The Scharlau Family

Winter fun!

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Finally some snow to play in. I was okay without the snow and cold but the girls were excited to use the snow tubes they got for christmas. They had a great time! I had fun watching them too! We'll probably go again this weekend when it warms up a little, from the 18 degrees we've had today.

Saturday

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For Grandma

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Pictures for you Grandma (Nana Grexa)! I have not been good AT ALL about posting, so here are some pics from September. Enjoy!

This is Addison on her first day of preschool. There was an opening at the very last minute (like the day before school started). Luckily Addison was great with starting school. She was very excited, can you tell? Alivia was upset that she didn't get to go too... :(

Our neighbors invited us up to their cabin in Elkhart Lake for the day. The girls got to go for a paddleboat ride with their friend Gavin.

We also got to do a little fishing. The girls had a blast! Glad they aren't afraid to touch the worms! :)

We went to a farmers market downtown on Cathedral Square one Saturday morning. Addison saw another girl with her face painted similar to this and just had to have hers done too! Too bad it started raining right after that so it got a little smudged. Oh well! It was fun and she looked cute! :)

Photo Book

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Click here to view this photo book larger

March 2011

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Finally, spring is here!! My beautiful little flowers playing outside...

Above & Beyond Childrens Museum, Sheboygan, WI

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This past Saturday we made a trip up to Sheboygan, WI with our friends the Smiths,and went to the Childrens Museum there. All four kids had a great time, there was lots to see and do. Lots of climbing and sliding. Both of our girls fell asleep within minutes of getting in the car for the ride home after lunch!

Hmm...do I stay or do I go?

Tom and Brad building with the blocks...

Dr's Addison and Alma trying to figure out whats wrong with Lori

Grocery shopping, good thing I don't let Alivia loose in the real grocery store... She'd have the shelves empty in no time!

Saturday evening we had the Smith's over for pizza and a movie. Here are all four kids, snuggled in watching Beauty and the Beast. Had to take a picture of it, its not often that you can have 20 minutes of quiet with four kids, ages 4 and under!!

Finally...more pictures!

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My little baking friend
So hard to get a picture of the two of them together

All dressed in our swimsuits! Ready for the pool!

Liv

Out taking a walk

Lunch!

Liv really wanted the car out, she is VERY ready for warmer weather!!

October pictures

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Our pumpkins
Post trick or treating

Addy cleaning out her pumpkin

Addy hiding in the pile of leaves in the front yard

Liv

Playing in the leaves

Trick or treating at the Milwaukee County Zoo

Princess Addison

Little Fairy Alivia

Me and the girls

Daddy and his princess

Alivia

I love this picture of Addison-wish I hadn't cut the top of her head off in the picture

Recent pics of Addy

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Liv the day after breaking her leg, in the splint
Full leg cast put on October 3rd

Short cast for two more weeks, put on 10/27 off 11/11 Daddy took her to her appointment and thought a Halloween themed cast would be fun! :)

Blue Harbor Resort Sheboygan, WI

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Just a few pictures

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Pictures of flowers/plants from my garden

Riding on the zoo train at the Milwaukee County Zoo

Playing on the new/used playset in the backyard.

Playing in the pool

Getting ready to go for a wagon ride

June 2010

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She's a climber!

Happy Birthday Addy and Livy!!

Livia's first cupcake!

Addy enjoyed hers too!

Auntie Hannah and Addison comparing princess rings which came on the cupcakes...

New wagon for their birthdays! Addy was checking out the storage compartment to see how many "friends" (aka stuffed animals and ANYTHING else she can fit in her arms) she can take with her! Alivia just had this same smile on her face when we took it out for a spin!

May 2010

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My two beautiful little girls! I'm a lucky momma!
Hannah and her boyfriend Matt taking pictures before prom.

The girls were starting to wonder if Auntie Hannah would ever get Matts flower pinned on! And if she could do it without drawing blood! :)

May 15th Tom's sister Sherry passed away after a long battle with breast and multiple other forms of cancer. So our first long(er) road trip with the girls was up to the Hayward area, in northern Wisconsin, about a 5 1/2 hr drive. It was close enough to Alivia's birthday, so we decided it was time to turn her car seat around. It would have been a REALLY long car ride with her facing backwards!

This trip fell pretty close to Addison's 3rd birthday and she needed some things to entertain her during the long car ride, so she got to open some birthday presents early. She got a Leapfrog Tag Junior so she could read books by herself in the back seat. She LOVED it! She got some new coloring books and markers. She also got a new Disney Princess sleeping bag, since we were all going to have to sleep in the same room for a few nights. All four of us sleeping in the same room actually didn't go too bad. There is something about the air up north that makes you sleep so well at night! Even with freight trains going by at 2 a.m.!

All in all, it was a good trip, even though it was made for a funeral.

The girls really did great in the car. About 30 minutes before we were to arrive at our final destination of Lemington, WI, I turned around and this is what I saw!

It was quite hot out one day so we got out the sprinkler and let the girls play. They both had a lot of fun, but boy was the water COLD!!

Addison on her birthday

After dinner (her favorite meal, spaghetti and garlic bread), we all went to Gillies to get Addy some frozen custard! Yum!

Every Memorial Day weekend, down at the lakefront, there is a kite festival. So we took the girls down. There were lots of people flying their own kites (including us), but there are also teams that go to competitions that were performing. It really is a fun time. Addy had fun trying to get the kite up in the air, and Alivia just sat back and took it all in.

Different day now...After Alivia woke up from her morning nap, I decided to go for a run. Addy decided she just HAD to wear her rainboots. They looked so cute, the two of them, in the jogging stroller so I had to take a picture!!

My little Livia-such a cutie!

April 2010

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Easter
Easter

Easter

Addy all dressed up with her blonde clip-on hair extension, her rain boots, backpack and some lovely jewelry! :)

Livy discovered that she LOVES to be outside! It's so much fun to run through the clothes that are hanging out to dry on the clothes line and check out all the plants and flowers that are starting to come up!

March 2010

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Addy and her friend Lilly having a picnic in the front yard on a nice day
Alivia didn't waste any time figuring out how to climb!

Alivia celebrated her 9 month birthday by taking her first steps! Nice to have her walking, but she gets into so much more stuff, which big sister Addy doesn't always appreciate!

