Here are finally some pictures from Addison's first birthday! They aren't in any order but obviously you can tell that first we made the cupcakes, then Addison sucked on the spatula, and then we ate them. :)

Mom and Dad came out for Addison's birthday and we started by opening the presents. Then, mom and I went out to the mall to do a little shopping. We met the guys a little later to get some dinner out. Mom and Dad left after that since it was pretty late and they still had to drive for an hour and a half. We went home and sang to Addison and watched her make a huge mess with a cupcake. I let Alex put the icing on his and decorate it. He thought that was extra special. Also, Nathan's mom sent a little something for Alex from Nathan's uncle. It was good thinking to include Alex so he wouldn't get jealous with Addison opening all of her presents!

The first picture is a few days later with Addison in the outfit from mom and dad and holding the baby doll they gave her. I tried to post the video of Addison devouring the cupcake but it wouldn't work for some reason :( Too bad!

Oh, also, Nathan's mom sent Addison the little purple bear blanket. We switched that out for Addison's burp cloths and she loves the thing. We call it her blanky bear and she carries it around everywhere. We came up with the goofy name because little Emily that I watch has a sleepy square that is a pretty similar idea.

This is our goofy Addison and maybe goofier mother. Addison is a major major thumb sucker and if she has a burp cloth in hand she is sucking her thumb. We always have at least two burp cloths laying around somewhere and this day she honestly was walking around with three before I decided to film her.

This bottom picture is from when Emily stayed with us for a week when her mommy, daddy, and sister went to disney world. Honestly it was not too much extra work. I do all of the same things with the other kids anyway and she is a very easy little girl to take care of.

It's so fun to watch our little kiddos becoming such good friends! They are always playing together and Alex is so sweet to his baby sister.

On a side note, my Christmas present is supposed to be here next week and I'm so excited! Nathan got me a Cannon powershot. I think that's what it's called. Our camera has been having a lot of issues. Mainly that the lense won't close anymore and it doesn't focus very well anymore. A lot of pictures we just took on our christmas tree outing didn't turn out too well. (We did get some really good ones though and I'll post those soon, hopefully.) Since it's more of a thing we use as a family I didn't think we should get it in any girly colors. Nathan went ahead and ordered it in this really pretty blue color though. It is the same color as this super cute purse Jillian and I just saw when shopping. He said that if he can use my girly green laptop in public then he can use a girly blue camera. :)