Smurfette

On Aug. 10, we headed to GG's house to install a new ceiling fan and smoke detectors for her birthday.

We had tucked Addie in for a nap during the middle of our projects and were blissfully waiting for her to wake up so we could head home and get ready for the babies blessing day the next day. She'd been asleep for a LONG time, so Wil decided to go check on her. When he opened the door, he found this...

 

It seems there was a box of paint in the closet that no one knew was there...well, no one besides Addie. 

The bedspread managed to escape mostly unscathed. Her dress and the carpet, however, are another story.

 

I should have been mad...but mostly, it was just funny! It must be something about nap time at GG's house. I remember my cousin Lynda doing something similar with a permanent marker when she was supposed to be napping at my grandma's. 

Reading With G.G.

Addie LOVES books and reading with G.G.! 

My grandma has COPD and pulmonary hypertension and has been on oxygen for about five years. She started Hospice a couple weeks ago...something that I am not at all happy about, but that I am slowly learning to accept. 

We've been spending a lot of time with GG lately, trying to soak up as much of her as we possibly can!

Teddy Bear Picnic

A few weeks ago, a friend at church hosted a teddy bear picnic at our church building. It was a potluck and we all brought our own blankets for the gym floor. All of the kids brought their teddy bears and they played while the moms visited. Addie had a GREAT time! 

A little more than a week later, I woke up from a nap to find this...

 Addie set up her own teddy bear picnic in the living room.

I'm loving this stage and her imaginative play!

Sunday Best

All ready for church! Could he be any cuter? 

My Day...In Two Pictures

These two pictures sum up my days...most days at least. 

Mason is my crier. He has reflux, which makes life tough for him right now. He's a baby...so he eats a lot, but it hurts to eat. Fortunately, the doctor was able to give us some medicine for the reflux. He's almost a whole new baby when he takes it. But when it starts to wear off (or when he's just in a mood), this is the face I see. Luckily, I'm starting to see this face less and less and his smiling face more and more!

Alisa smiles in her sleep ALL the time! It's adorable! She is my peacemaker. She still cries, after all she is a baby, but she's pretty content to just hang out and look around. Sometimes I feel guilty because her contentedness often means she doesn't get as much attention. I am SO grateful for her calmness, though. I don't know what I would do with two little babies that were criers!

Now...if I just had a picture of Addie laying in the middle of the floor screaming because she didn't get her way this post would be complete!

Playgrounds

It's about eight billion degrees outside, so we've been trying to find things to do indoors that entertain Addie...and hopefully help tire her out! 

Last week, we found a place called Playgrounds close to our house. It's an indoor play area. My grandma went with us, which was lucky because it happened to be grandparents day so it was only five dollars for about three hours of fun! My grandma sat in one of the comfy chairs with the babies while I played with Addie.

Addie had a blast! We'll definitely be back again!

Random Cuties

This little girl makes me smile! She is obsessed with seat belts. She ALWAYS wants them buckled. She buckles Alisa and Mason's car seats (whenever they are out of them), the swings, her doll stroller, everything. She asked me to buckle the buckle on the shopping cart at the grocery store, but it wasn't long enough to go around her waist so I told her I couldn't. No worries...she's got it covered!

Aren't these the cutest babies you've ever seen? Mason looks like quite the stud in this picture!

I am grateful for how much Addie LOVES the babies! She wants to be included in just about everything they do...even if it's something as simple as sitting in their Bumbo seats!