HALLOWEEN...A couple weeks late!

We had a wonderful Halloween! As I mentioned in my last blog, it started a week early with the annual Jennie/Justin Party. That was such a nice time... Then the next Friday night, our family dressed up as high school kids (I am suppose to mention and impress upon you that DAN WAS NOT A CHEERLEADER in this outfit this year! He was a 70's basketball player.) :) We went over to the Sugar Salem elementary carnival. I was given many bad looks and comments from my fellow Sugar Alumni's...Especially the older ones...WOW! Oh well! I thought we were cute! Anyway... After that, Dan and I went up to a South Fremont party that one of his co-workers was having. We had a good time.


Addy was our ONLY cheerleader this year!!! Don't ya like Dan's chest hair we added!


The next afternoon, we missed our wards Trunk er treat cuz Addy was sleeping...So when she awoke, we went out to Egins so we could also see Dan's family. Everyone was so cute!!!! We had such a good time! We also took Addy around to some of our family's homes to trick-or-treat. She was so cute as a little duck!


Dan with his ducky, Addy and her cousin, the kitty, Alyn.
This little kitty and ducky were the best of friends...They were so cute to watch hugging and loving each other.


My VERY talented sister-in-law, Bonnie and her sister Cynda. They had a little tent set up with all sorts of witches treats and steaming cauldrons. Very Cute!


We also went over to see Dan's grandparents while we were out to Egin. Grandma piled on the treats for us!



Addy and her daddy going trick-or-treating.

The first house we went to, Addy didn't really know what to do. So she just stood there in the doorway. But she looked so dang cute!!!

By the time we got to my parents, Addy was no longer shy! She just helped herself right to the candy and almost fell right in to their bowl!

Look what Addy found!!!

She loves the treats!

October was another great month! Though we have not reached the real picture day of Halloween...I thought I would just post a couple of pictures of our month. At the beginning of the month, Addy and I went with my friend, Carp, to Denver to see our friend, Ann. We had such a good time just hanging out and catching up. We were also able to go see the Ringling Circus as well as went to a Broadway, thanks to Ann's wonderful husband, Jared, who stayed home and watched the kids (BIG thanks, Jared!) We had an awesome night on the town, with dinner with a crowd of 11 crazy chicas and then going to Wicked. LOVED IT!!!! Definitely recommend it!


Ann (Keller) Rodman, Crystal (Carp) Carpenter, and me at dinner

Other than that trip, our family has just been laying low, hiding from the flu season. The closest we came to being sick this month was when Addyson had Roseola for a week (Fevers for 3 days, then broke out in a bad rash) Other than that, ship shape!
She is walking all over the joint and always talking on the phone. She is so dang funny on the phone because it sounds like she is cussing someone out. She just goes and goes and goes. She also is helping out a lot at the house...or just tearing everything apart! Including the dishwasher!



Every day she just makes me laugh! She is just so funny to me! I have been curling her hair and I think it makes her look like a "big girl" Even though she still doesn't have any teeth! Anyway...Here are some photos of one day with her "big girl hair."









The best was after all this playing...She was exhausted by lunch time. It was so funny to watch her tucker out!


Out!

Definitely out!!

All utterly out as can be!!!
Last but not least, was the Annual Halloween party put on by our friends, Justin and Jennie. This year was all about simplicity and ease! We came in pj's and wild and crazy hair! We snacked on great food/treats, visited, caught up, and then lounged out, while watching the old show, Watcher in the Woods. It was kind of a silly show, but I still was all nervous watching it! I am such a wuss! Watching that show did take me back to Jr. High parties when we used to watch all these old scary shows! They were so scary. I kind of want to rent them now to see if I was just super wussy back then! I only got one photo from that night because we were late :( And that photo is a bit blurry. Then my battery died! But it was a great night!

Addy's ONE year checkup!!!

I am such a funny girl!


Shots, cries, tylenol, and more of the same 0% My baby is a shrimp! The doctor still reassures me that she is growing steadily and not to worry...Just start her up on the yucky whole milk. We also went and got some blood work done to complete her one year check up. I felt kind of bad about the shots and needle poke all in one day, so I only thought it was fair to get my flu shot done. There...Addy, your mom got poked too!!! Just not six times :) But here are her 1 year old rankings....SHRIMP!!!

