am i horrible or what?

Today we had Addelyn's six month appointment. She has grown......she is 16 lbs and 25 and 3/4 inches long. Right in the 50th percentile again- our average sized babe! She was a little fiesty - and didn't appreciate Dr. Van Sickle checking her ears and mouth. After she did that, Addelyn keep giving Dr. VS "the look" and cried when she got close to her. Oh great, already she is afraid of the doctor. And of course, six month shots...never fun...she turned bright red, held her breath, and cried a cry that i haven't heard for A LONG time (thank goodness.)
You see, I have this problem, when people get hurt....I laugh. When Mark stubs his toe, I can't stop laughing. When someone falls going up or down the stairs, my immediate response is laughing. I know, it sounds sadistic almost. I can't help it. If I could control it, I would stop.
So guess what happens when Addelyn starts crying after shots? Yep, you guessed it. I laughed. AHHH...not a mean laugh but just my automatic-someone-got-hurt-kind-of-laugh. Mark was hoping I would be cured of this meanness by becoming a mom. Guess not..........................

weekend fun, as always!

Below are pics from the last few weekends. I'm a little behind because I got some pics from my family (go figure I didn't have my camera out at the best moments!) We are so thankful to have so many wonderful friends and family in our lives.

Addelyn and Carolyn (one of Grandma Kathy's best friends)....She definitely thought Addelyn looks like Mark! :) What do you think? Who does she look like, I'm curious to know!

On Flag Day, we headed to Joe and Andrea's new house for their annual Flag Day Party! Andrea is Mark's cousin. It was lots of fun, they have a beautiful new home outside of Des Moines. We are glad they moved here from Seattle, especially if they keep throwing parties like the one they had this weekend! :) Addelyn got to see her cousins, Reed and Jack (Reed is pictured above with Addelyn...sorry no pics of Jack...he was too quick for the camera!) Jack and Reed will be one year old on the 5th of July. Addelyn stared at the boys with a jealous look as they quickly crawled circles around her. She has mastered sitting up but hasn't been able to venture around and about yet. Soon enough, she'll be keeping up with the boys!

This picture is Addelyn with her cousin from the Kramer side, Autumn. Autumn will be one year old on July 7th. It is going to be fun to watch them grow up together! They are definitely the entertainment when the Kramers get together!

How cute is this, I know....probably a bad idea with germs but seriously, it was too sweet!

rain rain go away

It is hard to believe how close to home all of the recent tornados and now the flooding is. Our house is fine....but the flooding is making it hard to get anywhere. Yesterday Mark and I spent about three hours in the car, it was like we were in Chicago rush hour traffic at times, just as we tried to get around Waterloo and Cedar Falls. There are just so many roads closed. We are watching the weather, praying hard, and Mark has been working hard at sandbagging. (My shift is staying home with Addelyn!) I was thinking about the weather issues/disasters that hit around the world all the time and how it wakes you up when it is this close to home. It is easy to sit and watch things on the news but how crazy is it when it is right down the street from you!

I talked to Mark's mom, Kathy, tonight and we remembered how Addelyn was born during that crazy snowstorm on December 11th, six months ago. Go figure that her six month birthday would include more intense weather. It is so fitting for the personality of our wonderful little girl....INTENSE. She is going to make waves wherever she goes in life!

Here is Addelyn with her new little buddy, Trey Matthew Haak. His proud parents are Matt and Tricia. Trey had just turned six weeks old in this picture.

Addelyn looks like she is going to eat him!
Proud Mom Tricia
Look at those big beautiful eyes!

Addelyn was born to be a Cubbie. She has really no choice, according to her daddy! She is already cheering them on....what a record so far this year- 41-24

(not counting the game going on right now!)
Go Cubs Go!!!!
Pound it!
This past weekend, Addelyn and I made a trip to Steamboat Rock and spent the night. Here is Addelyn with Great Grandpa Kramer, who was entertaining her by taking his teeth out! She was very interested in what was going on! We had lots of fun seeing everyone.

happy days..............

Grandpa Kramer came over to visit the other night and Addelyn had lots of fun playing on the computer with him. She loves to press the keys!

First of all, Addelyn isn't swinging naked. It was a warm day and she was in a diaper in her new swing. She loves it. She gets a big grin and the grin grows the higher she goes. She just may be a dare devil like her dad! :)

She did lose interest in swinging after awhile though and found a new interest, eating her yellow swing straps!

Check out that smile! This is right after Addelyn's bath. She is a little wiggle worm and doesn't like to lay still while she is getting dried off and dressed. The other night she kept moving around...

She wiggled and wiggled and wiggled....

And finally rolled off her towel....

