Halloween and such!

A few weeks ago Melody got to hang out with her Great Grandmothers.  She loved all the attention and even handed out some sweet smiles!

Hanging with my Nona

Hanging with my Granny

 Matt and I have always had the tradition of carving pumpkins every year BUT we weren't wanting to pull out the knives and have a carving party with the girls being so young.  SO, I decided to pull out the paints and let Addison GO TO TOWN!  AHHH!  She had a BLAST!  It was probably messier than carving would have been but it was totally worth it.  She started with the purple then the pink.  Then she had me open every single one and went on to mixing every single color.  Every time she went for a dip, she would shout out the color.  Fun and educational!  Win Win!  I also got some glitter paint- more for my enjoyment since I'm obsessed with glitter.  It turned out so pretty!

Being very specific

Do I have a Picasso on my hands?

 Addison was a ladybug for Halloween.  We geared her up for the occasion by trying on the costume throughout the week.  She would only wear it for 5 minutes at a time before taking it off.  When the big night arrived she was happy to put it on and pranced around the house for awhile.  She even tolerated the head piece.  That didn't last long before I had to replace it with a bow.  While preparing to go trick-or-treating she had a major meltdown.  I'm pretty sure she could tell something was going on cause we were trying to feed, change and dress everyone.  I fed Melody right before and then put her in the baby bjorn.  She loves that thing and slept the whole time. 

 Melody was a pumpkin- the very same outfit Addison wore 2 years ago.  Hopefully Melody won't mind wearing her sisters costumes every year.  We will continue to do this until she becomes opinionated about the whole thing! 

Precious Pumpkin!

Loving his girls

Is Addison THRILLED or what??

 Nona gave Melody her very own little pumpkin.  So cute!  She didn't want to leave her out:)

Ready to go Trick-or-Treating!

 Oh, this ghost has been constant entertainment for Addison over the past month.  It was propped in our neighbors yard and she would literally stare at it for hours and talk about it.  Then we would have to go outside and walk in their perfect yard and touch it.  This went on ALL month.  These poor people.  It got weird after awhile.  We will definitely have to get something for our yard during the holidays.  She became obsessed with ghosts!

Loves to touch the ghost

 She was not loving the whole Halloween thing.  I think it was a bit overwhelming for her.  Our neighborhood goes CRAZY during this time and it was unreal.  When we would walk up to a house Matt would hold her hand and then she would put on her brakes and pull him back as hard as she could.  He ended up carrying her to get the candy.  She did like that part after a few houses.  So, we fueled her up with some sugar and she became fixated on that. 

More ghosts!  Do you see Melody chillin'  in the carrier? 

 Oh the LOVE Addison has for Melody.  It just lights me up everyday to see her hug, kiss and talk about her.  She does this constantly!  She just adores her sister.  I just get sooo excited thinking about all the fun they are going to have growing up together.  She is already so protective and caring of her.  She would stay like this all day if we let her!  She loves to hug on her.

 Addison is starting to enjoy hanging out in our bed.  She has to be under the covers and have the pillow in the perfect spot.  She doesn't like too many pillows behind her- she will remove them one by one until she gets it just right. 

She always says "Cover Up, Cover Up"!

 Melody has been loving her tummy time lately.  She is smiling so much and has the sweetest coos!  She loves her black and white books.  Addison tries to take them away and look at them herself.  She will also lay next to Melody and try to read her one of her books.  It is so darn cute- hopefully I can catch it on camera next time it happens!  Addison is still calling Melody by her full name.  It sounds like "Medy Rooose."  So precious.  I'm not sure why she insists on using the whole name but she does.  It's one of my favorite things she says:)
Melody slept for 6 hours straight the other night!  So wonderful!  Addison slept through the night at 11 weeks and it looks like Melody is on the same path.  She has her 2 month appointment this week- this is going by so very fast.  So much faster than the first time around.  I have been trying to soak up every little detail because I realize by looking at Addison how fast time flies.  Where is my pause button?????