Addie Fashion

Lately Addie has been realizing that she can start making her own decisions especially when it comes to what she wears. It fun to see her own fashion emerging. Addie was given this cute little fairy outfit from her Uncle Bryan and Aunt Emily and the girls for her birthday, and she loved it.


But then she has been obsessed lately with wearing her winter hat and mittens. One day we were going to go to the grocery and she insisted on wearing her hat and mittens to the store. Mind you it was close to 90 degrees that day. Well, she likes to add these accessories to just about any outfit!

Addie has also started to take a big interest in stickers. We have played with stickers with her before, but it hasn't been until that last little while that she has really start to play with them. Usually by the end Addie and everyone that is playing with stickers with her is covered.
We have a lot fun and it is so fun to watch Addie grow.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

So while we were in California for the wedding we were also able to go to the Monterey Aquarium, and it was so much fun. I love how children are excited by the littlest things and Addie seemed to have a blast looking at all the fish. Her reactions were priceless.


There is an area at the very beginning of the aquarium where the tide comes in and over a glass walk way. Addie love it and we could barely pull her away to go see anything else.





The jellyfish were awesome. I love seeing all the different kinds and just watching them squish around.


One of my favorite aquatic species are sea horses. They are just so interesting to me. I love how they have these tiny fins but they still zip around pretty darn fast. There were baby ones smaller than my thumb nail and these particular guys are called sea dragons.



The Aquarium also has a whole upstairs wing with all kinds of kids stuff to play on. There was a tunnel of aquariums for the little ones to walk through, a bounce area, and a bunch of water games to play with. Addie put up quite a fuss when it was time to go. It was worth the drive and putting up with my swollen pregnant feet!

California Wedding

So we went this last week to Aaron's youngest sister's wedding in California. I have been so impressed with how detailed both my sister-in-laws have been with their weddings. Rachel and Tim both looked great and it was fun to be able to be there for all the festivities.


Addie loved seeing all her cousins


The cupcake cake was way cute.

I loved the cute family tree table

I cannot believe Rachel made her cake topper herself! Way cute!

Addie loved the harp player and twirled most of the night away. Usually she'll keep her eyes open but she would just keep spinning with her eyes closed until she fell over. It was the cutest thing.


It was fun to spend time with family and to get away. I always feel like we never get to stay long enough when we are in Cali, but we enjoy every minute we get!