B bought Addison a froggy pool, so we tried it out yesterday. Even after being filled for a day, the water was freezing, so Addie wasn't too thrilled. There is a sprinkler on the pool, so we turned that on and ran through it with her. She loved that!! She was ready to come inside though, put her p.j.'s on, and snuggle with her blankie. Today we're heading to Como Zoo... more pictures to come! Hope everyone's having a fabulous holiday :)

Just hanging out... Addie's almost a one-year-old!

To Phylee...



Love,
Addie

B and I had a date night last night for Mother's Day... kind-of ironic, I know... going out without the girl, but we spent today with her! For our date we went to Mall of America, ate, walked around, and shopped. Then we headed over to an old memorable place of ours- Pot O' Gold Bingo Hall :) We haven't been there in years, but it was one of our favorite things to do in college, so we went back to experience it again! Not much had changed... same Bingo caller, same people playing that did years ago (not kidding)... But no smoking, so that was nice! We felt out of place, but had a great time! AND my hubby won the very first game we played! A big $25.00! But it paid for our Bingo experience. He was very proud :) We had a fabulous evening.
Oh- Addie says, "Hi." She does... she says it ALL the time! It's real cute :)

An afternoon at the park :)

We spoke too soon... B got the flu last night! But now we should be good to go. He woke up today feeling much better. Not much else is going on... Celebrating Mother's Day with the Sorbel side tomorrow. And I have only 12 more school days with students... unbelievable!

My little dancer :)

Well, I think we may be done with flu season at the Sorbel household! It comes every three days, so today would be the day that Brandt would get it, but he has seemed to avoid it this time. Addie is feeling much better. I stayed home from school today, but will go back tomorrow. It was no fun!

HI/LO: My highs for the week are above... I got Addie's hair in pigtails (so cute!!) and my friend Amber had her second baby boy, Landon!
My low for the week... Addie had the stomach flu yesterday. She threw up so much, it was so sad :( Her diet yesterday consisted of PediaLyte and crackers by the end of the day. Thank goodness for the 24 hour bug, though, because she slept 12 hours last night and is acting completely normal today! I'll ease into the food... Oh the joys of parenting!

As we approach 11 months next week, my girlie still isn't crawling or walking and sometimes acts as if she never will! I know, I know... the time will come and I need to be patient and just enjoy the stage she's in- which I do everyday! This is by far my favorite age (I think I've said that before)...but I still get anxious that she'll learn to do the things she's supposed to be doing at this age. I work with her all the time on crawling and standing/walking, but she's just not getting it! She's doing everything else, though, the "book" says she should be doing at this age- using a sippy cup, picking up small things, rolling a ball back and forth, waving goodbye, and recognizing words. Just not the crawling. She is a bit chunky, though, if you haven't noticed by now :) so maybe that's holding her back. I'll continue being patient- the time will come and I'm sure I'll be wishing she would just stay in one place!!

Addison was dedicated yesterday at church. It was a wonderful dedication and she was very well-behaved! We had all our family and best friends there... what a great day!

My brother, Jeff, had these on his facebook. We never knew he took the pics! My daughter, the thug :)

Thanks for the comments and support on my last post. It's nice to know other people are going through the same things as we are! She's actually slept really well the last 4 nights, which has been a blessing because Brandt and I are both sick and in need of rest. Here's a pic of her watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse... watching very intently :)

We've had a rough last few nights. Addie will wake up in the middle of the night, screaming and terrified. It's as though she's had nightmares and can't calm herself down. Then she looks around her room and seems to be scared of everything she sees. Has anyone gone through this? I didn't think it would happen until she was older, but it's been 4 out of the last 5 nights. Last night she was up every two hours, but she was running fever, so it must have been something different. I'm tired!!
That second pic is her looking at and saying "light." It's her new word. She's proud of herself :) I like this stage (besides for our rough evenings) because she's figuring out that everything has a name. So she points to things all the time and waits for me to tell her what it is. So cute!

Not too much is going on... Brandt got over strep and pink eye, but he's still struggling with an awful cough. Addie and I never got it, thankfully. Back to work tomorrow. Two months until summer break... I'm ready to stay home with my baby girl. :-)

Here was our girl today at all of our Easter festivities. Tonight I was holding Addie (and her blankie, of course) in the rocker and singing songs to her. She just sat there so peacefully and would look up at me every once in awhile. I was completely in love! As I was staring at her I was reminded of the fact that how much I love Addie doesn't even compare to how much God loves us, His children. It's such an amazing concept to grasp. I will never understand it. Happy Easter, everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful day :)

We're home! We had a great time but we were definitely ready to come home to our little girl. And boy, was she excited to see us! Almost as excited as I was to see her :) Those are a few pics from our trip. The highlights were the shows- David Copperfield and Cirque... amazing! And just being together. It was nice to hang out with just Brandt. Enjoy the pics!

David Copperfield is my hero! Brandt and I went to his show at the MGM Grand tonight and it was AMAZING!! We were in the front row. We also got called up on stage to "assist" in one of his illusions! We were in charge of testing the steel plate and watching from all angles as he "magically" pushed himself through the steel. It was incredible! While I was testing the steel, Brandt was instructed to test (feel) my behind :) In front of 500 people! hehe. I thought it was Copperfield at first, but relieved to find out it was only Brandt. The show was awesome! We're having a great time!!!

