Blessed

...beyond measure!

Happy Mother's Day!

Flashback Friday

the Zoo with Friends

This post is way overdue! A few weeks ago, Addie and I met Katie and her little boy Edward at the zoo. Katie and my brother were in the same class, and we all went to school together. Addie and Edward are a little over a week apart in age, with Addie being a tad older. However, Edward has been walking for months now! I was secretly hoping he might give Addie some tips, but she apparently didn't take any of them to heart!

Anyway, Edward and Addie had fun seeing all the animals while Katie and I got to catch up some. We took a few pictures of them together, but all of mine turned out too dark! Here are some pictures from our day:

Edward wasnt exactly sure he wanted to smile at first but check out that sweet, little grin!!! Katie always has him dressed in the cutest little boy outfits!

Here we were waiting for the train.

We had a great time at the zoo and will hopefully be able to manage to have some more fun playdates with Edward and Katie in the near future!

Wordless Wednesday

The Beach!

As you probably remember, Paul, Addie, and I loaded up the car Friday morning and headed down to the beach to my dad's. It was a beautiful day and a relatively easy trip. Paul kept telling me that we weren't in a rush and could leave whenever. I, however, was in a tremendous rush! I was so excited that I could hardly stand it! Talk about needing a vacation!

As you can see from this photo, Addie loved the beach. She started crawling and never stopped the first day.

Back and forth.

Up and down.

To and fro.

Around and about.

You get my point?

She had a blast playing with her new beach toys from Papa Ray and MawMaw Pat. She loves putting objects inside of other objects (shovel in pail, sand in pail, etc). Perfect birthday gift!

Needless to say, I think we have a bit of a beach baby {minus the ocean}!

After a few hours on the beach, we headed up for a nap. A longer nap than usual because of all the energy she'd exerted on the beach! Her little knees were so red; not from sun but from crawling in the sand!

Before dinner, we headed out to attempt to get a few pictures before the sun set. Not happening according to Addie! I did manage to get a few though! She's gotten so lean, but she still has those sweet cheeks!

Addie decided to get up around 5:45am, for the day! So she and I headed out to the beach and saw this:

and these:

There were all these nasty little creatures {jellyfish?} on the beach, so there was no crawling around! It was back for a yummy breakfast and nap.

But she woke up from her nap in the foulest of moods! The beach was hit or miss with her. She was crying one minute and laughing the next! You'd never know it from these though!

She loved sitting in a chair. It was so cute how she'd crawl up and get so proud of herself when she got settled! Look at her hands here.

She had a whole conversation with my dad while sitting in a chair next to him. It was so cute to watch her interact with him! If you click on the picture below, you can see where she grabbed his finger in the last one. So sweet!

At one point, my dad went down to the ocean. Addie promptly crawled up in his chair and took up residence!

I love her prissy little smile and tilted head here. This was one of the happy moments!

My dad and Pat are really laid back and go-with-the-flow, and it was great to spend time with them! I mean, what else would you expect at the beach?!?!? We're already looking forward to going back soon!

Make sure to check out Paul's blog entry about our trip! :)

I ♥ Faces

This weeks theme for I ♥ Faces is {Hats}! This was the first picture that came to mind! We'd been at the zoo on a beautiful spring day, and Addie had managed to keep her hat on for the majority of it! She was in her Daddy's arms looking at the animals here. I love how you can see her little toofies!

Make sure to check out all the other beautiful faces here.