Easter Weekend

We had a wonderful, busy weekend! I sang in an awesome concert at our church, Addie and I went to one of my best friend's baby shower, and of course we celebrated Easter. We went to church, came back to our house for a little while, went to Jeremy's aunt's house and then to Jeremy's dad's house. This was Addie's second Easter although the first one she slept most of the time because she was a month old. She participated in two egg hunts. We have a feeling next year will be even more exciting during the hunt. It was a wonderful weekend! Happy Easter! Christ is risen!

At the baby shower. We are so excited for Laura and Cory!

Laura's mom knitted her a cute outfit for baby Dane.

Addie got some sunglasses in her Easter basket from daycare. She loves them and even wore them in the bathtub.

After church...us, Justin, Jenny, Anthony and Layton.

Our cute nephew Layton in Addison's old outfit. Isn't he so cute?

Easter Egg Hunt #1 at Jeremy's Aunt Patty's house

Addie needed some assistance since she isn't walking yet and doesn't care for the grass much when she crawls.

She usually took her hat off immediately. I think she forgot it was on her when she was watching all the kids during the egg hunt.

With Papaw John

Sweet girl

Egg Hunt #2 at Papaw John and Mama Net's House (Jeremy's dad and step-mom)...she did really well finding eggs with a little help

With Craft...too cute! (Jeremy's cousin's little boy)

Playing with a new stuffed animal

After the bath this is how curly her hair is!!! We have to brush it or it looks pretty bad in the morning.

Free!!!!

We're celebrating that Addie is off of bottles! We thought it would take longer than this, but we worked with her a lot two weekends ago. The following Monday we accidentally (no, really) forgot to bring bottles to daycare so she had to have a sippy cup (they had a back-up bottle just in case). Addie still needs to drink more at each sitting, but she is definitely getting the hang of milk in the sippy cup and not crying for the bottle (even in the morning).

Anway, this is a big celebration in our house (and I'm sure those other parents out there can relate). I think I almost saw Jeremy do a dance in the kitchen the other day. :) Afterall, he does the dishes in our house (I do the laundry) so this frees up some of his time. I wonder if he'll help me with the loads of laundry now (that has not diminished). History leads me to believe that is a negative! Ha!

3 funny videos

1.) Falling asleep in the car

2.) Playing with daddy's fishing pole

3.) Dancing with a bunny (We saved the best for last!)

Enjoy! Have I mentioned before that Miss Addie G is a ham? :)

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Spring cleaning

This is how we clean sometimes. Ha! :)

This was taken from Jeremy's phone so it is a little blurry. More pics and funny videos to come. Happy Monday! I wish everyone got a spring break because I'm ready for a vacation! :)

12 mon. pics in the park---LOTS of them!

Chad took pictures of us and Addie for her 1 year pictures in the park. He hasn't edited any of them yet (some are too dark or light--thanks to how bright it was outside--not that I am complaining), but here are a few of our favorites. Let us know your favorites. There are sooo many good ones to choose from! I actually picked about 20 out over 200. Chad took these in about 20 minutes. It's a lot different than she was at 6 months old since she won't hardly look at the camera anymore and she is occupied by so many other things. But still they really capture her personality: happy, social, curious and independent. She doesn't like to crawl in the grass so she actually was contained to the blanket (so rare...I need to think of a way to recreate that at home!). Thanks, Chad! You are so talented for this just being a hobby!

Afterward Jeremy got adventurous and made sushi for the first time at home for me, Chad, Leigh and himself, of course. Not bad for the first time. I give the man credit for trying new things.

P.S. As you can see Addie still has this exploring of her mouth, tongue and teeth thing going on.

P.P.S. "Auntie Amanda"--do you like her outfit?

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Goof Ball!

We've had a lot going on the past couple of weeks. Last week Addie had an allergic reaction to her antibiotic (from the strep), we think. Tuesday I picked her up from daycare and her legs were really swollen, red and warm to touch. I immediately called the doctor. They told me to stop her medicine and to give her Benadryl. Wednesday the hives started to come out. We took her to the doctor that afternoon. By Thursday morning she didn't look like the same girl. The saddest part was she didn't want to crawl. She would try a little bit but it was obvious that the hives were bothering her. By Saturday she was back to normal. We hope that this doesn't happen again. It really scared me. Poor thing!

This week we have enjoyed the beautiful weather outside with walks, a trip to the park and having the windows open! Jeremy and I sat by our firepit for the first time since the fall on Monday night. It was nice.

Addie is into everything right now! Her favorite thing to do is pulling things out of anything...laundry basket, drawers, cabinets, toy box, etc. I'll post a video later. In the mornings she pulls everything out of the vanity while we get ready. Sometimes she puts things back, but that isn't quite as fun. She still is not walking and we are in no hurry. She is fast enough by her crawl/scoot. She is starting to cruise a bit. She says more words now--daddy and mama! She rarely says "mama" though. She constantly points at things and tries to talk to us. Addie still constantly has us laughing. See the pictures below.

Enjoy what is left of this beautiful weather!

Addie is a big girl. She is in a new car seat now. She didn't know what to think at first. She kept looking at the dashboard because she hadn't really seen it before. It was funny! This is right after we got it.

This is Addie during the middle of her hives episode. Look how swollen her fingers are!

This is her Thursday morning. She doesn't even look like our little Addison! Poor thing!

Climbing the stairs at Aunt Jenny and Uncle Anthony's house. We don't have stairs in our house so this was a "first". She wanted to do it all night. (She has been doing this with her tongue a lot lately.)

I didn't really want to post this, but I couldn't resist. Addie absolutely loves playing with the laundry, especially when I am folding it. I think she may think she is helping. Addie was playing with our socks and underwear when I was trying to fold the laundry. This is what she ended up looking like while playing.

Can we say "ham" or what? She acts like this is not a big deal.

There's that tongue again. We think she is cutting another tooth.

Introducing our new nephew

On Sunday, March 8th, Jenny and Anthony (Jeremy's brother) had their beautiful baby boy, Layton Anthony Angermeier. He weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. and was 19.5 inches. We're so happy for them! We're excited to have a nephew in town. Our nephew, Dylan, lives in Florida and our nieces live in Evansville. Everyone is doing well so far. Layton squeals like a pig! He also got kicked out of the nursery in the hospital (just like Addie because she was too loud) so it must run in the genes of Jeremy's family!

Our new nephew...Layton Anthony Angermeier!

Looking for cousin Layton in the nursery just hours after he was born.

Addie was more interested in her dad's burrito than visiting her new cousin.

Visiting our little nephew. What a proud uncle!

Addie isn't quite old enough to know to be gentle. She really wanted to touch (or hit!) Layton's face. We have a feeling one day he'll get her back.