The Holidays

Our favorite gift for Christmas... watching Addie take her first steps on Christmas Day! We were both so excited and she was so funny! We were at my parents house where she has a new little dinosaur walking toy and I was sitting right behind her trying to get her to walk to me. She had one hand reaching for me and the other would slowly let go of the handle, and then quickly grab it again, then slowly let go, and quickly grab. Of course, the whole time she is grunting and wining as if to let us know that she is frustrated with the lack of help. Finally, with a big scream of frustration she let go! She stood there screaming for a second and then, realizing that she was still upright, made a mad dash for Mom! We all erupted with cheers and Addie was all smiles!!! Needless to say she been showing off her new skill every since. In fact, tonight she was walking across the living room and even stopping at some of the furniture along the way.
Along with all this walking Addie's been growing teeth like crazy. Her bottom two came in quite awhile ago then there was a few months with no new teeth. It was over Thanksgiving that the top two finally broke through and just before Christmas the next two on top started coming in. So we're up to six. I am really excited for her teeth because she seems like she's ready to chew on her food and she's getting a bit tired of baby food mush.
One of my favorite things Addie is starting to do is rub noses. Tyler's been teaching her and now she just love to do it. It's much better than her eye poking!

Okay, I know most of you just want to read about Addie's new tricks but here's a little bit about us. Tyler is half way through his 3rd year of Medical School and the U. He is working crazy hours at the hospitals as he move through each of his rotations. He is learning a lot and really like to get involved with the surgeries. Just this past week he was able to help with 4 C-sections. He is also working on some research projects under the tutelage of an Ortho Surgeon, and will be attending the ORS conference to present their findings.
I am still working at URS, however, I have cut my hours back to 32 so I could spend more time with Addie. I have just completed an intensive Project Management Certification program through my work, and can now take on more responsibility on the management side of the projects I am working on. Hopefully, more responsibility won't equate to more stress!
Neither Tyler or I have been able to keep up on our training, we get an occasional run in about every other month, so it doesn't look like we'll be signing up for any marathons this year. It will be nice once the snow melts and the sun is up a little longer and we can start taking Addie out in the Chariot for runs and bike rides. For now we'll keep working on our winter coats to keep us warm up here in PC.