Happy Easter!

Uncle Joe was able to come visit for Easter. We were glad to have him, along with Grandpa and Grandma Knepper and Grandpa and Grandma Vest join us for brunch at the Zoo!

Putting the flowers from the table in her hair

Petting the baby!

Feeding the billy goat - she wouldn't let go of the food

We have a walker!

Addison has been toying with the idea for a while, but she has been officially WALKING for about a week now! Unless she is in a hurry, she walks everywhere!

The Party!

Saturday, April 9th, we celebrated Addison's first birthday with our extended family. The weather was beautiful and Addison had an awesome day! The day started with mommy struggling to make sure everything was perfect and Mercedes eating 11 of the deviled eggs, but ended with a fun campfire!

Grandpa and Grandma Knepper, Grandpa and Grandma Vest and Katie and Al were all able to come celebrate Addison's special day!

Checking out the cake!

Showing everyone that she knows how to ride her four wheeler.

Riding her new bike with Daddy.

Riding in style in her new wagon!

Enjoying her cake!

Checking out her mess in the mirror!

She wasn't a huge fan of the pulled pork Daddy made :)

Addison and Aunt Katie

We had a wonderful day and the weather was beautiful! Sorry it took so long for me to share all of these pictures! I had to send my computer out for a week! I was lost, but it was nice to be free :)

The Big First Birthday!

ADDISON TURNED ONE! I can't believe how fast the last year has gone! I also can't remember what life was like before Addison. She is my angel and I love her so much! Chris and I wanted her first birthday to be extra special so we took the day off of work and spent it just the three of us.

We started the day by taking Addison's car (Bob and Chris' challenger) to Ankeny Story Time. This was the first time that Chris had been to a story time at one of the libraries with Addison (he doesn't have the pleasure of staying home with her on Fridays like I do!)

After story time we took Addison to the Blank Park Zoo. We had a great time and saw lots of animals. Addison's favorite part was feeding the billy goats! She absolutely loved it! She even climbed out of her stroller to get a closer look. (Chris took some awesome pictures!)

For lunch we went to Gateway Market and I was going to get Addison a piece of my favorite cake, but apparently they aren't making it anymore! so she got a banana bread cupcake instead.

Next up was the Easter Bunny! We went all the way to Jordan Creek to only find out that they didn't have an Easter Bunny, so we went to Pottery Barn Kids for some Easter essentials, then headed to Valley West. In Addison's mind, the Easter Bunny wasn't quite as nice as Santa Clause! She didn't cry but she wasn't going to sit there long. After we saw the Easter Bunny, we played in the play area (Addi's first time, and she loved it).

We had a wonderful day and couldn't imagine spending the day with out her! It was very hard to go to work Thursday!

We have a celebrity...

Ok, well not a celebrity, but Addison was featured in the Des Moines Register for one of the story times that she goes to with Grandma Vest.