Maddux Turns Two!

Happy Birthday Maddux! Hard to believe he is already two, but last weekend we celebrated his second birthday in style....Sesame Street style! We started the celebration Friday afternoon with his class at school. We brought cookies and balloons for the kids to play with...the balloons were a huge hit! Who knew punching balloons could be so fun! Then Saturday we continued the celebration with a birthday party with grandparents! We had a great time and Maddux received some terrific presents! We are trying to soak up every moment with this little man, because time is flying way too fast!

Punching time

It's so entertaining to watch these two year olds sit at a table and interact...as adults would! Hilarious!

Breakfast before the party...looking pretty good considering he had a terrible sinus infection and fever

Our greeter

Wouldn't be a complete day if it wasn't started with an Elmo movie while he sat on his thrown...or lion chair!

Presents anyone?

Playing with is new football that was signed by a Colts player and given to him by his Grandpa Craig

Pizza time

Oh the birthday cards...who needs gifts if you have cards!

Eating his Cookie book like Cookie eats his cookies

Feeling pretty cool in his new "bench" as he kept calling it

If he can't open it, he'll crawl on it!

His new Sesame Street blanket from Grandpa and Grandma Kettlebar - huge hit! His face just lit up when he saw this and has slept with it every night since!

Someone is getting sleepy

Maddux didn't get too messy this year, but he was extremely tired by this point and quite frankly I just think he didn't know where to begin on this huge piece of cake! And if truth were told, he's much more an Oreo man than a cake man!

Happy 2nd Birthday Maddux Dean...Mommy and Daddy love you more than words can say!

Guess who is 6 weeks old...Miss Addison Elizabeth!

Yes, Miss Addison is 6 weeks old and doesn't she look thrilled about it! :) It's hard to believe that she is already 6 weeks old. Time is absolutely flying. Addison is doing very well. She weighs around 8 1/2 pounds and is really getting into a good schedule these days...some days are better than others, but that is to be expected. She is starting to hold her head up very well and for long periods of time...she is extremely strong. She is also a huge wiggle worm! She NEVER stops moving. We thought Maddux moved a lot, but he was nothing compared to her. Addison also has a vast array of facial expressions...as you will see in a few pictures below! She truly is a girl...she has a ton of emotion and isn't afraid to let you know! The jury is still out on her hair. She is losing her hair, just like Maddux did, but it looks like it might be coming back in dark, but we can't quite tell if she'll be a brunette or a blonde like big brother! We are loving every minute with her and are thrilled to have this beautiful baby girl in our lives!

Tummy time!

Great Grandpa and Grandma Morris came for a visit....Grandma wasn't about to put Addison down!

Grandpa enjoying some snuggles

Addison enjoying the fan...she loves the fan, just like her big brother!

Grandma and Aunt Sam loving on the kiddos!

Great Grandpa Ernie loving on the baby

Of course, Playstation time with daddy!

In these next few photos you will see a variety of expressions that were captured literally back to back to back within seconds of each other....like I said...she has a lot of emotions and expressions! The face above is her "are you serious face"!

"Coaches face"

"Pleading face"

"Serious business face"

"Thinking/puzzled face"

"Annoyed/whatever face" (notice her hand gesture as well...she did not learn that from us!)

And this face is actually a face that I used to make as a child...so this is "Momma's face"

A little smile

Very sleepy after Maddux's birthday party

Kisses from Grandma

Kisses from both Grandma and Grandpa...her face doesn't look thrilled..but she is!

Big girl!

Precious, innocent baby....love this little girl more than I could ever imagine!