We have a tooth!!

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Liv loves to get into EVERYTHING now that she is mobile!!

Is she her daddy or what?

So, FINALLY, yesterday Alivia's first tooth popped through. It seems like she has been teething forever! But the first one on the bottom front came through yesterday and it looks like the one next to it won't be too far behind!

I can't remember if I posted this before, but Alivia has started to stand on her own already! She can go from a crawling position, to a squat and then she can balance and stand up on her own!! I'm just waiting for her to start taking steps. She already loves to pull herself up on all the furniture and pull things down! She has gotten pretty good at crawling also! She can move across the room quickly either to get something that she wants, or to follow us to another room! She is growing and changing so fast!!

Happy 2010!!

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This is the "Uh,mom, she's touching me" picture! :) Livy just loves her big sister Addy!!

Playing out in the snow this past week. It got up to about 40 degrees! Yay for melting snow!!

New Years Eve activities. We ran out of time at Christmas (and had too many other sweets around!) so we decorated gingerbread men! Oh how our New Years Eve's have changed....

Addison decided she would join Alivia in her crib. So she pushed over the rocking chair and climbed on in!

Yum, oatmeal and bananas!

Christmas Day night. I think Addison was coming down from her sugar high after all the cookies she swiped off the table!!

Outside building a snowman after a big snow in December

I made finger paints for Addison. They turned out pretty good! I did find out, however, that they are really only good for that day. I had tried to store them (maybe I should have put them in the fridge), but they got kinda stinky!

This summer I made sidewalk paint also, and that turned out really well too. I like making Addy things like that. 1. Because its cheaper than buying the Crayola stuff, and 2. I like knowing exactly what is in them just in case she decides to eat some of it. I don't like all the chemicals, etc!! Let me know if you want any of the recipes that I have used!

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Happy New Year to all of our blog followers!! Amazing how fast the last 10 years have gone by. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that we were celebrating the new millennium.

Anyways...the holidays were good for us here in the Scharlau household. We actually had a pretty quiet holiday season. My family was in Florida for the holidays, so we celebrated our Christmas with them last weekend. So we had Christmas Eve and all of Christmas Day to ourselves. Christmas Day night was spent at Tom's moms for the big Scharlau family Christmas.

Christmas was more fun this year than in the past. Having kids make Christmas so much fun! Addison was into looking at Christmas lights and decorating the tree this year. She really enjoyed opening her presents (and everyone elses), too. Santa brought Addison a play kitchen for Christmas, which she loves. Her favorite things to make are eggs, pizza and coffee! She's very cute to watch while she is "cooking"!

Our little Addison...hard to believe she'll be THREE soon! What a fun (but very trying at times) age. She is a very smart little girl and amazes us all the time with the things that she says and does. She is very good with her colors, shapes, etc., so we have been working on our counting, singing songs and learning to share. Sharing with her little sister mostly. I'm not sure yet if Addison likes being a big sister. Sometimes she is very sweet to Alivia and wants to hug her and play with her. Other times, well...she is just not so nice. Taking things away from Alivia, pushing her away when she gets into things. I'm sure its all typical for a 2 1/2 year old. Those of you with kids who watch Sesame Street may have seen the episode about "mine-itis". We definitely have a case of "mine-itis" in our house! Everything belongs to her, even if its not hers. I'm sure it will only get worse as Alivia gets older and gets into more of Addison's stuff!!

On to Alivia. Livy is now 7 months old and is a girl on the move!! She has finally figured out how to coordinate her arms and legs and get to where she wants to go by crawling! The first week of January she started taking a few "steps" crawling, but on Sunday (her 7 month birthday), she took off across the living room! This past week she has even started pulling herself up to standing on toys or other things on the floor, she hasn't made it to the furniture yet.

Alivia has been on solid foods here for a few months, and she loves to eat! I've been trying to make some of her food. I haven't been as diligent about it as I was with Addison. Time seems to be a factor these days, so I haven't done as much as I would like.

Livy just had her 6 month(7 month) pediatrician appointment this past week. She is weighing in at 17 lb 4 oz.(60th percentile) and is 29 inches tall(99th percentile)!! The doctor said she is as tall as the average one year old. Which would explain why she has now moved on to the 12 month clothes! Luckily she has grown at about the same rate as Addison, so we haven't had to buy much of anything for Alivia. Hopefully we'll make it to the end of the winter here without having to buy anything new!

The girls have both had mild colds this past week. Just a couple of runny noses. I'm hoping to make it through the winter season without having any major illness. I feel we are pretty lucky to have made it this far with just ONE cold each! (Now that I have said that, I'm sure we'll get something!)

I'm very ready for spring to be here. I think we are all tired of being cooped up in the house. It's been too cold to be outside much. Addy loves to be outside and enjoys playing in the snow. The last few days have been a little warmer (into the low 30's), so we have ventured outside for short periods of time. I wish we could get her outside more often to burn off some of that energy that she always seems to have! I'm ready to be outside more too. I look forward to my flowers coming up and to doing some planting and rearranging around our yard.

I hope this post finds all of you doing well!

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Not too many pics of Addy recently, mostly Alivia.

Alivia is a girl on the move lately! She is rolling all over the place and getting her little hands on anything within arms reach. If its not within reach, so has no problem trying to dive out of our arms to get what she wants! She makes her way around the living room, playing with Addison's toys. Which doesn't really make Addy too happy, but I guess she'll have to learn to share, huh? :)

No teeth yet for Livy, I keep checking! I'm sure they will be popping through soon!

The girls are keeping us so busy...between our work schedules and taking care of them, life is flying by. It's still hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner!!

Christmas is fun this year. Addison loves the decorations, she's very excited to get ornaments on the tree. We opted for a real tree again this year. I think we will try to hit the after Christmas sales for an artificial one for next year. Addison loves all the lights on the houses too. There are always a lot of "OH!'s" and "WOW"'s coming from the back seat!! :)

This post is kinda choppy. It's late and my brain is functioning a little slower...

Hope everyone is healthy. We've been good here. I'm hoping to keep it that way through the holidays!!