Onto her tummy! She was quite proud of herself. She has rolled from her tummy to her back before but never from her back to her tummy. She is usually too content laying on her back, playing that she doesn't want to go to her tummy. We figured it out...she wanted to wiggle away from her dad, who was trying to dry her off...so that is why she rolled. She is going to be a fun one when she can walk! :)

Reading time...Addelyn is getting used to this nightly routine of reading a few books. She enjoys the ones that have furry patches/other texture things for her to touch.

We are excited that summer is arriving, we enjoyed the warm weather this weekend. Another week begins...have a great one!

memorial day weekend

What a great weekend! Our fun started on Friday night as we started hitting graduations (it was graduation party weekend BIG TIME!) On Saturday, Mark and Addelyn headed to Cherokee for Ty's birthday party. They had a great time and got to meet a lot of Nicole's family. I headed to lots of graduations with our friends Tim and Shelby. I ate WAY TOO MUCH food but it was a great, full day.

This weekend we watched the bad weather hit VERY close to home...I was a psycho news watcher. We know people affected and are praying a lot for them. It hit us this weekend as sometimes we get so caught up in the little things- making sure the lawn is mowed, the house is clean, etc...it was a wake up call, a realization of what is really important. Because we could wake up tomorrow and have NONE of it. It is hard to comprehend the emotions, the feelings, the heartache of the people affected by the tornados. We are praying for them so much.

For Memorial Day, we hung out with our friends the Bartletts and the Hansens for a grillout. Austin and Addelyn played together (kind of, not really...okay, they sat on the floor together) while Boaz took a nap. They never wanted to smile at the same time of course! :)

Addelyn has started sitting up on her own just in the last week or so. Every once in awhile, however; she has a major face plant so you have to really keep an eye on her.

This picture of the three babes was at the end of the night, right before we went home. Addelyn and Austin were getting crabby and tired and needing to go to bed. Boaz was just chilling. But we decided we needed a picture of the "Trifecta." For some reason we got Addelyn to smile but don't let it fool you, she was crabby too! :)

Another new thing about Addelyn...she has been grabbing at EVERYTHING she shouldn't. While Mark and I are eating, she tries to grab our spoons, cups, plates, food, etc. Tonight Mark's chocolate pie almost completely ended up in his lap and she also took my napkin and tried to eat it! She is very interested in everything. I took a sip out of my water bottle, a minute later- she was trying to suck out of it. So of course, when we feed her cereal, she wants to grab the spoon herself. Finally, the other night we let her. What a mess!

This weekend Addelyn tried carrots and green beans for the first time. She did great! This girl loves to eat. She didn't even really seem to notice that they were a different flavor. She gulped them down. What an eater!

After leaving Cherokee on Saturday, Mark and Addelyn made the trip to Perry to spend a little time with the family. Addelyn saw Great-Grandpa Quinlan and Mark said she was all smiles.

Addelyn also got to see the Great-Grandparents on the Hoskinson side. I guess she was quite the ham while they all hung out! Her personality is showing more each day.

We are having way too much fun!!!

the need to explain

We have quite the giggling girl these days. It is so much fun to hear her laugh. As you can see in the video, Grandma Hoskinson found a great way to get Addelyn to laugh.


After re-watching the video, I realized someone may be calling DHS on us when they see us hitting her with a fan to make her laugh.


So watch this with a disclaimer:


***The fan is made with a soft foam. It does not hurt her! :)


Also, the fan was a gift to Addelyn from Justin and Kristie- they are trying to get our little one addicted to a fan like her father is! I may have to put my foot down. If you don't know, Mark sleeps with a fan every night on high, with it blowing millimeters from his face. And this means that I sleep with the same fan, blowing on my face each night! It is a constant source of discussion for us. :) Gotta love it!

fun with friends

The last week or two has been full and fun. Our friends Josh and Bel got married on Saturday so we had a great time celebrating with friends. Mark was a best man in the wedding. Josh and Bel had quite the Hawkeye theme rehearsal dinner and wedding which was very fitting for them. They are HUGE fans and now even bigger ones since I'm sure they got tons of Hawk memorabilia to decorate their apartment. :) Grandpa and Grandma Hoskinson stayed and helped out with Addelyn during the busy weekend and had TONS of fun with her. So did our friends Kristie and Justin and Ryan. Like I said, it was a FUN and FULL weekend! On Sunday night, we all came home and crashed- Mark, Addelyn, and I!

Our friend's little girl, Mar'kia, had lots of fun holding Addelyn the other night. She was so excited to hold the baby!
The father-daughter Hawkeye fans

The groomsmen and their new Fukudome headbands (oh they were so proud)
Mark and Josh (the groom)