Born in '08

This past week my mom and I decided to announce Addison's birth in the Post Registers annual "Born in '08" section due out this march. We immediately began setting up mini photo shoots so we would have lots of cute pictures to choose from. Here are a few my favorites!

Silly 'ol papa

This video was taken over the Christmas holiday and I thought I should post it even though none of the kids are mine. Dad is loving being a grandpa and I love watching him get to know and play with all of the little kids. This video reminds me of when I was little and dad would bench-press me and all of the family would count how many he could do.


-I love how Bryan wants to play but doesn't know where to jump into the craziness! It reminds me of double-dutch!

playing catch up (AGAIN)

Sorry I haven't posted in so long. We have us a crazy couple of months and i think i might be starting to catch my breath. We were able to make it to Idaho just in time to open Christmas presents on Christmas day. We left Wyoming on Christmas Eve about 6:00 pm and drove for about 3 hours before we stopped in a hotel for the night. I still am regretting the fact that Addies first Christmas Eve was spent in a La Quinta Inn in Belgrade, MT. After a continental breakfast we hit the rode on Chhristmas morning, the roads were TERRIBLE! My poor old car was baha-ing through like a foot of snow, the three hour drive took us about five hours. As soon as we arrived at my parents house we learned that the house was infested with the flu bug. I think the family knew that if they had bothered mentioning that all the kids were sick while we were travelling that I would have turned the car around and headed for home. Luckily Josh was the only one who caught it, Addie had the bug a week earlier:( I had forgotten how much I love Idaho and the snow had perfect timing this year and showed up BEFORE Christmas. We were blessed with lots of great Christmas presents from everybody and I think Addison is enjoying her fun toys.

I think Addie was a little tuckered out from playing with the new toys

This is her new favorite thing to chew on ( i guess the toys were a little over-rated)

This is the dress that I was blessed in over 20 years ago. We were hoping that Addison could wear it for her blessing but she might outgrow it before we have the chance to bless her. We thought we better take some pictures of her in it before she is too big.

playing catch- up

Just hanging out under the Christmas Tree at Grandma Smith's

Grandma had stripped her down to do some naked pictures and forgot to put her diaper back on. This was probably taken right about the time Addie peed through the background.
Addie was a kitty for her first Halloween. I did her hair and put bows in it too but by the end of the night the bows fell out and she was wrapped in blankie. People kept asking is she was a devil because her hair was peaked up like little horns.
These were taken at the pumpkin patch. Addie was not very happy with being woken up from a nap by the 30 degree wather.

Here are a few pictures from Fall time, Halloween, and Christmas preparation. Its so funny to see how much Addie has changed. I promise to try and get some pictures of Josh and i up... even if they are just for my benefit to envy our old bodies. ummm... yeah. baby weight hasn't been very kind to either of us.

new pictures

Sorry I haven't posted anything new in so long but as most of you know I can only use the library computer and i cant download any pictures there. Now that I'm visiting in Idaho I can update everything for all of you. I hope i don't overload you with too many pictures. Sorry there aren't many pictures of josh and i but we have come to realize that when there is a cute baby to photograph the parents kind of disappear into the background... or at least behind the camera.
Josh can always get her to smile and talk better than anyone else. Its sooo cute!!


The lighting is funky but her eyes are AMAZING! And her little lips are in a perfect pout.


Beautiful.


Not sure why she was so tired but she slept like this for over an hour.


I think she was getting a little sick of pictures. This expression explains her personality quite frequently. If she's not smiling she has a goofy face on like this one.

family life

dont worry everyone... we are still alive. sleep derivation is nonexistant with the new baby and no josh and i havent killed eachother off yet. (i know all of you are just waiting for it.) Addison is growing and is super cute. she has begun smiling and cooing at us on demand.. except when i finally get grandma on the phone to listen to addie talk then she is absolutely silent. as we all knew before she was born.. she can be very stubborn. addie is almost grown out of her newborn clothes now that she is just over two months old! she is very tall and scrawny and im confused about where my genes come into the picture but she is very adorable. josh is working very hard in sheridan, wy and the work is beginning to pick up because winter is coming. we think he might even be working through fridays now because of the intense workload. we arent very excited to have daddy gone more than he is home but if that is what we have to deal with to pay the bills then so be it. we were planning to be home for thanksgiving and again at christmas but now we arent sure if josh will have to work or not over this next week. our plans are still squishy but hopefully all will work out so we can see the family and josh can enjoy a vacation. im very excited about the big craft fair this year and im hoping i can make it into town before i miss the big girls day out. josh and i are also very excited to attend the forgotten carols for our third year in a row together. this will also mark the first time that we leave addie with a sitter. we are both very nervous at the idea of that but im sure it will be o.k. Twilight also comes out this weekend and im looking forward to catching that while im in idaho! dont worry im not one of those wierdos who will be standing in line overnight or anything but my excitement is at a normal level for a bored housewife looking for a few hours of fantasy. haha. well we hope to see all of you sometime or another during the holidays! have fun christmas shopping! i know i will!

Finally!!!

So a brother of mine once mentioned that my posts were worthless without pictures... especially the ones pertaining to Addison, so now that i remember how to log in to the blogging world and have access to pictures i will give you all the privilege to oogle at my baby girl.