Vacation...yay!!!

We have had the most insane summer of our lives, and we were finally able to get away from it all for Labor Day Weekend. We were lucky enough to spend some time in a condo on the beach in Oceanside with my mom, brother Mark and his wife Kristina. It was our first time going away with a baby and of course we brought WAY too much stuff, but had a great time away from all of our responsibilities. Addie went in the pool and the ocean for the first time and she loved it. Of course we are psycho and documented every moment of being in the water with videos and pictures for your viewing pleasure. Please prepare by putting on sunglasses to shield your eyes from my pasty white skin. Addie already has more color than me and she has never been tan. Lucky girl got her dad's coloring.

Addie's first swimsuit...she's ready for the pool!

Addie loving the water with mom.

All warmed up in her cover-up and towel.


This is what humidity does to her hair as if it wasn't crazy enough.



The Gang at the pool.


Venturing into the pacific


Family pic on the coast...like Brian's scruff?? He's on a strike from shaving.
We couldn't get Addie to look at the camera and we were sick of looking stupid trying to take our own picture so we gave up trying to get her attention.

We tried...

Well, it looks like Addie is just going to have to excel in academics or sports or some other thing worthy of a college scholarship. Thanks to everyone who voted but unfortunately, Addie did not make it to the finals of the contest. :( So, looks like we'll have to come up with some other scheme to pay for college. Thanks again! I can't post something without a picture, so here's a picture of my beautiful baby. Can you believe she is already 5 months old?

The Final Round

Another BIG thank you to everyone that voted in Round 3 for the 104.3 myfm beautiful baby contest. Unfortunately again, we did not win round 3, so our last chance is round 4. If you have time, we would appreciate it if you would take a minute one LAST TIME . Addie is Contestant 11 again this week under the "Aa - An" category. It's the same picture as the previous 2 weeks. Thanks again for your time. I'll let you know if she wins and make her in debt to you forever!!! Our last hope if she doesn't win this week is for Tori Spelling to pick her as the wild card winner. I guess we'll see what happens. Thanks for your support everyone!!Here's the link again:

http://www.1043myfm.com/pages/beautifulbabycontest/index.html

Thanks a million!

So this is what Brian and Addie do while I'm out working....I think "working from home" is Brian's cover up! They're having way too much fun without me!

Addie helping Daddy with emails.

Going out for a walk.

I came home from work one day and found Addie and Daddy out back playing on the swing set. Addie LOVED it!

Holding on to dad!

Just looking too cute!

Round 3!!!

A BIG thank you to everyone that vote for everyone last week for the 104.3 myfm beautiful baby contest. Unfortunately we did not win round 2, but we are trying to win round 3. If you have time, we would appreciate it if you would take a minute to vote in round 3. Addie is Contestant 11 this week under the "Aa - An" category. It's the same picture as last week. Thanks again for your time. I'll let you know if she wins and make her in debt to you forever!!! If for some unknown reason she happens to not win round 3 we have one last chance in round 4 and I'll be posting one more time for this next week. Thanks for your support everyone!!

Here's the link again:
http://www.1043myfm.com/pages/beautifulbabycontest/index.html

Thanks!

Vote for Addison!

104.3 My FM is having a beautiful baby contest so of course we had to enter Addie. There are 4 rounds to the competition, and we didn't make it into round 1, but we are entered into round 2, 3 and hopefully round 4. So, we need your help to vote for Addie so she can win a $20,000 college fund!! Here is the link:

http://www.1043myfm.com/pages/beautifulbabycontest/index.html

Go to the "A" category to see Addison's picture. She is under "Addison" and is contestant 12. To vote, click on vote under the "A" category and choose CONTESTANT 12. You can vote once for every valid email address you have.

We appreciate your vote! We need your help with all 3 rounds. The voting is as follows:
Round 2: July 30 - Aug 3
Round 3: Aug 6 - Aug 10
Round4: Aug 13 - Aug 17

Here is the picture we entered. We will keep you updated to let you know if she makes the finals! THANKS A BUNCH!!!!

Hiatus

I have not purposefully taken a hiatus from blogging, just been super busy. We have had a CRAZY month and haven't spent much time at the computer. After 4 months of bliss with my baby I went back to work June 30 full time....wahhh! But, we are really blessed because Brian is able to work from home so he can take care of Addie...wahoo!!! It's been a really tough transition for Brian and I (well, mostly for me), but Addie is happy as a clam. Some days she lets her daddy get some work done and others she requires a bit more attention. I'm slowly getting back into things at work and am now surviving without tearing up when I treat one of the cute little babies on my caseload. On a happy note, Addie is now in her own room in her crib and is sleeping through the night most of the time....she's such a good baby. She is also the most talented baby in the world...she can roll from her back to her stomach AND she eats her toes!!! Have you ever heard of a 4 month old doing this??? I think not!! :)

Here is my talented little girl in action!
(she was a bit cranky during the making of this film)

Addie happy as a clam.



The results of Brian's first week at home....ewwwwwww!