Well, we're off to Vegas tomorrow! I pray Addie is good for all the family who are keeping her. Thanks you guys! Love you, Miss Addison! (She's waving goodbye!)

Two days... :)

One of Addie's top teeth is in! YEAH! That's the excitement in our house right now. Also, Brandt and I leave for Vegas in 6 days... the countdown begins :-)

We were up early this morning, so we worked on standing. She's getting stronger and stronger!

Here are the new stats for Miss Addison Noelle, after her 9 month appt. this morning...
Height- 28 inches
Weight- 22 lb. 8 oz.
Head- 47 cm
**All in the 95th percentile**
The doctor wasn't concerned, by any means. He even pointed out that her chubbiness was at least proportioned correctly throughout her entire body. Gotta love it!! :-)

I finally did it! I got Addie's hair to go up into a clippy!! She's looking more 'girlish' every day :-)

Our girl is teething pretty bad... I just want those top ones to pop through. I feel so bad for her! She has been running a fever and sleeping a ton, so I'm ready to have her back to normal. That's the scoop on us. Have a good day everyone!

We had a busy but fun weekend! Saturday we went to Duluth to visit our friends, Natalie, Allen, Nora, and new baby Joliana. It was crazy! The babes weren't the happiest... at least one was loud or crying at all times... we laughed a lot, looking at our situation and trying to remember the days with no kids when we would stay up all night playing Rook and eating chocolate chip cookies :-) It was a good trip!

YEAH!! My hubby passed his last CPA test! No more tests :-) This has been a long road for him, but he's done and I couldn't be more proud of him!! YEAH!!!
-Steph

Hanging out with Mama today! She's such a ham :)

Addie experienced her first car wash today... boy, was it an experience! She was so scared. She screamed the entire time and then the whole way back home. I guess I don't blame her- they kinda scare me :)
(Really I just wanted to post something so people didn't have to see my booty anymore- from the last post!)
-S

Thought I'd share some of the joy in the household...


Now here's the reason for the joy... shake it!


Addie can say "Dada" but "Mama" can make her giggle.

-B

Addie said her first word yesterday... "Dada." Actually she says, "Dadadadadadadadadadadada..." It's adorable. And yes, I'm jealous! Brandt thinks it's because she loves him more. I don't think so :-)

Addison is 8 months old! This is officially my favorite stage... these last few weeks have been wonderful. She's been so fun :) Dance is over as of yesterday, so I will have my life back pretty soon. More time to spend with my family. Now I might finally start to feel like I work part-time; it hasn't felt like that in a long time.

Addie and Daddy watching "Elmo's Christmas Countdown." Don't know who likes it more!?! We're all doing really well. Everyone's healthy and happy. Addie's sleeping through the night. She's starting to enjoy 'people food' as well. She's also rolling from one end of the room to the other. Very fun! We're still working on the crawling thing :) Brandt says this is a choppy paragraph. I must be reading too many of my students' essays...

Brandt and I both had the day off today, so we got to stay home and play with Addie! It was a nice relaxing day :-)

I have to brag... For those of you that don't know... My dance team took 2nd place in jazz and 4th place in high kick (out of 8 teams) last Saturday at our first competition! I was so proud of them!! We have a competition this weekend in Rochester. Looking forward to it :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRANDT!!!
Happy Birthday to an amazing husband and father! We love you, babe!
-Steph & Addie :)

Addie's doing a little better (see above). She's sleeping a little and is generally in a good mood (unless mommy takes her apple wheel away). This post is an ode to Jeffy (not the special one). Jeffy is in Amsterdam checking out the pretty Christmas lights and partaking of special brownies (just kidding... it's with Bethel and YWAM). Hope you're having fun over there Jeffy (needed to continue the parenthesis)!

-B

Our baby girl is really sick. She's been battling a cold for a week now, but the last few days it has been in her chest. I took her in last night, and after listening to her lungs, they decided to run a nebulizer treatment. This was the worst! I don't know if it was worse for Addie or for me! I had to hold her tight in my arms and hold that mask on her while she breathed in and out for 7 minutes! She screamed the whole time!! AHHH! But he listened to her lungs after the treatment, said they sounded much better, and sent us home with our very own Nebulizer to be done 4 times a day. I was dreading it last night, but Addie didn't even shed one tear. Whether it was the fact that it felt good to her to breathe in, the fact that we were at home and not in a small white room, or the fact that Elmo was on TV during the treatment... I was just thankful! She did well with it this morning too. Last night was rough- I 'got' to hold her all night. She'd sleep for 20 minutes, cry for 20, sleep, cry... I just felt so bad for her. It was a long night. So, keep us in your prayers. I took the rest of the week off of school, so I can stay home with her. I wish I could take it all away...

We had a play date yesterday with Amber and Liam. In the second pic, Liam was giving Addie kisses just before she tried to scrape off his face. Yikes! She'll learn to love him ;)

I know she's almost 7 months now, but these were Addison's 6 month pictures. They were Christmas presents for the family, so I didn't want to post them before Christmas. Happy New Year everyone!!