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Livy is growing quickly! Such a big girl she is! 5 months old and she is right in those 9 month clothes! At her 4 month appointment she weighed 16.3 lbs and was 27 1/2 inches tall! She is such a happy sweet little girl. Livy loves to watch her big sister Addison, and loves to snuggle with her momma and daddy. We've started on rice cereal and a little applesauce, which she is really taking too. She loves to grab the spoon to help shovel it into her mouth. It would be great if most of it got into and stayed in her mouth, but she's starting to get the idea.

Alivia is a mover, just like her big sister. When she's on her tummy, she's already getting those legs moving like she's ready to crawl. I'm sure she won't be stationary for too much longer!

What a great day to go to the zoo! This past Sunday was such a beautiful day, we had to go spend a couple of hours at the zoo! We got to see the new tiger cubs that were born in July. Addy had fun watching them play.

Helpin' Mom rake leaves, such a big girl!

My little bumblebee's!!
Halloween was fun this year. It didn't take long for Addy to catch on to the whole trick-or-treating thing. We let her have a few pieces of candy too, which she gobbled right up!

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I had to post these...it's amazing how much they look alike! The top pic is Addison, the bottom one is Alivia. They are definitely sisters!! :)

Long time, no blog

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So I realized it had been 6 weeks+ since I had posted anything. I've been feeling guilty about not taking the time to put new pictures up to share with our friends and family! So here I am!

What's new in the last 6 weeks... I started back to work August 31st. It was good to get back to work, and good for our family to be back in a regular routine. I am still working MWF 12 hr shifts, which are long, but the schedule works for us. Addy and Livy go to a new babysitter on Mondays. They are the only two girls with three other boys that are right around Addison's age. The girls seem to do very well there, and its gotten easier for me to drop them off on Monday mornings, knowing they are in good hands!

The girls are both growing and changing so much. Addison makes us laugh all the time, she is a very funny little girl. She has such a great personality! She is very smart and we feel she speaking very well for a two year old! Addy is a very active little girl. She won't sit still for more than a few minutes. She LOVES to take care of her babies and stuffed animal friends. Trouble is, I keep running out of diapers for Livy because Addison has diapered every baby and animal in the house! (she's very good at putting them on too, they look better than my diapering job on Alivia!) Addy is such a good little mommy, she'll make a great babysitter someday!

Alivia has turned into a very active girl herself, very wiggly. She rolled over for the first time a few weeks ago, which I think was at about 16 weeks old. (I have really lost track of the weeks) Which was the same time that Addison did. Alivia is such a sweet girl. She talks and coos, blows raspberries, smiles and giggles. We feel very blessed to have had two such wonderful babies! Alivia definitely has a different personality than Addison. I can't describe exactly how, but it will be interesting to see how they are as they get older. Alivia tried rice cereal for the first time a couple weeks ago. She does alright with it. It seems most of it ends up all over her face and hands, but she'll get the hang of it.

Last weekend we went and picked out pumpkins. Addy wanted to take ALL the pumpkins home I think. Not sure what she is going to be for Halloween yet. I'll be sure to post pictures post-Halloween though.

I guess thats it for now. I'm very tired and need to head off to bed.

August

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So August went by in a flash!! We were quite busy all month! Realizing that I only had a few more weeks of maternity leave left, we tried to get all those fun summer things in. We went to River Rhythms, which is held every Wednesday night durning the summer in Downtown Milwaukee, for some live music. Addison really enjoyed that, she loves to dance and be social! We also went to the Milwaukee County Zoo as a family. We have a zoo pass which allows us to go at any time, so I take the girls myself, but this time Tom got to go too! We went to the Sea Lion Show , rode the Zootrain and went on the Merry-go-Round. Addison had a blast! Alivia will probably enjoy it more next year! :)

August 9th was Alivia's baptism. It of course, was the hottest weekend of the summer to have a house full of people, but turned out great! It was so nice to have family here!

August is also Wisconsin State Fair time. We thought Addison would like all the animals a little more this year, but she was still a little uneasy around them. She didn't even like being in the barns where all the animals were, maybe its a smell thing. She liked seeing the ones that were outside better. Addy's favorite part of the fair was the big slide! She went down 3 times! (With Mom or Dad of course!) She also enjoyed having a corndog (a must-have at the state fair) and some frozen custard (ice cream/frozen custard is Addison's FAVORITE!)

Towards the end of the month, Tom and I made our annual trip to IKEA in Schaumburg. The girls got to spend the day with Grandma ( a good warm-up for Grandma, since she is watching them every Friday for us). That night Tom and I went to the McHenry Outdoor Theater. For the last 6 weeks of the season they were having "themed" weekends. The weekend we were there they showed Ferris Buellers Day Off and The Breakfast Club, a tribute to director John Hughes who just passed away. Every weekend they are having a different "theme" for their movies.

August 10th marked Alivia's 2nd month. She had her 2 month pediatrician appointment (at 10 weeks). She weighed in at 13 lb 11 oz and was 25 3/4 inches tall. So she grew almost 4 inches and put on about 4 lbs!! She's our growing girl!! Alivia is such a great baby just like her older sister was! She has a sweet little personality, very smiley and happy! She's not quite sleeping through the night yet (she had couple of nights where she did, I thought we were going to keep that routine), but she's not too bad. She goes down for bed around 9:30 or so and sleeps until about 3:30 or 4 AM, when she gets up to eat. Then she goes back to sleep for a few hours. So I really can't complain, its just tough when I get up at about 4:45 AM for work.

August 31st marked my first day back at work. I am back to my normal schedule, MWF 12 hr days. It was nice to be back into a routine. I actually did enjoy being back to work, I like what I do. It was hard to be away from the girls after being home with them for 12 weeks. I have decided that being at work is MUCH easier than being home taking care of two small children. I love them dearly, but they are a handful!!

Now a word from Addison:

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She really wanted to type something like Mom! :)

So now into the month of September, I'm sure it will fly by just as fast as August!

Alivia at 2 months old

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

July

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Playing with Daddy

Sisters

Running through the sprinkler at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Hangin' out

Wauwatosa fireworks on the 4th of July

Its been a fun month in our household...busy, but fun. 4th of July we went to the Wauwatosa parade. Addison loved seeing the firetrucks and the horses. After the parade we went to the annual Hagopian-Smith 4th of July picnic, where there were TONS of kids to play with. Addison had a blast! She was definitely ready for a nap when we got home. A late nap was good for her, so she could stay up for her first fireworks. Addison loved the fireworks, she talked about them for days afterwards. Alivia enjoyed sleeping through them.

