Buddies and Baby-proofing

Addie has been having lots of fun this week. Saturday we went to Grady's bday party. I forgot my camera, so once I steal pics from grandma I'll post some. Sunday we went to Grandma and Grandpa Rees's house. She loves playing with all the toys....

Cousin Beckam stopped by while we were there- he's so cute! Sorry, I know neither baby is really looking in this picture. He watched Addie crawling around all crazy and wild...he was probably taking mental notes :)

We went and played with Reagan and Jaylee on Monday. These two crawled around after each other....they're fun to watch.

Tuesday we took a little road trip up to Rock Springs to visit aunt Ashley and see her school and apartment and such. It was fun to see her and meet her new "friend" too. Addie loves all her aunties! :)

Yesterday we finally had a "boring" day at home. Addie decided that being home must be far too boring, because she figured out that she can totally open kitchen cabinets- hooray right?! Luckily I have already baby-proofed the ones with cleaners and such in them! Looks like I either get to do more, or deal with pans and cereal boxes within her reach.

Then, my little determined girl decided to try climbing up the stairs! Yes, that's right.... she had climbed up ONE step before....but this time did the whole entire flight of stairs! I was proud/terrified. What a big girl!! Look at how proud she was to reach the top where daddy was :)

SO Big!

Here's an Addie update of the past couple of weeks.... I can't believe that she learns so many things so fast. It's crazy how fast she's growing up! She is 10 months today! We'll be having her 1st Birthday soon....weird.

Addie has been so sick all week with a cold- yuck. Poor baby, she just had one like 6 weeks ago. I guess lots of junk is going around, so sanitize those shopping carts mommies! She did get a flu shot, but I guess that doesn't mean she can't still get one.....

Addie's top 2 teeth have broken through, this picture shows them best. Don't worry btw, she didn't actually vote in my place ;)

Such a helper.... she has officially learned to pull herself up to stand! It started with the dishwasher and bathtub, and now on EVERYTHING! It is amazing...literally the past 5 days she just figured it out and now she's so fast at it!

We sure love this little pumpkin of ours :)

Our Next President...

Whether you voted for him or not, whether you like it or not, this man is going to be the 44th President of the United States. You may not agree with his policies, you may not agree with his party, but you have to agree that our country needs change. You also have to agree with the fact that history was made tonight.

His speech was full of hope and unity for our country- something that we all need right now. His words "All things are possible" help my hope and faith that the future of this country has great possiblities.

So here's to putting all policital views aside and uniting as a country to support our next President! Here's to you Barak Obama- I don't envy your new job and I truly hope that you are successful!

Hooray for the Hilton!

So after much searching and a LOT of frustration, Jed has found a great new job! He's tired of working for a bunch of freakin psychos who don't appreciate or utilize his skills.

Starting tomorrow he will be an Event Manager for the Hilton and Davis Conference Center in Layton. He'll be in charge of government, educational, military and sports events. He's excited to be doing something different that he'll enjoy. I'm excited because one of the perks is discounts on hotels- oh yeah!

Trick or Treat!

I hope you all had a fun Halloween....we sure did! A busy one too! Well, it started the day before....it isn't enough for my child to have a costume, she also had to have a Halloween outfit. I put her in it Thursday and she was pretty cute.

Thursday we went to visit Addie's cousins Grady and Taylor-here she is playing with Taylor. She loved the cool toys Taylor had so mommy now has Christmas and her Birthday all figured out :)
Yes, here is my poor child being swarmed by women at her Grammy Dawn's office. These are only half of them- she was surrounded. I felt like paparazi trying to photograph her amidst her entourage hahaha...We made many rounds to show her off....here she is with her grandma and grandpa (you can tell at this point she was getting sick of it) I let her out of it while we were there to crawl around freely. Poor baby was so hot in there.
Happy Halloween from the cutest bunny you'll ever see! Too bad her "paws" wouldn't stay on her feet- way too big. Jed kept referencing "The Christmas Story" about the bunny costume. Sad...

Although Addie is too little to eat candy and treats, I more than made up for it for her- yuck, my poor tummy. The past 2 days I've eaten sugar cookies, candy, pumpkin bread, and a lot of twinkies and cupcakes (Dawn works for wonder bread....their trick or treaters lucked out!!)