Classical Music

The other day I was driving with Skyler and Addy in the car. I had the radio on the Spa channel in an attempt to bring some peace to the car. When a classical song came on, the car silenced! Addy stopped crying and Skyler just started watching the landscape outside of the car. I had a few (extremely enjoyable) minutes of quiet time and then Skyler looked at me and said, "Mommy this music makes me sad." I wish I were in that cutie's head sometimes, just so I could see how he processes things!

Addy Starting to Sit Up!

The amazing baby continues to, well, amaze me (for lack of a better word)! I was playing with her this morning on her play gym and put her in a sitting position. As soon as I sat her down, she leaned forward and put her hands out, stabilizing herself. I let go of her, but kept my hands close to her thighs just in case she started to tip. Interestingly enough, she didn't fall! She just sat there and smiled :) Of course we have a long way to go until she does the real deal (and certainly enjoy the idea of her waiting awhile), but I think it is amazing that she has so much coordination!

Here's a video that I caught of her doing it this evening. She is wearing a sleep sack, so you can't see her legs real well ... I will try for a better shot of it tomorrow.

Addy's Blessing

Addy was blessed on 1/15/2012. It was such an awesome weekend spent with family. Great Grandma and Grandpa Bateman, as well as Grandma and Grandpa Bateman, flew in for the blessing. Of course by the time that Grandma B (as Skyler likes to call her) got to Florida, I still had not touched the blessing dress that I was going to make Addy. She snapped into action and whipped up this gorgeous heirloom in less than a day! She is such an amazing sewer and we are so amazed at the gorgeous dress that Addy will be able to pass down to her daughter to be blessed in.

Addy was great for the blessing (she was a little fussy, but the cries were nothing compared to what we know she can let out!). She had a lot of family members who came to support her on her special day ... Aunt Patty, Aunt Kat, Rich, Ava, Granmommy and Grandaddy Mitchell, Great Grandma and Great Grandpa B, and Grandma and Grandpa Fletcher! Dad (Brendan) did an amazing blessing. From the blessing, it sounds like she will definitely be involved in mission work and that she will be a shining light and example of the gospel! We are so excited that we are members of the this amazing church and that we have family members that are so supportive of our children :)

Here are some pictures of the beautiful day -

New Pictures

We finally made it to the photo studio and had some pictures taken of the cuties at the end of December. We had a VERY hard time with the selection process since there were so many good ones :)

Family Picture - Brendan and I think that our sleep deprivation is pretty apparent in this shot :)



Skyler's Birthday -







Skyler and Addy for Christmas -







Skyler's Halloween -

We finally made it in for the yearly Halloween picture ... I thought I was going to have to skip this year, lol!





Addy -