Addison's New Dress

Aunt Kelly gave Addison and Peyton matching dresses for their birthdays. Here is Miss Addison in hers.

Addison's Birthday Pictures

Tonight we had a cookout to celebrate Addison's 1st Birthday. We had lots of family and friends over and had a great time. Here are a few pictures from the evening.

Chestnut Hill went above and beyond on our cakes once again. But this one, I would have to say, tops them all!

Can you tell who is lacking attention in this picture? Click on it to enlarge.

Daddy and his little girl before everyone got here.

This is what happens when 3 eight year olds get hold of cake.

And then bring a 3 year old into the trouble.

We thought Addison and Aiden would dig into the cake but no such luck. We actually expected these two to smash cake, not the older ones.

But they did get the hang of pushing each other on her Disney ride along.

Check out their shoes. They have matching "Cow, Got Milk" shoes! How adorable is that?

And, for once I had some cake left over and I am actually sitting here enjoying a piece while I type this blog. YUM YUM YUM!!!

She's Walking!

Just 4 days shy of her 1st Birthday, my baby is walking. Here are a few pictures I managed to catch before my eyes teared up.

Give her some tap shoes and watch out....

A star has risen! And, the sound of clatter on my hardwood floors is ringing in my ears. Peyton is officially signed up for dance lessons. She is so excited. In fact, as I am in here typing, she has her dolls lined up on the sofa giving them dance lessons. Thanks mom for the "tap, tap, tap, together"! Now she can REALLY do it, and it comes compete with SOUND! I managed to pull her away from her "teaching" to get a few shots of her completely dressed in her dance outfit.

Be sure to click on the picture to get the enlarged version complete with facial expressions! :0)

First Day of School

We are back in the swing of things on the first day of school. Cameron was so excited this morning. He even got up before the alarm, got dressed AND fixed his breakfast. I guess that is what happens when you go to bed at 8:00pm. Note to self: put them to bed at 8 more often! (You would think my mom would have told me to do that! ;0) Ha Ha Ha) Anyway, his friend Dawson is catching the bus with him and riding the bus home which gives him company in the morning and afternoon and on the bus. I am hoping this year will be a great one for Cameron. We have made a deal that for every "A" he gets on his report card he will get $5.00. He is motivated now! Peyton will start a half day pre-school next Tuesday and she is so excited. We are going to register her today for ballet and tap lessons compliments of her Nana which she is equally if not even more excited about. And last but not least, my baby Addison. She will be turning 1 in one week! Where has the time gone? Before we know it she will be out there catching the bus. Which brings me back to Peyton. She will be catching the bus next year. God help TJES!

I wonder how many more years I am going to be able to get away with taking their picture catching the bus. If my memory serves me correctly, I think my mom took our picture catching the bus up until we were 16! ;0)

It worked!

It worked! My little guinea pigs came over and I put them to work. Here are our final results! Now I just have to wait until the wedding in September to try it out on the wedding party.

Special Times

Sometimes I take for granted the time I spend with my kids. This morning I decided I would take Cameron out shopping for some school clothes. Luckily, Morgan was available to watch "Cybil" and Addison so I could have some Cameron and mommy time. When I told him what we were doing he was so excited. He even asked me if it would really just be him and me. So off we went. He really didn't need much I just wanted to be able to spend some quality time with him before he started school on Monday. The first few stores we went to we didn't find much, however we hit the jackpot at TJ Maxx. After an hour of shopping Cameron was hungry. I told him to pick any place he would like and we would have lunch. Now I am thinking he was going to choose his favorite, Golden Coral, however he simply said he would like to have some chicken nuggets. THANK GOD he didn't want McDonalds! Chick-fil-A it was! After we had found the few things we wanted to get we headed home. The best part of the day was when my little boy put his arms around me and thanked me for having just "us" time. Tears filled my eyes and the memory of the time we spent together today will be priceless!