We went to the zoo a few weeks ago for the first time in months. We need to get there more often (seeing as its only 5 minutes away and we have a Zoopass), Addison loves to go see the animals. The monkeys and the elephants are her favorites right now.

Alivia is growing like a weed! She is almost grown out of any 3 month clothes! She's been a really good baby for us. Not sleeping through the night just yet, but not doing too bad. She usually gets up just once to eat and then goes back to sleep. She's had her first smiles in the last few days and is really starting to coo and "talk" to us more. She's such a cutie! Addison has adjusted well to having a little sister and loves to help take care of her.

The last week or so has brought some big changes for Addison. We started potty training last week and she has done very well with it! We had several puddles on the floor the first day, but since then she has done very well with keeping her big girl underpants dry! She has enjoyed going potty on the toilet so much that she sometimes like to tell us every 5 minutes that she has to go, oh what a fun game! But she's getting the hang of it! Yay, we'll only have one child in diapers!! :)

Along with the potty training, we (by we, I mean Tom and I) decided it was time to be done with the Nuk (pacifier for those of you that don't call it a Nuk). So, I cut the end of it off on Saturday...it was hard for me to do it, knowing how she was going to take it, but I did it. The first two days were tough, but she seems to have gotten better with it. However, she seems to have decided that if she doesn't have her Nuk she is not going to take an afternoon nap. We're still trying to make her take one, but she mostly ends up playing in her room for an hour. Which to me is still an hour to myself (mostly). Bedtime is tough too, it takes about 2 hours for her to settle down and finally fall asleep. That was a little better last night, we'll see what tonight brings! Tom and I are making mental notes to ourselves that we are not going to let Alivia go as long with her Nuk as we did with Addison! We are learning from our mistakes...the older child is always the test child right?? :)

Thats it so far for this month...will post more in the near future! Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

This week at the Scharlau's

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Our little water bug! Addy loves the pool- she is totally fearless, which is a little scary for us! But we are happy she likes the water!

Alivia's first bath in the kitchen sink! Big sister Addison was there to help.

Babies make the greatest faces :)

Alivia Grace has arrived!

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Alivia Grace Scharlau

Wednesday June 10th

7:25 AM

10 lb 2.4 oz 22 inches

Still waiting...

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Unfortunately, I don't have much to report. Baby still hasn't decided to join the outside world! I will be going to the OB tomorrow afternoon and I am hoping she will induce me. Until then, I am trying to keep myself busy around the house...

Happy 2nd Birthday Addison!

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Addy and Milo playing with the new sand & water table.

Playing with the new tea set out on the patio. She sits like such a little lady doesn't she?

The morning of Addison's birthday party, we let her get a little practice in on her new tricycle. She'll need a little more practice! She just doesn't quite get the pedaling thing yet. Good thing there is a handle that goes on the back to let Mom and Dad push and steer!

Addy digging in momma's soon to be vegetable garden. She's my little garden buddy!

Addison's new big girl bed. She has been in her new room for about 3 weeks now and has done very well with the new bed. We have a little decorating to do still, but she loves her room! She had no problem giving up the crib in the baby room! Lets hope she still feels the same way when the baby moves in!

Addison's birthday party was lots of fun! We had a great day, sunny but not too warm. She got lots of new stuff to play with outdoors, which will hopefully keep her entertained in the backyard this summer! Addison had chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream for her birthday this year. She did a good job keeping herself clean this year! I probably didn't even need to take her dress off! It was a fun,yet exhausting day for everyone- mom and dad especially! We were thankful to have Monday off to clean up and rest!

Now that Addy's birthday has past, we can focus on getting Baby #2 out! We had an ultrasound two weeks ago to estimate the size of the baby, and it's definitely another 8 pounder. I guess I am destined to have big babies! The ultrasound tech said that this one has a lot of hair too. I'm excited about that! It took Addy 18 months to grow any hair that I could do anything with! So I went to the doctor today, she said things are moving along (not fast enough for me though). I'm at 3 cm. If I haven't gone into labor by next week Tuesday, we'll try inducing. I am trying to keep busy with cleaning and laundry, etc around the house (not to mention working 12 hr days still) to get things going!! I would love for things to get started tonight! Waiting is so hard this time around. I don't remember being this anxious to be done with Addison.

Well, the next time I post it will be to introduce Baby Scharlau #2!

34 weeks and counting

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No pics this week(for now), just thought I would throw a post in here!
We are all doing well, Tom and Addison are getting over colds. I'm still constantly wiping Addy's nose! Luckily she is pretty good about it and I don't have to tackle her to do it! I do have to tackle her to change her diaper though! I'll be potty training this summer while I am home on maternity leave!
Tom has been working on getting Addison's new room ready, he had started painting last week. With all the rain we had over the weekend, we discovered a leak in our roof, which is leaking into Addy's new room. So...we have to get that checked out and fixed before moving on. Hopefully it doesn't take too long!
I am doing well, just over 34 weeks now. I went to the OB today and everything looks/sounds really good. We're in the home stretch! Tom and I are starting to work on a plan for what we are going to do with Addison when I go into labor. It probably would be easier to schedule another c-section, but I REALLY don't want to do that again if I don't have to. So keep your fingers crossed that I can VBAC!!
We had a ton of rain this weekend, and its amazing how fast everything has greened up! My tulips are starting to bloom and everything else just seems to be popping out of the ground. I love this time of year! :)

