Date Night / Pictures / Finger Paints

Oh my gosh it was so nice to get out of the house and have a drink (or two) and see a movie.  I love my little girl but it was just so laid back being out without a baby.  JC's parents came over after we put Addy to bed and we headed out to Amigos for our favorite jumbo cadillac margaritas, oh so good.  We also got an appetizer that was sauteed shrimp and mushrooms, very tasty!

We saw No Strings Attached with Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman.  I really like both of them as actors and then to see them in a rom-com was so perfect.  I really enjoyed the movie.  It was a cute date night kinda movie, a little predictable,  with some good laughs though (i snorted often.)  I have really liked Ashton Kutcher's latest flicks like Killers with Katherine Heigl.  And have you ever heard the story of JC and I having drinks with Natalie Portman in Hawaii, yeah it happened.

We had a killer sunset the other night.  I snapped this pic from our deck and it is unedited.

beautiful sunset

And then I found this other one on the camera that I snapped of the Olympics while JC was driving on our way to his parents house one frosty morning.

snowcapped olypics

I love photography!

I was at Michaels the other day and decided it would be fun to try and finger-paint with Addy, so I got paints and a large book of paper.  Before her bath on Friday I stripped of her clothes and tried to show her how to paint.  Well...she absolutely does not like having her hands in paint. I don't know if it was the wet feeling or what but she hated it!  So I ran upstairs and got her a brush and that was so much better.  She would pick the color, hold it over the paper and squeeze, then grab her brush and go about it.  It was pretty cute.  So if you are in the market for an Addyson original let me know and I'll have her whip one up for you!

It's been so long!

So a lot has happened since the last time I posted.  Addy turned one! (and now she's already 15 months!)

she's so silly

tutu butt

her first cupcake!

And then we had Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa Dahlbeck's house.  Addy loved all the food. I swear the kid never gets full!

Then there was Christmas at our house, everyone was here.  Addy love opening presents, she got lots of practice because she is so spoiled.

christmas morning. santa brought her a quad!

taking time to play with a box

a bear her cousins sent her

again with the box

so full after all the good food

Then Addy had her first visit to the ER (12/26) after Chester threw her forehead first into the wall.  She is fine, just a lump and a bruise.

Then came New Years and my birthday both just spent quietly at home.  Oh and I got a Kindle!  I absolutely LOVE it.  I haven't read a book pretty much since Addy was born but this makes it so easy.  I take it everywhere!

JC and I have been snowboarding a few time this season.  Addy goes to visit grandma D and we hit the mountains, works great!  We have thoroughly enjoyed being back on the hill.

So now you are pretty much up to date.  A few things about Addy these days:

1. she walks up the stairs now, no more climbing them.
2. she has two dolls that she has to take EVERYWHERE with her now.  I had a hard enough time keeping track of one and now two...ugh.
3. she loves veggies, carrots a lot.
4. she like to give fist bumps and hi-fives. but she can't just give them to one person, she has to go around the room to everyone.
5. she loves eating in restaurants. mostly because she gets to eat from both of our plates and because she gets milk in a cup with a straw.

Okay that's all...I think.