Birthday Girl

Our Addison is 1 and we love her so much. She loved her birthday and her birthday cake. She was pretty petite about how she ate it, but she got quite a good portion of it gone. Now 2 weeks til Christmas, she'll think present are a common thing.

Yummy Snow

Tonight I heard Addison out in the living room going "mmmmmmmm", I went to see what could be so good and found her in our entry eating the snow from the bottom of my shoes!! I don't want to even think about what else was on the bottom of my shoe...

Some People's Kids

This has also happened with the toilet paper a few times!

Kiss'n Cousins

Addison got a little bit of turkey and a lot of Tyrus for Thanksgiving this year!!

BEGGARS

I now have two beggars to deal with, Wrigley and Addison. It's so funny. Addison will competitively push Wrigley away so that she gets her share. She loves her food. Must be the Smith in her.

Let's Eat

I don't know about everybody else, but this family is ready for some turkey. We saw this shirt at Old Navy and got it for Addison's first Thanksgiving. She's so freakin' cute. She's cravin some a Grandma's rolls and taters. Hope this week goes by fast.

We Hate Leaves!

We decided to "try" and look less white trash by raking up some leaves. No matter how much we raked, I couldn't tell a difference. Oh well, at least I got to wear them sweet pants.

Addison Lee the Bumble Bee

10 Months Old and Gorgeous

Our sweetie is growing up so fast. She is mimicking and it is so fun. My favorite is her growl. If you growl, she growls. She also is saying dada and uh oh. She is already in love with cell phones, so that had better change. We love her sooooo much and can't wait to put her in a Halloween costume. Here are some recent pics.

Dedicated to the CHOKING Cubs (Next Year!)

Addison loves the Cubbies and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

I love Saturdays

In case anyone missed this, I don't think it will be in the highlight show. I love me some college football.

Call me "Catfish Hunter"

Today I went down to the old stompin' grounds of pescadero behind my grandparents old house to catch some carp. It was a little slow, but I surprisingly caught a nice sized catfish. What a beautiful fish. I lost 12-8 in fishing score, but I caught that sexy thing.

DA BEARS 4-3 and tied for first!

I know we don't have a lot of hope for the upcoming season, but one thing is for sure: I have the cutest linebacker in the world. I saw this on ebay and had to get it.

Learnin' to Crawl, Kind Of?

Here's our goof on the day she was learning to crawl. We sometimes wish she was back at this point instead of into everything, but this was funny. What a spaz!

OUR ANGEL

What's in a Name

ADDISON LEE SMITH

For those unaware of what heartfelt care was put into Addison's name, here u go. ADDISON is the street name on which Wrigley Field lies in which our beloved Cubs play the only sport that will be allowed in to Heaven. LEE had 2 sides to the story. Derrek Lee is the above mention Cubs 1st Baseman and Bo and Addison's favorite player. (Hillary's stuck on Mark DeRosa because he's a hottie.) LEE SMITH is the CUBS all time leader in saves and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. So there you have it. A true blue cubs fan is born. By the way, the family dog is named Wrigley.

P.S. Call her Addy and her Mom will spit flames at you.

Catching U up

I guess we'll jump on the bandwagon and start blogging. Of course, this site will mostly be about Addison, our pride and joy. She is now 8 months old and becoming more and more of a handful each and every day. She has learned to pull herself up and stand long enough to pull items on to her head. I guess we still need to do better childproofing around the home. After visiting the Highland Smith's, she has also learned to shake her head no and it is so funny to watch. I'll ask her if the Yankees are cool and she'll shake no, if the Steelers are any good, she'll shake no. The only problem is she won't do it with the camera on, so we might have to pull the hidden camera trick.

One thing that needs to be fixed in the next 15 years, is teaching Addison to kiss without the tongue. She's an open mouth kisser, and often goes on the attack trying to do so. Even her duck beany baby from grammy gets its share of kisses.
As I said early, she is crawling around into everything now, which is a great break for the back of her head. It's amazing to see how baby's adapt in their own way. Forever she would bow up on her feet and head and scoot backwards across the floor. It was fun to watch, but she also was getting the bald patch.

As for Hill and I, we are both working alternating graveyard shifts so that we don't have to have a babysitter. It's actually worked out pretty well. Hillary likes the lighter workload the nightshift as a nurse gives her. She is only clinicals away from being an RN. They will still be a little into the future, but she is already stressing out. If I know my Hill, she'll be just fine. I am still at Heinz, although part-time and attending full-time at ISU. Go Bengals. Here is our blog.