, yoi, yoi! I love it! Too cute!

Go Blazers!!!

Last night we found the opportunity to enjoy a Blazer basketball game. They were playing the Utah Jazz and we decided it would be a fun game to go to. It was a pre-season game, so even though the Blazers lost, it's okay. It was in the Old Memorial Coliseum (where Tyler went to a Blazer game as a child). We had a good time having some one-on-one time and even though our seats were in the upper bowl we could still see the court perfectly!

The teams warming up! Go Blazers!!

Time For a Trim

I finally found the guts to cut Addy some bangs. What was I thinking?!


This is before. Not a very good picture...


This is after! She got a sucker for being so good!

Addy no longer resembles a baby in the slightest. I am kind of sad and wish I would have waited a little longer to cut them. They will grow!

White Salmon River

We seized the opportunity to go River Rafting when our friends put out the invite. I have only done it once before and was super excited to do it again! The river was cold, but gorgeous! Luckily, they gave us wet suits, water shoes, fleece, and rain jackets to stay warm. We had a blast and would love to do it next year.

This is the waterfall that we went over at the end! We got completely submerged for a few seconds and several heads were hit. The group behind us actually tipped, so we had to rescue them.


Our good friends The Scotts that invited us to go.


Meg and me!


All ready to go!


It was gorgeous! I loved having the trees on both sides. It was so peaceful and I loved it!


Our amazingly sexy wetsuits (haha).


I'm up in the corner... jumping off a cliff! No big deal.


The sun came out towards the end and made it even more beautiful. This is where we practiced for going over the waterfall! Awesome!

Gorgeous!

Yesterday we took a little trip up to the Pittock Mansion. It is set high up in the Northwest Hills of Portland and has the most amazing views. The mansion was gorgeous! I was impressed by how modest it seemed. Modest and mansion don't really go together... right? Wrong! Even though this house was huge it was not overly done. I thought it was very tastefully done. I would love to build a house with those kinds of views.

Could you imagine pulling up to this house every day?


Bad place to take a picture...


The upstairs landing.


This is actually the front of the house! That huge picture window has an amazing view of Portland!


The grounds were very pretty. Addy kept picking up flower petals off the ground.


It was a gorgeous day and Addy loved running around on the grass and dirt.


If you look closely you can see Mount Hood just above those clouds. What an amazing view of Portland!

We had a good time visiting the Pittock Mansion. It's so quiet and beautiful up there! It's hard to believe that it is actually located in busy Portland. Thank you library for your cultural passes!

Roughin' It!

I love camping! I don't know what it is, but I find it so relaxing and just love being able to be outside for hours on end. I don't even mind sleeping on the ground that much. This was our first experience camping with Addy and I would say it was a huge success! Our camp ground was wonderful! Our site was amazing! And it was gorgeous! Our site had trees on three sides and the fourth side was the driveway, so we used our cars to create a barricade to keep the girls contained.




Addy and Alexa loved being able to roam free and play in the dirt. They got SOOOO dirty! The girls loved playing in the Jackson's mansion on the air mattress. It kept them contained once we had the fire going. I was really impressed at how well they listened about staying away from the fire. They were pretty interested in it, but knew to stay away.


The girls in the tent.


Addy loved climbing up into our chairs and hanging out.

We went on a few little hikes, played horseshoes and frisbee golf, and played at the playground. It was the perfect campsite for us and we had a blast with the Jacksons and the Scotts! The only thing it was missing was flushing toilets... enough said.