what I've been up to...

Aunt Bailey got baptized...

Rockin with my G to the MA

<-- Went to Carmel on Memorial Day

... went to my first firefighter funeral

I am officially crawling. I walk all over in my walker!

I love to copy whatever you do! i can pull my self to a standing position. I think I can walk by myself but my mom says I have no balance! I went to Tahoe for a wedding. I visited my Nana in El Dorado Hills. Coming up... camping in yosemite!

Goofing around with Mommy!

8 1/2 mo. She broke into Jake's new toys and it testing them out... and hamming it up too!

clapping!

Addy has figured out how to clap. She loves it! She is very proud of herself. She has been putting her hands together for a while now, and has finally figured out how to make noise with them :-)
Papa has taught her the "snake tounge". She sticks out her tounge and puts it in her mouth... in and out, in and out. Its very funny and ridiculous looking!
She also gives "fake smiles". She gives them genuinely, so technically it's a polite/real "fake smile". She shows her upper gums and puts her head back and grins big! I have to get it on video or something!
She's growing up fast...

Family Fun Time!

Addy is 8mo old now! She is chatting up a storm! She is such a happy baby! She can go fom laying down to sitting up, and loves to pull herself onto her knees. She would LOVE to walk, but we aren't quite there yet. She has no interest in crawling, although she does get in the crawl position. She just rolls and scoots to get where she needs to go and she is content with that. She is interested in every sound and all the new stuff around her she has yet to discover! Addy loves phone and the remote and the wii controllers. Her favorite toy is still a water bottle. A paper plate can keep her occupied for quite a while as well! She has tried watermelon, honeydew, cantelope, along with many veggies. She gets a funny face, yet returns to have more! She does great in her stroller, kickin back and relaxin'. She is so much fun! She knows what mama and dada mean. She is also saying nana, doodoodoo, a-goo, a-duh duh. She loves to squeal and scream in delight! They are great noises to hear.

She still has no teeth. She has quite and active tounge. She can twirl it, fold it, stick it in and out like a snake. She smacks her lips, occasionally snorts, and lifts her arms to be picked up! She can walk with assistance. She is a great joy!

Park Day!

Addy and Logan (and their moms) went to Woodward park. It was their first time seeing geese! Logan said 'Hi" for the first time! They had a ton of fun!

Funny Story: Someone asked us if they were our children. HAH! We told them yes and they said, "ooh you guys are young moms". "you don' look like you just had a baby"... I guess they didn't see Ashley's 4 mo basketball. LOL!

our newest adventure (ok..Krissi's)

YUP. I am in unchartered waters. We found out that Jake's limp is actually due to a partially ruptured ACL. This injury of course, requires surgery. It is not cheap. The surgery alone costs approx $2000. This does not include what we have spent to get the problem diagnosed (sedation, xrays, exams) and the cost for his rehab (follow up visits, medications, bandaging, etc). Rehab will take 6mo to complete. ANYWAYS, James always said that a dog is just a dog... and many agree. However, I view him like a child, and will a least TRY to do what I can to raise the money without dipping into our existing budget or going into debt.
SO..... that leads me to my uncharted waters. Jake was diagnosed Wed night. I have since made ten (yes 10) dozen cookies (not including the 9 dozen crappy cookies that didn't turn out to my liking), wrapped and packaged them, and made about 50 oreo truffles and boxed them up ready for sale. Ya gotta start somewhere. They are off to the firehouse tomorrow.
In the works is a pasta feed/concert that will take place May 2nd or not at all. I will know in a few days if this is possible or crazy talk!
My brain is exhausted just thinking about this. (11pm doesn't help either).
Well, thought I'd take a break from talking about Addy and mention Jake. By the way, Addy has been playing with Grammy and in her new bouncer/entertainment chair thingy she has while all this is in process.