I know, two posts in one day! Crazy huh!? Well, I've promised a few people some video of Addison walking. Apparently it was dark in the livingroom. Sorry! She walks so well now. She's not really doing a lot of falling. I think she was just getting excited in the video. I finally cut Alex's hair tonight and had to post the pics of his mohawk I gave him afterward. He doesn't like it at all! He keeps saying put my hair down while he squishes it with his hand.

These are our Halloween pics! We got some good ones. Alex had so much fun trick or treating! He went up to a bunch of houses on his own. He said trick or treat and thank you every time! It was fun watching him get so excited. You could tell his bucket was getting heavy and he was getting tired but everytime we asked him if we could carry it he said no. LOL! We also got a good family pic before church on Sunday!

Okay Joy, I've been trying to think about what I want for christmas. It gets harder as you get older and buy pretty much whatever you really want. I was thinking I'd like a comfy jacket. Something casual, maybe sporty. Could be fleece or whatever. Maybe a maroon or navy blue or green? Probably a medium unless it looks huge then get small. Another easier thought would be a Victoria's Secret gift card. Since I've stopped nursing I'm in need of some better you know whats. Either one would be a great gift and I'd always be open for something home made or if you come up with a better idea.

I'm going to try and remember to get some video of Addison walking today. Hopefully I'll post it soon!

Okay, I know I'm getting really bad at blogging. I'll try to do some real blogging later today. Thought I should get the list for Christmas out there. The deal this year is the same as last year. Everybody gets one person and the kids are there for everybody to buy for if they choose to. We drew names out of a bucket yesterday at mom and dad's so no one can accuse me of matching people up this year. lol! Guys drew for guys and girls for girls. Here it is:

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Jeremy- Nathan

Dad- Jason

Jason- Dad

Josh- Jeremy

Nathan- Josh

Joy- Jenny

Jenny- Joanne

Joanne- Jilli

Jilli- Mom

Mom- Joy


I think the amount last year was thirty? Does everybody think that works again? More or less? I'll be thinking about what I want Joy. I'm going to try to get my Christmas shopping done before December. We'll see if I make it! I'm guessing Joanne is going to make up an amazon wish list again? As far as my kids go for gifts. Alex is easy to buy for, but clothes are also appreciated for both of them :) Alex is wearing 3T in everything. I like the adjustable waist for pants for my skinny boy. Addison will be getting into 12 month and is starting to run out of clothes that were given to us. I have a hard time buying clothes for her when she'll grow out of them so fast! Also, Addison doesn't have very many toys of her own. I don't even know if she would play with them if she had them though. She loves anything that belongs to her big bubs!

I found this when I was looking for pics of the kids! Couldn't help but post it. Alex thought it was Addison. I had to tell him it was him a few times before it stuck.




I just realized that all the recent pics we've taken are on the laptop. Guess I'll have to post more sometime when N-dog is home:)

Well it's been forever since the last post I made! We've been super busy! There are a couple pics of the kids when Joanne and Jeremy made it out for the riverfestival. Alex is being stubborn in the one with all of the kids on the floor. That's normal for him. He doesn't like getting his picture taken. I was surprised he actually posed for a few. I love the bath one of Alex and Addison! They have so much fun in the bath together. I got a whole bunch more pictures but they probably aren't appropriate to post on the blog. Alex and Addison have been playing in their room a lot lately. It usually ends with Addison crying because she got either stuck under Alex's bed or the dresser. It's sooo funny! I put her in the cute turquoise pants and onesie outfit today that Nathan's mom, Julie, got for us when we were pregnant with Alex. We hadn't found out yet what we were having and she gave us an outfit for a boy and an outfit for a girl. She looks really good in those colors!

We had Addison's six month check up on friday. It went really well. I was expecting it to be good since nothing's really going on with her. She is 15 lbs and 13 oz. and 26 in long. She's in the 41% for weight, 55% for height, and 80% for head. Which means her weight and height percents have flipped and her head is still big. My babys have big heads! I was kind of expecting her height and weight to flip at some point. Hopefully we won't be having weight trouble with her in a few months like we did with Alex. She's scooting around on the floor a lot and almost sitting up on her own. She's been getting a lot happier now that she can entertain herself a little bit.

Alex has been pretty funny lately. He's started saying all kinds of funny things. When he thinks Emily or Poky are doing something naughty he says shame on you. That's something daddy tells Alex if he's naughty. When Addison is doing something he doesn't like he tells her knock it off. He's also a lot more into his little sister which is both good and bad. He loves playing with her and she loves Alex. He does play a little rough sometimes though. Yesterday he tried to stomp on her hand and thankfully missed. Today he gave her a cheerio. Thankfully he came and told me he gave Addison cereal. I ran in and it was sitting on her lips and hadn't made it in her mouth yet. Scary! Sometimes he thinks he's doing something nice and doesn't realize it could hurt her. They are super cute when they play together though. Addison totally adores her big brother!

So I think I need an update since the last post. We had Alex's doc appointment on friday and it went pretty well. He's doing fine with his weight which was a big relief! He's in the 15% for height and 4 1/2% for weight. The doc was nice and added the half! LOL! She said that if there were any growth abnormalities they usually show up by three so it looks like he's just small. Whew! The funny thing was when they had him undress to his undies. He really didn't want to do that! Then after that he just sat there pouting and wouldn't talk. All he would say was no. The doc said that this kind of action she sees more in boys at this age. She noticed his goofy tic right away. Sometimes if he feels uncomfortable or things just aren't like they normally are he blinks his eyes a lot. She just commented on it and made it seem kind of normal and moved on. That made me feel good! Next we talked about his development and he seems to be doing good. The only thing she seemed a little concerned with was his speech. He knows exactly what he's trying to say but sometimes he just can't form the words right. He actually just recently started trying a lot more! I'll sound words out and he'll repeat me. He used to not do that at all. She gave us a number of some people we could call to get an evaluation to see if he needs speech therapy. She said that the main thing is that he'll probably start to get really frustrated when people can't understand him. So, Nathan and I will talk about this at some point and decide what to do. We'll see. It couldn't hurt anything.

The other thing that's pretty exciting is that Alex pooped in the big potty for the first time! Yeah! He's been pretty much potty trained in the other area for a while now but we just couldn't get him to not poop his pants. He would always do it during nap time when he had his diaper on which wasn't too bad cause it's not a big mess. I've got him up halfway through his nap a few times and put him on the potty but he still wouldn't and as soon as he's back in his room he would do it. So, I put him on the potty a couple days ago and left him there for like a half hour. Finally, when I was on the phone with my mom, he yells me poop big potty! I was so excited! We went to Wally World later that day and bought him a car. He went in the big potty again yesterday too! Hopefully we'll be good now and he could officially be potty trained!