Weight: 14 lbs...0%
Height: 27.8 in...12%

See, my big girl is so tiny! But I do love her! Here are some of the photos of her from my phone.

my TINY pumpkin sittin' on a HUGE pumpkin!

Out to eat with mom and a friend.

I found Addy on this latter, just thinking she was a big girl!

Hiding in Mom's locker at work!

ADDYSON IS ONE!!!!!

WOW! That is all I can say! The last couple of days have been filled with remembering the first days with Addy...So precious to me!!! I finally did SOMETHING on her scrapbook! It has been so fun to look at those pictures again. I LOVE THIS GIRL! I just want to share some of our fun pictures from her birthday and the last couple of months...

We celebrated Addy's birthday after I got home from work on Saturday because I had to work on Sunday (her actual birthday) and Dan had to go out of town for work. It wasn't a very graceful night for us... First off, we ate dinner WAY LATE! And when we tried to feed Addy, it just ticked her off. The last two weeks, she hasn't been eating very well for us. She hates texture and she hates her baby food...And she has no teeth, so I am kind of at a loss of what to feed her that she will eat...Anyway, so after we ticked her off trying to feed her dinner, she didn't want anything to do with us or her cupcake!!!



As you can see, she was a complete mess! Don't let her messy face fool you into thinking she ate some of it! No, I tried to get her to taste the frosting to see if she would like it and change her mind...That wasn't the case!

So I went and bathed her, put on some jammies, and then we showed her the birthday gifts. I remind you, it was pretty late...But we stayed up, putting one of her toys together, and then letter her play with them. Until the push toy was finished, her favorite thing that we gave her was the new sippy cup :)She was so funny with the push toy. We just kept video tapping her.


Addy and her daddy putting her toy together...and the sippy cup :)

WOW! Great gift Mom and Dad!



A quick family photo before it's off to bed, just in time for Addy's real bday




A couple of weeks ago, Addy and I went to the zoo with some of my awesome friends from high school and their kids. It was such a nice, warm day and we had a good time. After the zoo, I took Addy to get her pictures taken at the mall. She was getting pretty tired, but she was ADORABLE! She was so funny and we got some good shots. But here are some zoo pics.



She was a good sport and tried feeding Kimmi... I mean, the goats...(Inside joke. My friend's nickname is Goat.) Addy thought it was rather disgusting and preferred to only do it once.



Here are just a few pics from here at the house that I thought were pretty cute.

Just after bath time...I remember when this robe used to drowned her.



I was upstairs finishing cleaning the bathroom and thought I was safe to get it done without her coming to help me finish...I was wrong! She found a way out of the walker. That was the last of that trick.


Yes, tearing apart the living room IS exhausting!!!


Addy was a good helper canning applesauce! Good thing my runt still doesn't have teeth! Otherwise every apple would have Addy marks!


Trying out the slide at Arctic Circle. She thought she was pretty big going down the slide with her cousins.

Blogging World, We still exist!

Yes, this Stoddard family is still here! I am just the world's worst accomplish-er of the "To Do Lists." The last couple of months have been so great and wonderful for our family. Loads of fun, warmth, and smiles! I am completely in awe of how fast the summer has gone and led us into fall already! Anyway...This was just a friendly hello.. Now I am going to post this and start on my more exciting blog!

BEWARE! GROWING RAT!

Today is Addyson's 10 month old birthday day! Once again I am fathomed that my little bug is already that old! This month has been a blast playing with her! She is so fun! I want to get a video camera so one day she can see just how dang hilarious she is! In the mean time...my loads of pictures will have to do!

She is crawling everywhere! Up and down the stairs, in every room, and keep an eye on her outside or she will eat all my flowers! And she is babbling so much. Her first sound was baa...Now she has moved on to dada. Dan is very pleased, but can't wait until she learns that he is her "dada!"




She can sleep anywhere and in any position. In her crib, I usually find that she has crawled out of her pants. Every time I check on her in her room (okay I admit...I am not really checking on her, more just going to peak at how cute she looks asleep) but she never stays in one position. She is always all over the place in her sleep!





Happy Birthday Bug! I Love being your mom, Little Addy!