The Best Husband Award goes to...

MY HUBBY! Chad has been so Great lately and let me tell you why. Saturday was our first date night in a really long time, so we were both looking forward to it. We had a nice meal and did some shopping. He took me to Best Buy and for my Christmas/Birthday gift let me pick out any camera I wanted! And I am not just talking a cheap boring digital camera. Oh no, Chad knows that I have wanted a really nice fancy camera for a loong time. I am always online and looking in the Sunday paper for the perfect camera. I am constantly drooling over them and Im sure my frequent use of the saying "One day when I get my nice camera..." gave him a nice hint. He has also realized that our digital camera is just slow. It takes a few seconds for the camera to come up etc...This one only takes .2 seconds to turn on and .1 second until I can take the first shot! It is a NIKON D80 Digital Camera. I have always really wanted a Nikon. You can learn more about it and view it here:

http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/ProductDetail.page?pid=25412

I actually do not have it as of right now. They did not have it in stock, so we had to purchase and order it and it will be in on Friday!! I am so excited and cant wait to get my hands on it! I dont think I am going to be able to put it down. I know it will take me quite some time to learn on the features and settings on it, but its a challenge I am ready to take. I know this camera will get more use than anything else I own. So look for some pictures soon!

That is not the Only reason why Chad is the BEST. Sunday morning My Mom and I were out with Addison and we figured we would let Chad sleep in. I come home and in 2 1/2 hours Chad had: Mowed and weeded the lawn, vaccumed, swept and mopped, made the bed, unloaded the dishwasher, and folded towels. What a Great Hubby! It does not stop there! Today Chad brought me roses when he got home from work! I knew I loved him! It was so sweet of him and Addison loves them too! Thank You Baby!

I feel as though we have had a lot going on lately. A few weekends ago Chads Family was in town, the next weekend we traveled to Charleston, and this weekend My Mom came to visit. But I like keeping a little busy. Saturday we went to a pumpkin patch kids place that had hayrides, a corn maize, animals and of course pumpkins. I had found this place months ago but it just recently opened. It was so nice on Saturday it was the perfect time to go. However our timing was alittle off. We went after lunch, figuring Addison would sleep the whole car ride for her nap. And she did. But she woke up pretty grouchy since she only got about a 40 minute nap compared to her usual 1 1/2 hour nap. But now we know. We all still enjoyed it and the weather was just great. Here are a few pictures from our trip:

Not liking the HayChecking out the goats and chickens

Surprisingly I was not the only parent doing thisBut She Loved it!She did a Great job picking Pumpkins!

Check back soon for some hopefully new and exciting Pictures!

Weekend Update!

Our trip to Charleston started off a little rough. We had planned on Chad getting off fairly early in the morning, but we had a minor set back and he didnt get off till mid afternoon. Then as luck would have it as we were loading up the car, it started pouring rain! Poor Chad was drenched. We waited for awhile for the rain to slow down, but it didnt so we braved it out and made a mad dash to get into the car. A little wet, we started our trip. It took us 3.5 hours and the rain followed us the whole way. We ended up having a great weekend, despite it raining the whole weekend. Addison got along Great with our friends daughter Anna (who just turned 4). I knew they would have a great time. I was also excited to finally do some decent shopping (Which is probably why I miss Charleston so much! Although my wallet is probably thanking me for moving...) However Chad didnt get to go golfing as planned, the weather just didnt cooperate with him. I know he was bummed. Iwas hoping to have pictures to share, but on the "Wives shopping trip" the boys had got some great pictures of the girls together. I wish I had them because they are really cute, but they werent on my camera. Here are a few I do have:Addison and Anna after an afternoon of Fun!All Smiles for Addison!

What can I say?? The Girl loves to vaccum!

Having fun at a Bouncey House!

On another note, Yesturday Addison had her 15 Month WBV at the doctors office. She did great until the Dr came in and started touching her. Lol...but here are her stats:

Weight: 20lbs 5 oz

Heigh: 29 1/2"

Percentile: She was in both the 25% for her height and weight

Chad and I were both way off on her weight. We thought she was going to be closer to 24lbs. The girl is no picky eater so I was a bit surprised. I guess she is a tiny girl. The Dr said overall she loooks great and said she has a great set of lungs! Which she was screaming at him the whole time so he got a pretty good look. He also said that she has great muscule development and is very strong for her little body. Which I find a bit funny because since Addison was a newborn Doctors have always told me how strong she was/is. Maybe we have a future gladiator on our hands! (Ha, dont think so!) I am thankful to have a very Healthy little Girl! :)

Update!

Sorry it has been awhile since my last blog. I have been in a bit of a blogging funk I suppose. I was hoping to be able to keep up with our blog more often, but better late than never. I feel as if we have been busy lately. This past weekend Chads family was in town. Chads boat was having a picnic and afterwards we were finally able to see Chads boat! Last time they did something like this, I was home for my sisters Bridal shower and I was unable to attend. It was nice to finally see where Chad works and were he spends most of his days. It was alittle bit difficult at times because I did have Addison in tow and the boat has some pretty tight spaced areas. Other than that it was great. I was hoping to have pictures to share, but unfortunately No Camera's allowed.

We are excited for this weekend because we are taking a trip back up to Charleston to visit a few friends for the weekend! We are really excited since we havent seen them since we left, and we keep in touch with them often. I know Chad is mostly excited to play golf with his old golfing buddy again! I will post back soon with how our trip went.

Now for the infamous Random Pictures....

All SMILES!

Climbing UP her slide....Yeah, It was alittle bright!

Trying to pull off the Mrs. Brady hair-do!

What a goofy grin!