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Well, here it is April already! Although it doesn't really feel like it. Its so cold and windy outside, and they are predicting snow this evening. The day is turning out better than I expected though, I think it was supposed to be rainy/sleety/snowy all day long. Instead its just cold and gray! I guess that is spring in the Midwest though! You never know what you'll get right?
So two months have gone past since I blogged last. I'm not quite sure where the time has gone! Addison has grown and so have I! My belly is nice and round now, only 9 more weeks to go! The baby is healthy and so am I. I am anemic this time, just like I was with Addison, and have to take iron supplements. Other than that, the pregnancy is going well. Its a lot tougher this time with an almost two year old running around the house! I can't sit and put my feet up when I get tired! Addison would have the house in shambles if I let her get away with everything!
I am still working my usual schedule, 12 hour days MWF. I think at this point with Addy I was able to switch over to 8 hr days 5 days a week. We can't really do that this time with daycare and all. So I just keep plugging along. I am definitely wiped out by the end of the day, and could probably go right to bed when I get home at 7:30!
Addison is a handful these days. She is very smart and a lot of fun! She talks so much and likes to be independent. It takes us about 30 minutes to get out of the house these days because she doesn't want to put her coat on and wants to put her shoes on herself! It can be very frustrating for Tom and I at times, but she has to learn how to do things for herself!
Addy loves to talk, she points out everything she sees when we go somewhere in the car. She is very good with her colors. Counting is coming along...she likes to skip 5 and 6 when counting to ten! Its amazing how many new words she learns every day and how she remembers things she learned days before! The toddler mind is just a sponge for information!
Addy loves to take care of her babies! She changes their diapers (wipes and all), sings them to sleep, feeds them and takes them for walks around the house! I'm hoping she'll be this willing to help with the new sibling! I think it will be an interesting transition!
I guess that is the (somewhat)short and sweet summary of the last two months. I'm going to try to be better at posting more often again! I picked out a few pics from Feb and March, wish I could post more!

Addy decided to eat some snow that we got last weekend instead of helping daddy shovel!

I have outgrown a lot of my clothes and I am refusing to buy new things for these last two months, so I am wearing more and more of Tom's t-shirts and fleeces!

Here is Addy listening to Auntie Hannah's iPod! She thought it was the neatest thing! She was just dancing away!

This was taken on Valentines Day. Addison decided to help herself to Daddy's chocolate covered pretzels!

Addy likes to build with her blocks! It keeps her entertained for a while!

2009-01-20T16:01:00.001-06:00

So here are the latest ultrasound pictures of Baby #2. The baby is right on schedule with growth, the tech said the weight is at about 12 oz right now. All vital organs looked great, a healthy growing baby!

In this pic the head is to the left and there is a hand up to the mouth. The baby did a lot of yawning and opening and closing of its mouth (like it was looking for something to eat!)

4D ultrasound is so neat! Too bad this little one didn't want to cooperate and get into the right position to get a good look at the face. The tech managed to get two shots. I think this little peanut looks a lot different than Addison did on ultrasound. But I guess we'll see.

Finally here is a picture of the right foot. I love baby feet!

Its about time I post something!!

2009-01-17T20:19:00.003-06:00

Check out my new playhouse!

Just a little static electricity!

Yum! Chewing on toes on a Sunday afternoon!

Yea! Addy has hair, too bad she won't keep a ponytail in!

One of Addys Christmas pics

So its been a while, AGAIN, since I have posted anything. With the holidays and all, I just never took the time to sit down and post.

Life has been good here. We made it through the holidays. Addison had lots of fun opening presents. Now we just have to find places for everything! Actually, now that the tree is down our living room is pretty much back to normal. We had a live Christmas tree again this year. Addison did great with it, she really didn't pay attention to it until I started taking things off to pack away.

So now here we are in January, and boy is it cold!! We actually warmed up into the 20's today! Kinda sad when the 20's start to feel okay!! I just keep telling myself that spring isn't too far away. All the Easter candy is out, spring can't be that far off! :)

Baby Scharlau #2 is doing well as far as I can tell. I started feeling little movements a few weeks ago, and now I am definitely feeling pretty strong kicks. Tuesday we go to the OB for my 20 week appointment. We'll have an ultrasound too, so I'll have 3D pics to share this week. I'm quite excited! They'll be able to tell the sex of the baby with this ultrasound, but we aren't going to find out. We didn't with Addison either. It seems much harder this time not knowing. I just looked through some of the bins of Addison's clothes in the basement, so I am hoping for another girl. We have SO MANY cute little outfits to wear again!!

I'm finally starting to look pregnant and not just chubby. I feel like I have really rounded out in the past week or two. I feel good for the most part. I'm just very tired every night, and have heartburn a lot of the time (which I had with Addison also).

Addy is talking A LOT these days! It's so nice to be able to communicate with her! She's very good with naming animals and other objects. In the past two weeks she has really picked up on naming the colors of things. She gets the color names right 75% of the time! :) She is a very smart little girl, and amazes us every day with the new things that she says and does. She can be very frustraing too. She definitely has a mind of her own and sometimes only wants to do things HER way. She likes to show her independence. We're already thinking about how she'll do with a new baby in the house!

Hope all is well with everyone else!

Baby Scharlau #2

2008-11-25T14:53:00.000-06:00

Here's the little peanut at 12 weeks. We had the ultrasound done today, just a first trimester screening. Everything looks great! (In case you can't tell on the picture, the head is on the right. There is a hand just above the nose. There is also a foot sticking up on the left side of the photo.) The baby sat very still while getting its picture taken, probably sleeping. Addy did not sit still for her 12 week ultrasound, she was a little jumping bean! The ultrasound tech measured that the baby is about 2 inches long from head to bottom right now, so right where he/she should be!
So everything is going very well. I feel like I am "popping" out much faster this time! I'll be in those maternity pants in no time!!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

News...

2008-11-16T18:06:00.002-06:00

So Addison has been bugging me this week about posting...she's tired of keeping the secret in! She wants to let everyone know how excited she is to be a big sister!! Her new little sister or brother is due to arrive around June 7th next year. She loves babies and is very excited to have a real one of her own around the house! :) (we'll see how long that lasts!)
I am feeling pretty good now. I went through a few weeks of being completely exhausted and nauseated. Thank goodness the nausea is gone, now I am just tired from chasing Addison around all day, she's quite the handful.
What's new with Addison this week...? We've been working a lot lately on eating with a fork, and she is doing very well. Until she gets tired of it and just decides to throw all her food on the floor. She continues to impress us with her ever expanding vocabulary. We understand her a good portion of the time, but sometimes we just have to let her point to what she wants! With all the cold weather lately we have been confined to the indoors. Mostly because mom and dad don't want to stand out in the cold. We have bundled up and gone for a few walks though, its not so bad once you get your heart pumping! Its going to be a long winter stuck indoors with Addy, we're trying to clean up our basement a little so we can give her a place to run around and burn off some energy!
So that's it for this week, sorry, no new pics! Have a great week!

