What I have been up to..

Ryan has been flying across country every weekend and for a while there he left me for two weeks (but all in the name of getting a job, GO RYAN!). And the tortured artist in me has come out and I have been all right brain lately and here are some of my creations.

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After:
The new entertainment center:
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after:

Addie update

Addie and Hailey after we went to Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. They look super awesome in their 3d shades! And we made it through the whole movie... Hooray!
Addie loves Mac n cheese!

She is the best shopping buddy ever!
At Falls Lake, Addie thought getting her feet buried in the sand was hilarious.

And last but not least, potty training is hard work. She decided she wanted to use the big potty and got her footstool and climbed on up, and well, ran into some trouble. She was screaming for me and was really upset that i ran to grab the camera instead!

now this I'm into...

simple..

Addie had a hard time going to bed tonight but every time she comes out of her room she just sits at the top of the stairs and waits for me to put her back in her room and doesn't even put up a fight.
But she really wanted me to lay next to her so she got me a pillow and covered me in a blanket. Every time i would start to get up she would push me back down and say "hold you". When i asked her if she wanted me to sing her a song, she decided she wanted to sing me a song, after a couple different renditions of ring around the roses she was ready to sleep.

she held my hands while she fell asleep and as she was falling asleep (like big heavy eyes and mumbling) she said i love you mommy and 2 seconds later she was out like a light.


it was one of the highlights of the last two years of my life

and even better, Addie is so close to being potty trained. This was a really good week and she seems to understand it all of a sudden... hallelujah

She's two!

Addie's second birthday!

Because Addie had her birthday while we were in Geneva, we threw her a little party. I can't believe what a beautiful little girl she is! She has grown up so much this year. I love that she can talk to me and loves to play the drums and any other other instrument she can get her hands on. She loves to be in the water and doing anything that requires being outside. One of my favorite things she has started doing is walking around the house with the drumsticks and raising them above her head and tapping them together while she says "1,2, 3". She is so obsessed with Yo Gabba gabba (yo gab). Although her favorite movies currently are Bolt, and Josie and the Pussycats.
She can count 1-10 and loves to sing her abc's (her own rendition that leaves out most of the middle), she knows all the letters in the alphabet and loves to point them out to me

wherever we go.
She is currently learning her colors and how to use a potty!

I love my big girl!

POO POO Success!

Addie has taken the next step and we are officially 1 and 2-ing on the potty! We bought her some underwear and are hoping for more success. I swore that the last box of diapers i bought at costco would be the LAST i bought for Addie, lets hope this really works...


On another note, we are so excited to see our friends and addie is dying to have people to play with. Taylors pond is up to like 10 LDS families....

"bye bye poo poo, see ya soon!" Addie age 2

Addie has finally started potty training and she really loves having her own special potty that she picked out.

She went on the potty twice this weekend, all by herself. Unfortunately, she also went in front of the potty, next to the potty and once on the step stool in the bathroom. The step stool really confused her, she was really upset that it snuck up on her like that.




"bye bye poo poo, see ya soon!" Addie, 2