Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Fall 2010

This fall we've been busy traveling and it's been so much fun to share so many new experiences with Addison. I know she won't remember but I'm grateful that we have pictures to share with her once she is a bit older. We began our travels by heading up to Tuscaloosa, AL for the University's Homecoming. I had so many highlights of this trip. My first highlight was visiting with my friend Stacey and her three children. She had the twins (Aaron & Abigail) on July 1st. It was so fun being pregnant together and then being able to meet the babies. What blessings they are to each of us and an answer to our prayers.

Stacey & me with our babies!
I have a few more to go to catch up with her!

Abigail & Aaron


We had a blast as a family watching the parade, visiting sorority row and seeing family & friends that we hadn't seen in such a long time.



Another highlight was catching up with my high school friends, Lauren & Margaret. It was so surreal being back at the AXO house as our little ones ran around. What a gift to meet their boys and spend some time together.

As you can tell it's a bit hard to get them all looking at the same time but I did manage to get a great on of Caedman (sp?) kissing Addison. What a sweetie! I think they all kind of resemble their mammas.


Then we headed to the quad where we got to see our cousins, Catherine & Cate. Mom & Catherine are first cousins who both went to Bama together. Mom enjoyed introducing us to a few of her sorority sisters.

And last but certainly not least, we got to see my great friend Jamie and her family. I was thrilled to see her even if it was so brief!! Addison likes her Auntie Jamie!!



After our visit to T-town we headed down to Spanish Fort, AL to visit my mom & dad and grandparents. I LOVED dressing Addison in her fall smocked dress. We were walking around Fairhope and found some of the best places to take pictures!!


Of course we had to get a family shot with some pumpkins. I guess we will save the pumpkin patch for when she's a little older and can pick out her own pumpkin. By this time she was ready for a nap so no smiles from baby girl.

Game Day
Pappy & Addison practicing Roll Tide on game day!
Bama Baby!


We love visiting Leigh Leigh & Pappy's lake house!


One of my favorite faces she makes! All smiles and pure joy!!

Now we are back in Orlando and looking forward to more fall activities with our friends and their babies. More pics to come...stay tuned.


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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

5 months

Today Addison is 5 months old!
She's wearing the dress I wore when I was 5 months...30 years ago!
Can we say VINTAGE! :-)

Checking out her feet


Happy girl!





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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Almost 5 months & not very good about updating...

On October 12th our baby girl will be 5 months old! I cannot believe how fast time flies but I guess it's true...time flies when you're having fun! And that's what life has been...fun! So much so that who has time to blog!!! I just thought for those that are interested you might want to see some updated pictures....

Addison and me hanging before dinner with some of our friends.

Meeting her great-grandparents Bill & Fern Mikkelson



Around 3/4 months we had a photo shoot with Ashley Poole because I really wanted to get a good picture of the three of us. We had such a fun time and got some great shots of our sweet little girl.









I cannot begin to tell you how much joy this sweet little girl brings to our life! She has such a sweet spirit and so easy going. She loves to laugh at mommy & daddy, finally rolled over from her tummy to her back (yesterday), loves to suck her thumb, fingers, etc., sleeps beautifully through the night most of the time, always smiles with her mouth wide open, and loves to "talk"! We are blessed because of her! Thank you Lord!!




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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Beach

Avery is such a sweet big cousin. She helps out so much!!

I love that I got this smile!

I feel like they have their own way of communicating!
It's like Barrett is saying, "Hey Addie, don't worry the Bear is here."

Cousin love!


Bath time!!




This weekend Adam & Matthew (my BIL) participated in a golfing event so Ashley (my SIL) and I decided it would be fun to take the kids to Papa & Grammy's beach condo for the weekend. We had a great time relaxing and I was thankful that I was able to get some sun while Addison napped thanks to Grammy & Ash!! I can't wait until all 3 of them are running around in the sand building sand castles and swimming in the ocean/pool. Fun times!!


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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Thirty

On the 12th of this month I turned the big three-oh!! To celebrate my husband threw me a surprise b-day party at my favorite restaurant (Hot Olives). I LOVED celebrating with my family and friends and could not have imagined a better night~ well I guess it could have been cooler but that's a lot to ask for the middle of July.(Now I know why I always had pool parties as a kid!) Here are some pictures from the night...












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