It's been way too long...

2008-11-11T15:06:00.002-06:00

Helping mom rake the leaves.

Having fun sitting in the big pile that mom just raked!

Here, I picked this one just for you! Isn't it pretty?

Check out my little ponytail on the top of my head! :)

So the month of October blew by and here we are almost halfway through November! I'm sad to see the cold and rainy days of November here already. Although, I can't complain too much, just a week ago at this time it was 70 degrees and sunny. By the weekend it was 35 for a high!! Crazy Wisconsin weather!

October was a fairly uneventful month for us. We spent the nice weekends getting things done to the house to get ready for winter. Addy enjoyed playing outside in the leaves! She had fun picking up all the pretty ones!

Addison significantly added to her vocabulary this past month. Every day it seems she says something new. She loves to read books and point out all of the cats, dogs, cows, etc. This afternoon I think she sat by herself with her basket of books for a good 20 minutes 'reading'. Its very cute to watch her! It also gives me a break from keeping her out of the refridgerator, chasing her up the stairs, and just keeping her from tearing the house apart! :) She really is having fun discovering all the things that she is capable of now, which is exhausting for mom and dad!

Hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just two weeks away, which means Addison will be 18 months old! How time has flown by!

Go Brewers!

2008-09-28T21:37:00.004-05:00

So here we are at the end of September already! I'm not quite sure where the month has gone! It has been a busy month, to say the least. A big THANK YOU to all of you for your thoughts and prayers after Tom's dad passed away. It was a rough time for everyone, but we know that he is not in pain anymore.

Here are a few pics from the last few weeks!

So Addison actually let me put her hair in little itty bitty pigtails. They stayed in for about 30 minutes. She hasn't let me put anything in her hair since. She wants to check out everything that I try to do, so she rips out barettes, etc right away.

This month we have been doing a lot of talking! She is a little parrot, repeating everything that we say! Its very cute! Addy definitely has a mind of her own, she is a very determined little girl when she decides that she wants to do something. The little tantrums are oh so fun. She's also teething again, so that is probably part of the problem. I love runny noses! Never leave home without a pocket full of kleenex!

She has really been a pretty good girl this month. She is a very lovey little girl, she gives GREAT hugs and kisses! :)

Congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers who clinched the NL Wildcard spot this afternoon. Tom and I went to the game against the Cubs with some friends. It was a great game! After the Brewers had won, we stayed at Miller Park to watch the NY Mets lose to Florida! It was all so fun! This is the first time in 26 years the Brew Crew have made it to the playoffs! GO BREWERS!!

This morning Addison and I, along with some friends and co-workers from St. Lukes, walked in the Komen Race for the Cure to raise money for Breast Cancer research. Two co-workers of mine and Tom's sister Sherry have been battling breast cancer, so we did this in honor of them! There were over 12,000 walkers/runners today and more than $1 million was raised!

In memory of Bill Scharlau

2008-09-16T21:39:00.004-05:00

In loving memory of Bill Scharlau (Tom's father)

April 20, 1926-September 16, 2008

http://www.legacy.com/jsonline/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=117633671

Happy 105th Harley-Davidson!

2008-09-09T21:21:00.002-05:00

Labor Day weekend was a big weekend for us here in the Scharlau household. We attended some of the festivities around town celebrating Harley-Davidsons 105th Anniversary. There were block parties all over downtown, a big celebration with music, etc at the Summerfest grounds, and different events at all the dealerships and Harley plants all over town. It really was a lot of fun seeing the bikes everywhere! Saturday morning was the big parade (see pic above). There were 7500 bikes in the parade!! We watched for a little over an hour, and we may have seen about half of the bikes. There were riders from all over the world! It was neat to see how everyone customizes their bikes to make it their own! Addison liked the parade too. She got a little scared when the police bikes (from all over the country) went by with their sirens on. After they went by she was fine and was waving to all the riders going by! :)
Here we are watching the parade come down Wisconsin Ave. Hannah enjoyed the parade too! She came up to stay with us for the weekend so we didn't have to find a babysitter every night! Addison loves having her Auntie Hannah around! :)
By Sunday, I was tired! I'm not used to going out that many nights in a row. Saturday night we saw Bruce Springstein down at the lakefront. He was the big headliner for the whole celebration. Lets just say that HD made the right decision bringing in the Boss instead of Elton John like they did for the 100th. I don't think anyone lost their jobs this year! :)
September 2nd Tom and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary. (And actually, the 105th Anniversary was also the 5th Anniversary of our first date,in case anyone cares to know.) We didn't do anything special. We both had to work and didn't feel like getting a sitter after our hectic weekend, so we stayed in and had chinese food from our favorite chinese restaurant, Emperor of China.

So life is back to normal. Addy is learning new words every day. She repeats so many things that we say! She loves to get into everything around the house. Addison has discovered that she is now tall enough to get things off the dining room table or strong enough to pull herself up on a chair to get what she wants (little stinker!) In the past weeks she has had four teeth push through, including her two bottome 1 yr molars. She now has all 4 top front, 4 bottom front and top and bottom 1year molars. So we just got over the runny nose etc from teething and now she has a cold!! Oh well, just the first of many I'm sure she will have this winter!

Addison really is a lot of fun to play with these days. As you can see in the pic above, she decided she wanted to put on ALL of her socks. So daddy put them on for her! She looked like she had ski boots on!

Here we are today, Addy and Momma's day together. We were sitting in the kitchen eating a banana when I took this pic of us. I thought it was cute! Have a great week!

August has been busy!

2008-08-24T16:07:00.003-05:00

So August has been a busy month for us here in the Scharlau household, as you can tell by my lack of blogging! The weeks have just flown by and its hard to believe we are looking at Labor Day weekend already-just a week away! At the beginning of the month we went to the Wisconsin State Fair. We went to see the animals-Addison was a little freaked out by how big the cows and horses were. She liked looking at them from afar.
Addison enjoyed her first State Fair corndog-and boy was it yummy! She also had some strawbery gellato which she really liked too! We didn't see as much at the Fair as we normally do. As most of you know, you never get to do as much as you want to do with a one year old around! But we did have fun!

