Amusement Park

Addison also went to a little amusement park in Bismarck with Dinah and Dave. She had a great time.

Zoo!

Addison had a blast at the zoo with her great aunt Dinah and great uncle Dave. Here are a few pictures from the day.











Silly squirrel


Walking with Dave

Our New Truck

Nathan has been wanting a pickup for a really long time, and since we needed another vehicle, we decided to buy one when we were in ND. Addison thinks it is "Pur-dee!"

Nate is Home!

Nate returned home from his deployment on July 7th after being delayed a day and a half. Addison and I were very excited to see him. It was quite a whirl-wind when his plane landed at 10:00 pm. He was allowed to see us for about 15 minutes, and then he had to catch a bus to do all of his inprocessing paperwork. By the time he was done, it was about 12:30 am. He had to catch a flight to ND at 6:00am, so we stayed the night in Seattle. He caught his flight, and Addison and I flew out in the afternoon. After being gone for 4 1/2 months, he still has not been 'home'. He will drive the new truck that he bought in ND back to WA and finally get to relax at our house on the 21st.

Waiting for Nate's plane to land.












Addison was yelling, "My daddy is coming, my daddy is coming!"


I don't think I have EVER seen a child more happy than Addison was at this moment! It was priceless!

4th of July

Addison and I did not do too much for the 4th of July. It was really hot, so we filled up the pool, and she had a celebration cupcake. We wish Nate would have been here to celebrate and cook us something on the grill. Thankfully he will be home tomorrow! We can't wait!

This was about the 20th picture I took with her before she ate the cupcake. She was really annoyed with me, and she just wanted it to be over with so she could eat it!






Playing in the pool while Ellie sneaks a drink of water










Addison thought the flowers needed bubbles to grow










Posing for the camera

Mommy in Training

Now that Addison is potty trained, she has decided to teach her dolls to use the potty, too. She started this today and was focused on training her little Barbie, Kayla. I wonder who she will teach next? Funny!

She said, "Kayla has to pee, mommy!" Then, she placed her in the toilet.


Kayla stayed in the toilet most of the day.

Guess Who's Potty Trained!

I can't believe it! Our little girl is potty trained! She had a couple of accidents the first couple of days, but now she tells me every time she needs to go no matter where we are. This might be a little too much to share, but it is a really funny story. A few days ago, I was upstairs, and I heard her yell, "Poop, Mommy!" So I ran downstairs and asked, "Do you need to go poop, Addison?" She said, "Yeah, on the baby potty" (her little toilet). She sat down and went, and then she stood up, looked at it, and said with amazement, "LOOK, MOMMY! BABY ROCKS!" I laughed so hard! Here are a few pictures from last Friday. We drove up to Lynnwood for her second cousin's open house for graduation. She had a blast playing outside.