It’s been a week and a half since I’ve seen my girls. They’ve been up north visiting all of the grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s been really lonely here despite Ben and Rogan’s best attempts to cheer me up with their incessant begging for walks and playing fetch and forceful leaning. Fortunately, I head to the airport in seven short hours to pick them up. I’m hoping Addie will be up and at ’em when she lands. Here’s a few photos sent from up north that have helped me get through the past week:

Addie is settling in to her new rocking chair that her grandpa brought down last week. The chair was given to her dad by his grandparents for his first Christmas. That happened to be right around when he was 11 months old too!

We took the chair to a local park for her 11 month photo shoot. Addie was pretty into it until she face planted into the ground while studying something below her. No major harm besides a tuckered out little girl who slept most of the way home.

Now that school is out in the northeast, Addie had her Aunt Beth come visit for a week. She got to play lots of fun games with her, go swimming, have dinner at restaurants (a special treat) and a bunch of other things that spoiled her. Addie’s Grandpa Connor showed up with a car full of fun new toys like a wagon and a rocking chair. Some are for Addie’s birthday though, so she’ll have to wait to see what else might be new to play with. Everyone enjoyed some BBQ, a trip to Cabela’s and more time at the pool.

Addie perfected her “so big” pose (hands up in the air; check the photos below). She also learned a new skill from her Grandpa — opening her mouth to show she finished her food and is ready for more. We’ll need to get a video of that… Here’s a few photos of the visit.