1 + 1 = 1

no, this is not the math that i am teaching my students...

but it is the math i was thinking about all week while my husband was away for work. it occurred to me that addie is a perfect mixture of greg and i...she even changes her look to sometimes be me, and then sometimes be spot-on greg. these two pictures were taken the same day...(of course by the time the second one took place it appears that addie has been in a baby gang fight with her scratched eye)

so i started a little list in my head...and i wonder how long any of it will last...

addie looking just like me...

like mommy

1. social butterfly

2. let's be honest here, looks good in red but doesn't wear it a lot

3. blue eyes, blonde hair (mommy's was natural once)

4. loves car-rides - or any kind of fast motion...

5. obsessed with milk

6. loves laughing until its almost time to puke

7. great shopper

8. talks all the time

9. great dancer

10. cried when Michael Jackson died

addie doing her best dad impression...

like daddy :

1. sleeps anywhere in any position

2. doesn't hear anything after falling asleep

3. cranky right before bedtime

4. totally chill unless mommy intervenes

5. loves making fun of mommy

6. loves the computer

7. LOVES to be tall

8. sometimes likes it to just be very quiet

9. great eater

10. is patient with mommy...

lil' miss independent

our little miss independent just loved her first fourth.

actually, she slept through every firework show we drove by on i-71 on our way home from a wedding. but next year hopefully she will be into all the pretty colors in the sky. i always loved fireworks and spent some quality time as an young pyro - and soon grew out of it.

our fourth was really celebrated on the fifth at my mom's pool complete with raft races for the boys and burgers with actual bacon cooked inside! you know, we try to keep it as close to the historical celebration as possible.

enjoy it now kid, cause i can just hear myself in the future, annoyingly repeating the story of the revolutionary day when (most of) our forefathers told off a bully and got a country out of it. if that's not a lesson in standing up for yourself, what is?

thanks for the country. and for the one day where wearing the flag as a tank top isn't tacky..just plain old cute.

e.i.e.i.ooooooo

so, she fits in my mom's exersaucer and thanks to my wonderful coworkers, we have an incredible one at home. it of course, stays in place, only this one bounces.

i put it together today just to see what she would do. i have to admit i didn't put the batteries in it because i want to prolong any noise making toys for as LONG as possible. which i guess would have added to the whole effect for her...sorry ads.

but i think the picture tells the whole story.

she just sat there. no bounce. no touch. just a glazed look the spinning ducks (that i had to spin). she was more excited about the numbers and letters on the seat cushion as she spent quite a while trying to scratch them off to put into her mouth.

she may be too young for this...but in all fairness she can't be in it past 25 lbs. and she is already 18 - so her bouncing time is limited.

maybe tomorrow we can put the batteries in it. happy staring for now. in peace and quiet.

sum..sum..summertime

so i don't know if anyone has noticed..but the last few days have been incredible summer days for cincinnati. so addie and i have made the most of it, with some of the people we love the most...

pool time with emily's boys and addie's cousins, hanging with my mom, dad and addie's aunt stacy out on the porch for hours...

and of course, addie couldn't get enough of crazy noah... "why she looking at me? hey baby addie why are you looking at me?!"

i have to admit, she likes a good show, and noah always puts on a good one. the next picture in my roll is his butt - cause he wanted a picture of it.

sure you don't want a sister boys?

my friend emily is in town, so my friend stacy and i joined her and her wonder-twins for a little brunch. addie tagged along...which of course meant a photo op.

you can see that cash was clearly into it (or atleast wanted a dollar-store treat for smiling) while hayden could care less about addie, a smile, or a treat.

i don't blame you hayden. she's no roman candle.

millions of peaches...peaches for free

well, we tried. peaches first...then applesauce. i think her face says it all. and while we do have video to someday torture her with, i think this photo says it all.

maybe if we'd started with donuts or a mcdonalds coke - i guess for now she will just continue to drool as we eat.

addie's new bff

so addie is great at making friends...and peyton hall just loved cuddling up next to her. i think these ladies will have lots of fun in the future - if peyton has anything to say about it...