This is Addy checking out the baby bunny in our backyard. As you can tell, they really aren't afraid of people. It takes a lot to scare them away. They keep coming back to eat my plants. Arrgh....how frustrating! Thank goodness for Liquid Fence or I'd have nothing left in my yard! Now I just have to keep the chipmunks from eating my tomatoes!!
Addy is going to be my gardening buddy(in the future!). She still loves to dig in the dirt and get into the flowers like her Momma and Grandpa!

What else did we do this month....? We went to the Elkhorn Antique Flea Market, which is ALWAYS fun. You never know what you will find! There's always lots of fun things to put in the garden. The flea markets are four times a summer, and there is one more to go in September. I think Tom and I may try to go on our own so we can really get to look at things. :)

When we weren't out and about, we were home working on the house. Tom has been busy painting our garage, and has started painting the trim around some of the windows on the house. We're hoping to get the rest painted by the end of fall. This week we are getting some new windows put in in our dining/living room area. Hopefully it will help to make our home a little more energy effiecient come winter!

Next weekend is the Harley Davidson 105th Anniversary, so we will partake in some of the festivities down at the lakefront. Hannah will be coming to stay with us for the weekend to help take care of Addison. I guess thats it for us... 'til the next post....

Exhausting weekend

2008-07-27T21:38:00.002-05:00

Posing with daddy

Mmm....ice cream sandwhich!

What a busy weekend! Probably the busiest of the summer! And what a beautiful weekend it was! The weekend actually started Thursday when I picked up Hannah to come stay with us. She was our babysitter for the weekend and her help was so greatly appreciated!
Friday Tom and I went to The Police concert here in Milwaukee. It was a GREAT show! We really had a lot of fun! Saturday we went to the Brady Street Festival down on the East Side. We did some shopping, listened to some music and just enjoyed being out and about for a little while. From there we went to Tom's parents for a Scharlau family reunion. It was nice to have everyone together at one time, it doesn't happen often unfortunately! So we visited and we ate, then it was off to the Brewers game! What a great game it was (way to go Ryan Braun- 2 run homerun to give the Brewers the win!!) Tom and I had a great time there too, we love going to Miller Park!
Today was our day to relax a bit(well, for part of the day). We did some work around the house. Tom started painting the house, its a big project but it will look nice when we're done!
This evening we went to the Milwaukee County Zoo for Tom's work picnic. As you can see above Addy enjoyed the ice cream! So we spent the evening at the zoo. Then it was time for little girls to get home for a bath and bed! She was exhausted! So are mom and dad after our busy weekend! We really had lots of fun, we have been looking forward to this weekend all summer! I hope all of you had as much fun as we did!

4th of July

2008-07-08T09:26:00.002-05:00

What a cutie!

Addison and Alma (2 in two weeks!)

Addison (13 mos.) and Milo (10 mos.)

Here we are, heading off to watch the Wauwatosa 4th of July Parade.

No, we weren't in the parade, just being festive!

What a busy weekend! I think we need a few days off to recoup from our few days off!!

As always, the 4th of July weekend was filled with friends and fun. For the 4th, our friends Brad and Lori (and kids Alma & Milo), hosted their annual 4th of July party. We watched the parade, drank bloody mary's and had a cookout. We had such a beautiful day, and had a great time at the party. There were lots of other kids for Addy to play with!

As I had said in my previous post, I had to work 3rd shift on the 4th. So I got to watch the fireworks from the top of our 12 floor parking structure at the hospital. I got to see the fireworks all over Milwaukee county and even some from neighboring counties. Addy was in bed for the fireworks, she was tired. Next year she will probably be a little more interested!

Saturday afternoon we were invited to a pool party/get together. Addy went swimming in the big pool and got to play with some other little girls that are about her age. We had a great time relaxing by the pool with friends(when we weren't watching Addison to make sure she didn't jump into the pool on her own!)

Sunday, we did some work around the house. In the afternoon our friends Ed and Sarah (with kids Zoe, Henry & Silas) came over for a visit. They are in town from Washington state, so it was great to visit with them. We were sad to see them go, it will most likely be a while before we get to see them again!

In all, it was a wonderful weekend. But we were all exhausted to say the least!

Hope all of you are doing well!!

2008-07-01T16:54:00.003-05:00

Sitting outside in her sundress

Behind the wheel already?

Um...can I get a milk over here?

Not too much to report for the last two weeks. Just trying not to get eaten alive by MOSQUITOS!! They are awful!
Our 4th of July will be pretty low key. We'll be watching the Annual Wauwatosa 4th of July Parade with friends, and then unfortunately I have to work 3rd shift that night, so no fireworks for me! Oh well...Addy will be in bed by the time the fireworks go off anyways!
Take care everyone, have a safe 4th!!

First visit to the zoo!!

2008-06-17T17:20:00.001-05:00

Today was our first visit to the Milwaukee County Zoo. Addison loved it! We saw the monkeys, elephants, polar bears, and lots more! The best part is that we have a ZooPass now, so we can go whenever we want! Anyone up for going to the zoo??

This week at the Scharlau's

2008-06-15T13:37:00.003-05:00

Not too much to report this week actually. Addison went to the pediatrician this week for her 1 yr old checkup. She weighs 21 lb 5 oz and is 31 inches tall. So she is tall and thin! (I'm hoping she stays that way!) Her 1 yr molars are also making their way in, so we have had some crabby teething times in the last couple of weeks. But overall she is doing very well, running around everywhere, getting into everything. The joys of toddlerhood!

The past week has been a very wet one. We have had lots of rain and some very rough storms. Luckily our basement has stayed dry. Our neighbors down half of our street were not so lucky and ended up with at least 6 inches of water in their basement, we are up just high enough to not get any. We're very thankful that we did not have the damage that other areas around the state have had!

More pics

2008-05-27T15:44:00.002-05:00

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=218738510/a=32382040_32382040/t_=32382040

More pics on Snapfish if you are interested. Just click on the link!

Happy 1st Birthday Addison

2008-05-27T11:22:00.005-05:00

Who's the big one year old??

Here's our first ride in the car facing forward! She thought it was the best!

Pulling bows off the presents is WAY better than opening them!

These are MY bows and you can't have them!

Mmm...Chocolate birthday cake! She very much enjoyed the cake in case you can't tell! She cleaned her plate! When she was done, it was straight to the bathtub to get cleaned up (there was no way just a washcloth was going to clean her up!)

