Happy 4th of July!

We spent the 4th of July at Grandpa Pat's lake house on Lake of the Ozarks.  We stayed for about a week and had plenty of fun, sun, and relaxation. Uncle Jordan and Aunt Jennie were also there for part of the time. Addie had a BLAST, thanks to Grandpa Pat making the house so fun and comfortable for her. He went all out and lined up a crib, highchair, swing, swimming pool, play house with slide, and a bunch of old toys from when Adam, Jennie, Jordan, and I were little. Needless to say, I think she was bored when she got home!

In addition to the baby toys, Grandpa Pat also has plenty of big kid toys. We had fun skiing and wakeboarding with the ski boat, cruising in the pontoon, and riding the jet ski. Jay actually made it through a lake trip without getting stopped by the boat police this year!

Addie loved riding in the boat and would clap for Jay when we wakeboarded, even when he fell :) She really started walking a lot while at the lake thanks to two factors I think: carpet rather than tile, and not having a huge white dog knocking her over all the time! She started talking more too...she now says mama, dada, baba, more, hi, bye, eye, and ball. She also put two words together: more balls.

She now knows how to point to her eyes, ears, mouth, tongue, teeth, hair, tummy, toes, fingers, hands, knees, and feet recently too. She's picking up so many new things everyday. Jay's favorite trick that he taught her is to "mess up her hair" when she rubs her hands really fast over her head and through her hair. It's pretty cute.

We had a great time at the 4th the year and plan to continue making it an annual tradition!

Play Dates with Ms. Kelcey

Addelyn has been with her new nanny, Kelcey, for a couple of months now. She has really started to love Kelcey, and we are so greatful for all of her help. She is wonderful with Addie, and she helps keep our house in order too! A couple times a week they go on outings or play dates. Some of their favorite spots are the fountain park at Marina Jacks, Longwood Run Park, play time at the Baptist Church in Bradenton, Subway, the grocery store, and Target. Here is a photo of Addie and Kelcey and a couple photos of Addie on her play dates.

Happy Father's Day!

We celebrated Jay's 2nd Father's Day with the Baumberger side of the family by having brunch at The Breakfast House.  Kelcey helped Addie make some footprint artwork as a present for Daddy, and Addie got Grandpa Pat a recordable booked titled "My Grandpa and Me."

Happy Birthday Addelyn!

We celebrated Addelyn's first birthday on Saturday, June 19, 2010.  We had to celebrate a month late since Jay was out of town for the original birthday party date to be with his father during his final days. We all miss Addie's Grandpa Kim so much.

Addelyn had a very fun birthday celebration.  Grandpa Pat came into town, as well as Aunt Jennie. Great-Grandma Suzette was still in town too, so we had lots of family to help celebrate. 

Addie's cake and decorations were Sesame Street theme, and her favorite party activity was playing with the helium balloons her Aunt Jennie bought.  She is still playing with those balloons a week later!  She wasn't too sure about her cake...she eventually picked up one of the sugar frosting "crayons" and chewed on that for awhile. Her friend Baby Morgan had just come to the party when we started singing Happy Birthday, and all Addie was interested in was him!  ;)  We eventually just brought Morgan up to sit by her while she ate a few bites of cake. 

I think she thought Morgan was one of her baby dolls (even though he is about as big as she is!), because she kept trying to pick up him...so funny!

Other party attendees included Grandma Julie, neighbor "Uncle" Jimmy, neighbor Ann, Morgan's parents Jonathan and Aimee, friends Merideth and Nehamiah, neighbors Laura and Lindsay, and Uncle Adam and his girlfriend Staci. She got sooo many gifts (take a look at the "spoiled" hat below) which is good because she was getting a little bored with her old toys.  She got several beautiful new dresses, some cute new outfits, a Baby Einstein DVD, doll, books, her own laptop, giraffe, emerald necklace and water table from her Aunt Jennie, a backpack carrier (for Jay and I to carry her in), a couple balls, some wooden blocks and hammer toy, color and texture puzzle, and of course, her "If you think I'm cute, you should see my aunt" onesie.  Bet you can guess who that was from :)

It was a very happy celebration, although Addie wasn't too interested in opening presents or her cake.  Of course, after everyone left she was all about her cake! 

Happy birthday, sweet pea!