Hello everyone!!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

It has been so exciting around here latley - and a little crazy too! With Addison's 1st Christmas now past and the New Year ahead I figured I better catch you all up on his growth and developement.

So, the easiest way to update you is to give you a list of all the things Addison has done and is doing since our last update after Thanksgiving:

• Crawling - the normal way as well as the army crawl
• Crawled outside of normal living room area into kitchen and hall
• Pulling himself up onto things
• 1st tooth (and looking like 3 more very soon)
• Lots of new foods - variety is the spice of life
• Holding his own bottle (learning to drink sitting up)
• Celebrated Christmas 6 times due to our large family
• Kissed cousin Allyson on the face (might have been really trying to put her face in his mouth)
• Putting everything and anything is his mouth
• Experienced the wonderful activity of the Jumperoo

Well,  I guess that covers it for now. I am so amazed at the rate of change that is happening with Addison. I won't be surprised if he isn't walking along the furniture shortly into the new year. Adam and I were both early walkers - I guess it's time to put the latches on the kitchen cabinets!

As for Adam and I - we too had a great Christmas. We are looking to the New Year with great anticipation and excitment in all of our new endeavors. The church plant in Monroe is doing great, we have a few months yet to prepare for Adam's next trip to Russia (March), I am starting an at home business called Lia Sophia (my sister Stacy is a manager so I will start under her) - if anyone is interested I am hosting my launch party on Jan. 17th and would love your support, I am also busy with the monroe momz blog. So much to do, God help us with our time!!