10 months old!

My little cutie pie turned 10 months old today! What a mess she is and completely deserving of her nickname of Stinky since she is such a little stinker!
*Addison is full of joy and spunk and all kinds of personality. She's slightly bashful, but not fearful with strangers.
*She waves bye bye pretty regularly and has said bye a few times. Her waving is either a straightened arm lifted then drops back down a few times or similar to the sign for more (open and close fist over and over). Either way it is really adorable.
*She can nearly walk. I know I've been saying that for a while but she's been on the verge for a while. She pulls up on everything and is very mobile. She is now cruising from one piece of furniture to another. If I'm near by and she wants to get to somewhere she can't she just falls over, arms reaching out in my direction, knowing I'll catch her. I always scoop her up and hug her tight before she is pushing away trying to get down.
* She loves to chase the dogs in her walker. The other night, she spent 10 minutes laughing hysterically while chasing after them.
* Talking is one of her favorite things to do and she will just jabber away constantly to whatever and whoever is around. She says things like ma ma, da da (not necessarily to either of us, although I do think she understands that's who we are), Kkkccckk (for cat), bye, ba ba, and all sorts of gibberish super-cute baby talk.

(She was mad at something and I thought this little face is so cute!!)

*She weighs somewhere around 21 pounds. She's wearing a size 3 diapers and 9 to 12 month clothes, size 2 or 3 shoes.

*Addison absolutely loves to "ride horsey" with her Daddy or her Grandpa. They ride her on their shoulders and I think they like it just as much as Addison does. So cute!

* She is attached to her teddy bear and her croqueted blankets that she sleeps with! She'll grab them up and hug them tight and Jordan and I both love that she "cuddles" something.

*She loves to makes raspberry sounds and to make clicking sounds with her tongue. I was rocking her to sleep and she had her head resting on my chest when she suddenly started razzing and clicking enthusiastically. I think it was her way of winding down. I was about to die trying not to shake while laughing so hard.

*Addison has gotten back into a good sleep routine. She goes to bed at 7:00 to 7:30 and sleeps until about 6:30 or 7:00. She is no longer asleep when we put her down for bed. I'll nurse her and rock with her sprawled out and moving all over my lap for a few minutes then put her in her crib with her blanket. She then spends half an hour talking to herself and moving around her crib before falling asleep. She normally wakes up a few times during the night, but doesn't cry and goes back to sleep within minutes.

* Addison is back to making her scrunchy face but only with her eyes. She crinkles them up when she smiles sometimes while flashed her two little teeth (yes the only two she has, still).

* She is eating like crazy and loves her puffs. We have a little snack keeper that she can reach into to pull the snacks out but won't spill. She lunges for it every time she sees it. She also screams if we are eating and she isn't. Yeah, she is a bit demanding, and we always give in.

* She is still enjoying her 3 to 5 daily bottles and nurses before bed.

* Her hair is getting thicker and longer. There is enough on the top of her head to clip a bow in it (as pictured) and the back is starting to curl (on the left side where it is thicker and longer than the right. So cute!!!)
* Addison Kate is our pride and joy! She is so full of life and makes us so happy every single day! I cannot imagine a better baby and in my eyes she is perfect! We are so thankful to God for giving us such a wonderful blessing!

Happy 10 month Birthday, Addison!

Oh, and Happy St. Patricks Day!! Hope you were wearing your green!

Change Gonna Come

So... We have been busy purchasing this:

That's right, the Cline Family is moving. We put in offer in on this house a few weeks ago and they actually accepted it!

(Back of house)

It's a great location in town, which puts us both closer to work and, well closer to most things. There's a small pond in the front yard which will have a fountain in it soon.

It's got a two story living room, four bedrooms, four bathrooms, dining room, office...

Huge kitchen, den, roomy laundry room, two-car garage, front porch and balcony, back covered porch and balcony. It comes with a little over 2 acres of land. Best part is we got a killer deal on it!

I was quite shocked that our offer was accepted but I am slowly becoming more and more excited about it. I just don't want to pack and unpack and all that fun stuff that comes along with moving. So we should be closing in about 2 weeks and moving about a week after that. Wow, I have sooo much to get done before now and then and not much motivation! I guess it will come soon, or I'll be in trouble!

Catch-up

So, I've been MIA for the last few weeks. I don't really know why. I guess I just haven't been very inspired to blog about anything. We've had a lot going on in the past little while and I've been slightly overwhelmed. I'll get to that later but for now here are some pictures from the past few weeks.

Here is Addison with the bear I got her for Christmas (Super soft bear wearing a pink argyle sweater). She has decided recently that she loves her bear. I kept trying to get a good picture of her with it but this is the best I've gotten so far. She cries for her bear if she can see it but not get to it. This is Miss Busy Pants walking with her little push toy thing. I just can't get a good smiley picture sometimes.

And then there is this sweet picture. It is my new absolute favorite picture! Now you can see her sweet sweet little smile! I just love my Addie Cakes!

I got this picture in an email from Gena one day at work. It read "this is how Papaw feeds babies" It's Jeff (JOrdan's dad) with Ellett and Addison. NEver say that men don't know how to multi-task. They just don't want to take on the responsibilty so they don't admit it. haha!

This is Addison's friend, Salem. She is a quick little booger! She can crawl around ten times faster than Addison (although Addison is getting quite quick, especially if she knows you are coming after her to take away whatever she has that she's not supposed to have...)
Here are the girls playing before bedtime. Addison decided to give Salem a kiss. So sweet!

More to come later...