Five year Anniversary

While we were in Pennsylvania Andy and I celebrated our five year anniversary.  It is amazing how quickly five years have gone by.  It has been wonderful.  We have gotten to do a lot of really fun things.  We also bought and sold a townhouse, bought two dogs, bought another house and most recently had Addison.  

I always imagined we would do something like a big vacation or cruise  for our five year anniversary so it is kind of funny to think we spent it in PA taking Great Grandma Bedi grocery shopping for about two hours and then going to church with my parents.  It was pretty anticlimactic but in a way it reminded me of part of the reason I love Andy so much; family is so important to him (to both of us really).

I am so thankful for the friend, husband and father Andy is.  

Sadly we did not even get a picture together on our anniversary :(

Addison goes to Pennsylvania

As I was saying Auntie Allie rode back to Nashville with us.  She and Kristin had devised a plan...Allie and Kristin would drive up to PA and surprise Pops and Nani.  Allie would stay a few days and then fly back to St. Louis.  Andy would stay in Nashville for the week and then fly up for the weekend.  Then Andy and Kristin would drive back to Nashville with Addison.  (Did you get all that ? :))

We got back to Nashville with a plan to get back on the road as quickly as possible.  Kristin would repack, feed baby Addison and then give her a bath.  Auntie Allie helped unpack the car and made dinner.  Andy unpacked, took care of the dogs and then assisted Kristin.  We all moved as quickly as possible because we were going to get back on the road and drive about half way to PA while Addison was (hopefully) sleeping.  Eating makes her sleepy and she hates baths so they really wear her out. We figured the combination of the two should knock her out for awhile:)  

Auntie Allie and Kristin were on the road again by 8:00 pm.  Sure enough Addison fell asleep.  We drove 5 1/2 hours to our desired stop and Addison did not wake up at all.  She stayed in her first hotel...A Holiday Inn Express.  

Addison with Auntie Allie

Auntie Allie and Kristin arrived in PA to surprise Pops and Nani.  Unfortunately Pops and Nani had accepted a last minuet dinner invitation from some friends and were not home.  We had to tell them that we were in PA.  Of course they cancelled their plans and hurried right home.

  Addison got to meet the rest of her great grandparents while in PA.  

First she met Nanny and Pappa

Then she met Great Grandma Shuey

Then she met Great Grandma Bedi

She also got to meet her Great Aunt Susan

Her Great Auntie Kath drove an hour and a half to see her for dinner and then drive home

Here she is with Pops (we have no pictures with Nani.  My camera was broken and Nani was taking all the pictures.  Sorry Nani!)

It was a very busy trip but it was great that Addison got to meet so many of her family members.  

St. Louis or Bust

Addison went on her first road trip.  We went to St. Louis to visit her Auntie Allie and Captain Awesome.  (That is the "uncle name" Adam has decided on.)  The trip took us just under six hours and that was with one stop to feed Addison.  It is so wonderful to have them so close to us compared to when they lived in California.While we were in St. Louis we went on a picnic and to the zoo one day.  It was FREEZING but we still had a lot of fun.  It was Addison's first trip to the zoo.  She pretty much slept through the whole thing:) We also went out to dinner and tried some foods native to St. Louis; toasted ravioli and frozen custard.  We also got to see the church Captain Awesome works at.  It is called Windsor Crossing Community Church.  http://www.wcrossing.org/index.html  We were very impressed with the church.  They seemed to have an awesome children's ministry.  The youth ministry (that is where Adam works) seems really great.   It is a unique kind of church that is really reaching out to many different kinds of people.  We got to visit a Sunday morning service.  The sermon series was on the book of Nehemiah.  The sermon was one that could have been tough but the pastor was very straight forward and did not play around.  Mommy got to stay in the service while Daddy left to go change a diaper.  He never came back.  We assumed he decided to stay outside and watch the sermon on a TV outside the sanctuary but were we wrong.  Addison had her first major blow out.  Dad got to experience the Koala changing tables found in most bathrooms.  Also, that particular Sunday Addison wore an outfit that had to go over hear head.  Dad had to try to figure a way to get it over hear head with out getting any poopies on Addison.  Another man walked into the bathroom exclaimed "oh man!" and promptly walked back out.  Dad managed to get Addison all changed, wash the outfit out in the sink and put on the extra outfit Mom had in the diaper bag.  Unfortunately the spare outfit was a little too small.  Mom and Auntie Allie could not stop laughing as the whole experience was told in great detail.  Dad did not think it was so funny.  Other than the diaper experience we had a great time in St. Louis! It is great that now we can picture where Adam and Allie live (of course it is decorated super cute and very homey) and also the church they are a part of.  We left St. Louis on Sunday afternoon.  Allie rode back to Nashville with us and then began Addison's second road trip...

More Friends

Kristin's roommate from college, Melissa, and her two children and Mom came to visit the other day.  They live in TX.  Melissa has been such a wonderful friend and always makes a point to stop in Nashville when they are traveling through or anywhere nearby.  

D'arcy and Julian loved Addison.  They were so sweet to her. They brought her a gift that included several of their favorite books.  We have already been reading a few of them.  

D'arcy and Julian will have a new brother or sister in March 2009. 

Thank you guys for coming over and for the gifts!!  

Halloween Dress-up

Addison had two Halloween outfits.  Mommy had more fun dressing her up than Addison had being dressed up.