Me and my Friend

I absolutely love my pal Violet!! She is the best dog ever (and I love that she's purple too.)

Bathroom update

Greg has been working and working and working to get our bathroom completed. We decided that a door was needed between the bathroom and closet, so the best option was a pocket door. This meant the construction of a wall, moving electrical outlets/switches, and of course, drywall and drywall repair. The drywall is up, though not in these pictures. Will post more photos later.

Meeting Mommy's crazy friends

Addison spent her 4 month birthday hanging out with Mommy's girlfriends. She hadn't seen Joanne since the time she was one hour old!! (I will forever remember Addison's very FIRST hospital visitors.) Most of the others hadn't met her yet at all. We had a great time, and actually celebrated Kathy's birthday at the same time.

Four months

Stats this month: 25.5 inches long (90th percentile) and 15 pounds, 4 ounces (75th percentile). Baby girl had her 4 month shots on the 17th and subsequently ended up with a fever and then four days later her first real head cold. She's ringing in 4 months with a bang! She has missed three days of school and will have loads of homework to catch up on if this continues. For now, she's enjoying Baby Einstein videos in her bouncer until she feels better.

Meeting Anna.

Addison's has a new friend - fresh from the womb. Anna is an absolute sweetheart. Their introduction was typical - on the agenda was milk and tummy time. Welcome to the world Anna Grace!

Merry Christmas #2!

The Murphy's celebrated Christmas the weekend of New Year's. We had a fantastic visit and lots of good food. Addison was on her best behavior as usual. It was a Hap-Hap-Happy Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!

Our first Christmas as a threesome was wonderful! Christmas eve was full of great food prepared by Grandmom and Pops and the company of Uncle Matt from Utah. Santa was running late on Christmas morning, but delivered our gifts none-the-less. We continued the Sudlow family tradition of eggs benedict on Christmas morning, though we had ours around noon. We spent the afternoon at Christine and Todd's house with more great food and really great punch. Addison won't remember this Christmas, but we sure will!!

3 months old!

This month's photo shoot was spread over two days. Our little bean is now 14 pounds, 2 ounces. She loves talking to Daddy and has started grabbing onto her toys. She has been making great gains during tummy time, which has been a struggle for her. Just today she started to really get the hang of lifting her head and holding it. Great job Addison!!!

First Christmas tree.

Yesterday we made the trip to Holly Days nursery to get Addison's first Christmas tree. It was absolutely freezing, and we actually saw a few snow flurries while we were out there. For the first time in our family's history, we took home the first tree that we saw. It is the perfect tree!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Last Sunday we celebrated Thanksgiving with the Sudlows. Addison was a great sport and slept through dinner.






Today we are enjoying a quiet day at home. The temperature is hovering around 35 degrees and we are getting our first snowfall of the winter! No accumulation thankfully, but enough to introduce Addison to this icky wet precipitation. She was thrilled as you can tell.

Two months old!

Wow is Addison growing up fast!! At her two month appointment she was up to 12 pounds, 1 ounce and 23 1/4 inches long. (Which was a 2 pounds 5 ounces heavier and 1.75 inches longer in the month since her last appointment.) We're pretty sure that she's well fed at this point! I'm hoping that the growing slows down so that she can actually wear all of the pretty clothes that she's received. I had to box all the 0-3 month items that no longer were long enough and were a bit too tight in the shoulders.

Visit from Uncle Courtney & Nana

We had visitors the second week of November! They brought along hugs and smiles and gifts! We had a really great visit and can't wait to do it again in December for Addison's first Christmas.

Nap time

Here they are - the princess and her guard kitty. Addison has been sleeping in her crib for the last week and we have to keep her door shut all the time. We are quite positive that Pocket would get in the crib and sleep right next to her.

Visit from Pappy and Miss Karen!

Pappy and Miss Karen (who hasn't chosen her title yet) came to visit Addison the week before Halloween. We had a fun time together and carved our pumpkins one night. We received quite a few compliments on the pumpkins from the neighborhood kids.

Addison's first Halloween!!

October 31st was a beautiful Sunday afternoon with sun and wind. By late afternoon, the temperatures were much colder and Addison had to be totally bundled up to go outside for her first trick or treat experience. She visited 3 neighbors and raked in about 6 candy bars. Not bad for a first experience! Grandmom and Pops brought over a gift of bath toys and teethers. Aunt Christine and Uncle Todd brought along the cutest Northface boots. Tucker wore his second choice costume: Thomas the Tank. The kid count was significantly higher this year at 62!!