New Moon

I just realized i have yet to post about New Moon! We gathered together the most dedicated New Moon fans from "the Pond" went to new moon at 12:01 premiere. (where we met up with the biggest Twifans from the D1ward)
Lindsay Mills and I even made Team Volturi shirts! The hubbys watched the kids and off we went. I loved the movie, and i have decided to officially declare my allegiance to

Team Movie Jacob

I still love the Team Book Edward but how can anyone deny the love for Taylor Lautners Jacob over Rpatz as Edward. I am really excited for Eclipse, it was my favorite book hands down.

Potty train.....ed!

I have been nervous to say this out loud but i think i gave it enough time. Last time i said it things went downhill real fast. *fingers crossed*

Addie has been in undies for 2 weeks! I think i am declaring for real that she is pretty much POTTY TRAINED. On the real toilet and everything!

and as Addie says every time she uses the toilet, " I potty trained, Go Addie" and all it took was those pumpkins that come in the candy corn.

Addie's new tricks a post by Ryan

So here is an update of Addie's latest skills:

She knows her abc's and has started spelling every word she sees. She recognizes Addison, but that's about it so far. And she is learning the sounds the letters make and has most of the consonants down!

She counts everything that in sight that is not a letter.(up to 13 and sometimes we get a stray 16 or 17)

Loves to play pretend with her toys, which you can tell because she switches to her "pretend" voice. It is hilarious.

And the highlight of Ryan's week:

We were walking through the grocery store trying to keep Addie busy in the shopping cart, so we broke out a fresh can of play dough from her Halloween bag. She is playing with it and chattering away, then she yells "DAD! HELP! HELP!" So I ask what is wrong and she hands me the play dough which she had sculpted into what actually looked like a hippopotamus and says "Look, a Hippo!"

She's pretty much a genius.

The final Halloween 09 post

We Love Halloween

Halloween decorations from around our house. I love Halloween, its my all time favorite holiday. I carved the S pumpkin with a old school potato peeler and the white part shines in with the candle inside. I also cut out a small piece in the back of the pumpkin inside of cutting off the top. Plus some painted pumpkins that Addie did and the cute potions centerpiece i made (idearoom.blogspot.com)

We went to The Sea of learning here in Durham for their Halloween celebration and to decorate halloween buckets. And it happened to be the day the SWAT team was visiting at old navy (next door) with the K-9 unit and McGruff the crime fighting dog. So we got Addie's ID made. The SWAT team guys were really friendly but they were all monstrous. But Durham is a pretty rough place, so I am sure they see a lot of action and have to be super tough. (that is not sarcastic)

Next is Hailey, Addie's BFF and Addison at the Butterfly exhibit at the museum of life and science. The butterflys are my favortie part, its a humid room that has butterflies flying around and sometimes they land on you. Its pretty much the coolest thing ever.

another project update!

The dress I made for Addie.
























and a before and after pic. I bought this table (and 4 chairs) at the thrift store for $35. I recovered the chairs and stained it. The top was not actually wood so using a rag, i created a faux wood grain. It needs some touch-ups and looks better in person but I learned so much and are currently working on my parents old oak coffee table. I will post before and afters soon!

Going back to Cali . . .

So we've officially accepted an offer for a summer associate position in the Palo Alto office of Cooley Godward Kronish. We are so excited!