These pictures do not do this justice. AT ALL. But I guess it is somewhat funny being today is the first day of fall and all.
I came home Friday after work to find the trees in my backyard all beautifully trimmed. Now Dan and I have talked about getting it done because we had had some larger limbs fall in the last year and there were some stuck in the tree and the last thing we needed was a big branch crashing down on our cars. We just didn't want to chance it another winter so we bit the bullet.
We told him we would take care of disposing the trimmings but geez I don't think I could have imagined that my backyard would look like a jungle.
All in all, we get WAY more light in the backyard which is nice but we have a lot of work to do.
This weekend is one for the books, its just been relaxing and peaceful. Yes we have had lots to do as always but I didn't feel the rush rush rush of other weekends. Addie stayed on her nap schedule quite well and we did a lot.
Friday night I picked up Addie and Dan from the house and off to best buy we went to preorder the iPhone 5 for the mister. His last upgrade was about 3 years ago and it was just time. He should get it next week and although he denies it he was giddy. Now knowing this man for almost ten years I pretty much have his emotions down pat. When he talks loud (which is most of the time, but this loud is slightly different) fast and lots - he is excited. But I was happy, if I could give him the world I would. Then we went to a kids consignment shop and got the lil monster some new pants, a skirt and a jacket. Now I am sure many other people struggle with this but I have SO MANY CLOTHES that she wears maybe once. Most of the pants she owns dont even last one trip to the wash, what we end of finding is that they won't even go on. So we tried on some 18 month pants and they were a little snug so we went to 24 months but the length was too long. I joked about hemming them but seriously - I refuse to hem my 9 month olds pants. No. Final Answer. So we found some jeggings and a skirt. Stretchy pants are her new thing. Dan found a jacket with bunny ears, so cute. So we had to get it. We also found a walker which is something she can really use for $12. I love the consignment shops because most of the stuff looks so new.
Then we came home watched a few episodes of weeds and ate mexican food in our bed with the air conditioning on. It was perfect.
Saturday we woke up, walked to Wegmans made some pancakes, hit up Weight Watchers. I have lost 15 inches since July and last week I didn't weigh in because of camping but I was up one this week. No biggie. I am working on it. We came home and Addie napped and then we were off to her very first birthday party. I was really excited for her - well all of us - she didn't know the difference. She looked all preppy cute and Mom and Dad had to dress up too because from there we were dropping Addie off at Aunt Jaimes and we were off for a date!!! I have mentioned the swap nights before and this was ours. Dan had a place he wanted to take me and I was all for it. I looked nice and he cleaned up well and off to wherever we went. It ended up we were going to Bonefish Grill. YUM. Bang Bang shrimp, yes please.
This time last year I was preggo and not in any fear of loosing this baby. Looking back I was anxious and excited, we just came home from Oktoberfest and we talked about how I couldn't drink last year. It makes it seem so far away.
At Oktoberfest we ate lots of delicious food, drank a pitcher of beer and danced. It makes my heart melt to see Dan and Addie making memories and watching him dance with her was amazing.
Addison's first birthday party! Happy birthday Jacob!!
One of the best things about all these photos are the love that my friends have for my baby. Its so sweet to see our "family" grow and how those who are close to us get to see her grow!
Now we went to bonefish for my birthday two years ago, I have a picture he took of me with a glass of wine. This was a month after the second miscarriage and little did I know I was pregnant with Addie. Love. The last time we went it was with Addison when she was maybe 3 months old, ya know when you can take them anywhere and they just sleep. Yeah it was within that time period. Now last night they sat us in the same booth as my birthday which was sweet and we ordered a bottle of wine and some shrimp. It came really quick, mind you we were there at like 5, can you say Early Bird Special. Ehh no big deal, we just have to keep our evenings earlier as we are at the mercy of the sleep schedule. After we ate our shrimp we waited and waited and waited. Now Dan ordered the pad thai special and I ordered the app special to eat as dinner. It was an hour and 15 minutes later when the manager came over to let us know it would be right out. GRRR. Hunger-yyy! Then it came out and it was so rushed. The flavors were ok but it just wasn't worth the long wait. So they very nicely told us that we did not need to pay for our meal. Sweet! Then we walked around the mall all buzzed and giggly at like 7pm. Ha.
Then we picked up our baby and came home. Such a nice weekend. I was talking to my sister in law about all her 'firsts' and how there are many but I feel like we are hitting them quickly and I will miss that feeling of it being so special. Then we got to talking about Justin who scored his first touchdown in football - mind you they are so super cute 5 year olds - and she was reassuring me that the firsts get even better with age.
Addie is 9 months old and starting to get a 'tude. Awesome.
Two weekends ago Last weekend we had a very busy weekend, we took Addie to the beach, her first time this year. Wow. She loved it as we expected and so did Stella. Its her most favorite thing to do in the summer as a big black dog. She loves to swim and she loves to play fetch so those two together SO.MUCH.FUN.
We had our neighbors over for a BBQ and it was out weekend to watch Justin and Olivia. So it was tons of fun, just relaxing and getting to know our neighbors more. It was really nice.
Its funny how it seems like one day you just realize that this is our life. This is our story. When we look back in thirty years we will smile when we think about 58 Curtice Road.
Auntie Zuzu passed her driving test. Say what. I tell her all the time that I remember the day she was born. I am so excited for her, now she can come visit!! She is starting her senior year of high school, and can drive. Shes such a grown up! AWWW.
We went Stand Up Paddling, that was kinda cool. Took a minute to get my balance but it was really fun. We did about a half mile and it was about an hour and a half. I was working on technique and trying to get the rhythm down. We got a certificate to go back for another hour and I am super excited. It was such a peaceful thing to do and such a great workout.
Phew. And that was last weekend!
The week went so freakin' quick. It was Monday then Thursday in my world, we had Dans cousin Matt over one night and then Friday night little Ms Addison CRAWLED. Ahh so sweet!! I was driving up the driveway when I see my baby and Daddy on the deck and Daddy was over.the.moon! He asked if I wanted to see the video or the live action. Of course I watched her crawl right then and we squeeled and clapped. She acted like it was no biggie. Like she could do it for the longest time.
Then the neighbor came over because their oven broke and needed to use ours. So we got some really yummy lasagna to eat and had some nice company. We topped off the weekend with a Not So Surprise party. Mo is on bedrest so we all came to her! It was so sweet to see her and her baby bump. I got to love all on it!
Then Monday - Friday again.
And this past weekend we went CAMPING! So much fun to hang out with our friends and Addie was great. It was somewhat of an exhausting weekend and I came home and crashed last night. I cleaned my house a bit tonight and still have laundry to do from the weekend but overall it was so nice. We have the whole camping thing down pat which is pretty sweet. We packed up quick and drove down to PA, I whipped together a black bean crockpot soup which was a hit. We ate more bad food than I have in a while and my stomach is still off from it. The weather was ehh, the rain came down sideways and Addie was not a fan of the wind hitting the side of the tent. So we went bowling! Addie's first time to the bowling alley and what a throw back this place was.
The trip went by quickly and then Monday came and went. I think I fell asleep last night at 8 maybe 8:30. As you can tell the last few weeks have just been flying by.
I am going to try to make a new season resolution. Thats my new thing and this season, Fall, I want to be better at updating our life on this here blog o' sphere. It would be easier if I had my mac book pro (hint hint)
I came home Friday after work to find the trees in my backyard all beautifully trimmed. Now Dan and I have talked about getting it done because we had had some larger limbs fall in the last year and there were some stuck in the tree and the last thing we needed was a big branch crashing down on our cars. We just didn't want to chance it another winter so we bit the bullet. 
