Winter Weather

It's been crazy cold here - RIDICULOUSLY cold! Who has even heard of temperatures getting down to 35 degrees below zero (with windchill)? Anyway, it's really cold. However, Saturday was beautiful with an all-day snowfall and temperatures at just freezing. We bundled the baby up and took her out for a winter stroll. Callie came along too. It's her favorite time of year to book it through the streets and people's yards, tearing through mounds of snow.

Addison received a fun gift from Grammie Pam on Friday - her very own chair with her name embroidered on it. Thanks Grammie! She likes to sit in it and "read" (chew) on her books, while Callie looks on longingly, hoping for an in to be able to jump up and share the new space.
On Saturday I hosted bookclub to discuss "Water for Elephants." Everyone agreed this book is now on our top five EVER! I highly recommend it, so go out and read it! Erin brought her son Max who was born 3 weeks before Addison. They rolled around on the floor together and made cute baby noises until Addison got crabby and had to go to bed. Apparently Max is a night owl/party animal who stays up until 10:30pm. Yikes! I'll take Addison's 7:30pm bedtime, thank you very much.

I'm not a fan of intentionally posed baby portraits, but I really feel like Addison should have her picture taken with Santa for her first Christmas. It's fun! Mostly I want to see how she'll react to a big white beard in her face. After I finally convinced DJ that this is a necessity of the holiday, we got the baby all dolled up, faced the negative 35 degree day and trudged out to the nearest mall. When we arrived at the Santa photo counter, the lady sitting there immediately said "You're not going to like what I have to tell you - the wait is 4 1/2 hours long." She sure was right about that. So after we turned down her offer to give us a beeper to let us know when our turn was up (like we were going to cruise around the mall for 4 1/2 hours with a 5 month old), we headed out and decided to try after work on Tuesday...cross your fingers!

Callie in her prime

Before Book Club
Max & Addison

All dressed up for Santa