New blog

We are officially not using this blog anymore. Now that we have 2 kids, we thought it best not to have a blog called "Addie May." So, if you are interested in following our family of 4, check out our new blog at http://angovefamily.blogspot.com/.

Thursday

For those of you who are not aware, we have a scheduled c-section for this Thursday, August 12. At some point, we will post pictures on the blog (on a new blog, actually), but in the beginning we will probably just send out a mass e-mail to announce the birth and send out some pictures. If we have time, we will also post pictures on the new blog and send that blog address out via e-mail and also post the new blog address on this blog. All that to say, if you would like to be included in that mass e-mail (for the birth announcement and such), please leave your e-mail address in the comments. Or, if you don't want to (or don't know how to) leave a comment, send me an e-mail at abigail.angove@gmail.com. We look forward to introducing our little boy to you in a few days!

Cousin fun...and an announcement!

Last Sunday, Nana was gracious enough (and brave enough) to drive up to visit us with Olivia, one of Addie's cousins. They stayed Sunday night, then Nana kept Addie while I had to go for a doctor's visit. Addie really enjoyed playing both with Nana and Olivia-and hopefully they enjoyed it as well!

Addie was definitely happy to have someone (especially her cousin) sit with her to eat at her little picnic table. We thought they should have an eating contest, but Olivia is not competetive enough for that-she willingly lost, and even offered more food to Addie when Addie had cleared her own plate:

Bath time (as you might be able to tell, Addie is in a phase where she will not smile for pictures...or even look at the camera a lot of times):

Addie and Olivia really enjoyed playing on the "Sit and spin" together:

And for the big announcement....exactly 2 days before Addie turned 16 months old, she busted out her first tooth! Nana actually was the one to discover it (it was her bottom right tooth) and confirmed that it really had broken through by putting a metal spoon in her mouth to see if it clanked...and it did! Since then (this was a week ago), Addie broke through another tooth-bottom left. But, she does not let us look and the teeth have not been coming up quickly, so who knows when the world will actually be able to see them. But, I promise they really are there! For a while, it looked like Addie was going to have a brother before she had a tooth, but she snuck it in there right before his arrival.

A proud Nana:

Waterfall time

A few months ago, we ventured out to see a couple waterfalls nearby and really enjoyed it. Somehow, in the busyness of summer (and the heat) we have not been to any more waterfalls since...until this past Saturday. When we woke up Saturday morning, we saw on the news it was going to stay in the 70's all morning and be beautiful, so we quickly decided to go check out a waterfall. We went to a little town called Saluda (it was even smaller than we realized it was going to be) and took a short hike to a waterfall. It was a lot of fun and we were really glad we did it!

Daddy carried Addie since she would have made the hike much longer than it really was if she had been walking:

Addie seemed intrigued by the waterfall and kept wanting to get closer to it:

Smiling up at Daddy:

Showing us the waterfall (in case we hadn't noticed it yet):

And there it is:

Pretty cool background for a picture:

Bob wanted to take this picture since he hasn't really taken any of me (side view) since I've been pregnant. So, here is me at almost 39 weeks:

Who needs toys?

Lake Lure

Last Saturday, we decided to take a drive to Lake Lure-a small town in the mountains with a lake (and a beach). We got there as soon as it opened since we knew we couldn't stay all day....Addie can't make it through a whole day without a nap! It took Addie a little while to get used to eveything, but once she did, she had a great time.

Here she is showing off her sand toys:

Playing with Mommy:

This was one of Addie's favorite things there-a little water works area. She loves to get wet!

She was a little wary of the lake, but bringing a ball out there helped a lot:

We left right after lunch, thinking we could keep Addie up on the drive home, so she could take a nap in her bed. We were obviously wrong-she was out within 15 minutes even while reading a book:

Talking

Ever since Addie turned one, she started trying to talk some. Recently, though, it seems like she has really picked up the pace. As with most kids (I assume), Bob and I understand way more than others do, but that is okay. She is saying around 20-25 words now and consistently asks for things by saying "pees" (please). Somehow, she does not quite understand why she doesn't always get what she wants when she asks so politely. We have been working hard on "thank you", but that was much mroe challenging than "please" since she tunes us out once she has whatever it is she wanted. We finally figured out, though, that if we keep her from eating/using whatever she was given until she says "thank you", she says it. Her most recent words have been two syllables (cracker, cupcake, diaper) and they're pretty fun to hear her say. I think our favorite thing she does right now is anytime she hears someone say the word "hot", she starts to blow. I guess there were a lot of times I told her that her food was hot and then blew on it. It's crazy the things kids pick up on! One thing we are still working on is getting her to say some form of "Mommy." She has some kind of block with that it seems. I will get her to sounds out "mmm" and then "aaaa", but then when I get her to put it together, it is always "Dada." Weird.

Here are some videos of Addie talking/making animal noises recently (we are trying to think of more animal noises that she could make, but are drawing a blank...any suggestions?):