Addison is 2!!

I can not believe that my baby is already 2 years old! We celebrated her birthday while Addison's GiGi, Poppy, Aunt Emily, Great-NaNa, and Great-PaPa were here for a visit. She still would not eat cake again this year...not sure how a child of mine does not seem to like sweets!! Here is the birthday girl...


While the family was here visiting we went to Washington D.C. for a few days. We had a blast exploring the city and seeing the sites!


Addison's Grandaddy came for a visit the weekend before and we had a great time getting to visit with him too! So sad to see all of our family leave...

Farmer's Market and a Tea Party!

This past weekend we took a trip downtown to explore Richmond's 17th Street Farmer's Market. We made a few purchases including cantaloupe, tomatoes, and peaches. Addison even got a bracelet made by one of the vendors we met there (who happened to be from Arkansas!!). Here are a few pictures...

Addison admiring her bracelet...


Other weekend events included a tea party...as you can see Addison, gorilla, and bunny were all in attendance. Gorilla came appropriately dressed in his summer attire, a Little Swimmer diaper :)

Updates, Updates, Updates!!

I must admit that it has been way too long since I have updated our blog. It is amazing how much time has passed and how much has happened since the last posting. In the past 6 months we have sold our house, packed up our house, moved 1000 away from home, found out we are expecting baby #2, Matthew finished residency, Matthew started fellowship training here in Virginia, and now we are here in Richmond, Virginia trying to settle into life in a new town...other than that, not too much has been going on!! :)

Addison is doing great and will turn 2 at the end of this month...2 years old??!! She is getting so big and talking so much. She is constantly on the move, so I cherish the moments when she crawls up into my lap to snuggle. I enjoy all her little sayings...especially, "Der's (there's) a baby in ner (there)??" as she points to my tummy. She is precious and makes us laugh a lot.

Matthew finished residency!!! Yeah!!! He is doing one more year of fellowship training here in Richmond, Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University/the McGuire Veterans Hospital. He is already one week into it and really excited about what he is going to get to be doing.

Baby #2 is on the way!! I am 16 weeks and feeling great. We are due December 25th...Merry Christmas! We are so excited about our growing family. Our most recent ultrasound revealed that it is either a boy or a girl...basically it was too early to tell :)

Here are a few recent pictures...
Packing up the house...

Addison and her friend Lucy on moving day...

Water play at GiGi's...

Playing dress up at Granna's...

Enjoying a walk across the bridge to Belle Isle in Richmond...

Self Portrait of the Mr. and Mrs. on Belle Isle...

I guess that is all for now. Will try to be better about updating our blog while we are here in Richmond!

Just a few Christmas Pics...

Here are a few pictures from Christmas of Addison enjoying some of her gifts. It was so fun to watch her this year.

Addison and her new baby...

Finally getting the hang of opening presents...


Addison and Marshall (Great Aunt Lana's dog) enjoying a wagon ride...

Playing with her friend Sam on New Year's Eve...

Recent Pics...

Here are a few pictures of Addison playing in the left over snow/sleet from earlier in the week! She really enjoyed wearing the rubber boots!!

Halloween 2008

Here are a few pictures of Addison in her poodle costume...she didn't like the costume too much, as you can see from one of the pictures. :) I also added a picture of her from last year in her costume...she has grown SO much!!!


Liking the costume...

Not so sure anymore...

Hates the costume...

Our little Cowgirl from last year...

Addison's friend...

Just had to share a quick, sweet Addison moment. Mrs. Gretchen, who keeps Addison on the days I am working, has a little boy (Logan) who is her age. This morning I held Addison's hand and walked her to the door...Logan ran out to meet us with his arms open wide and gave Addison a big hug! It had been a about a week since we had last been there, so I guess they were glad to see each other! I mean, melt my heart...it was the sweetest thing. So, I would say that Logan is Addison's first official friend! :)