Lots of Catching up to do!

When I logged on I realized it's been way too long since my last blog.  I mean, I knew it had been a while, but Hunter was 3 weeks old last time I posted pictures.  He just turned 9 weeks old this week.  In my defense, things here have been rather crazy, but at any rate, I'll try to make this the condensed version of what's been happening since our last post.

First, I will warn you ... I can't post 6 weeks worth of pictures and keep my sanity, so as I downloaded the last 6 weeks of pictures and laughed and cried as I went through them, I picked a few of my favorites.

Let's get started...

So Halloween came and went and we received word that the loan we applied for regarding the new house fell through.  After scrambling to find a new lender who worked nothing short of a miracle to close our loan in under 30 days, we finally closed on our new house the day before Thanksgiving.  God Bless my family for helping us move over Thanksgiving so we could be out of the old house in time for the buyers to take pre-possession on December 1st.  A great big Thank You too to all of our friends who helped us move and organize and unpack!!

In the midst of all this craziness, we had to put our beloved Mocha dog to sleep.  She had a lot happen in a short amount of time and it turned out that she had lymphoma - a very agressive form - and the vet gave her only a few weeks at best.  Such a hard decision and we miss her terribly, but it was the best thing for everyone.  When we informed the breeder we purchased her from about the cancer, she offered us a replacement, as Mocha was only 3 years old.  While no doggie can replace her, we may take her up on her offer in a few years when the kids are bigger. 

Then came Christmas ... a week early ... since Eric had to work Christmas day.  We took Abby and Suzie to the boarding place around the corner and they had a blast on their vacation playing with all the other doggies in the snow while we traveled to Crown Point to spend some time with our families. 

Addisyn and Hunter had tons of fun playing with their cousins.  Aunt Julie and cousin Charles were at the Gettler's and we even got to play with cousin Ella at the Gettler Family Christmas Party.  Then they got to meet their new cousin Braden and had some fun playing with Spencer and Danielle at the Dixon house.  Our trip to Crown Point came and went way too fast and we were back home before we knew it!

This past week, we've spent unpacking and finding spots for all of our stuff in our new home.  This is quite the challenge as Addisyn likes to help mommy and it seems like every time mommy gets one thing put away, she has to go back and pick up 4 more things that baby drags out.  I wouldn't trade it for the world though!! 

Hopefully with a little luck, Addisyn's teeth will finally all pop through and Hunter's head cold will go away and we'll have a happy household again!

Okay, enough rambling on and on.  Here are a few of my favorites from the past month...

"Do" ... this is what Addisyn says when she wants to "do" something ... typically accompanied by a shake of the head and a point with the index finger!  :)

I forgot I took these back in November when it was still warm outside at the old house.  I love this closeup of Addisyn playing in the leaves in the front yard.

Hunter and cousin Spencer.  This picture totally captures the fun loving spirit of our little boy.  Hunter is so sweet and his smile just melts my heart!!

Sitting for a picture with our Dixon cousins ... Danielle, Spencer, Braden, Addisyn and Hunter

So sweet!  This little guy is going to grow up with quite the hairdo!

Addisyn's first snowfall.  Daddy was teaching her how to eat the snow! LOL!

My Babies after opening Christmas presents.  Santa brought us books and a puzzle and a snow sled!

Sitting for a picture with cousin Charles!

Okay folks, I think I'm pushing my luck...Addisyn is asleep but I hear Hunter stirring ... I'm gonna post this and go get him up before he wakes up the whole household.  Everyone have a safe and Happy New Year!

Busy Busy Busy!!

My how time flies!!  I can't belive Hunter is 3 weeks old already!!  We've been keeping busy chasing after Addisyn and taking care of the little guy.  Addisyn is quite the big helper (when she's not going through a jealous stage).  Poor girl is also cutting 4 molars at once, so it's been quite the challenge to be patient with her lately!!  Hunter is doing well ... eating and sleeping.  He's started smiling and making cooing noises now too ... so sweet!!  We're up to about 3-4 hour stretches of sleep at night, so mommy is starting to feel human again!  Here are some pictures from the last few weeks ... enjoy!!

Daddy and Hunter napping

Watching Baby Einstein Videos with Daddy

Carving pumpkins with mommy!  Pumpkin guts are fun!!

Playing with the pumpkin guts!

Here's our pumpkin!  Too cute!!

Taking a nap with daddy

Grandma giving Hunter his first bath in the baby tub!!

Addisyn was trying to put the blanket on Hunter so he didn't get cold!!  She's so sweet!!

YUM!!

Hunter's new play mat.  He was having a blast bopping all the rattles!

