Thursday, July 30, 2009

Moving all around...

She might not be crawling yet but she is scooting all around the house. I like to call her a frog, but today Mark called her a gorilla...which I don't really like. She gets her little legs moving back and forth like a frog and can get anywhere she wants in the house. Sometimes when she scoots around she rolls up on one knee and puts her hands on the ground and apparently walks like a gorilla...

Regardless she is finding a way to be more mobile and is starting to get into everything. I knew this day was coming and really I love it! It is so neat to me to watch her grow, develop and explore. She likes to take all the magnet letters off of the fridge and put them on the floor. It seems to bother Lauren because she says "Mommy look, Addison made a mess...we need to clean it up" So I let her clean it up...works out well!

Hmmm...what do I want for dinner tonight...I like everything...



She loves to be on the floor and take all of her toys out of the basket. We can put her all the way across the room and she will scoot to her toys and start playing with everything. Again, Lauren cleans it up....I sure do hope that will last as Addison gets bigger...her big sister cleaning up her toys.



I brought this hard hat home for Lauren with week from work. The hospital is doing a lot of expanding and one thing that is set to open in October is a new Cardiac Surgery suite. It includes two new operating rooms for open heart surgery and two new cardiac cath rooms. We were given a tour on Tuesday of the progress that has been made. It is going to be very cool with lots of new technology. Although I do not work in the surgery or cath areas I work in Cardiology and most of our patients have surgery and cardiac caths so it is great for our department. Also included in the expansion is another inpatient tower that will be 6 floors. That will increase our inpatients beds to over 300. We are becoming a huge hospital. It is amazing how fast the hospital is changing and growing...I am still holding out for CMH East to be built so I can start working there...it keeps getting put on the back burner...
Lauren was not too thrilled about the hard hat. She said it was too heavy...oh well...it was still cute!




Saturday, July 25, 2009

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Wonderful Weekend

How could you not love the weather this weekend? It was so great to be outside playing with the girls. This was one of the first times we put Addison in the swing and she LOVED it.


I thought Addison was a little too small for this car, but I put her in it anyway and she also loved it! She is so happy with anything, anywhere, anytime...what a great baby....


Lauren had so much fun pushing her around. Lauren loves to do anything that she can to help Addison and be a little "mommy" to her. She just adores Addison and is such a huge helper.



This is what happens when I attempt to take too many pictures. I have a tendency to take pictures of everything. I just don't want to forget a thing. Sometimes Lauren has just had enough! Oh well, I will continue to snap away....




Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Mother Daughter

Oh how I love this little girl. I asked Mark to grab the camera to snap a picture of us and it turned out great. I was down on the floor playing with her and she was grabbing my face with her 2 little soft hands and giving me big wet kisses with her mouth wide open and then just laughing. It was so sweet. I was hoping to get a picture of that but we could not, instead we got this which is great!!! Over the weekend Lauren and I attended Chicks Weekend with my aunts, cousins, mom and sister. We headed up to Atchison to go shopping and out to lunch. It was so much fun with Lauren there with me. I know that she really enjoyed it and I think everyone liked having her there. She was so well behaved...I was so proud of her.

I love having 2 little girls. We will get to do all the "girl" stuff as they get older. Shopping, lunch, nails, movies, dances, weddings, etc....the list goes on and on.

Taking Lauren with me this weekend to Chicks Weekend is just the beginning of many Mother/Daughter outings. Soon Addison will be joining us.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Tall and Skinny


That would describe my two girls. Addison had her 9 month well child check yesterday. Her are her stats:

  • Weight: 16 lbs 15 oz (15%)
  • Height: 28 1/4 inches (75%)

At 9 months Lauren was:

  • 16 lbs 10 oz and 28 inches tall.

If I could freeze time with Addison right now I would. She is SO much fun these days. Here is why:

  • She is FINALLY sleeping through the night!

  • She has such a personality and is always full of smiles.

  • She loves to dance (Kellie her teacher at school taught her how.)

  • She is not crawling yet so I can put her down on the floor and she plays with toys forever and doesn't move!

  • She scoots around on the floor, but doesn't get far. She just goes around in a circle.

  • She is so laid back, easy going, and adapts to anything.

  • She is on all table food...no more baby food...she is doing so great!

  • She adores her sister and loves to share popsicles with her.
  • Her favorite book is the Monster Book. When I pull it off the shelf to read it to her, her face just lights up. It is the cutest thing!

Lauren continues to adore Addison. Lauren is the sweetest, most caring big sister. Whenever Addison cries Lauren is at her side patting her on the back saying "It's OK Addison, I'm right here." It just melts my heart to see Lauren take care of Addison. She is the best.


Monday, July 6, 2009

4th of July in Omaha

We headed up to Omaha to spend the 4th of July there again. As always Lauren had a great time with all her cousins. Uncle Pat and Aunt Betsy hosted a 4th of July party and Lauren had the best time playing on this toy. When you get to the bottom you have to pick up the car and put it back on the track and go again. Lauren is so independent these days that she would not let us help her. She played on this little track over and over again.

My two girls...I just love digital photography. It allows me to capture the perfect shot, even if it takes 20 attempts.

Addison is starting to wave to everybody. She did so great over the weekend. She is so laid back and easy going. She really adapts to anything.




It is hard to get a natural smile out of Lauren these days...we have ended up with many corny ones like this...Oh well.