Addie Kate is over 19 lbs at 8 months.  She’s days away from crawling.  She rolls herself across the room, so with her activity level… I know she will begin to crawl within the month.

Jada Reese is almost 26 lbs at 2.5 yrs old.  Jada Reese’s surgery of implanting ear tubes was a huge success.  I wish we did it almost a year ago.  She is communicating 100x better and her vocabulary and pronunciation took off this week.  I honestly think she wasn’t hearing clearly until we did the tubes.  The things you learn with your first child!

Addie Kate- 7.5 months now… Everyone calls her the “Gerber Baby.”  She has such a fun personality.  She loves her big sister and often reaches to hold her hand.  She smiles and interacts with our dogs, and she is a fabulous eater (just like her daddy).  She sits up, scoots on her back, and loves to make raspberries with her tongue.  She has become a little momma’s girl, and she doesn’t want to be out of my sight.  She sleeps through the night, gets 3 full meals, 3-4 nursing, and an 8 oz bottle each day!  She is also struggling with her first ear infection.  She’s on her 3rd antibiotic, so we hope she will be back in full swing this weekend.  Addie Kate loves her soft blankets and baby dolls close to her face.  AK is in size 12 months…

I have the best job ever; stay at home mom with 2 precious girls.  Although we have long days at times (marshmallows melted all over my new car, poop smeared in the bathroom, dogs eat the dinner off the table, vegetable pouch squeezed all over the car seat, throw up right before heading out the door… and the list continues), I wouldn’t trade it for anything!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas in Austin and in Breckenridge with family.

Addie Kate is almost 6 months!  She weighs 17 lbs (70%) and height is 26.5″ (75%).  She is babbling, learning to sit up, playing with her sister, and has started to eat table food.  She is such a cuddle bunny, and she loves to pop her pacifer out and replace it with her thumb.

Jada Reese continues to be a “mini-me” as she cleans up more than anyone in our house.  She is always looking after the dogs and her sister.  She is potty trained as of today!  I just told her that we were out of diapers…and she went with it.  She has such a sweet spirit and tender heart!

Jada Reese rode her first horse, and she loved it.  She is still saying “more neigh neigh.”  We went on a tractor ride, hay ride, fed goats, saw pumpkins, did the human maze, and picked beautiful flowers.  She slept the whole way home!  Addie Kate enjoyed the day out, but will have to wait until next year to join her sister in all the fun.

On another note, Dave and I are proud aunt/uncle to Jada Reese and Addie’s first cousin, Hudson Michael Alter.  He was born in Napa, CA on Oct. 30th weighing 8lbs 5 oz.  We will get to visit him in November.

I’ll post Halloween pictures tomorrow of the girls.  Addie Kate is a lady bug and Jada Reese will be Snow White.  Dave is looking forward to taking Jada Reese out for the first time.

On a sad note, Tiki (our 6 yr old boxer) does have aggressive cancer in her tongue.  We love her dearly, and we are not looking forward to the next few weeks.  Keep our family in your prayers while we make some tough doggie descisions.

We met Major, Emily and Ben’s new puppy.  Jada Reese and Addie finally found a puppy their size!  The girls have on their precious matching outfits from the Garys.

I went to my 10 year High School Reunion.  It was a blast!  Hilary (on the right) has been one of my best friends since 2nd grade!  Rachel (in the blue) is a distant cousin.  And Allie and Courtney are dear friends.  It was a fabulous weekend.  Our babysitter, Ali, came by to hug and kiss Jada Reese.  We got to see the Campbells for a short trip.  James was sick, so we will have to make another trip soon, so Jada and James can have a playdate in the near future!

Addie Kate is 3 months old today!  She is such a doll and such an easy baby.  She loves to laugh and coo at her toys.  She’s starting to try to roll on her back, but it’ll be a couple more weeks until she’s successful!  Addie is in 6 months clothes and quickly approaching 9 month clothes.  She loves to be held, laughs at the dogs (Tiki lays by her often), and talks to her sister.  Jada Reese holds Addie’s hands, puts her pacifier in, gets Addie a diaper and puts Addie’s clothes in the hamper.  She loves to be the mama…I meant big sister!

My grandmother, Mama Jane Corbin (dad’s mom) is 3/4 of a century old, but doesn’t look it at all!  She is a wonderful grandmother and loves being a great-grandmother!  We had a wonderful time in Fort Worth celebrating her birthday and introducing the girls to the extended family.

It’s going by so quickly… Addie Kate is 2 months old.  She’s growing, and soon may catch up with her sister!

At her 2 month check up- 23 inches long (75%) and 11 lbs 14 oz (50%) and head circumference 15 and 1/2 inches (75%).

She is smiling and interacting when you talk to her.  Addie holds her head up and scoots on her belly.  She loves her sister and loves to cuddle!  We have another sweet little girl on our hands, and we feel so blessed to have her as our daughter!

We enjoyed our time at the Campbell Family Farm Saturday and Sunday as we got to catch up with our best friends from Chicago.  It took about 5 seconds when we first arrived for James to walk up to Jada and give her a hug.  They had so much fun together this weekend.  We went swimming, played tennis, sat in the rocking chairs, feed the horses, sat on the tractor, rode around the farm and saw the cows, went for a walk… Jada had several firsts this weekend.  She was too scared to ride the horse and wanted down immediately, but she loved feeding them.  Addie went swimming with the rest of us in her cute bikini with her rolls sticking out.  It was such a wonderful experience to get to share it with the girls.

Next weekend, we head to Ft. Worth to visit my grandmother, Mama Jane, for her 75th birthday party.  We are looking forward to introducing the girls to a large part of our extended family.

She went asleep early tonight.  She goes to preschool two days a week half day.  It’s perfect for her to have peer socialization, and I get 1:1 time with Addie Kate (although, I missed JR so much today!).

Saturday morning Dave and Jada Reese had their eggs and juice/coffee together at Jada’s table.  It was too precious not to take a picture!