5 Months Old

Addie you are the big "05," months old that is.  This last month has been very exciting.  You have been laughing much more and you think Sophie is just the funniest.  She makes you laugh all the time. Tonight she was saying look at my bear and each time she said it, you totally belly laughed.  I think that you two will be really good friends.

You are almost sitting up on your own now.  You still fall to the side but I can see you are close to mastering it.  You have great hand eye coordination.  Picking up blocks, toys, blankets, binkies, etc.  You have that down. Riding in the car has become SOOOOooo much better.  It seems to be a rare occasion for you to scream for long periods of time in the car.  You actually slept in your car seat at the gym the whole time I was there tonight.  I think the sound of the machines was soothing.

You are super beautiful and have a gorgeous smile.  I love when you smile and act a little shy.  You still prefer to be held while the holder is standing.  Sometime you hangout on the couch and watch tv with mom or dad.  You have been eating solid foods for about the past month.  You are a good eater and that seems to help lengthen your nap time too. =) All in all, I think your a keeper.  

Love you Addie.

 

Don't be fooled, most of the pictures turned out like this one below.  

I love my girls.

Wind Storm

On Thursday, December 1st we experienced the most crazy weather we have ever faced.  Catogory 2 hurricane winds that lasted from 2am to 12:30pm.  The winds were consistently between 70-80 mph with gusts up to 102 mph.  Our house was shaking, we received damage to the house and lost power for 28 hours.

I think the craziest part was that there was never a time when the wind calmed down.  Not once.  It just kept blowing and blowing then harder gusts would come through.  We watched as our siding came off, our neighbor's roof blew off and lots of other stuff fly down the street.

 This is some of the siding that didn't actually come off but is blown up all over the house.

 Our fence held a lot better compared to most others around us.  We will need to reset all the posts and put the one section back in.

 

A neighbor's fence

 That used to be our patio table.

 Our trampoline pad was torn apart.

 This is the siding on our breeze way, or what's left of it.

 Our neighbor lost lots of siding too.

 It's a little hard to tell but in the middle of this picture is what is left of the McDonald's sign.

This is what the 7-11 canopy looks like on both sides.

You're 4 Months Old Adeline

 You're 4 months old Adeline(well you were when I started this post three weeks ago).  Can you believe it?  You are growing so fast and I feel like you could be crawling an day now.  That's not really true, but you seem old enough and strong enough to be.  You are so aware of all your surroundings.  You love to watch Sophie play. A couple days ago she was jumping from couch to couch and you just followed her with every move she made.

 We haven't been to your 4 month check up, but I think you are around 16 lbs.  You are wearing 6-9 month and 9-12 month clothes.  You are very strong and love to walk around in your walker.  The other day Grandpa Beaird had you walking down the hallway to him.  You seem to be getting less fussy but you still have your moments.  You can be a really screamer.  I laugh because Sophie will say things like, mom your baby is screaming her head off again or our baby is always screaming.  Despite the annoyed looks Sophie some times gives, she loves you very much.

Little Pink Bears

We put Addie in the little pink bear outfit that Sophie practically lived it. Addie will not be living in it because she had almost grown out of it now.

Which one is Addie and which is Sophie?





Addie on the top and Sophie on the bottom.

Uncle Erik's Visit

After the family came down for Adeline's blessing, Erik got to say for the week. Since he will be heading off to collage at BYU Idaho next month and then on a mission some time soon, it was nice to spend some time with him.

Indoor Skydiving and Uncle Scott's Visit

Uncle Scott came to visit us last month. It was fun hanging out with him and after Sophie warmed up, she loved hanging out with him.



While here we headed to the Salomon Center in Ogden and went flying. Indoor skydiving at iFly. Mom, Scott, me and even Sophie did it. It was really fun and different then I was expecting. I thought I would feel like I was falling a bit more, but it was almost like just laying down.

Doesn't Sophie look SOOOOoooo cute!!!

This video is a little long, but you totally need to watch Sophie about 30 seconds into it. They fly her up into the top part of the wind tunnel and is really cool. We all got to fly up high. Then they make Scott walk out of the tunnel by himself and it was really funny!!

New Parking and Sidewalk

We have been working toward putting in another parking pad next to the driveway and a sidewalk to the back apartment door. After a couple weeks of prep work, we were ready to pour.

At 6:00am the cement truck came and the real work began. Knowing it was too much for us to handle on our own, we hired some help and had one really awesome neighbor join the crew.

See how dark is was when the pour.



We were about two yards shy on the concrete and had to send the truck to go get more. That actually worked our good timing wise and then we had enough from the second load to finish the retaining wall form that we have been working on in the front yard.

We woke Sophie up to see the cement truck. We didn't want her to miss that. It also happened to be the same weekend that Grandma and Grandpa Olson and Uncle Scott were visiting.

Sophie's Three Year Old Pictures

I have been meaning to post this pictures. These were done by the same photographer that did Sophie's two year old pictures and Addie's Newborns. www.richinsphoto.com

I love love love them!!!

The Circus

For Mitchell's birthday, Angie wanted to take him to the circus. I was fortunate to score some tickets for their whole family, plus Sophie and me. I had been to the Ringling Brother's circus once before about 5 years ago, but I wasn't sure if the show would be different or not. To my surprise, it was pretty different then before and really fun. I think it was a good show for people of all ages.


We saw lots of elephants and tigers. Grandma Beaird found this shirt for Sophie to where to the circus.