Friends

Addie went to her buddy Dean's birthday party this past weekend. It was a joint party with her other friend, Cami. :)

It's no secret that Addie LOVES being with her buddies! She is excited every day to see "Waura" and "Deano" and "Wuke" and "Jatie" and "Keenzee." :) We name these guys every.single.morning. :) Well, add her buddies to her "gynastics" place, and Addie was sold.

Sharing Cami's birthday gifts with Koda. :)

O.M.G. Carson was there! Can you tell that these two adore each other!? It was so precious to see them back together. Addie had to sit by Carson in every line. :)

See? She kinda nudged someone out of line so she could be by Carson. :)

Chloe was there... showin' off her skills!

So was Blake! I think he had the most fun of all of us! :)

Here's the birthday girl on the slingshot... she was so excited!

Addie wouldn't take her eyes off of Dean... it was too cute! :)

To say that these are best buds is an understatement. Addie loves sweet Laura!

See what I mean? :)

This picture cracks me up! The static was intense! :)

It was such a fun time! We are so grateful to have such sweet friends in Addie's life! :)

Addie's 2nd Halloween :)

Here's the glitterfish heading out to figure out this trick-or-treating thing...

She's such a big girl! 

..sniff...sniff...

Our jack-o-lanterns were ready for visitors!

Her friend, Haven, showed her how it was done! It didn't take long for Addie to become quite the fan of this holiday.

Buddies :)

Addie also saw Granny on Halloween! :) Notice Addie's first Nestle's Crunch bar... it didn't last long. She devoured it.

Mim and Poppy came along for the fun!

Love our girl. :)

We also went trick-or-treating at T-Paw and Grandma Robbie's!

One more close-up of my baby doll and me. 
Daddy wasn't looking at the camera, so he got cropped. :)

What a great Halloween! :)

Halloween weekend fun :)

We just wrapped up a weekend of fun! My parents and grandpa came to town to celebrate with the cutest little Glitterfish you've ever seen. :)

Here she is ready for the Pumpkin Fest in downtown Franklin.

"I got gwasses." :)

She was such a ham! :)

Posing with Mama and Daddy

Cousin Knox was there! :)

Sweet cousin kisses :)

Today, Addie enjoyed an owl cupcake! She took one look at it and said, "Emmmaneeemmsss." :) Even though they were Reese's, she did not mind at all. :)

Her hands are not baby hands anymore. :(

Kisses for Mama :)

Daddy carved her an Elmo pumpkin. Can you tell she was excited?! :)

I carved the one with her name in it. She loved practicing spelling her name when she was looking at it. Leave it to Mama to make pumpkin carving educational. :)

Pumpkins :)

Family pic after an evening of fun :)

A pic with Nonna and Papa :)

... and Bob! :)

Looking forward to more fun with our little fish tomorrow on Halloween!

Thursday Thoughts...

I've got to get to bed or Hitler my friend will be terribly upset with me for not meeting her at the gym in the morning... but I have to mention a few things.

Addie loves Elmo. She's borderline obsessed.

Sadly, her Daddy and I are starting to like the little guy, too. He loves his goldfish and his crayons... and we do, too.

She's become quite the traveler. In the past few weeks, we've gone to Memphis (twice), Natchez, Hattiesburg, Knoxville, and Biloxi. Whew! That's a lot of miles with a toddler in tow. She did really well considering how many hours we've been in the car... next trip? We're flying. :) Sweet.

Addie thinks my mom's cats hung the moon. She sat... I mean, she squatted and watched Rusty eat every time he came to the door. Thankfully, he can tolerate her. He's not the most social cat in the world.

She was SMITTEN with these pumpkins at a festival in MS. She spotted them from a mile away! She kept saying "Mickimouse, Miinnnnneee." She loves those guys. The only thing better would have been an Elmo pumpkin. Our pumpkin may have to be Elmo this year...

Her main concern at the pumpkin patch was that each of us had our own little pumpkin. It was super sweet. :) I had a "proud mama" moment.

Those eyes are still my favorite. :)

My girl loves the park. She is fearless. I know good and well she doesn't get that from her pansy Mama... that one is all Jackson. The people at our neighborhood park couldn't believe she was only 21 months. She loves to climb, loves to swing, and LOVES to slide! She insists on doing it by herself. We hear "I do it" a lot these days. We're looking forward to one of those random 75 degree days soon so we can go back to the park!

I mean, really.

She's ridiculously cute. I cannot resist that grin and those wonky teeth!

I love her. She loves me.

All is well in the world. :)