My First Lake Trip

This past weekend mommy, daddy, and I went to Lake Jackson to spend Father's Day with mommy's family. We had such a good time and I got to experience the lake for the very first time! I had a blast! I got to swim, ride a boat, and even do a little driving of my own (see the video that mom took below). Everyone was impressed with my improvements in my crawling and pulling up. And of course everyone loved my gummy grin....it gets them every time!

I really wanted to ride on one of the jet skis, but mommy and daddy said I have to get a little bit bigger.

Riding on the boat is tiring..

I was not interested in taking pictures.

This hat stayed on for maybe 2 seconds...

My grandpa lets me do whatever I want..including driving the boat!

Don't worry folks....I know what I'm doing...I even got the throttle with my foot.

This is my crab float that my Meme got me to play in the lake!

I had so much fun splashing in the lake water! I sure with they would have let me drink it like I wanted to.

Some of the family on the deck after the rain shower came through.

My brother Boone got to experience the lake for the first time too! Mommy says that he had the best time out of everyone! It took him a few days after we got home to recover. He was so pooped.

Boone wondering if he will try to take a dip with me.

This is Daddy playing fetch with all of the dogs..I think Boone was cheating a little. :)

The Things we Learn

Standing, talking, crawling and laughing. That's all Addison has been doing for the past month. It's hard to believe how fast the last 9 months have gone by. The absolute best part is watching Addison develop her personality. Amber and I are so fortunate to have a daughter who is not only beautiful but has one of the best personalities (especially at her age).
Each morning we are met with Addie's gummy grin and a look that says she is ready for the day.
From that point on she is all out, stopping only for the occasional bottle and a nap (even Jesus had to rest). She has developed a desire for not wanting to be held but just wanting to play. Standing up using the coffee table is her favorite and seeing if she can knock everything off the table just to see how many times we will pick it back up (we call it the gravity game). She is turning into a pro at waving hello and bye, however sometimes she does it on her own and to whatever she sees, I have seen her wave bye to a dirty diaper and to Boone and say hello to her exersaucer. The best for me is when I go to pick her up in the afternoon and when she sees me she lights up like a Christmas tree and waves "bye" to the daycare ladies. But, our favorite to date has to be her dancing, in the afternoons when we get home I take her upstairs and stand her up in her crib then turn on the oldies station...she immediately sports her grin and will shimmy back and forth with me, then when the commercials come on she plops down and plays with the glow worm. She hasn't figured out how to make his face light up so whenever I do it she gives me this look of "how did you do that?" as if I am a magician.

This past weekend was Father's Day and we had a wonderful weekend down at Lake Jackson with Amber's family and Addie got to hit the water for the first time. She had so much fun in her crab float and boat riding. Then on Sunday we went to Aunt Laura's house for lunch and that afternoon Addie gave me my Fathers Day present a book called "Cinderella, the story of a daddy and his princess" it also came with a CD that we listened to that night as I rocked her to sleep. It was the perfect way to end my first Father's Day.

You make me feel like dancin'...

Some may say that Addie doesn't look like her daddy, but here is some proof that she is without a doubt his daughter...