Twenty Seven Weeks - She Can Roll Both Ways!

The biggest news this week is that Addisen can now roll herself to her tummy and then back! The big accomplishment happened on Monday night - of course the first night Jim was gone this week! We no longer have the midnight screams from being stuck on her tummy - actually she enjoys sleeping on her stomach now (brings a little anxiety to mom and her worries of breathing!)

This year I was creative with our Father's Day gifts for Jim. I found a link for some free gifts - what could be better than that! So we made him a photo desk calendar, a photo book to take on his business trips and this t-shirt! I am sure he was thrilled with this shirt and the fact that he would have to wear it!

Brody was showing us the "no hands" trick last weekend when we were eating on the deck. He loves his play area now that it is full of sand!

Following dinner on Father's Day we were able to have a water gun fight! Of course Jim started it and then took Addisen.

Addisen and Brody are still enjoying each other. In this picture he wanted to "tickle her toes" while I took their picture.

Addisen just adores Brody - she is all smiles when he pays attention to her.

If you look closely you can see the two teeth poking through the bottom!

Six Month Portraits

Twenty Six Weeks - Happy Father's Day!

Well I made it 26 weeks before buying the headbands - I just couldn't resist!

The highlight of this week was Addisen's allergic reaction. On Sunday night she started to break out in a rash and by Monday mid-morning she was red all the way to her hips! After seeing the doctor and getting some benadryl the rash stopped spreading. Of course through it all Addisen was as happy as could be. We still don't know what caused the rash, she really hadn't tried anything new since Friday night. So we will see if she stays rash clear! At the office they weighed her and she is now over 19lbs! I think she is starting to slow down on the weight gain, so hopefully we will get to continue using her infant carrier until she can sit up on her own!

Tonight Jim requested that we go to the Whitecaps Baseball game. It was a gorgeous night here and the kids had a great time with their Dad! We sat on the lawn and Brody enjoyed rolling around.

My photo star is starting to refuse pictures, so I have to take them when I can get them (however he is posed).

I may be biased, but even when he doesn't want to pose, he is still one of the cutest boys I know!

While Brody doesn't like to pose, Addisen is always smiles!

After some bribing we got a good picture with Dad! As you can see, the tattoos from last week were well worth their $1! I do admit that we have been taking "mini baths" because Brody didn't want to lose his tattoo.

I got everyone to look at the camera!

Today was our day of bargains - we found this spiderman at a garage sale for 25 cents and a Dinaco Helicopter (from the Cars Movie) at Goodwill for $1.99 - and of course these are now Brody's favorite toys!

She loves her Daddy! I foresee this being a picture shown at her wedding :)

Brody wanted to take some pictures with the camera tonight - while there were a lot of strange photos - this one turned out pretty cool!

Our little baseball player showing off his new tattoo on his right arm and new baseball hat (although he kept saying we were at a basketball game).

They were celebrating Japanese Baseball at the game tonight, so they let off these balloons that had valves on the end that make squeaking noises and shot through the air - it was pretty entertaining.

Hope everyone has a great Father's Day tomorrow! We sure are happy to celebrate our Daddy tomorrow!!!

Twenty Five Weeks - We have Teeth!

This is what Addisen looks like for most of the day - hands in her mouth :) Last Saturday night I discovered that there was a tooth popping through! And now today I saw that the second tooth on the bottom is just about ready to break through. I know Addisen will be very excited when she can start chewing on the food she watches us eat!

We spent the morning at the Start of Summer Festival in Rockford this morning. Both of the kids did really well at the Parade - Addisen didn't even flinch with all of the band and firetruck noise!

Brody enjoyed all of the people in the parade - but most of all he enjoyed the candy!

After the parade we headed down to the carnival. To start off the adventure, Brody felt like he needed to fit in - so he got two tattoos! Doesn't he have the perfect "tattoo" boy face?

I was so impressed at how much Brody had grown since we visited the carnival last year. I can remember the day clearly - I was extremely nauseated from being pregnant with Addisen! Brody was too scared to ride the rides alone last year - but this year we had a hard time keeping him off! What a big boy he is!

I was amazed at how fast this ride seemed to go - of course it was Brody's favorite!

The merry go round was the only one that Jim went with Brody on (mainly because I insisted)!

And of course we had to play a few games!

It was so cute when Brody went to get on this ride. There were a lot of open seats, but instead Brody decided to get on and sit right next to another little boy. It was so cute to watch them ride around talking with each other!

This week was another eventful one for us! On our way home on Monday I knew something wasn't quite right with Brody. I thought that maybe he was just tired, but about 1/2 way home I heard some coughing and then some splashing! I couldn't believe it - Brody had gotten sick in the car! That night Brody's temperature reached 104, needless to say I was really worried about him. Jim had to leave for California on Tuesday, so I stayed home with Brody and luckily he continued to improve. My mom came to stay the night to make sure that I was able to go to work on Wednesday - luckily everyone remained healthy for the remainder of the week!

I have my fingers crossed that Jim will not be traveling again for work for a few weeks. I feel like I have become so disorganized during the last 3 weeks, so it will be great to share some of the family life with Jim!