8 months

Addie, you never cease to amaze me. You started doing so many new things this month. You wave bye, say " bye, bye," stand while holding onto something, pick things up with your thumb-finger pincer grasp, indicate wants with gestures, say "mama" or "dada" to the correct parent, clap, and play peek a boo. You started sleeping through the night a few days after you turned 7 months old. We stopped waking you up and it only took a few days for you to start sleeping through the night. You also got two top teeth this month. You are so fun to be around and are always laughing and smiling. You are such a relaxed baby and love to sit on the floor and play. You are an absolute joy to parent!

Holiday Season

We celebrated our last Christmas yesterday with Scott's family. This has been such a wonderful holiday season for our family. Joy filled, for sure. We were in Spearman for a week over Christmas, and it was absolutely wonderful. We relaxed, A LOT! It was soooo good to get out of Dallas. Ellie is at such a fun at age now, and she enjoyed opening gifts and loved every present she got. Addie had fun playing with the paper! I have lots of pictures, so without further adieu:

Decorating cookies with Aunt Taleigh.

Ellie loves her Mimi.

My Grandma Patty holding Addie for the first time.

Playing with Pepaw.

Date night in Spearman at the Bunkhouse

We all got "Team Addie" shirts for our annual pajama picture.

Before church. Precious.