Four Months of Addison

My precious, giggly, smiley, wonderful girl. Oh, how much we love you! You absolutely melt hearts wherever you go. Your smile is contagious and at four months, you are so strong! You've been able to bear weight on your legs since you were a month old and now that you're four months old, you seem like you want to take off running. You love to play with your toes and Sophie the Giraffe. Your best friend is your sister (and your Mama ;)). You belly laugh whenever someone bounces you. You are an absolute joy. We love you, sweet pookie!

Four month stats:
Length: 25.5 inches- 91% (23 inches at 2 months)
Weight: 13.14 pounds- 55% (11.3 pounds at 2 months)
Head Circumference: 41.5 centimeters- 70% (39.5 centimeters at 2 months)

It's okay.

I had plans. I always have plans. I still haven't uploaded those pictures. I haven't blogged in forever. I feel like I'm letting all these memories just slip away. And yet, I seem to neglect the ones that are happening right in front of me. But sometimes, I admit... it's so hard. Sometimes I just want one minute to myself. Sometimes I just want someone else to feed her. Sometimes I just want to get caught up.

Then I look at her. I look into her eyes as I feed her. I drink in her sweet smile. I don't want this to go by so fast. I long to grasp each little moment in my hand and keep it there forever. I fear that I'm wishing away the best parts of my life.

But then, I think I don't have to choose. I can want those moments of reflection and peace and still believe that this is what I was made to do. I can still be jealous that my husband is napping peacefully with Lily while I've changed a diaper, cleaned up spit up and breastfed all while trying to type this sentence. I can know that this is the best part of me while being a little selfish, too. I can know that it doesn't make me selfish, it makes me human. And that's okay.

Most importantly, it's okay for my girls to know it. It's okay for my girls to know that raising them was the best part of my life, but also the hardest. It's okay for them to know that there were days where I didn't remember what it felt like to shower by myself and how badly I wanted to. Because someday, they'll feel this way with their kids. And they'll know that it's okay.

The Smiley-est Baby on the Block

We're supposed to be napping. Lily is napping. Daddy is napping. It is crucial to a good photoshoot tonite. But instead? We're laughing. All out gut splitting belly laughing. Blowing bubbles. Arm waving. Toes kicking. Smiles. The whole package. It's just about all Addison Rose does and it is fabulous. Everything I do is funny to my baby girl. Bouncing? Funny! Arm shaking? Hilarious! Luckiest Mommy on the block? For sure! We'll sleep someday, but today we're laughing...

One of those days

Today was one of those days... One of those fabulous days. The kind that you know you'll remember forever and whose pictures will put a smile on your face. The kind that even strangers recognize as special.

We're at the beach. And we're all together. We swam with Dora in our new swimmies and even secured some swimmies on Dora (if only in our minds). We ate cheeseburgers and fries where once upon a time Daddy asked Mommy to marry him. And where Daddy told Mommy when she was pregnant... And it was hard... That we'd sit with our beautiful girls someday. And we did it. We walked around the island, looked for turtles and smiled at one another. We danced in fountains in downtown Charleston. We listened as people told us to treasure these little people while they were little, because we do so so much. We went swinging on swings and eating ice cream and painted little nails purple. We were a family and it was perfect.

Location:Isle of Palms, SC

Our Summer's Been a Blast!

Pure Awesomeness

Today was totally bound to be a bad day. We had to say goodbye to some of our best friends after a 3 night stay and I was dreading waking up and dealing with the "Mommy, I don't want to say goodbye... I don't want them to go!" (Yes, she said it and yes it broke my heart.) But... God threw me a bone and turned my day into pure awesomeness... rainy day style. No playing outside. No crazy messes to clean up. Just 2 little girls that were cool with snuggling and embraced laying in bed for half the day listening to the rain. Serious perfection. Extra bonus? They still took naps (!!!) allowing me to finally get my act together and start blogging again.

Lily's Mom


After a few months apart, my best friend from college, Amy, and her two girls Quinn and Claire got to come up for a visit. Amy hadn't gotten to meet Addison yet, so the visit was magical to me. As always, Amy loved my girl up in a way that few people can. It was just that instant love you feel for your good friend's kids. I could tell they bonded from the second that they met. (And no, I don't have pictures of the meeting... I hate that!) The visit was also a great reunion for Quinn and Lily. Quinn is 4 and Lily is 2 (1/2) now and each time they see each other, the age gap seems to close and they get to be better friends. They had a blast and during this visit in particular, I changed from "Erin" into "Lily's Mom." A title I'm pretty sure has officially changed for eternity.

Growing Up Girl

July 11th, Addison turned 2 months old. Time is flying by and she is absolutely amazing. She has been holding her head up and bearing weight on her legs since she was only a week old and now she can even sit in the bumbo seat. She's very smiley. Especially in the morning and around bedtime. She's even learned to nap in the swing (a big relief for Mommy whose arms were breaking from all the "I'll only sleep in your arms" napping). We also think she's going to be tall like her Mimi. At her 2 month appointment, she was 23 inches long (in the 70th percentile- meaning taller than 70% of babies her age) and 11 lbs., 4 ounces (in the 60th percentile). She still won't take a bottle other than from Grandma, but Mommy's enjoying all the snuggling time that I'm sure will quickly pass.

(Addison sitting in a bumbo seat)

Celebrating the 4th

Now that we're moving (in 2 weeks!!) to Huntington Woods, we got to enjoy our first Huntington Woods 4th of July and we loved every second of it! The day started with a city parade with lots of local friends. I am so excited for my girls to grow up here. Lily loved every part of the parade except for being pelted with candy. Apparently, candy throwing isn't quite her thing yet.

After the parade, we went back to Mimi's for lunch and then headed to the Huntington Woods pool to take in some (100 degree!!) sun, concert fun, and a surprise visit with friends to get out of the rain. Of course, all of this partying had to be followed up with a nap.

Once we were rejuvenated, though, we headed over to our new neighbor's house, the Sermo's, for a BBQ and got to see the most exciting part of the day, the fireworks. Lily's still asking when we can see more. :)

More 4th of July Fun... Our Annual Cat Lake Trip


As if our lives weren't fun enough, every year, we're invited to the Maurer's house right on Cat Lake for a Berkley High School reunion of sorts (and some very fabulous additions, if I do say so myself.) More fun was had here as Lily got to drive a jet ski, go on a boat, swim in the lake, and most importantly, play with the "big girls", her friends, Taylor, Maya and Brooke. Lily loves this trip as she is positive that it is her girl's get-a-way. We hardly saw her the whole weekend (except for when she was near water, Mimi... no worries!). Addison loved it, too, as she was passed around from person to person and lulled to sleep on the pontoon.

That's a Wrap


That's all for today as I'm done writing and I'm sure you're done reading. I'll try to update more frequently from now on. If you're on instagram, I am burdziem. Be sure to follow me. I post pictures of the girls daily on there. (I just can't help myself!) Have a great rest of your week!

When you're 80, please remember...

...how precious you are to me.

Great things are happening!

After almost 2 years of looking, 7 offers made and 4 inspections, we finally bought our first house together! Welcome to the Onesko Family home...



We're so excited to be living in beautiful Huntington Woods and getting to enjoy all it has to offer. Today, we got to spend the day at the Huntington Woods pool and Lily loved it!



Stay tuned for more pictures as we explore all the fun our new city has to offer!