Addison's 1st Haircut

I have been dreading taking Addison to the salon because I was not sure how she would act and also I did not want to get rid of her curls. But when it started to be unmanageable I knew it was time. I had nothing to fear though....she was an angel. And Ceelie, my hairdresser, did not cut off all her curls...in fact, now her hair curls better. After she was done Addison wanted braids, she LOVED them!! Doesn't she look so cute!!



Here is a picture of how her hair curls now....love it!!!

9 weeks to go

I had an ultrasound this last week. Baby is doing great. We got some great 4-d ultrasound photos....Addison loved looking at these, she can actually see a baby. She keeps asking me when we get the baby. Random things keep being delivered and so that is not helping. Just this week we got the car seat and the stroller. She was super excited and wanted to open them immediately. I just got around to it today. She loved that her and the baby could both sit in the double stroller. She also LOVES putting her baby in the car seat. She also keeps seeing clothes and wants to put them on the baby. I just keep telling her that soon enough we will have the baby. I still cannot believe that the baby will be here so soon. I keep thinking that is could be sooner than that. I had both the kids 10 days early and so it could be as early as 7 weeks....scary. And I am looking VERY pregnant. And dad....we still don't know if it is a boy or a girl. Don't worry when we know you will for sure find out. You tell me...does it look like a boy or a girl? I am going towards the boy, that is what I feel it is. But I would LOVE a girl!

Snow Day 2011

Just like the rest of the United States we got hit hard with REALLY cold temps. Seriously.....when it is in the negatives, that is WAY too cold. I felt like I was back home during the dead of winter. Then the electric company started doing rolling black outs and then it got really cold. We did get some snow though and it stuck around for a couple of days. The kids were loving it. I am glad that we had some kind of snow gear. You just don't invest in that kind of stuff unless you know you are going to use it. And here...you never know. I think the kids were going crazy though with the negative numbers because I would not let them go outside and they hated it. Eventually it warmed up to the teens and I let them out, but not for very long. I think what Parker loved most about having snow was that he only had school one day last week. Jeff and I were going crazy. Jeff was home all week too. His time off can be explained by a LONG story, but I think he is enjoying his time off. It has been great for me, he helps out a TON with the kids and gets them breakfast almost every morning and lets me sleep in. Anyway onto the pics because I know that is all most of you want to see anyway.









I think their favorite part of the whole thing was the hot chocolate. I also had warm soup to try and get them warm. Addison had never had her own hot chocolate before and loved it. I usually just give her a few sips of mine and she is content. She couldn't finish it (which I anticipated) and she wanted me to put it in the fridge. I don't think she understood that it was HOT chocolate. It was cute.





Today it finally warmed up and we all spent the afternoon outside. Jeff planted some new trees...woo hoo, hope they turn out good. They are dormant right now and so the weather was perfect for them. The kids enjoyed their bikes and LOVED not being cooped up in the house. Bring on SPRING!!!

Proud Owner

Parker has been saving his money for over two months now and has officially spent it all. On what you may ask?? An air soft gun. I was a little hesitant, but Jeff wants him to know the safety involved in guns and how to use one and so this was perfect. He LOVES it!! It is all he can talk about. He made himself a little target and if he makes it they go right into the bucket. He actually has pretty good aim. Bonus for him, then he won't have to buy more ammo. I am sure the day will come that he is begging for more.

"Pink, Pink!!!"

Addison has turned into such a little girl recently. Everything has to be pink. Every bow that goes in her hair, every time she picks her snack bowl, her clothes and pretty much everything else she chooses. It is quite funny and annoying at the same time. One thing that is so cute is that she got an apron from my mom for Christmas. My mom must have been inspired because it is pink. Every time we ask her if she wants to help cook she runs into the kitchen and starts yelling, "Pink, Pink" She is talking about the apron. Here is a cute picture I took of her wearing it the other day.


Also the other day we went to get the kids new shoes....this was the first one she chose. They are quite cute, but so girly. They were the first ones she picked out. We tried them on her and she was ready to walk out the door. She didn't care that the security tag was still on. Who cares that I am making that loud noise mom, I have cute shoes on. And they light up when I walk.


Also now whenever we talk about the baby she tells me how it needs to wear pink. She is so funny. Our little girl is growing up!!

Christmas Day

We had a great Christmas. The kids slpet in (they don't do that often) and there was not much whining all day (always a plus) and we sat around and enjoyed the day. We talked with family on the phone and skype and I even got in a nap. And the make the nap even better, the kids did not even try to wake me up. I have already scrapped the day and so it will make it much easier if I just post that. Enjoy!!! If you want to read the journaling you can click on the image to make it larger.)

Cookies for Santa

Parker was a little skeptic at making these cookies, but in the end he LOVED it. He said that he wanted to make these kind all the time.


The next morning he was banned from the sprinkles though. He got up early and frosted some more cookies. He used half of my sprinkles. And I had 8 different kinds. And he did that on only 4 cookies.....yep 4. I wish I would have taken a picture of that. He told me that Santa would love them (You should have seen Jeff's face)....anyone want to ask "Santa" how he liked them??