This and That and Other Things

Hello everyone....nothing too special going on around here. Just trying to survive the cold of the heart of winter. Luckily the big snowfalls have let up for a little while it seems. However, March is also our snowiest month so we'll see what happens in a few more weeks!

Here are some random photos of me from the last few weeks.

Here I am trying to use the big girl potty.
But I'm not quite ready yet.

Helping bake cookies!

"Helping" daddy paint the formal dining room.

Hope you're having a wonderful winter!

Love, Addison

Winter Dancing Queen

Here are a couple videos of me dancing this morning! I was being pretty silly!

Blizzard 2010!

Dancing to Christmas Music!

That's a lot of snow!

Daddy ready to go out to snow blow!

Wearing Daddy's Goggles

These trees are about 8 feet tall!

That's a lot of snow! Almost as tall as me.

Well, the blizzard of 2010 has been kind of fun! Mommy and Daddy said they are happy it happened on the weekend. :) The snow started overnight Friday night and didn't stop until after Mommy and Daddy went to bed last night. It was REALLY windy too. Our neighbors 2 doors down called yesterday afternoon to say they were having a "Blizzard Party" so we made the trek over there about 3:30pm. Wow, was that an adventure. We were all bundled up and daddy had to carry me because the snow was way to deep for me to walk. He also had to give mommy a lot of help because it was really hard for her to walk with her "owies" (her arthritis in her knees and feet). I kept my head buried in daddy's shoulder. It sure was a fun party. We came back home about 6pm.

This morning we had breakfast and then daddy fixed the snow blower (he said it wasn't throwing the snow very well). I think he and mommy called it "operation fix this damn thing." Daddy was successful! He was pretty happy about that given all the snow outside. While daddy "blowed big snow" mommy and I watched Mickey Mouse and Dora, I wore my hat and danced to Christmas music and we made some Christmas cookies. Mommy took videos of me dancing that she will post later.

Hope everyone had a good weekend!
Love,
Addison

Happy "Cyber Monday"

Greetings everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and you're well on your way to fulfilling those Christmas shopping lists. We a relatively small Thanksgiving with Grandma Edna and Jo Jo (daddy's sister, Molly). Mommy, daddy, Edna and Molly all made a really yummy-looking meal, but I didn't have any of it. Instead, I chose to run around and play while they ate their dinner.

Over the weekend, mommy as at it again...giving Marth Stewart a run for her money. This time she was putting together some winter decoration pots for the front stoop of the house. I would have offered to "help", but instead I took a nap in the car while mommy and daddy worked hard on the decorating. I sure think it looks pretty though!

A few of the whole thing from afar.

A little bit closer view.

Finally a close-up view.

Hope all had a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Love, Addison

A New Dancing Queen?

Hello everyone! Wow, has it really been since my birthday that I last posted? That's way too long and I apologize.

As you may have heard (or maybe not, but it seemed like it was a "national" news story), the Upper Midwest got hit with its first snowstorm of the season. We got 6" at home, but some of our friends to our west got as much as 12". I went outside to "help" daddy with the snow. Actually, he went across the street to help our neighbors shovel and got to play with my friend Abby.

Then, when daddy came back to our house, I freaked out when he started up the loud snowblower and I went back inside with mommy. Here are some pics from the last few months and the Armageddon snow storm over the weekend.

Checking out the snow.

Perfect snow for a snowman.

Here's me being silly after a diaper change.

And here I am practicing my dancing skills with my tutu.

And speaking of dancing, here's a video of me tearing it up in the family room just this past weekend.

Hope you all are having a fabulous fall!

Love, Addison

Happy 2nd Birthday Addison!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Addison!!

Thank you for making the last 2 years of our lives so much fun!!!

Here are some things we love about you!
Your big brown eyes
Your wonderful, sweet smile
Your kisses and hugs
Watching you dance
Listening to you "read" Brown Bear
Your excitement for life
Listening to you talk
Your funny sense of humor

Happy Birthday!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Summer Landscaping Project

Before

After

Another After Shot

Daddy has been very busy this month building a retaining wall and planting the bed in the front of our house. Mommy and Daddy have been talking about doing this project for about a year so it is fun to finally see it all finished! Daddy and our neighbor "Nawn" (Shawn) started the wall the first weekend in June. They got the whole thing built that weekend. Daddy finished the caps on the wall a couple weeks ago. He had to rent a big saw that was really loud to do that part. Last Friday Mommy and Daddy took the day off and they hauled and spread 1 1/2 yards of black dirt and Daddy planted all of the plants. Saturday they spread the mulch. I went to Barb's on Friday when they did most of the work. Even though I really like to be a helper with the "wovel" (shovel) in the dirt they said they would get done faster without my little hands helping.

I thought it was pretty funny that they used Grandma Edna's "Big Blue Truck." (Suzuki Samari Jeep and trailer).

We are all really happy with how the project turned out and Mommy and I are very thankful for all Daddy's hard work!

Love,
Addison