May 2017

Addison started the summer reading program at the library. Her favorite books right now are Junie B. Jones.

Addison's first swim meet

sketching animals at the zoo

I love this picture! Addison sat with this gorilla for about 20 minutes and she showed him pictures of our family on my phone. He was so amazed and engaged. Each time she would start to put the phone away, he would point to it like he wanted to see more. It was amazing!

Addison relaxing and enjoying her fountain from Grandma Wanda

We love afternoons at the creek!

Addison loved making jockeys for the during Derby week out of our left over Easter eggs.

And of course we had to make a Derby hat!

Addison also tithed her own money for the first time this month. I love this picture because she was so excited to take the money she had worked for and give it back to God. She even put a bow on the money and skipped all the way into church while telling everyone that it was the first day ever she was going to tithe.

Olive

Well, Mike is totally and completely outnumbered! We welcomed another little girl, Olive, into our family last weekend. Addison has been wanting a dog for quite some time now and we found Olive at a rescue place not too far from my parent's house. She's a mix between a shih tzu and a jack russell terrier. Olive is super playful, smart, cuddly and we have loved having a puppy in our house again!

Evelyn 10 months

Evelyn is 10 months old now and growing like a weed. She's been working on 3 teeth at once (both top teeth and the other bottom tooth) so she's been pretty miserable these past few days. She is crawling everywhere and is started to show signs of standing up. She will sit up tall on her knees and stand up pretty steady when someone is holding her up. We say that whatever Addison does, it's "monkey see, monkey do" for Evelyn. She just adores Addison and thinks she is the funniest person in the world! Evelyn loves to be outside. She likes her swing, taking walks, going to the creek and dipping her toes in and playing bubbles. She was a tiny bit scared of bubbles but now she loves them. Evelyn also LOVES dogs. We've been visiting the Humane Society about once a week looking for a dog for our family. Every time that we visit the shelter Evelyn laughs at the dogs the entire time. Everything they do is funny to her! She loves all food, too. She's getting to the point where she hates baby food and will actually gag if I try to feed it to her. I've just started giving her most everything we eat that she can chew safely. Evelyn is a wonderful, cuddly, silly, sweet, persistent little lady and we just love her to pieces!