Addison's Goal

Her baby was crying so she was shushing her and bouncing her back and forth like I do Mason. This girl loves her babies :) This morning, Mason had just gotten done with his bottle and Addison came over to talk to him. She was tired this morning and didn't want to talk to us, but she was so happy to see Mason. She was cooing and finding toys for him. 

"Mom take our picture in our matching jammies" - Ha! She considers them to be matching when they are both wearing fleece footie-jammies with a button at the top. She's always so excited, I don't burst her bubble. 

Addison brought this home from school. We have no idea where this goal came from, but we liked it :) Hopefully she will grow up to be a CPA! Ha! This girl does love her money though. She likes to tell Tracey that she needs more money and gets change from Grandpa Dale. But before she can count money, she needs to learn the different coins......

And to leave you with one of our favorite videos today. This was in January and we were all busting a gut at this kid. I love when he throws his head back and has to catch his breath. The only thing we are doing is throwing a ball to him. 

 

Clap your hands

Little dude can clap on command, obviously a picture doesn't do it justice. We all love to tell him "clap your hands!" and he's excited to do it. The first time he did it, we were Facetiming with Grandma Rita and I didn't know he could do it! 

We sent this picture to Aunt Nicole that we were supporting her Buckeyes on the day they played in the National Championship Game

This crazy girl..... wearing athletic pants and cowboy boots. 

She's eating Tracey's free birthday donut from Casey's :) Tracey sent us her coupon so Addison and Ryan stopped to get a donut on the way home from school. 

The Lents family supporting the Buckeyes/Aunt Nicole. Addison had to make sure to get baby Reagan in the photo but we didn't have a buckeye outfit so she's wearing the cyclones. The shirts Nicole buys are the softest shirts, we love them! The Buckeyes didn't win, sorry Aunt Nicole. 
 

Give me a hi-five!

Addison was working hard to get Mason to give her a hi-five. This has definitely been one of her goals! It didn't take that long for him to catch on :) She loves it! She probably asks for no less than 40 hi-fives every time she sees Nolan - ha! 

She really wanted Mason to sit on her bean bag chair with her. She had to make sure she had Mason in one arm and Reagan in the other. This didn't last long as Mason is squirmy but Addison was tickled pink it lasted a few seconds!

Next, she wanted Mason to sit in the chair with her. He doesn't like to sit still, but he chewed on a toy for a minute.

My periodic sleeping baby photo......he is so sweet!! I never want to forget the feeling of a sleeping baby. Sitting with Mason like this is one of the few times I sit down and actually relax. I don't have to think about anything else I should be doing when I have a sleeping baby :) 

 Ha! I had to snap a picture of him crying :) He looks so sad when he cries and it breaks my heart! That little lip comes out. It's cute and sad at the same time! 

8 Months!

January 1st, this handsome little guy was 8 months old! He was not crawling but sits up well and rolls over. He was 28.5 inches and 20.5 pounds. He was eating table food but would just chew it a little and spit it back out. He wasn't swallowing much at this point. 

Still loves everything to do with Addison and dislikes riding in the car. He was sleeping okay at this point, but was starting to wake up more again. 

We celebrated Ryan's 35 birthday with cake and champagne! 

Addisonw was pretty excited to blow out the candles. 

It was Frozen day at school. We might be the only people who have no Frozen apparel. So we wore our blue Poppy dress and pretended to be Elsa - ha! I did french braid her hair like Elsa, so I tried a little!  The daycare staff went all out - Elsa and Anna dresses with wigs and all. They made it pretty fun for the kids, even had a Sven cutout. Addison knew she didn't have an Elsa dress like many of the other little girls, but she didn't care. I'm sure all she cared about was wearing her cowboy boots! 

 And a happy picture of Mason, just because! 

Fiesta Bowl!

This was taken on Jan. 2 as we got ready to watch the Cyclones play in the Fiesta Bowl! They were playing Oregon. No fans were allowed at the game due to COVID. Tracey was the most disappointed, she says she's been waiting for a post-Christmas bowl and we finally get one, on her birthday nonetheless and then fans aren't allowed! She was pretty bummed. BUT, the Cyclones WON so that made everyone very very happy :) They won 34-17. I don't remember for certain, but I'm sure we drank champagne to celebrate :) What an amazing football season for the Cyclones! 

My drooly Cyclone fan :) At this point in time, Mason was having wardrobe changes part-way through the day because his clothes would be soaked! But he's a happy guy so that's all that matters. 

Pure joy :) She gets to feed Mason and he gets to eat. Ha! Our families tease Mason about not missing a meal..... 

We had been talking about it for a while, but finally taught Addison how to play the wii. She had fun! With a little practice, she has gotten pretty good at some of the games! 

Mason tried an omelet! We eat a lot of eggs in our family so we hope Mason enjoys them too. 
 

Down the hill we go......

Mason's first time sledding! He looks so amused. ha! 

Sometimes Addison likes to go with one of us, but she goes by herself most of the time. She wanted to go down the hill with Mason...... we said maybe some other time. Ha! He was 8 months old at this time. 

I tried to get a good picture of him in the snow. This is the best I got. Addison is pretty excited to play with him outside when he gets bigger. 

 Addison liked the big piles of snow next to the road/driveway. She had us make a little seat for Mason so he could be in her picture. She wanted me to take a picture of her at the top of the pile :) Mason and I went inside after this, that was enough for us! 

Sledding & Hot Chocolate

Today is March 25 and now I'm writing about New Year's Day :) 

Addison REALLY wanted Hot Chocolate for some reason. So I made her some instant hot chocolate and she dipped her candy cane in it. She didn't like it. But she LOVED the idea of it. ha! And she is wearing one of her Poppy costumes. 

Little dude trying his straw cup for the first time. He now LOVES his cups and gets so excited when he sees them. 

He was "trying" some broccoli this day..... meaning he grabs it in his hand and squeezes it and then chucks it. We taught him to throw balls, but he loves to throw food too! 

Ha! My little snow monster. We got this snowsuit from Nolan so I decided to use it. He is wearing two pairs of jammies and then the snowsuit. He couldn't move if he wanted to. 

His first time "playing" in the snow! Usually we just watch from the living room window. Addison was so excited we were out with her. 

 She loves sledding on our little hill! She has had a great year of sledding this winter. She can fly all the way through our backyard and into our neighbor's yard. Our little hill may not be enough for her next year, but she has loved it this winter!