So many things, So little time

I feel like there are always so many things I want to share but then my blogs are TOO long...so I will let the pictures and captions speak for themselves!

The orange and pink roses were from Matthew for our Anniversary (May 9) and I wont the assortment flowers at church for being the youngest mom at church. Yeah that's right at the age of 27 I am the youngest mom...we aren't in the South anymore Todo.

This moment was enough of a Mother's Day present for me!


Addison's nap before going on our Anniversary outing. We went to the mall and walked around for exercise, bought L.C. (our niece) a birthday present, ate lunch and went to Costco to go "sampling". We ended our evening by enjoying Chinese takeout at home while watching a movie. It was, as usual, a day full of random fun....doing nothing :)

Mommy and her girls!

Happy Mother's day and thanks for the outfit Aunt Kimberly!!! This was just before going to lunch with a few friends.

Piper and Addison---no caption needed for this sweet moment!!

Piper and Addison---no caption needed for this sweet moment!!

Stylin and smiling in some CK wear!!! Addison LOVES smiling!!!


Addison and Piper Chattin it up!

Let's Go Fly A Kite for Addison's One Month Birthday

I can hardly believe our Addison is one month old and my how she changes everyday! I cannot stop staring at her as she is making all her many discoveries and developments and I am so grateful I am able to experience these discoveries and developments with her each day. Matthew and I are incredibly blessed that I am able to stay at home with Addison for the time being. The circumstances starting from the timing we got married, to the timing of Matthew's new job/graduation from graduate school, to the timing of me resigning at my job in Birmingham---all of that created the perfect set of circumstances for me to stay at home. I have said it a million times in the past year, but God always has a perfect plan for ALL of us, we just have to trust him.

So, Addison is one month. What has she been up to the past month? Well....

• Personality: Her personality is starting to emerge. She is easy-going (credit to Matthew's genes), adaptable to new things/environments, easily contented, VERY determined and looks for any chance to flash a smile at you. She also enjoys her independent time (i.e. she likes to lay in her bed as she falls asleep for naps and look around and play for a while, she enjoys playing with her toys on her own and just looking around while she eats). I love the combination of easy-going and independence, I look forward to watching that develop further!
  
• Tummy time: has a whole new meaning now! She can push up on her hands and lift her head WAY up---and keep it stable!!! She is also trying SO hard to roll over when she is on her tummy. She can go from her back to her side, but not quite a full roll yet.
  
• Playing with toys: Another favorite activity is playing with her toys on her back. She could hit them before but now she can hit them quite precisely and she is even trying to kick them now.
• Talking: The newest development---TALKING! When we play with her, she makes the sweetest little talking noises and if you copy her, she will do them back at you!!! We have our own language now!
• Sleeping: She is sleeping longer through the night slowly but surely. She only wakes up ONCE between 10:30 PM and 8:00 AM. She takes great naps and falls asleep on her own.
• Size: Addison was able to skip the one month Doctor visit so she will not be weighed again until June, but I can tell you---she is getting big!!! What is interesting, is she is getting proportionally bigger instead of chubby. Maybe being exclusively breastfed causes this, but who really knows. I can't wait to see how much she weighs at her two month doc visit!
  

For her One Month celebration---we flew a kite in our "backyard"! Well, the kite did not do much flying, but it was fun trying!

I look forward to each day to see what new challenges, developments and fun awaits our growing family! God is so good!

Matthew flying the kite while Addison and I watch!

Sunbathing and Kite Flying :)

Our walk after kite flying...she can ride in the regular stroller without a carrier!

Piper snuggling with Addison! If you can't tell, Piper is laying on her!

Ready to go to a Cookout at the Peacock house!
"Thanks Addie Jackson for my headband...I think Mommy is getting the hang of these things :)"
Family self portrait....this was the 5th attempt, so her headband was sliding!

"Waiting for Daddy to come home from work to play with me!"

Addison Joy Grant, Three Weeks Old

Addison celebrated three weeks in the world yesterday. I cannot believe how much she changes everyday. Here is the latest and greatest....

• She sleeps well at night, in fact last night she slept from 8 PM to 8 AM and only woke up one time to eat! Beginning at 8 AM through 8 PM, she has fallen into a 3 hour schedule: Eat (30-45 min), play (15-45 min), nap (1.5-2 hrs) and then it repeats again 3 hours after it started. It's nice to have a routine down.
  
• Rolling onto her left side easily now
• Picks up her head lots and is able to control the bobbling fairly well
• Tries to be a lil inch worm and loves to scootch across the floor on her tummy by pushing on your hands with her feet
• Smiles...ON PURPOSE
• Listens and looks intently at me as I read her Bible to her (thanks to Stephen and Meagan for giving Addison her first Bible)
• Seems to want to be awake the MOMENT Daddy comes home. She is generally napping when he comes home and the minute he walks in...she wants to be up from her nap, I think she misses Daddy already :)
• Is really, really alert during play time---it amazes us

I apologize that I cannot edit the length of the two videos below, but somehow when I got the new windows, I lost my software. I will edit these things one day.....

Wait until about 45 seconds into the video....
I was trying to take video of her hitting the toys and then Piper decided to play too!! I can't wait until Addison is older and can play her her more!

Here we have the inch worm; she has some strong legs!


Off for coffee with a friend sporting a hat made by Grandma

Sporting hat made by Grandma while it is still cool enough outside to wear them!

Love these moments between Daddy and Addison more than any other!

The Golden Year

Unbelievable---I turned 27 yesterday. First, thank you to everyone for your kind birthday wishes and prizes!

Secondly, ever since I can remember I have always believed that 27 would be the ultimate best age ever of all times ever. I am not sure why 27 stuck out to me, but I have anticipated it since then. So far, 27 is looking pretty good; so good that Matthew has nicknamed it "The Golden Year". Although I must admit, 26 is going to be a difficult year to top. During 26 I married the love of my life and we had a beautiful baby girl together----does life get any better...really?

Matthew's Birthday prizes were so cute! He gave me one everyday for three days with the last gift coming on my birthday. Tuesday he gave me a book about teaching Addison baby sign language---I cannot wait to dive into it! Wednesday he handed me a HUGE gift bag (I could just about fit in it) full of newspaper with a Tom Hanks DVD at the bottom--"MONEY PIT". Many of you know I collect Tom Hanks movie, so this was added to the collection! Thursday I picked up my laptop to check emails and inside it was a gift certificate for a pedicure!!! He closed out the evening by making me cupcakes :) As always I must brag on Matthew---he is so thoughtful!!

Da cupcakes

And we still do the self portraits :)

Another fun prize I received in the mail was from Krista....she sent me homemade pink and green iced cookies! They were all decorated differently and I was so impressed they made it through the mail so beautifully!!! Oh and I cannot forget to mention, they are DELICIOUS!

Thank you again to everyone for your kind birthday wishes and prizes!!

Goodies made by Krista :)

Piper's New Do

Piper has not been for real groomed since Thanksgiving so check out her long awaited new hairdo :)