time is slipping away.....

Momma and I are really getting behind on our blogs!  It is so hard now that the weather is super warm and nice out.... we never want to be inside.  Can you blame us?  Don't answer that.

I am going to bombard you with photos.... yep, bombard.  My vocabulary has just taken off.... like this weekend at the farmers market, momma was pulling me around in the wagon with all of the veggies and she turned around and asked if I was doing alright..... I told her, "I''m good, I'm just chompin down on all these green beans"  Hello, chompin?  told you, my vocabulary is fantastic.... what do you mean chompin isn't a word?  I'll have to go talk to Momma about that.  In the mean time, check out all my adventures of late!

Uncle Charlie and Auntie Kinsey came to visit.....

Uncle Charlie was a master Play Doh "er".....

and Auntie Kinsey made the coolest paper airplanes for me to throw from the loft!

They left and I was pretty sad, but Momma told me that we were very lucky that they came to visit us..... and we should be thankful for the time that we get to share with them.  She always seems to have an answer, even if I don't like it.

My sadness did not last long, as we soon after, got to take a family vacation to Florida!  Yep, airplane rides (to get there), sand, swimming and sun!  I LOVE FLORIDA!!  Really, I still talk about it ALL the time.  When Momma says we are going swimming, I always ask if we are going to go to Florida to swim....hey, it's worth a shot, right?

It rained a bunch of days while we were on our trip, but we didn't care....Maxwell and I played in the puddles.  And I rode my Strider bike EVERYDAY!

I even rode to get ice cream too......  (which was a super long way!)

Since we have been home from Florida, Momma, Maxwell and I have stayed very busy.... sometimes too busy and we get sick.  We are trying to find a balance Momma says.  She is getting better at giving me activities to do too.... I mean, I love to play and I get to do that a bunch, but it is fun to have "table time" as we call it in our house..... there is always something new and exciting.

(Oh, that's my friend Teagan.  She's the best..... we have lots of fun together)

I have really started to enjoy reading too..... I can't wait until I can actually read the words!

Well, off to dream about horsies, swimming, and riding my bike.... my favorite things right now :)  Catch you all later!

Love,
Charly Addison

Lots of pictures!

Life is just cruisin by!  Maxwell has sure made things a lot busier around here.  I try to take the time to sit down and type, but then he grabs a toy that I JUST MUST HAVE, so I have to stop typing to go grab it from him.  If it were up to me, he wouldn't get to touch anything but his stuff.....well, and even his stuff is really mine..... so I guess, maybe he just shouldn't touch anything...... yea, that sounds good.  Can't he just go back to sitting there?  It was so much easier for me that way.... now I must be on guard!

Even with all that said, I have been having an awesome spring..... so many visitors and lots of new fun experiences.

I have been keepin things real with my spunk and pizazz......

What?!  I needed my shades cause my headlamp was so bright...... why are you laughing?  Mama and Daddy couldn't stop laughing either.  They tried to hide that they were laughing so hard, but..... it made me laugh too.

I got to spend a whole week with some of my Minnesota cousins....it was spectacular!  We went skiing, colored eggs, played, did some drawing, sledding..... you name it!

Easter morning I was  kind of sad because every-bunny (he he) had left.......

That didn't last long, because as usually around here, things picked up again quickly!  More cousins came to town!  Well, they came to Aspen and we went to visit them.....and go skiing!  Yea, I got a new helmet.  Mama decided that just because she got something for free, she shouldn't make me wear it.... this one fits SO much better.  And it's pretty cute too....

This is Mama and I, followed by Josie and McKenna...... too bad you can't tell how fast we are going in this pic!  We pretty much had the whole hill to ourselves.... it was the Steneman/Landa bunny hill!

I only took a couple of runs....and well, truth be told, this is my favorite way to hang out on the mountain.... I like to just chill.  I think it drives mama a little crazy.....someday, I am sure, I will be go, go, go and she will want to just chill. 

Aren't we a good lookin bunch?  Even Maxi joined us! (I call Maxwell, Maxi....Daddy doesn't like it, but Mama thinks it's cute)

Sorry that I have been missing in action the past couple of months..... I'll work on getting my pictures out there more often.  What can I say.... I like to stay busy........

Check ya later!

Love,
Charly Addison

It's February?

How did that happen?  I still haven't even blogged about Christmas!  Yikes!  It's all a blur!  I was so looking forward to Christmas, I even helped Mama get out the Santa Bears.... they are still my fave.

I got to go skiing and see Uncle Charlie and Auntie Kinsey....and Nana and Poppie too!

I didn't get the chance to meet Santa this year, but Mama and I wrote him a great note.  I told him that I had been a really good girl and that if he had room in his sled, I would like a driving truck.  When I told Mama to write that down, she looked at me kind of funny.....not sure why, I mean, who wouldn't want a driving truck, right?!  On Christmas Eve we left Santa out a big glass of milk and some cookies.  I thought he would like Oreos best, since those are Daddy's favorite.  I was right!!  He only left some crumbs on the plate when I went and looked in the morning!  He almost drank all the milk too!!  I think that the stalking was my favorite part..... so many little things to unwrap.... like a head lamp and barrettes for my hair....

