Valentine's Weekend

Jonathan was fortunate enough to have President's Day off so we went up north to Indian River for the weekend. It was so relaxing...the kind of weekend where you just sit by the fireplace and read a great book for hours! I love going up there in the winter. It's so much quieter and slower paced. We got out, too, though. Jonathan and I went to the casino to eat at their buffet. Oh my goodness, it was so good!!! Luke got to go for his first snowmobile ride with Grandpa and Jonathan and I did a little snowshoeing, too. All in all it was a great weekend! :)

On our date!
There was soooo much good food! Prime rib, sirloin steak, ribs, shrimp, the best fish I've ever had (deep fried polluck), amazing sides, and desserts as far as the eye could see, including a chocolate fountain!!

This is what was left of our dessert plates...

Lukie all ready to go for his first snowmobile ride!

Jonathan and I on our snowshoeing excursion. Burt Lake is frozen over and we hiked down to a pretty spot to check it out.

Six Month Stats

Addison went to the doctor today for her six month check-up. She was 26 1/2 inches long (75th percentile) and 14 pounds 14 ounces (25th percentile). Still long and lean! Her daddy says she's going to be a supermodel! ;)

Addison's Six Month Pics!

I know I'm biased but I just think she is the most beautiful little girl!!!

"No more pictures Mom! Please!!"

Our sweet little Addison is six months old!!! She goes on Monday for her check-up, so we'll post her stats then! :)

Trip to Indiana

A week ago I headed to Indiana to spend some time with my family, just me and the kids! I was a little nervous about taking a four hour trip by myself with two kids but they did awesome!! Addie slept the entire way and Luke had his DVD player so he enjoyed watching Veggie Tales. We left Thursday late morning and stopped in Marion to visit Emily at IWU. She treated us to a late lunch at Wildcat and we got to see her townhouse. Then we headed on to Farmland and stayed there until Monday. We made another pit stop at IWU for lunch at Baldwin on Monday, so it was a nice way to break up the trip for the kids. Here are some pictures of our trip. Oh, and Jonathan enjoyed his relaxing quiet weekend to himself and was even able to get the bathroom repainted! We sure missed him, though!! :)

My brother is going to make a great daddy someday! He's such a good uncle! :)

Auntie Em has the magic touch!

Enjoying a yummy chocolate donut!

He really enjoyed it!

Guess who won this giant teddy bear? Little Miss Addison, that's who!!

We did some shopping at the mall and my dad was kind enough to take Luke to the bookstore where he found this:

He played for an hour and a half straight!!

Friday night we went to a basketball game at my high school. Luke was mesmerized and Addie loved the music the band played!

This is by far my all time favorite picture of Addison and my brother!!

Those are a couple of pretty girls!

Addison and Great-Grandma Clara.

Luke enjoying some Baldwin food!

She's the greatest aunt (and sister) ever!!

This is Addison and my cousin's daughter. Does that make them second cousins?? I think so...

My Little Helper

I finally decided to introduce Luke to the world of cooking/baking. I don't do it that much myself, so he's never helped me before! haha He absolutely loved it!! He helped me with this and then a couple days later was so excited when I asked him if he wanted to help me make some muffins! I will definitely have to get in the kitchen more now! :) And thanks so much to Michelle for the awesome kid-friendly recipe, which I highly recommend! Somehow we started calling them "monkey bar balls" and Luke was thrilled to showed them to daddy when he got home!

Stirring up the ingredients then helping me scoop them into the pan!

The best part--licking the spoon!!

What's New Here

The kids are cuter than ever...and Addison's working on sitting up!

I know I post lots of pictures like these, but this is one of the reasons I love living where we do:

What a great way to start my morning!

Luke got to sleep in his bed with his new Thomas pjs and his new Thomas sheets. Talk about a happy camper! :)

This is how we found him one night when we checked on him:

Little Miss Addie found her toes!

And she discovered the joys of the johnny jump-up!

Can you tell they like each other??

Here are some videos of Luke "reading" and Addison enjoying her new toy!

Addison's Five Month Pics

At five months old this little cutie has figured out how to roll over (both front to back and back to front--though she doesn't do it that often and has yet to do it for daddy), can sit up almost completely unassisted (she does great with the Boppy behind her), has found her voice and her toes, can grasp her toys (and mommy's hair!!) really well, completely adores her brother, laughs the most at her daddy, is eating baby food three times a day (apples and blueberries are her favorite!), sleeps (pretty much) from 8:30 to 6 then nurses and goes back to sleep (usually) for another 2-3 hours, craves attention, and loves to be on the move (her exersaucer and johnny jump-up are her current favorites and if she's in a stroller we must be moving at all times, thank you very much!). We love our precious Addie!!

FLORIDA Part 4

Here are just some pictures of the place where we stayed. We were on the second floor in two separate suites. Each suite had a living room, kitchen, bathroom, a bedroom with two queen beds, and a bedroom with a king bed that had it's own bathroom attached to it. Needless to say, they were nice and we enjoyed all that space! :)

This is the view of the resort's golf course from our screened-in porch. At night, we could see the fireworks from Disney!

And here are the kids enjoying a bath in the jacuzzi!

Whew! That's all the pictures (at least all the ones I'm going to post!). It was a wonderful trip and we really enjoyed going someplace we'd never been before. I'd definitely go back, just maybe at a different time of year when everyone else isn't there! haha