very merry christmas

We hope everyone had Christmas mornings that were as fun as ours!  We had a great time opening gifts with Addie Cake!  

It took her a minute to take it all in when she woke up.  She walked into the living room and saw all the presents under the tree and stuck that little baby lip out like she was about to cry!  When Brad & I explained that Santa came while she was asleep she immediately pointed to the picture that she took with Santa and looked at us like "That guy??!!"

But once she started unwrapping, she was a on a roll!  She was super excited about every single gift!

Gram got Addie a really cool Disney princess play tent and tunnel.  Addie wanted it opened and set up immediately, so we took it upstairs....and the chaos began!  I could post a nice pic of Addie posed in front of the tent, but this pic is a much more accurate depiction of what happened....

Merry Christmas!  XOXO!

sitting

Addie is super into scooting her little buns onto steps, ledges, chairs - anything that's an appropriate height for her to sit down on.

Here are some pics of the various stoops that Addie stopped to take a rest on during a recent walk through old town Alexandria (and one from outside of music class)....

it's beginning to look at lot like christmas

There's already a lot of Christmas spirit in the Wolfe house (and it's not even December yet)!

Addie is loving Christmas music, so it's been playing everywhere - upstairs, downstairs, in the car!

And she's always been interested in lights and lamps, so it's no big surprise that she thinks Christmas lights are really cool...

Addie Cake had a great time picking out our Christmas tree last night....

She thought this snowman was super neat....we hung out by him for a bit while she pointed and patted.

Then she posed for a sweet pic in Santa's sleigh.

And eventually we found a nice new Christmas tree friend to bring home....his name is "Francis Frasier" (a Fraser Fir tree) and Addie loves him...he even got a good-night kiss tonight before bed!

happy halloween!

Happy Halloween!

XOXO,

Minnie Mouse

official family photos

Our family has been lucky enough to have a best-friend-photographer.  So it's about time we got around to having a real-deal family photo shoot.  

We went to beautiful Middleburg, VA and let Jennifer do what she does best - awesome candid family pics.  We had a great time and I couldn't be more pleased with  the photos!  Here's a small sample....

**check out Jennifer's photography blog...http://framedbyjb.blogspot.com/

remember us?

It sure has been a while....my apologies!  I still have pics on my camera from August that I have yet to upload/edit/share!  I swear I will get to them ASAP.  In the meantime, please enjoy a couple quick phone pics of my super big girl and her dad....

And quite a few videos - Brad has really been lovin his fancy new iPhone 5 ;)

Addie gives some great kisses....one for Daddy....

and one for Buckley....

Baby Cake also loves eating ice cream....

and walking around the neighborhood....

She also thinks it's really cool to talk on the phone (and by "phone" I mean anything that she can hold against her face...it might be an actual phone....or it might be a banana, a toy, or a shoe)....

exciting new stuff

1.  After almost an entire summer of trying to put sunglasses on Addie - with Adds pulling them immediately off - I made one last attempt.  I put them on right as she got in her trike for a walk on a sunny day and, wouldn't you know it, she just went ahead and left them on!  Now she's a super cool sunglasses-wearing little girl!

2.  Baby Cake is now officially a walker...and that's pretty much all she wants to do now!  So, I figured she should have a pretty pedicure for those hard-working toes.  I couldn't believe it, but she sat totally still on the  floor after her bath tonight and watched me paint her tiny toe nails!  So I just kept going....glittery heart decals and a good blow dry to make sure it lasts!

I was so excited to tell Brad about it when he came home...he thought it was cool, but wasn't nearly as excited about it as I was (I almost started crying while I was painting)...such a sweet girly bonding moment for Mommy & Addie Lou.

3.  Nothing new here....just another pretty pic of my babe...

sweet baby Charlie

We finally made it to Indiana for a proper visit with new baby Charlie & her proud parents!

She is the sweetest little thing with the chubbiest little cheeks!

She loves snuggling, taking bubble baths & giving her lambie kisses on the mouth  (one of the cutest things I've ever seen)!

We did lots of photo shoots of baby C and her mommy & daddy....

Addie had so much fun playing with her Uncle Ryan, Auntie Sarah & her baby (girl) cousin!

 But it wasn't all fun & games for Baby Cake - she spent every morning working really hard reorganizing the kitchen cabinets....

 And she had a few photo shoots of her own...

Addie looks like such a big girl next to her baby cousin!!

 We sure do miss you guys already!  Can't wait to see you again soon!

XOXO