Where does the time go?

It seems like just yesterday I was on here typing that I would update more often....and I haven't!! It seems like just yesterday that Addie was born....and now she is 19 months old!! Where does the time go? So far our 2011 has been crazy and very time consuming. I had a huge audit at work and Daniel just took the PE (Professional Engineer) Exam last Friday....and currently as I type I am sitting in Topeka, KS to assist on a team of auditors to audit the Topeka tire plant. This is my third trip away from Addie...and believe me it doesn't really get any easier!! She cried for me when they dropped me off at the airport...talk about make you feel good and bad in the same instance. So just to show a little bit of how much our baby girl has grown I am including a couple of pictures from the last couple months (January snow and Valentine's Day)!! Hopefully with a little more spare time to come after returning home, maybe, just maybe, I can do a better job of keeping this a little more up to date!!

Beach Bums!!

Our family beach trip was the first week in October and we had a blast!! It was Addie's second time to the beach, but the first was when she was 6 weeks old so she was too little to do anything!! This time she was all over the place!! She loved the sand and the ocean. I think she might just be a surfer when she gets older!! These are just a few pictures, but I will post more later.

Addie's first trip to the ER....and hopefully the LAST!!

3:00 pm on a Monday and Addie and I are taking a shower and she flips her bath seat and hits her head on a tile ledge in the shower. My initial reaction is she will be ok. When I flip her over and see all the blood, I go into panic Mom mode. I won't go into further details other than Huntersville Presbyterian was wonderful!! She had a fantastic doctor and nurse that took great care of her and Mom and Dad too!! It was as I am sure most people with kids would agree....more traumatic for the parents than for her!! The cut was to the bone so she ended up with six stitches. She was such a trooper, as you can see from the pic just after getting home. We are now working on the scar treatment, but I must say it looks fantastic compared to what I feared!! (I am only posting the PG pic)

Look how she's grown!!

Just doing a little reminiscing!! 1 day old versus 1 year old!! Look how much our little Addie has grown and changed in just one year!! You never know how fast time flies by until you have a child!! I guess time flies when you're having fun....and she is that!!

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Girl!!!

I know it's been a while, but hopefully I can catch up on some of the Flora happenings recently!!

Addie turned 1, and that same weekend she started walking!! She had a great birthday party with her friends at school and then another one on the River with family and friends. She loved her healthy fruit cake, and all the balloons!! It has been an amazing year watching her grow into her personality and watch her learn new things every day!! As parents, Daniel and I feel so blessed to have such a little angel in our sweet Addie!!

Mommy's Angel!!

Addie was just so adorable so we had to capture her sweetness with our roses. Not to mention I had to try out my new skills from photography class....blurring the background!!

Mommy Time!!

So just like everyone I'm sure I am horrible at finding hobbies and then not sticking with them....well guess what...I have a new one!! Photography!! Daniel and Addie gave me a Nikon D90 for Mother's Day, which was AWESOME, however I didn't know how to use it!! Daniel signed me up for a Photography class, and a Photographer in me was born!! I have since been taking more classes and just recently went on a Photography Expedition with some of my classmates. For any of you that know me, you know how much out of my element I truly was....because this was a hiking trip to some of the NC waterfalls!! It was tough but amazing...and totally worth some of the pictures I got!! I am having a blast learning all I can about Photography and how to make precious moments art. I think this hobby is going to stick!! These are some pictures that I snapped at Roaring Forks Falls and Crabtree Falls.