July was a very busy month - we took two trips to Nana & Papa's cabin up north and had a wonderful time. Addie is talking up a storm and consistently uses, Mama, Dada, Duck, Hi, & Up. She is also signing like crazy - they teach all kids a few ASL signs at daycare. She signs for more, all done, please, thank-you, milk, and juice. She is too cute, and this has helped with some of the usual toddler communication issues. I know she understand far more than she can communicate which often times leads to frustration, she is really bright and so curious about everything.
August has kept us very busy too. Work is starting to pick up for me and I will be traveling a fair bit in the next few months. Brody will get to be Mr. Mom every once in awhile - he loves it and does such an awesome job! We also traveled to Iowa and Addie got to meet all of Brody's family - it was so much fun. Addie gave everyone "high-fives" until her little arm just about feel off. She also learned how to give knucklebusters from her cousins Rhyan & Rachel.
Addie also got an outdoor playset from Granny P and Uncle Russie. It is huge - two slides, a playhouse, and three swings. Her Little Tikes set fits underneath this monster. She will have many, many years of fun and memories on this neat playset. Plus it dwarfs everything in our backyard - hehe. We joke that the neighbor kids fall off their bikes in wonderment as they ride by on the bike path. A few have even knocked on the door asking for "our kids" to come out and play. I politely say we only have one, she is 16 months old, and can't play outside without us yet. Too cute!
I will leave you all with a few pictures of Addison - enjoy!
