One Year Ago Today

My baby was born a year ago today! It is hard to believe that Addison is one already! Most moments have gone by quickly, but some of it slowly!

Here is a picture of Addie and I last year:
Here is a pic of Addie and I this morning:



A year has sure made a difference... both Addie and I have thinned out a little. :-) I don't know what this next year brings, but I'm sure it will be filled with lots of joy because of this little girl!

Happy Birthday, Addison Rose!

Addie's Message...

New Mexico... Our Last Day...

On our last day we decided to drive through Santa Fe one last time on our way down to Albuquerque. We drove through the town and past the capital building. When we got to Albuquerque we wanted to eat at this place called Top Dog, but it was closed, so we ate at a place called Whataburger. It was pretty good. After this we went to Old Town Albuquerque and "shopped" around a little. I bought an anklet made by a Navajo lady and I also bought a little bracelet for Addie. It's the perfect size and so cute! We then drove over to the aquarium and botanic gardens. The aquarium was okay. Addie loved the jellyfish. The botanic gardens was great and had this little area especially for kids. Addie was pretty indifferent to it, but I think she enjoyed it a little. When we were done we drove over to a Mexican Market to find some Hatch Chiles for Mike's dad. We were not successful, but we tried. Our trip home was pretty good until we were on the plane from Phoenix to Ontario. We accidentally sat in the wrong seats. We were supposed to sit in 20 B & C and we sat in A & B. It wouldn't have been that bad but the flight attendant (man) was very rude about it. Our seat buddy was totally cool with it and very nice. He said he would elbow the flight attendant the next time he walked by. He didn't, don't worry. We also had super bad turbulence on the flight which made it worse. Overall, our flying experience was great with Addison. She slept on the last leg home. We are going to Tennessee and Colorado in September, so hopefully Addie does just as good. Enjoy all the final pics!

This is the state capital building in Santa Fe.

Mike enjoying his whataburger!

Little Cowboy Mikey!

A beautiful old church in old town Albuquerque... it still has services and is over 200 years old.

In front of the plaza

In the aquarium looking at the Stingray's! Addie was pretty fascinated.

The shark was pretty cool and has a whole lot of teeth!

In the fairytale garden sitting on the ant!

Going down the tunnel slide! Soooo fun and sloooow!

Inside the large pumpkin

Inside the beautiful ceremonial garden

Flying away from New Mexico and the Rio Grande.

Glorieta: Day Four & Five

I'm sorry I slacked on giving you an update everyday. I got lazy and didn't want to upload pictures so I didn't think you wanted a blog without pictures.

Day Four (Wednesday):
This was an extremely lazy day for us. Addie took two naps because the night before she slept horrible. She woke up off and on between 1 and 4. Not fun. We pretty much stayed inside and went for a walk to the little snack shop and the chapel. Here are a few pics of Addie throughout the day and the one Mike took of the "sunset". He sort of got out there too late to get a real colorful one.


Day Five (Thursday):
This was our last full day in Glorieta. We tried to make the most of it by going on lots of walks and taking lots of pictures. I was able to take some time in the morning to walk out to the prayer garden and spend some much needed time alone with God. It was really good! We did take a little drive to a place nearby called El Dorado at Santa Fe. We stood in line at a Subway for almost about 30-35 minutes. There was one teenage guy behind the counter doing everything and he was going super slow. That was about all we did, so enjoy the pictures of our last day at Glorieta.

The beautiful prayer garden!


I told Addie to lean back on daddy... this is what she did.


Our final sunset in Glorieta!