Little Miss Personality

Since Addy had been crawling she has really developed quite a personality! It seems as though she is much happier now that she is mobile and can take herself where she wants to go. She is always smiling and laughing and loves getting into things that she's not supposed to get into! She has mastered that sheepish grin when she's doing something she's not supposed to and loves to keep her mommy and daddy on their toes! This week seemed to fly by because we were so busy. Derek was out of town on business at the beginning of the week, which proved to be especially challenging in the mornings. Addy and I were both so happy when he returned! Adalyn's Grandma Freihaut came up for a weekend visit and watched Addy all day Friday while we went to work. It was great for Addy to have time with her grandma. She will also be staying a few days this week to help us out with watching Addy when Derek has a meeting out of town and I have class. We are so thankful to have her here to help us out during our Crazy October! This week I handed out reports cards to my second graders....check that off of my long list of things to accomplish during the next few weeks. This week I will be working on preparing for parent-teacher conferences and writing papers for my grad class.

This past weekend we visited the Peoria Zoo. The zoo is preparing to open a brand new section called Africa in the summer. We were able to take a tour of the facilities before the animals arrived, which was really neat. We even got to go into the lion exhibit. While visiting the petting zoo, Addy took a liking to the pony they had there. She just kept laughing at him and pointing. It was so cute! Maybe she would like a pony for Christmas! This weekend we also made our jack-o-lantern for our front porch. I really wanted to take a few pictures of Addy with it outside, but the hurricane like winds in Central Illinois prevented us from attempting that. We had to settle with a few pictures on our kitchen table!