Addison's birthday party was lots of fun! We had lunch, opened lots of presents and ate cake! She got lots of fun new toys and lots of cute new clothes! She is going to be the best dressed one year old this summer!
The whole weekend was so beautiful, just like the weekend she was born! We spent lots of time outside. On Memorial Day Addy even tried out her new pool since it was 80 degrees out! (quite a contrast today, its only 50 degrees!!!) She loved splashing in it, I'm sure it will provide lots of fun for us all summer long!

Pics from the last 3 weeks

2008-05-20T10:14:00.002-05:00

May has been a busy month, its hard to believe Addy's 1st birthday is in 5 days! We have spent lots of time outdoors, working on the house and letting Addison explore the yard. She's fun to watch! Everything is so new and exciting!

11 months old

2008-04-29T12:42:00.000-05:00

Addy finally figured out the walking thing!
Over the last week or so she has discovered how she can walk all around the house!
How fun for her, but it sure keeps mom and dad on their toes!

The weather has been beautiful so we have spent lots of time outside. Addison loves to be out in the yard, feeling the grass, and yes, tasting the dirt, again! She loves to walk up and down the sidewalk and likes to wave at the other kids and doggies walking by!

April

2008-04-13T12:29:00.002-05:00

So here we are, April already! The first weekend in April was so beautiful! We played outside, got to explore new things... Addison had a fun time!
And she took great naps after getting all that fresh air! How wonderful for Mom and Dad! Addy got to dig in the dirt...it was so fun! "This is so great", she thought, "It feels really neat between my fingers!"

"Hmm...I wonder what it tastes like?"

Mud pie anyone?? Yes, Addison decided she wanted to know what the dirt tasted like. It wasn't all that great. She didn't fight too much when we were scooping it out of her mouth and giving her water to rinse! :)

We decided crawling on the grass would be more fun than eating dirt! She had so much fun outside, so many new things to see and touch (or eat)

A little behind...

2008-04-01T09:26:00.002-05:00

Addison and her Daddy on Easter

Such a pretty girl in her Easter dress!

What a beautiful sunny day! Too bad there is so much snow on the ground! No easter egg hunt this year!

Hangin' out in Papa's chair!

Addison learned you have to move quick to beat Auntie Hannah to the chair!

Addy and her great-grandparents

So we are a little behind on our blogging! Life seems to be so hectic lately... so it has been a few weeks since we have made an entry.

Easter was a bit snowy this year, we got 15" of snow here in Wauwatosa on Good Friday! How frustrating! It had been pretty warm that week and all the other snow had melted. I was really looking forward to spring. But no such luck. We ended up shoveling...again. This has been the 2nd snowiest winter on record here in the Milwaukee area. I think they said we have had around 96" of snow. Which is WAY too much in my book! Bring on spring!

Other than the snow on the ground and it being cold, Easter was nice. We went to my parents in Johnsburg. Addison had fun going through her Easter baskets. She enjoyed chasing the plastic eggs across the floor! $.79 gifts are the BEST!

This past weekend we made an 8hr road trip to Ohio for a family friends' 90th birthday and to visit family. (I must say, Addison did great traveling all that way! I was worried how she was going to do being stuck in her carseat for so long, but she did awesome! It helped having Auntie Hannah in the back seat to entertain the munchkin!) Addy got to meet her great-grandparents and great-aunt and uncle for the first time on this trip. Its too bad we don't live closer so we could get together more often, but we enjoy the times that we do! We really had a nice weekend, it just went by so fast!

Now we are back to normal life. Hard to believe that it is April 1st already! Another 8 weeks and someone will be turning 1!! Addison is just growing so fast. Every day she seems to learn something new. I have been looking back at pictures from when she was just a few weeks old, or even a few months old, and WOW she has changed so much! Its hard to remember her as a little itty-bitty baby! We have SO MUCH fun with her, she is just a great little girl!

Just pics

2008-03-18T20:46:00.002-05:00

Some days we just don't want to get dressed!

Getting back to normal...

2008-03-11T21:20:00.004-05:00

We took Addison swimming at the club for the first time. She LOVES taking a bath, so we were sure she'd love the pool...and she did. She spashed around and had fun watching the other kids playing.

" Whatever it is...I didn't do it!"

Addy's new thing is to climb the stairs. As you can see our stairs are not carpeted and are very steep, so we have to keep a close eye on her. She does very well though!

So last week was a rough week. Addy cut another tooth on the top (#5), and had an ear infection. Momma had a sinus and upper respiratory infection (and is still coughing), and Dad somehow managed to avoid the illness. So this week we are finishing up our doses of antibiotics and getting back to normal.

Two weeks ago Addy had her 9 month appointment and she weighed in at 20 lbs and is 30 inches tall! She is getting so big! Mom is slowly starting to pack more and more clothes away. Hopefully the weather will start changing soon and we can start wearing the warm weather clothes mom bought at the end of last season!

Happy Birthday Hannah!

2008-02-27T09:07:00.004-06:00

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

2008-02-17T21:43:00.004-06:00

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!

2008-02-09T16:15:00.001-06:00

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!

Fishy face

2008-01-25T12:09:00.000-06:00

So I couldn't resist putting up the fishy face picture, its just too cute! She is so funny, she makes us laugh all the time!
As all babies do, Addison love to look at the baby in the mirror! So we put her in front of our big full length mirror! She had fun touching and "kissing" the other baby! Needless to say, the mirror needed a good cleaning when she was done!! :)

Our new blog!

2008-01-22T20:57:00.000-06:00

Here I am starting our first blog! My friend Teresa uses hers all the time to keep family and friends up to date on things, so I thought it would be a good idea for us too! Addison changes so much from week to week, its tough to keep everyone posted! So we will do our best to keep things current on here! Check back often to see what we have added!

Addison is now 8 months old and getting into everything! She is crawling everywhere and can pull herself up on just about anything! Slowly things have started disappearing from the living room and dining room, like plants, candles, etc. She's fun to watch!

Early in December her two bottom front teeth came in, and now I am pretty sure she is working on the top two. We have had a rough last week and a half. First we had the flu and now she is teething! I'm hoping the teeth pop through soon, or I'm going to start crying too! :)