Wednesday, Jan 28

She crawls...sort of...

Monday, Jan 26th

As the ice builds up on our driveway, and the heat STILL out in our house, we take a moment to look at the brighter things in life.

Friday, January 23

We got to go to Kansas City last weekend to see my good friend Meredith and her family.  Hard to believe we've known each other for 10 years!  Her son Deacon & Addison are birthday buddies- they share the same bday, a year apart.  It's hard to tell, but he's actually giving Addison a hug in this picture (while being very sure to keep his ball outside of her reach).


She is an incredible photographer in KC, and she did us the honor of taking our pictures while we were there.  She has such a way of capturing personalities on film.  I've posted some of them for you to see.

We are battling RSV at our house these days.  Addison started coughing Wednesday, and then Thursday did me the favor of taking her wet hand out of her mouth and sticking it in mine before I had time to react.  Please pray that she gets over this without any complications.  We know so many kids with Downs who end up in the hospital because of it! 

Sunday, Jan 11

Being a little more mobile, Addison has gotten herself into a few predicaments lately.  I guess the nice thing to do would be to go to her immediately and help her out of it.  Instead, we like to laugh and take pictures first.

So we’ve been trying to sign with Addison off and on since about 6 months old.  We’d show her signs diligently for a while, and she’d just look at us like we’re crazy, or laugh at us.  They say she’s ready to sign when she waves bye-bye, which she’s been doing since the summer.  So, we’re on again for now, and the last couple of nights I’ve been showing her the sign for bath during bathtime, and tonight, SHE DID IT!  I couldn’t believe it.  I must have said the word “bath” a hundred times after that, and she loved showing me the sign.  

Monday, January 5

We’ve got teeth! Well, tooth. Addison finally got her first tooth last week. And, you know, it’s funny. One tooth doesn’t do much for you. But it sure is cute! And we’re on our way now. Just a couple more, and she’ll be scarfing down ribs and steaks with the best of them.

Addison got to spend last week with Grans and Granddaddy while her parents spent the week in Mexico! It was a much needed break for us, and, although a little less restful, still lots of fun for them. They taught her all kinds of new tricks and managed not to spoil her too badly. We could not be more appreciative.

And then, yesterday when we got home, Addison crawled for the first time! She’s been doing the belly crawl for a while, but this was a real hands-and-knees crawl. She did it three times before we got the video camera out, and then… nothing. We tried for the next half hour to get her to crawl (someone should have been videoing that!) That's okay, we'll get it one of these days when she's least expecting it.