A post from Addie

Saturday Mom and Dad took me swimming in the the new fancy swim suit my great grandma sent to me. In all of the other pictures there is a smudge because i got a hold of my moms camera when she wasn't looking. I love my new bikini, thanks g/grandma Sonia! I will look super cute in Hawaii. I also made my mom play the baby Einstein CD you sent me ALL DAY long. I love it and i love to do my sweet dance moves while listening to it! p.s. I didn't get in trouble for smudging up the camera but i did get in trouble when i pulled all of the toilet paper off the roll, my mom says that's a "no,no".

the bike ride!

last weekend we went on a fun bike ride with Addie in the trailer. She loved it and we can't wait to do it again, maybe again this weekend! The trails here are incredible and we can't wait to do some serious hiking! We got some great pics and the one blurry one of me.

nc zoo

last weekend we went to the NC zoo. Addie loved it! She was so cute and wanted to climb on everything. here are some pics of our adventure.

pic spam

So I finally have some pictures! I also have some new pictures that i took with the fancy camera ryan got me for christmas. I thought several of them turned out awesome and i excited to learn more about my camera and hopefully in no time i will be a pro. And as soon as i get my desktop across the country with me i am going to take my cousin lindsay's idea and post my top ten favorite pictures.

What Law School Looks Like

For whatever reason, we had a photographer come to our class yesterday. So without further ado: me in law school! (can you find me? I sit on the front row)














We've talked a lot about Daniel, and he's blocked by Prof. Weistart, so here is another view of the class: (note, my hand is on the laptop in the bottom left corner)

Hawaiian birthday party!

Here are some fun pics from Ryan/Addie's birthday party. Since we would not be around for Addies birthday we decided to do a fun early double birthday for Addie on Ryans actual birthday. It was a lot of fun to see everyone and say goodbye. Addie looks like a total beach babe!

An Addie & Ryan Update

An Addie update:

Addie can stand up on her own now; till she realizes she is standing then she sits right back down. She has also said her first word this week and I waited to her if she would repeat it before I called it her official first word but not only does she say “hi" but she waves too. She also can tell you what a dinosaur says if you ask... RAAAR! And if you ask her what a kitty cat says she will also respond with a roar but it’s much softer. Ryan is working with her on her moo-ing. She acts more and more like a toddler every day. She can eat just about anything I give her and am a pro at talking small bites and chewing. She loves asparagus and graham crackers and zucchini (just like mom). She also crawls into the pantry and points at the food when she is hungry and can hold her juice box and drinks out of any cup with a straw. She has been really into going into the pool and doesn’t even think twice about putting her face in the water. She is constantly covered in bruises due to her overly adventurous nature.

The Ryan update:

Ryan is really loving school and more than that he loves being in a program that has plenty of money to spend on its students. He feels like the JD/LLM is a perfect fit. He is anxious to join the j Ruben Clark law society this coming fall. We are also anxious to meet all the other LDS law students when they get back from their internships. However we have made friends with Daniel (the other LDS law student) and his mom and enjoyed dinner over at his house on Friday night. We are continually impressed with what incredible people Daniel and his mom are. Addison had a blast climbing all over his wheel chair at dinner. he even moved his chair forward while she pretended to push him from behind, she just kept looking around at us like "why isn’t anyone getting mad at me for this" his mom was down on all fours crawling around with her too. We were talking and it turns out that he knows who president Rushton is. And cooler than all this he was telling us all about paraplegic rugby, yes you read that right... rugby! We are dying to go see him play, he said it gets really intense and sometimes people fall out of their wheel chairs.

The days are scolding hot and the nights are also miserably hot and I hate the humidity but it is beautiful and green (like the meadow in Forks, Washington!)

twidate

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1588451&vid=237323


have you seen the scene MTV released yesterday? I am so excited for the movie.

the first chapter of breaking dawn http://community.livejournal.com/lion_lamb/1057929.html


enjoy!

durham update #2

church was interesting. There are some really nice people, i think most everyone seems pretty friendly. They are doing a spotlight about us in the ward newsletter. haha I hope that makes people want to hang out with us and not vice versa.

It was humid today like painfully soaking wet humid. We are talking sweating in places i didn't even realized could sweat. We were going to BBQ today but by the time we got home from church it was pouring down rain. (it was 95 when we left for church! ) and it looks like a lightening storm is on its way!

Addie has been trying to stand on her own. She is also eating just about everything in sight. She has also gotten a lot better at drinking out of her juice box. She has totally mastered the straw thing and we are moving onto big kid cups, since she wont take a sippy.

i feel like i am finally a real true blue mother. this morning Ryan was playing with Addie in bed and then turned around to wake me up and she crawled up over me and just as she was bending down she puked all over my face. Lucky for me, i sleep with my mouth closed! It was gross but not as gross had it been someone other than my own flesh and blood. However i wanted to die and it was hard to get the juicy juice smelling throw up out of my hair.

Oh and we went to wal mart last night... downtown ogden wal mart doesnt have anything on durham wal mart! ha.