Santa

We fortunately live about 5 minutes away from Bass Pro, which is a huge plus at Christmas. They have Santa there most nights and weekends and the best part is that you can bring your own camera to get pictures of your kiddo with Santa! That means FREE! Scott first took her several weeks ago, but he ended up with a blank stare from Addison in the picture. Then, we went this past weekend but there was an hour wait. So, today was our third and final attempt before heading to North Carolina this week! She saw Santa and kept saying his name, but this is what happened when we got up there:)

Bouncy Barn

We went to the Bouncy Barn near our house for a playdate with some friends on Friday. I was secretly hoping it would have the same effect on Addison as before (she fell asleep at 7 at night that time). Unfortunately, she didn't want to bounce as much as I had hoped, though it still made her pretty tired. We tried to get Addison in the picture with her friend Brody, but as soon as he heard me say, "Say cheese!" he quickly darted into the house:) Smart boy!

Baby Name

We've been asked a bunch what baby girl Beam's name will be... you all KNOW I'm no secret keeper! :) We're 95% sure it will be Emma (not sure of the middle name yet, though). Addison was going to be Emma for a long time, and I almost changed it in the hospital as we were filling out the birth certificate paperwork! We recently asked Addison to say Emma's name to see if she could... first she said "Mamu" followed by "Mama." Still working on it!

24 Weeks

Jamie N, sorry this took so long... I managed to get Scott to take a pic right before I left to teach class this morning! These days I don't always get ready or get out of my PJs if I don't have to:)

Flower Hats!

I've seen flower hats on etsy.com and a few photographer's websites (usually on newborns), so I went to a huge craft fair in Tulsa today hoping to find them! I found the hats for $5 and the flower clips for an additional $3-8 (depending on the size), so I decided to examine the flower clips to see how easily I could make them. Yep, super easy and CHEAP! All I did was go to Walmart (where I was going to get groceries anyway), bought a few flowers, cut the ends off and hot glued them on alligator clips that I already had! I also had some ribbon already at home that I thought would look cute on the hat with the pink flower, so I just decided to add that at the last minute. I may add more later, but it's a good start! You do have to work with the flowers a little and hot glue them in a few places, but it was really easy!

This lasted about 1 minute...

Right before she said, "OFF OFF!" That was it-she was done being my model:)

The best part is that you can make a bunch of different clips of different flowers depending on the outfit! Oh, and there are two black ones because I had to get baby sister one, too!

Tutu!

After looking for tulle to be on sale at Hobby Lobby for quite some time, it finally happened this week! Then, a surprise package from Nana and Poppa arrived today with a cute pink NC State shirt and pom poms to make the outfit complete:) Addison loves the tutu I made and ran all over the house tonight with her baby and pom poms in tow... which is why it was VERY difficult to get her to stay still long enough to even get a picture. Love this girly girl! Oh, and it cost less than $7.00 to make the tutu! I may add some ribbon to it later, but we'll see!

Getting ready to jump.

Tina Horn, this picture should make you and Jason proud!! I know it's not all red and white, but she's definitely a wolfpacker!

Time with Daddy

When I came home at 8pm tonight, this is what I found:

Evidently Scott and Addison sat down on the couch around 7 to watch a little football and just like her Mom, it put her right to sleep! She was completely out within a few mintues. Um, why hasn't she ever done that for me? I don't think this child has ever gone to sleep that early!