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.