Surprise!

It's a little hard to see because these photos post so small but if you look closely you'll see a little white bump on Miss Addison's bottom gum line (left side). While on the runway in Burlington to leave for our first cross country trip I looked into her little mouth and suddenly knew exactly what her pediatrician meant when he said I would just 'know' when she had a tooth coming in. After months of chewing on virtually everything (and covering it all in a liberal dose of drool), the little nut decided to bust out her first real tooth on Friday, 4/3. Just in time for the big trip. Yeehaw!

And just to make sure that tooth was not outdone, her second tooth (bottom right side) started popping out about halfway through the trip.
I have to say though, she has been in generally good spirits through it all, especially if she gets a little hit of baby orajel. Mmmm.

PS - you should actually be able to click on the photos to make them bigger in case you really care enough to see her little stumps/teeth up close and personal.

Family

The Murray/Morley ClanOne of my favorite parts of our visit to Arizona has been getting all of the Murray boys and their families together under one roof for the weekend. Scott's brother Shawn and his wife Jennifer were kind enough to allow the whole crew to come and crash at their gorgeous house in Tucson. There was lots of laughter, love and smidge of chaos which is just how I like it.

Many thanks to Shawn, Jennifer, Trinity, Liam and Grant. You have a warm and welcoming house and you are expert hosts!

I Wanna Be Like The Big Kids

Addison just hated playing with her cousins in Tucson.....I mean really, who can stand such adoration for hours on end?
And who needs their own Dora chair and talking Elmo doll. Not Addison, no siree.

Spoiled little girl! She wishes she could play with Trinity, Liam and Grant every day.

Nana Love

Well, not surprisingly, it was love at first sight for these two. After a very early morning start (4am!), two long planes rides, a car trip and a partridge in a pear tree, Addison finally laid eyes on her Nana. She immediately broke out into a big smile and a look that said, 'Finally! I'm here!' and the love affair has been on ever since.

Over our first weekend here, we had the pleasure of heading to Tucson to stay with Scott's brother and his family. Here is Nana in all her glory with the whole crew of grandkids. Aren't they a bunch of cuties (Nana included)?

Up, Up And Away

Yippee! As most of you already know, we made it to Arizona safe and sound. Addison was on her (mostly) best behavior on our trip out and we had no major issues. She was even sweet enough to spend some chunks of time like this:

Awww.

Now let's hope the trip home goes as smoothly!

Chicken Dance

We are currently staying with my Aunt Sandy and Uncle Doug who have so kindly welcomed us into their home for the week between our condo closing and our move into temporary housing. It has been a wonderful time. Scott and I have been spoiled by delicious dinners, soft towels and on hand babysitters. Addison has been spoiled by receiving oodles of love, kisses and attention. I'd say we're all pretty happy!

My uncle loves to collect toys, especially if they are loud and can sing, dance, move and/or some combination of all of the above. Every holiday he has a collection of toys that he brings out in the hopes that one of the kids will be entertained by them. Unfortunately most of the kids are too old for that so imagine his delight when he encountered a captive audience in Addison.

I was upstairs getting dressed on Saturday and I could hear this loud pitched singing that sounded suspicioulsy like the Chicken Dance song playing over and over again. Hmmm. I came downstairs to this (sorry my pics are coming out small for some reason):

Uncle Doug making sure Addison gets the full effect.


I'm not really sure what this face means but I'd put money on something like 'what the....?'