Halloween

We took Addie trick-or-treating with our neighbors & their son, Camden (he's the cute cowboy riding a horse). Brian got dressed up for his soccer game & played in the goal as the hulk.

Addie decided to wear a hat. notice Polly as a "hot-dog"

She got the point pretty quickly

the hulk!

my hulk & chicken

lastly, you have to check out our favorite friends' costumes!
Enjoy!

the Chases as Mario & Luigi, a pirate & a monkey

McKenna as an air freshener

MN Trip, part 2

The rest of the week we had a big birthday party for my Grandpa (his 87th!), took a family pic-hopefully will have that back soon, went to the Maple Maze (rec center), did some outlet mall shopping and visited lots of MN friends & family!

in the Maze

climbing up to the slide

Henri!

Henri & Addie fast sleep after all the fun at the Maze

Grandma Barb discovered Addie's love of puzzles

cousins Stella & Henri

Stella (and Aunt Virginia)

Addie watching Tigger & Pooh on the ipod


Jordan & Addie reading books

reading again...in costume

Off to the park with Alivia



Taking the shuttle to our car. Ready to be home!

MN Trip! part 1

We spent about a week in MN, visiting family and friends. Lots of cherished memories were made & we are so thankful and feel so loved every time we visit. We appreciate everyone making room for us in their schedules & opening up their homes!
Here's a recap:

Arrived late friday night. Addie did we on the place despite a dead battery on our dvd player. Thank goodness for our ipod nano! Addie watched, "My Friends, Tigger & Pooh" for about an hour without sound, before she finally gave into the Benadryl and fell asleep for the remainder of the flight. Flight = success! Though Addie did grab a handful of the stewards backside while he was delivering some drinks across the isle, much to Brian's dismay.

Saturday: park with Grandma, Great-Grandma stopped by in the evening & ate dinner w/ uncle Brandon, aunt Virginia & cousins Stella & Henri.



4 generations

preparing for a trip

We are headed to MN on Friday-yay! We are flying and are a little nervous as to how behaved Addie will be, since both Brian & I are ultra-sensitive to the passengers around us. We are prepping with the new Baby Signing Time dvds and a new portable dvd player complete with little kid headphones for Addie. Here's how it works out:

MN, here we come!

Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to the pumpkin patch (Rock Creek Farm) & had a blast! Addie fell asleep on the way, and apparently waking up in a sea of orange mounds is a scary experience. Addie was a bit freaked out at first (note first picture), but eventually warmed up to the pumpkins. The more enjoyable part for Addie was the animals...they had some Baas (sheep) and a Moo (cow), along with pigs, goats, horses & a donkey. I don't think Addie's ever seen most of those animals in real life! We also discovered she likes caramel apples-yum! What a great day!