It's been a while

Well Life in the Nichols Household is crazier than usual. We have been busy with getting ready for Thanksgiving, enjoying the few nice days we have had and have enjoyed being cozy at home. I cannot believe that Addie is 13 months already, the year has flown by. It is crazy how everyone tells you how fast it goes, but you never believe them until a year has gone by and you say to yourself, what have I been doing. We had an amazing summer and it seems that fall has just flown by and now it is a week till Thanksgiving. We are getting ready to have Thanksgiving at our house this year, my first time to cook a turkey (wish me luck) and my first time to host. We are looking forward to it.

We are so excited for Addison to be older this year and to join in all our festivities for the Christmas Season. We are excited for snow, cutting down our Christmas tree in the mountains, getting to see Santa at Nordy's and just enjoying the season.

I cannot get Photos uploaded, I will try in a separate post! Blessing to you and your family during this wonderful time.

Addison's First Birthday

We celebrated Addison's first birthday this last Saturday. Thank you to all the family and friends that blessed her with so many wonderful things. She had an amazing time and is loving all the new things to play with.

I cannot believe that my baby is one already. This last year has gone by so quickly, but we are so thankful for her. Over this last year we have seen her grow so much and she is quickly growing into a such a beautiful young toddler.

She is now walking and getting into everything. She is a lot more busy, but she is able to sit and focus on more things at a time. We now really enjoy reading books and being read to. She loves playing with other kids and we have been lucky to have two other kids coming over during the week.

Surf Slam and Various Adventures

The weekend of September 11th - we loaded up the motor home and headed to Pacific City, OR for a wonderful Stand-up Jet Skiing competition with friends and family. The whole things was pretty cool. There were riders from all over the world competing and it was quite a sight to watch all of them compete. I have never seen so many backflips, jumps and barrel rolls on a jet-ski in my life! Addie did absolutely amazing...we got the greatest backup right before we left and she absolutely loved it. We also took Grace with us and she loved the ocean and running free! Below are some pictures from our time at the beach and also some from September.

Photo Updates

Its been a crazy August - - I promise after Labor Day to have a post!

9 Month Stats

I cannot believe that Addie is 9 months old already it seems like time is flying by. She is crawling all over the place, pulling herself up on everything, into everything, loves the water (especially her pool in the backyard) and she is babbling about everything and anything. 

We had her 9 month check up today and our little muffin is growing great. She is in the 50% for her height and her head and in the 40% for her weight. We topped out at 18lbs 1 ounce and 27 1/2 inches tall...

She enjoys anything outside and loves her new portable playpen that we got. It is nice, because we can set it up and she is free to roam anywhere within in...great for the camping trip we took last weekend...

We are excited to see what adventures we have next and we love every stage even more and more! 

Photo Editing

I know that a bunch of people have had this for a long time, but I just discovered Picnik...I am hooked! It is amazing! I have included a few that I did yesterday. I am excited to discover all its capabilities.