I have to first announce that Addison is now a BIG cousin! Jonathan and Eliza had a baby girl Hannah Grace September 13th. Ella will now have a new name to learn. We just spent a week in Boston with them and I am sure they will be best buds someday :)
Best of buds!
Ignore the creepy troll baby that used to me mine that somehow got resurrected in the toy bin.
After we blessed little Addison we drove the rest of the way to Buffalo. We followed Dave's parents who drove the truck (thank you!) for the final 7 hours. We arrived at our new little home which I am falling in love with. It is a duplex and has lots and lots of space for all of our...STUFF. You never realize how much you have until you have to shove it all in a truck. Nothing broke and only a few baking pans have walked off :)
Dave's parents were here for a few days after we arrived. Dave got to celebrate his 27th birthday moving boxes and oh yea moving more boxes.Good thing we did a little celebration in Cincinnati before we left. It was a terrible maze for about two weeks. We all gave up on unpacking one day and went to Niagara Falls. It was Addison's first time out of the country! She has become quite the world traveler. We rode Maid of the Mist and got to see the falls up close. It was beautiful! The weather was way to hot that day and so it made for a long, but enjoyable day.
We are now officially New Yorkers. We surrendered our drivers license (so happy to get rid of mine with a horrible hair cut) and got New York plates. It cost us a ridiculous amount for both and wasted a lot of time, but at least it is over.
Dave had about 3 weeks before he started his program so we tried to squeeze in a lot. Most of it was so we could continue avoiding unpacking:) We went to the county fair. Ate our weight in fried food and saw some animals. Got into the Buffalo spirit and went to a Buffalo Bison baseball game(thanks Katie, Jonathan and Eliza)!Addison's room got painted! It is a pretty light/bright green. We went to the hydroplane races. It was too loud for Addison, but was a lot of fun to watch for a bit. We have toured around Buffalo and are feeling like we will enjoy living here for a while!
The final packing moments, we all got a little crazy!
Enjoying her first "Skyline" experience.
The birthday boy!
Homemade vanilla ice cream in a giant bowl. Doesn't get any better.
Happy 27th birthday Daddy Dave! We love you.
Addison got neglected a lot while we unpacked. She was not happy and would usually just give up and fall asleep.
Don't you just want to squeeze that!!
Hanging out in the "Mooternity Ward" at the Erie County Fair.
Finding shade in hot Canada.
Niagra Falls
Grandma Michael enjoying Addison.
Happy baby!!
We had a great summer. I still can't believe all that we have done and been through! We are loving the cooler weather and can't wait to actually get to see leaves change colors!
I am so glad you have been able to do so much together before Dave started school. It all sounds like so much fun. Your sweet little Addison is growing up way too fast. I just want to hold all her big rolls. Give her kisses from us.
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