Then when we were all done, Mama and Daddy said that they saw a note under the tree for me.....  I went and grabbed it and asked Daddy if he could read it for me.... it said.....

Luckily, my boots and jacket were right by the door all ready for me to go check it out......NO WAY!

It doesn't go very well in the snow....which is okay, since I don't really know how to steer yet.... hopefully by this summer...isn't Santa awesome though!  He even got me a John Deere one, so I will fit in perfect here in Wolcott.

By Christmas afternoon, I wasn't feeling very good.  Mama came to get me from my nap and said I was burning up..... kind of felt like it too!  I spent the next 4 days on the couch and in my bed trying to get better, but nothing was working.

 Even Emma's cuddles didn't help.  Finally we went to the doctor and she said that I had a major ear infection!  So I had to start taking this pink medicine every night before bed.  It wasn't that bad really...... it just stunk that my fever stuck around for another couple of days.  Luckily, my cousins were in town and they helped to make me feel better.  Kale played with me and Kenna read to me.... I miss them already!

It took a while to feel like myself again, but once I did, I was up and at 'em.  Playin in the snow and building a fort with Daddy......

Come on out!  I'll show you my fort and everything!  

Love,

Charly Addison

Cram Session

Wow, it has been so long since I wrote to you guys, this is going to have to be a serious cram session!  I think I will leave all of our Christmas stuff until after New Years and then I will write a little more about that..... otherwise, trust me, it would be too much!

Not sure if my brother wrote or not but we have been super busy since Thanksgiving.  We got to go to my Papa's house in Nevada!  It was so nice and warm and so many people that I love were there.  As you will see, I had lots of fun!

We went swimming.....

and golfing...... although I only took 3 swings and then went running around the desert saying, "I've never seen a DESERT before!!"  Momma and Daddy didn't even know that I knew what a desert was.....

I helped Auntie Kinsey and DiDi make Momma a birthday cake.... and I got to snack on the frosting!

After our crazy fun week at Papa's, we went home for a week.....to sleep and decorate for Christmas!  We had so much fun cutting down our tree and putting all the decorations up.  I think my favorite are the Santa Bears.  Momma takes a picture of me sitting with them every year!

Then just like that, we were off to MN!  Momma and Daddy had to do some work, so mostly we got to see some of our cousins.  I love my cousins!  I don't think any of them had met Maxwell before, so they were all pretty excited.

We even got to go to this Parade of Lights.....it was spectacular!  Momma said that she used to go when she was my age.  I hope we get to go every year!

One of my other favorite days in Minnesota, was visiting Sadie and her Mama.  I got to feed horsies and see bunnies.....it was really quite fun!  I love animals......

Now we are all home for Christmas and a little bit tired.  I will need a little rest before I can begin to tell you about all of our excellent adventures this week!

Merry Christmas!

xo,
Charly Addison

I Vote for Snow!

Well, since I can't vote for the President yet, I vote for snow!  I can do that, right?  It finally snowed here and I was SO excited, I kept asking Momma if we could go skiing yet and sledding too!  But by the time the day was over, the snow was all gone.  Daddy says it will come again soon....... what does that mean?

Daddy takes me to Mrs. Jeanette's everything Thursday.  It is so much fun.  I get to learn about the alphabet, and animals and the weather.... oh, and we get to go for hikes.  I am making new friends too.  Momma says it is good for both of us.  She says it is good for me to play with other kids and she says it is good for her because she misses me bunches by the end of the day!

This past Wednesday I had a really big day.  I know, I know it was Halloween, but that was just the end of my exciting day.  First we woke up and got to go to swimming lessons!  Then when we got home, Mr. Johnson was at our house with his excavator!  Which is super cool because we have been reading a new book, Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site and it has an excavator in it too!  Mr. Johnson is Teddy's daddy.  Teddy's daddy dug a big hole in our backyard to fix our septic system.  And when he was digging the last bit of dirt, he asked me if I wanted to do it......what?!  me?!?!  Wahoo!!!  Where do I sign up?

I was so tired that at nap time I just slept and slept and slept.  Momma said it was a good thing because then I had energy to go trick or treating for the first time.  We went over to Teagan's house and had dinner and then we all went out and ran from house to house getting candy.  I didn't really care about the candy, I just loved the sidewalks!  We don't have those where we live.  I could just fly and fly and fly while Momma held all my candy.  Oh, yea, I was a butterfly, Teagan was a unicorn and Maxwell was a bear!  Butterflies and bears can get along, right?

This morning was kind of a special day too....... we woke up and our whole family snuggled in Momma and Daddy's bed.  Daddy read me a new book, it's called, Pinkalicious! It's about a girl that eats too many Pink cupcakes and turns pink.  So right then and there, we decided that WE should make pink cupcakes today!

They were so yummie, I would have eaten them all, but Momma said 2 was enough for now.....good thing, or I might have turned pink!

Have I mentioned that I am loving my little brother more and more these days..... he's pretty cuddly (and heavy too!)

Hope you are having as much fun as me these days.......oh hey, and be careful, don't eat too many cupcakes....you might turn pink!

Love,
Charly Addison