Today it was in the 70's! We took advantage and went outside to play

Lexi loves to sit in the cart!  After I sit her in it and start walking she gets so excited - smiles, opens her mouth real big, and kicks her legs. She is the happiest baby I know :) This is also a good shot of her teeth. She has two more coming in on top too.

Isn't she so precious?!

Lexi and I just finished a parent/child swim class. It was 9 days in a row for 30 minutes each day.  She loved it!  She always splashed a ton and was always kicking her legs.  She also would open her mouth real big - I think she does that when she's excited. It's so cute.  All the other kids in the class were older than her.  The class was for ages 6 months to 3 years.  Many of the parents commented on how happy Lexi was and they would laugh when she got excited (because none of the other kids were as enthusiastic as she was).  Most of the activities we did went with a song so once we started singing Lexi started getting excited - kicking, splashing, opening her mouth real big.  I think her favorite activity was floating on her back.  She would get a toy and just chew on it while chilling on her back. I liked that activity too because we got to cuddle (we were cheek to cheek with her legs floating in front of me)

Lexi wouldn't let me feed her but opened her mouth when Addison grabbed the spoon :) So cute!

This little one started crawling on hands and knees last week and is now into everything! She started crawling like an inchworm a couple of weeks ago - she would push herself up on her hands then inch forward without using her legs.

I signed Addison up for gymnastics and swimming lessons this month.  She LOVES gymnastics but swimming didn't go so well...

This picture makes it look like Addy participated in her first swim lesson.....

But this is where she was for the whole lesson :( The teachers couldn't convince her to get in the water and the parents were told to stay 15 feet away so we didn't distract the kids (I don't think I could have convinced her either anyways). So I think we'll try again next year. I don't really want to fight this battle.  She also threw a fit when the lesson was over because she wanted to go swimming like we did on Saturday. I guess she doesn't understand the difference between a swim lesson and swimming for fun. So that caused some drama getting out of there.

Can put her hair in a ponytail again! And as you can see from her light jacket and flip flops it has warmed up this week.  It is so nice!

Lexi watching Addison playing with a balloon

Ready to go to gymnastics

Gymnastics class.  Last month she was in a parent/child class and did great. This month she's on her own and today was her first day.  She did great and it was so fun to watch her.  This is her teacher Merlene, whom she had last month as well.  One class last month she did a somersault on her own (probably her first on her own) and ran up to Merlene and said "Merlene!  I did it!!".  She was so excited and I think proud of herself.  What I thought was cute was she called her by name.  I didn't know she knew her teacher's name.

With this being her first class on her own it was funny to see her lose focus all the time. They split the class in half and did separate stations.  When her group was going through stations in one area, another group was playing with hoola hoops next to Addison's area. The hoola hoops caught her eye and she ran over to sit with the other group playing with the hoola hoops.  Her teacher had to go grab Addison and direct her focus back to her group, lol.  She was completely cooperative though and just needed a little help focusing.

Addison's 3rd Birthday!

Addison had a Dora birthday party with her cousins and friends from church today.  It went really well and I think she had fun.  One of our family traditions is breakfast-in-bed so we did that today also since it's the only morning Steve is home.  This is a tradition my family did when I was growing up, except we always got crepes (which was wonderful! I love crepes!).  That was the special breakfast meal my mom made us. Maybe when the girls get a little older I'll start that :)  Be prepared, there's a lot of pictures.

This is the first year we gave Addison breakfast in bed and she loved it! She loved all the attention too. I said "I love you Addison" and she usually doesn't respond to that but today she said "I love you too, Mom. Thank you for my birfday." It melted my heart :)

She got flower shaped pancakes, apple juice (her fav!) and pears and strawberries.

Lexi looking on as Addison enjoys her breakfast. She's not amused lol

The birthday party pictures aren't in any order.

Everyone eating lunch. Thank you to all the older people who helped at the party! You were sooooo helpful :)

Pin the tail on Swiper, the fox (from Dora)

Steve's talent of making balloon animals and swords was a big hit. It always is.

The kids got violent with the balloon swords!  Good thing they were made out of balloons.

Thanks Court, for making the cute happy birthday sign!  It was a pinterest idea

Her first attempt at blowing out the candle. She has such a soft blow.

She had to stand up and add a little spit to blow it out :)

Lexi telling Uncle Mitch a secret...

Thank you girls for all your help!  You were great!

Making a balloon motorcycle

Valentine's day continued

Our new valentine's day family tradition... Chocolate dipped strawberries! It was delicious! Last year only Steve and I did it so It was fun to do it with Addison this year. Since Steve was in NY on Valentine's day we did it today.

Happy Valentine's Day

Steve was in NYC this week for training for his promotion and sent me these pretty flowers! He's the best. Made me feel so special.