Pumpkin Patch

Here are a couple of pictures from the pumpkin patch on Sauvie's Island. Addy's first Halloween! She slept almost the whole time. We went on a cow train. A tractor pulls a hand full of carts shaped like cows. Mine was Butters. We had a great time with Doug, Michelle, Chase, Hannah and Shawn went too! Enjoy!

Our first anniversary! The story of us.

Brian and I met the for the first time March 29th, 2006. He came into my work after a mutual friend told him about me. I caught wind he might come in to meet me, but didn't know when. So I tried to look my best every day that week and always be on my toes. Not knowing what he looked like and having many customers in and out of my office I wondered a lot...is that him? oh, is that him? Finally he came in and the rest is history...

This is our first trip to Seattle for my birthday April 2006. I fell in love with him this weekend and knew deep down I'd marry this man and have his babies. Which was a strange feeling for me. I always thought I'd do those things after 30 or at least after a career start. God works in miraculous ways, and this was sure miraculous.

We have been having fun ever since we met.

Brian on his jet ski July 4, 2006. Look at those muscles!

Here we are taking a dance lesson at the famous Bushwhackers. Brian is a great dancer. This picture is very important to me. When we first met, Brian taught me about the flavors of food. He would always order or make food and let serve me a bite first. He enjoys savoring every bite with his eyes closed. I will never forget our third or so date at Clay's Smokehouse. He ordered ribs, and if you know me you know I hate anything on the bone. Way too messy for me. So after a few short minutes I look up to see Brian's face covered in BBQ sauce. I cracked up and wondered if he knew!? I would have been mortified!!! Well...he didn't care and later said he always does that, that's the way you way ribs. He also said he wanted to show me 'how he was' so if I didn't like it, I wasn't for him. What a toughy :) Sure enough, he still does it! And I always think of our date at Clay's.

Here we are on the beach at our resort in Jamaica on our honeymoon. What a wonderful trip. I've never been so relaxed and treated like royalty. We ate some pretty bizarre things like goat. It wasn't that bad!

Then we came home from our fabulous honeymoon and I was bummed that we didn't have plans for Halloween. So, needless to say I was a little cranky and didn't feel very well. If you look below you'll know why. I was pregnant. My goodness!!! We were excited, scared, overwhelmed, happy, nervous...you name it, we felt it. We'd known each other for about 7 months now, but we were having a BABY!!!!! I was so sick until I hit 3.5 months. The rest was mostly wonderful. We couldn't wait for our little girl to show up.

This is the most amazing picture I have ever seen. My entire heart is in this picture, I cried when I saw it. The look on Brian's face says it all. I wasn't able to be in the NICU with them here so I lived vicariously through pictures. When Addy was born they put her right on my chest, then took her to NICU to get some stuff out of her lungs and bathe her. Brian was able to carry her down there, the proud daddy. As he walked past the waiting room he was attacked like a sitting duck. My parents were able to go in too and captured this moment for me. Enjoy!

And here is our latest enjoyment that is not about Addy, wow! We celebrated our first anniversary yesterday October 7th. I was able to leave Addy for a little bit, hard as it was. We went to the restaurant where we had our first date, ate our wedding cake and wine from the wedding. (We got a free cake from Joseph's so we didn't have to save the old one, yuck!) We had so much fun and enjoyed talking and being together on our little date just being married and not mommy and daddy for a couple hours. We even decided to not talk about her, which worked until we pulled in the driveway and we could hear her crying from outside. I have never moved so fast, she needed her mommy! Gosh, I though, would she even know who we were... I'd never left her that long!!! When I picked her up she nuzzled right in my shoulder. What a wonderful end to a perfect night with my husband of one whole year. Congratulations to us!

She can roll over!

Addy is twelve weeks old and she rolled over the other day. We are SO excited!!! I changed her and put her on the floor for 'tummy time' and ran into the other room for A COUPLE SECONDS! When I came back she was on her back. Weird, I thought. I know I put her on her tummy...

So I put her back on her tummy to see if she would do it again. Lo and behold, she rolled right over. So I had some fun rolling her back to her tummy I don't know how many times. When Brian came home form work, we did it some more. We are so proud of her! We don't want her to get any bigger, but we are in ah every day as she shows us new things she can do. She is also starting to want to grab at things, what a joy to watch. She's our little blessing and we love her so.

11.5 weeks, she's getting too big!!!

I LOVE this picture of Brian & Adalynn. He had propped her up between the couch cushions and when he looked at her she stared at him with such intent. She gives us this look a lot. She digs her chin in her chest and looks up at us, it's a heart melter. Brian talks to her all the time and she really loves it. She tries so hard to figure out what you are saying and has such expression in her eyebrows. She smiles so much now, and is so close to giggling. She sounds more like she is coughing, but will soon turn to laughing. I can't wait to hear a deep belly laugh.

She is so loved by her mommy and daddy!

She is enjoying all her stroller rides and actually likes the carseat now. Getting in the carseat doesn't always mean we have to get in the car anymore. I take her for stroller rides a lot now. The vibration puts her right to sleep, however, (just like when I stop at a red light) if the stroller stops moving...we wake up. She's my ambition to keep going and to not stop short!

She has had cradle cap really bad so I've been putting baby oil on her head and brushing her hair all the time. It is slowly going away, but it also takes out a little hair. Not that she has none to spare, but Brian calls it 'male pattern baldness' because it's on top of her head. Sad!

10 weeks

Hanging out in her beloved swing.

Peeking out of her blanket on the boat.

So here is our innocent daughter working her magic on daddy. She starts to get worked up and watch out. It's hilarious now, but when she's 25 it might not be! ;)

We stayed down on our boat for a few nights and she did really well. She is such a thinker...from day one. She'll just stare at something and all of a sudden fart really loud. It's great.

2 months already!

Happy girl, squeaky clean.

As you can see...she wasn't a happy girl!

Addy just turned two months on the 5th. I had to take her in to get four shots. Poor baby! She lay on the table not expecting to be stabbed four times, twice in each thigh. I couldn't watch and she screamed so loud. I felt horrible and she continued to scream all day. Thank goodness for that wonderful thing called Baby Tylenol.

Brian goes back to work Sep. 13th. Bummer! We have had such a great time during these past couple months together as a family. We are so blessed for him to have so much time off work for us to learn as much as possible about Addy. She is so close to laughing, I can tell she is trying. She still is so impressed with her new found voice, she coo's all day long. It's the cutest thing, I just stare at her all the time in ah of our little angel.

Eight weeks old already

Our baby girl is already 8 weeks old. I can't believe it! She is the most amazing thing I have ever experienced and we are so blessed God chose us to be her parents.

She has started to suck her thumb and sometimes it gages her. She still doesn't have control of her arms so she shoves it down her throat practically. Addy also talks all day long and will mimic our mouth movements. She coos, oohs and ahhs to us when she sees us.
We took her in the pool for the first time and she loved it. Her face doesn't look very happy, but she looks that way a lot. She's a deep thinker! :)

Brian is still on sabbatical and won't go back until September 13th. It's been so wonderful to have him home during this time. I am a lucky mommy!

Addy in her blanket I made her.

Auntie Michelle and Addy after a walk.