My favorite day of the year...

Our fam on Christmas Eve

(Addyson is wondering why the camera

is blinking 900 times)

Thank you self timer and our ottoman

for making this family picture possible.

SANTA CAME!!!

YAY FOR PRESENTS!

Reading one of her new books,

I think she got about 15,

which is a good thing, because she

doesn't mind reading the same ones

over, and over, and over (you get the point)

but I do!!!

Playing with a bow.

She is quite the fan of wrapping paper, but it turns out

the bows are even better than the paper!

In the wrapping paper pile.

getting the heck out of there

her shopping cart from Santa!!

It's hard work pushing that shopping cart from the

dining room into the living room (approx. 5 feet!)

Mommy and Ad, just happy it's Christmas!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas

The next holiday in the Radmall home

(we are going to skip

New Years, we go to bed by 10 anyway, so it's a holiday that pretty

much doesn't exist in our house!)

Somebody's first birthday!!!

I have quite the party to plan,

and only one month to do it in!

We are Ready

For Christmas!

The shopping is done,

the gifts are wrapped,

and we are so excited for A's first Christmas!

Here she is, wearing her Christmas dress,

sitting in her new rocking chair from Didi and Grandad

(which she went a few days not noticing was exactly

her size, but when she did realize it... she wanted it!)

note: This picture was taken after church,

hence no headband or baby legs.

The headband was the first to go, then

during RS she crawled out of her baby legs!

And this week she learned how to point.

She points at her books, her puppy, and the tree.

Here she is pointing at Daddy.

And here she is, being her typical naughty self!

If she is already ruining pictures at this age,

I am not looking forward to her teenage years!

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!

Warning: Viewer Discretion is Advised

The following images are not

suitable for children under the age of 3.

Please do not allow my naughty child

to influence your sweet innocent angels.

(note: the following images were

taken within 5 minutes of each other.)

Addyson Sage turned herself

in and was taken into custody

after being found guilty of breaking and entering

(the dishwasher and refrigerator)

She is now being held in the Under Highchair Prison.

Peek-a-boo Baby

Addyson has started playing peek-a-boo all by herself.

Check it out.

SO cute!

She also has been making LOTS of funny faces lately,

you will see a sneak preview of some of them here.

Tis the Season

To be FREEZING!!!

Remember when I mentioned that I hate snow...

well now I do even more.

This is our current view,

and it's supposed to snow more this weekend!

Anyway, just wanted to post some

of our family pictures.

With the help of SJ Peterson we

were actually able to get some pictures with

Miss A actually smiling!

And here is our Christmas Card

ps- taking a picture of a picture...

not such a great idea, but you get the idea.

My Christmas shopping is DONE!

And as for Brandon, he hasn't even started!

Now it's time to get started on the

holiday baking, let Brandon finish finals,

and then we get to enjoy our first Christmas

with Addyson!

i love christmas!

As I Promised

Pics with Didi and Grandad

Addyson loves her Didi.

She sends her books, toys, clothes, jammies, and

brings her presents when she comes and visits!

But I think Addyson loves her Grandad

just a little bit more.

(I think she just likes boys more in general,

which she gets from her mommy,

which we will have to deal with in years to come)

Grandad makes her smile and laugh!

Grandad lets her sit on his shoulders

(all weekend long!)

She just can't get enough of that Grandad!

We love you Didi and Grandad,

thanks for coming and visiting us!

*please note that in 4 out of the 5 pictures

Addyson's hands are being held in place,

she is a crazy child, and will NOT

sit still for pictures

**also note that the only picture where her hands

are not being held, she is pulling Grandad's hair

Fun-Filled Festivities

We have been busy here at the Radmall Home.

First up was a visit from Didi and Grandad.

We had SOOO much fun playing with them last weekend,

and were very sad when they left.

Pics with them to follow (when Grandad emails them our way)

Next up was a big birthday bash for my babe Brandon

(did you like that alliteration or what?)

He turned the big 2-7

and was spoiled with a new snowboard

We celebrated on Sunday with a yummy dinner and an

oreo shaped ice cream cake for dessert!

(oreos are his dessert of choice)

And on Monday, the real day of birth celebration,

Brandon and I got to go on a date, a real date,

no babies allowed (thanks mom and dad)

It was fun to get out and eat some yummy sushi.

