Adison One Week Old

Here she is at one week old with her little Doggy friend. I leave the naming of it up to Kevin, as he is the one who named Cole's small stuffed Elephant "elly". So for now it's just boring old doggy.

I am stealing an idea from another Blogging friend of mine (Brandy & Sarala!!) and decided it would be fun to chart a little of her growth against her doggy friend. Since she started her little life on the smaller side, it will be neat to see how quickly she catches up. So here she is against her friend and every week or so I'll post another picture of them and we'll watch Doggy begin to look smaller and smaller!

P.S. Thanks to Aunt Jenny for the super, super adorable knit outfit she is wearing. Adison will be wearing this until it absolutely will not fit anymore. It's our favorite!!

And Then there were FOUR!

We joyfully announce the arrival of Adison Margaret Marie Spillman on October 12, at 3:08pm in the afternoon. Our little girl weighed in at 4 pounds 12 ounces. She arrived early via C-section and spent a little time in the hospital after her arrival, but we are thankfully home now and getting settled in!

We are thrilled and Cole is already a huge helper and wonderful brother. He keeps saying, "he's a good baby!" (we're working on the he/she thing......) and "it's a tiny little baby!" :)

One of My Favorite Things

Yesterday for the first time since Cole started Preschool, I didn't have any appointments or errands to do. So I stopped and got myself a Mocha and a muffin at Starbuck's and came home to read my bible. 10:00 is one of my favorite times of the day, which may sound silly. But it's still got a lot of morning light and it's quiet and with no one in the house but me and two doggies, I was able to sit at the table and read with no schedule to keep.

It's Back!

Hockey Season officially started on Wednesday and Kevin and I went to opening night for the Hurricanes. It was an extra special game since they were raising the Stanley Cup Champions banner. The Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe, Prince of Wales and....I think the Selke trophy were also on dislplay in the arena. We lost the game 3-2 in a shoot-out against Buffalo (boo!), so that was the only downer of the night. Kevin and I aren't getting season tickets for the first time in quite awhile, just because with a new baby in the mix, we just wouldn't be going to as many games. We're still planning on going to one a month.

Just Chilling Out

Cole decided yesterday that he wanted to wear his sunglasses when we were getting dressed. It's funny because he hasn't worn them in a long time and they were stuffed in his closet so I'm not sure what made him decide he needed them. When I was getting ready and he sat down to watch his video, he refused to take them off. :)

C-O-L-E spells "Cole"

We captured a little something surprising on video this past weekend. Cole wrote out his name for the first time. Now Kevin is really the Teacher in the family, and has been spelling out important words like "Cole, Mama, Daddy, Irbe and Bou" for awhile now. Cole knew what they were purely by memorization. He learned how to do an "E" a few weeks ago. And the "L" came easily after that. Anyway, I'm blabbing on but to one day I hear him in his playroom at his table saying "spells Cole!" So I come in and look at his little paper, and call Kevin and tell him his son has just written his name, alone, without any prompting.

We captured a repeat on video and sometime soon I'll figure out how to do those video posts on blogger. But until now, here's a picture of him with his little masterpiece, and a close up.

We're trying not to put too much stock into it.....but that's pretty impressive for 2 1/2, right?