April 2010

New years resolution to keep Blog up to date…broken.

Well here we are in April, Addy had a huge week with Easter and her Birthday. Addy loved Easter, loved wearing her fancy dress and loved searching for Easter Eggs. I think she also loved the fact that she got to eat mostly candy all day long .

Addy had her 2 year birthday on the 6th. She was super excited about her cake and the attention at daycare. When we ask her how old she is she will hold up one finger on each hand and whisper “Two.” It is just so freaking adorable.

Here I am 6 more weeks to go before the estimated arrival of our newest family member. I can say that I have been doing well. I have not blogged much about this pregnancy, but there is not much to say. It has been going rather smoothly. Other than a few cankle moments from being on my feet too much and some bouts with sever back pain. I can say it has been good. I am just ready for this to all be over. I want my body back to myself.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Christmas morning brought lots and lots of snow! Justin had the wonderful task of clearing out the driveway for Grandpa Gary. Addy watched from inside wondering what exactly her dad was doing.

We had the ham in the oven and started opening all of our wonderful gifts. Addy was all dressed up with her special Christmas Dress from Grandma Ruth.

The day after Christmas we went to the water park by our house. Addy went down a few slides but had more fun sitting in the water and splashing around. I have no pictures because I was in the water with her. Here Addy is in her swimsuit.

After a lot of splashing we headed home for the night. Sean was able to stay at the park and have lots of fun swimming, sliding and playing in the arcade. We had tons of fun!

Here is Addy being cute trying to convince us that she is not ready for bed yet.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a wonderful new year.

Train Ride Downtown

This weekend Grandma came for a visit. We decided to make a fun day out of Saturday and test out the new Northstar train.

We hopped on at 12:44, 30 min later we were at the new target field and made our way through the sky ways into Macy's.

We got to see thier Christmas display "A Day In the Life of an Elf" It was super cute! We had a great time and the lines were not that long.

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After seeing all there was to see, we headed up to the 12th floor for a wonderful lunch. After we were done we headed back to the train and had a relaxing ride home

October Update

Okay, I am making a resolution to try to make sure I update this more often.

Halloween has come and gone. Addy was a Lion! she was so cute with her friend Steven. It was a zoo at our house. Addy was not too happy with us putting her in the costume.

After a fun night of trick or treating we were able to get most of the leaves out of the yard. Addy and Sean had a lot of fun playing in the pile of leaves

Soon after all of this fun, Addy and I headed to the bright lights of Las Vegas. We visited Addy's, Grandma Ruth and Great Grandma Edith. We hit the strip and had tons of fun.

We got to see some shows on the Strip. We also went to Fremont Street to catch the "Born To be Wild" show. It was super fun and Addy got a kick of it.

Addy Holding Great Grandmas hand.

Born to be wild Show Addy enjoying Ice Cream

Where does the time go?

Addy is a lot more mobile and has a much bigger personality now. As soon as we find our video camera we will post a video of her.

So much has gone on I don't know where to start...

First things first. Does everyone remember when it was still warm out? Well Justin and I went out on our boat and I caught a great BIG fish. Here I am with our neighbor Peter, the fish is as big as Addy!

That made for a great dinner!

Here is a slide show of some pictures of the past few months

I also turned 30...yes, it took almost an entire month before I can openly admit that I am no longer in my Twenties. The day after my birthday we found out that our family will be growing again! Addy and Sean will become a big sister and big brother! We can expect our bundle the beginning of June 2010.

Aug. update

Holy cow...where did the time go!

Well...Addy and I went for a hearing test...again. She finally passed "her good ear" the ear nose and throat Dr. said she did have hearing loss from the fluid in her ears. I decided that if he was willing to offer tubes it was the way to go.

Addy and I prepared for the big day...Aug 24 2009 she was going to get tubes at 1pm. I called in back up (my mom) to support me as I support my daughter.

To make a long story short:

Addy now hates the "scrubs" color blue and does not trust anyone who has a stethoscope.

Mommy is glad Addy kept her eyes closed as she was gassed.

Everything went well.

Addy did well, she was herself come Monday Night and was back to her normal routine on Thursday.

She is talking more, walking without falling more, talking with her vowels more and just enjoying life. For mom...well...she needs less attention. That is great! One more step to mom's independence.

My Mom did come to visit, poor woman. I dragged her up North, she now knows what "Up North" means. We had great food and a relaxing time. We also saw the underwater adventures in the Mall of America. Coolest aquarium EVER! we really enjoyed that.

Addy loved her time with Grandma Ruth and wants to see her again!

Addy is great and is doing just fine! I appreciate every one's prayers in this trying time. Thank you and we love you!

happy 4th!!!