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. :)

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!