Happy Birthday Hannah!

Happy 16th Birthday Auntie Hannah!!

Can you believe she is 16 already!? And yes there are 16 candles on that cake! We celebrated Hannahs birthday over the weekend, but the official day is Feb. 26th.

Addy hit the 9 month mark on the 25th, which seems crazy to me! Where have the last nine months gone? In a few more months she'll be the one with the chocolate cake in front of her!!

Addison is ALWAYS on the go these days. We've had fun chasing her around the house, which doesn't really allow mom and dad to get much of anything done when we are home with her! So we get as much done during nap time as possible.

This week she has been working on standing on her own. Her balance has been getting better by the day. She has also been working on feeding herself. Addy has taken a liking to Cheerios, graham crackers and little bits of cheese. We've been trying some new foods here and there, too. Some that go over well. Others...well...not so much, but we try. I have been making most of her food myself, pureeing fruits and veggies, etc. and she has done very well with them. She's finally getting to the point where certain foods aren't restricted, so her range of foods that she can have is opening up. I can hardly wait for summertime for the fresh fruit and veggies. Winter stuff just isn't the same!

We can hardly wait for WARMER temps. This weekend it got up near 40 degrees, so we bundled up and went out for walks on Sat and Sun. All of us were happy to get outside! I think even Addison has cabin fever! I think this coming weekend is supposed to be warmer, but of course, with more snow!

Another week in the Scharlau household

She liked wearing her hat this day for whatever reason. Usually she likes to take it off, same as her mittens.
Addison has taken a liking to riding in this basket. It usually has DVD's in it, which she empties out. Then she climbs in and Daddy takes her for a ride around the living room like she's on a ride at Disney World!
So can you tell that Addy is sitting in a high chair that Momma had when she was a baby? Grandma and Grandpa dug this one out for Addy to use while she is there on Fridays.
Daddy's little helper! She loves to be involved in whatever we are doing!
Here we are watching out the window, waiting for all the snow that they predicted for Sunday. Thank goodness it never came and we only got rain! Although now we have a lot of standing water, which isn't good either.

Addy has another tooth as of this weekend. Too bad its not her other front tooth! Hopefully that one is working its way in soon! Other than the tooth, the week was a pretty quiet one. One week closer to spring!

The snow can go!

This week one of Addy's top teeth FINALLY popped through! I think the other one is starting to work on her now too. She looks so cute when she smiles with those three teeth! (I am going to miss the toothless smiles though!) Her hair seems to be growing faster these days too. Maybe we'll have an itty bitty ponytail by her first birthday! :)
Addison has had a fun week of playing "lets follow mommy and daddy around the house". She crawls after us wherever we go and will sometimes go "exploring" on her own. There are so many fun things to get into around the house! She's pretty quick on those hands and knees, I can only imagine she is going to move faster on two feet! She has started to attempt to stand on her own this week also, and is getting a little better at it every day. I'm sure walking/running won't be too far behind!

This is a picture of our house after I shoveled the sidewalk the day after the big snow. (Addy watched from her saucer at the front door!) We got at least 16 inches on Feb 5th/6th!! Thank goodness we have had some melting in between snows or we would have over 5 feet on the ground by now! Tom and I are done with the snow and cold, so it can be spring at any time now!