But I swear everyone else in the restaurant had

little girls with them (tear)!

At the end of our busy week

our BFF's,the Peterson's, came from San Fran to visit.

Siera and I shopped ALL weekend (including our 4:30 am black friday trip!)

and the boys watched football ALL weekend.

We enjoyed our 2nd annual Thanksgiving dinner together.

With enough food for 8,

and enough pie for 12,

somehow we managed to take care of it all!

Our little fam

(my Christmas present scarf that Siera crocheted for me, she's amazing!)

Little A happy as can be eating her sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes!

And note: we have graduated from oversized floral headbands

to a single little-cindy-loo-hoo bow on top!

Yay for hair!!

Taking a break from football to go for a stroll.

It was cold, and yes that is some snow on the ground

(p.s. I HATE snow, and it makes me want to swear!)

And last but not least we watched our poor Utes get beat by

those nasty Cougars. It was an intense 4th quarter and

overtime, but sadly we have 365 days to redeem ourselves.

Until then we will be frequently harassed by the Thevenin side of the

family, but we don't mind, we enjoy the family rivalry!

In the Meantime

I've been trying to make a little video for our blog,

but unfortunately I haven't quite figured it out yet,

so in the meantime here are some pics of are cute, NAUGHTY baby

I just told her that Didi and Grandad are coming in 4 days,

she's very excited!

naughty baby!

trying out some spaghetti, and loving it!

what, mom?

isn't that bum just asking for a spanking?!

I think Brandon was in on this,

he's not a fan of the whole wheat pasta,

he must have bribed her to do this!

Look at poor Jadan,

guilty by association!

Addyson is currently banging a bag of Cheetos on the Xbox,

that's my cue to be done blogging.

Date Night

At the arcade!!

So Saturday night rolled around,

I was antsy and wanted to go out,

and Brandon wasn't so sure about it.

I finally convinced him to take us to the arcade

at one of the casino's down the road.

We had a BLAST!

Here is Miss A,

lots of lights= an overwhelmed 9 month old

We took a ride on the carousel!

Played lots of skee ball

FYI: I can't resist her in those cute jeans!

Addyson watching Mom

Addyson watching Dad

Yup, that's the evilness I was talking about!

We have evidence!

There, that's better!

So for 5 dollars we played lots of skee ball,

basketball and air hockey.

Rode the carousel, won Addyson a toy car,

and just had fun as a fam!

That's my kind of date night!

Looks Can Be Deceiving

Lately our sweet, precious, tiny little girl has become evil!

She is a hair pulling, hitting, bully!

Sure, call me a sissy, but she's strong!

And it hurts!

But don't worry, she is really good at hiding her evilness.

Example 1:

look at that pure cuteness!

This week the sliding doors to the backyard

became her favorite toy.

"hey, let me out of here!"

Example 2:

Posing for some 9 month pics,

sweet right?!

And then she brings out the stink eye!

I keep telling her her face is going to get stuck like that!

Example 3:

We brought her to the park and went swinging

for the first time.

For those of you who were wondering,

this is what pure joy looks like!

So you might not believe me,

but she's mean, very mean.

She's just very good at hiding it!

Happy Wednesday

Just in case you're having a lousy Wednesday,

this should cheer you up!

My crazy jumper!

Happy Halloween!

We had such a fun Halloween this year!

I bought Addyson a mouse costume last year on sale after Halloween.

I wasn't sure I wanted to use it or not,

but after trying it on her a month ago and almost

peeing my pants, Brandon and I decided we HAD to!

Here are my two favorite people at trunk or treat!

Look at that stink eye she is giving me!

Once again, another stink eye!

Reading her Halloween card from her Didi and Grandad!

Mouse photo session

she cracks me up!

Tche wasn't quite sure what the heck that thing was!

I think he looking for an afternoon snack.

On Halloween!

This was my genius idea to get her to pose with the pumpkin.

BAD IDEA.

Immediately after this picture was taken

she took a nose dive into the pumpkin and got

a stem in the face!

That made for a very sad mouse!

Mouse, Unicorn, and Tinkerbell, ready for some

Trick or Treating!

We had fun taking all of the kiddies around the neighborhood.

Thank you to Addyson for letting us use her to get candy.

Maybe next year we will let you eat a piece!