A little piggy!! Ha ha!!

Kisses for baby brother.  :)

That's all for now.... or all that I can find at the moment.  I need to download the pictures from our cell phones and put them on here soon too!  :)

13 Months Old ... and A BIG Sister!!

So sorry it's been a while since our last update, but we've been pretty busy lately! 

Allow us to introduce the newest addition to the McNeely family...

Hunter Edward McNeely was born on October 18, 2010 at 9:18 am and weighed in at 9 lbs 0.9 oz and was 21.5 inches long.

Our Happy Family!

Kisses for Baby Brother!  So Sweet!! 



I LOVE the look on her face ... such amazement!!
(either that or she's already plotting her sneak attacks)

Proud G'pa!!

Konked out!



My Sweet Babies!




Bumping heads with G'pa



Blowing Kisses to Nana

Time to go home!

G'pa's big helper!!



Look Mom, I still fit!!



Welcome Home!!

Balloons on the mailbox ... had to compete with the neighbors... if you look really closely, you can see the banner on their house - and they had balloons too! :)

Sitting in my big girl chair, watching Baby Einstein Videos!

Aunt Lizzy came for a visit!!  :)

These overalls are just so stinkin' cute!!

Look what Uncle Joey brought us back from Disney - a Tigger for Addisyn and a Goofy for baby Hunter!!

Chilling with Uncle Joey!

This was the first time he was awake for more than just a few minutes during the day!!  We're making progress!



Lots of Fun!!



Watch out ... coming through!!




Sitting like a big girl in my very own chair!!



Hey Grandpa, what'cha doing up there on the couch??

Baby girl learned how to get around the gate!  When she does, she goes straight to the doors to look for her doggies!!

I love this one...sitting in her chair with her baby doll.  So sweet!!

Playing with the talking doggy.  He moves his ears.  Addisyn loved making him talk. :)

Big Girl!  Look at me - I'm walking all by myself!!

Just chilling with her bottle!  She looks so comfy!!

Kaila finished editing the photos from Addisyn's first birthday party. 

Check out Addisyn's gallery at:  myproofs.cornercafeproofs.com

Password = Birthday

A great big Thank You again to Kaila for sharing Addisyn's big day with us!!

1 Year Old!!

Our precious little angel turned 1 year old yesterday, September, 11th!!  I can't believe how fast this past year has flown by and how big Addisyn has gotten these last few weeks!  She seems to have sprouted up overnight and is getting quite tall.  She took her first solo steps last weekend when mommy was home - such a big girl now!  She'll be running before we know it!!

We had an awesome day yesterday with family and friends!!  I think Addisyn's favorite part of the day was carrying around the balloons that we got for her party!  She loved them and wouldn't let them go!  At one point, she had 4 helium balloons and strings everywhere. LOL!!  Even though it rained in the morning, we managed to squeeze in her 1 year photo session.  Kaila was gracious enough to stay and take photos of the party too since mommy was busy with entertaining and all, so we'll have to wait a couple weeks till she gets our photos all put together.  Here are some that we managed to snag throughout the day though.  Enjoy!!

Okay, this one was from last week.  Addisyn was starting to walk by herself and I was trying to juggle the camera and her at the same time.  She was too fast, so all I got was a close up!

Birthday morning after mommy got the balloons.  Addisyn kept pointing and saying "oooooooohhhh".  She loved her balloons!!

Grandma and Grandpa arrived just in time to help Addisyn carry all of her balloons all around the house!!

Addisyn's First Birthday Cake!! 

The Birthday Girl's Chair!

One side of our Princess balloon!!

The other side of our Princess balloon!

1st Birthday Princess!  Absolutely Adorable!!

More decorations for the table!!

In case anyone couldn't tell...the party was here!!

Addisyn's Birthday Sign (thanks to Renata for letting us borrow it)!!

Sunday morning, Addisyn got up and was right back to playing with the balloons!!  Notice her belly sticking out ... so sweet!! :)

We had to charge the 4-wheeler overnight, but Addisyn was having a blast trying to hold the button and make it move by herself!!  She would push the button and let go really quick and it would jump forward .  She laughed and laughed!!  Thank you Ty and Carm and Ariel and Zane!! 

Excuse me Daddy!  I'm trying to get over here! 

Playing with one of her new activity center toys.  She was trying to put the key in the lock to open the box!!  Such a smart little girl!!











That's all we have for now.  Mommy forgot her camera when we took Addisyn for a wagon ride. She LOVES her Radio Flyer wagon from Uncle Joey!  We'll get more pics this week.  And I promise to post the link when Kaila has more pictures ready for us!!

Love you all!