Before we left for Georgia

Here are a few pictures...

From the beginning we told Maya she had to hold Addison's
head up. This is how she usually does it. Addison loves it.

Kavi's basketball game.

She's in purple/ Her ward told the girls to wear their
girls' camp shirts. She was a YCL so her's was different!

My little Irish bug



I find this picture hilarious...
October 23, 2011




Too bad my dad's camera wasn't on "blur reduction."
These are a couple of the first pics we took of all 7 of us.
I think maybe we should try again...
And maybe not do it with finished dinner in front of us



4 Great Grandkids

My cousin, Courtney, and her kids usually try to come down to visit when Maya and I are at my parents' house. Now we have Addison to bring, too! Here are the few pictures we got of all four of the Gardner great grandchildren on my parents' front porch.

They turned out great, huh? HA! My poor baby...

Here's Caroline, Jackson, and Maya April 2009-
their first time all together! Addison is wearing
Maya's dress in the pictures above

With their great grandparents in July 2009

 

3 little rugrats March 2010



April 17, 2011



October 30, 2011

Oh, how they grow!

An Addison comparison

my hospital picture- total square head!

obviously one of my brother's outfits... this is the first pic that screamed "addison" to me!

me at 3.5 mos

me at 5.5 mos

My new kitchen floor!

 While my dad was in town, he and Jared redid the kitchen floor! Yea for pretty floor! The hardest part was tearing out several layers of old flooring first- that took probably twice as long as actually laying the new laminate stuff!

The lovely spot where my stove and some countertop/cupboards was

When they moved the stove Maya was all distressed- "Mommy can't cook!"

AWESOME retro linoleum underneath!

Maya was sitting here banging with a hammer "working"

Everyone should keep their refridgerator in the hall

They reached the bottom!

Padding down, flooring begun!

Da done!

Addison's Blessing

 My dad ("Papa") was finally able to come into town to meet his newest granddaughter and be there for her blessing on October 23rd!

 Here she is hanging out before her big moment. :) My sister, Maya, and I were all blessed in this dress!

All smiles after mommy feeding her!

I just love the little stick out feet!

trying to eat her dress!

couldn't get her happy for a picture!

a pic from my dad's phone so you get a good view of how cute the bonnet is!