Pitiful

Is this not the most pitiful, hived up face you have ever seen???

Returning from hiatus...

I know, I know...I am a horrible blogger. A lot has happened in the last two months to occupy more of my time. A few of you know that my husband was laid off work at the beginning of May. He had been with Hertz for 10 years. This came as a huge shock to us, but we are doing okay. For the time being, he has decided to take this time to stay home with Addisyn. So far it has worked out wonderful, but we definitely covet your continued thoughts and prayers during this transition in our lives.

On a lighter note, we are all happy, healthy, and enjoying every moment that we have watching our little girl grow!! She is incredible! May and June were crazy at our house. Since coming back from our vacation in May, I have hosted 3 baby-showers. We also celebrated my birthday, our 10 year wedding anniversary, and father's day. And just to make things a tad more complicated, our hospital shifted to Electronic Medical Records on June 1st (if you have ever experienced this transition, you will appreciate the stress that is involved!). It has been a super-stressful couple of months. Again...would love your prayers.

Here are some sweet pictures of Addi and her friends over the last couple of months. I promise that I will try to be better at blogging this summer!

Addi and Viv enjoying a little Orange Tree

Having fun at the Paseo Arts Festival waiting for Matt to play!

Viv playing in the backyard

The Triplets and their Mommy's at 18 mos

Feelin' pretty smooth

Sidewalk chalk, and crazy hair!

Bathtime with sister-Viv

This video is too cute!

The longest picture-post ever.

The long awaited Myrtle Beach/Hilton Head pictures! We had an amazing time. Addi did great! The weather was perfect! We seriously never wanted to come home. The only glich we ran into was missing our connecting flight in Atlanta on our way home, which turned into a four-hour layover in the dreaded Atlanta airport. Made ten times worse by me accidentally dropping Addi's sippy-cup while trying to make a mad-dash off the first plane. A one-year old without a sippy-cup = Unhappiness. Thank goodness we sprung for the portable DVD player before we left! Elmo....you saved us. Anyway, hope you enjoy the pictures.

Addi waiting so patiently for our plane Addi - Not drinking Coke Zero

Loving the ocean-view She could have stayed here all day.

First trip to the beach.

A rare moment that she actually WANTED to be held.

This was the lazy-river in our hotel. We seriously floated for two hours one day. So fun!

Happy girl.

Myrtle Beach

Savannah

Up to no good.

Gorgeous

Savannah

Interactive Chidren's Museum

Sea Pines

Will someone please make me this pizza??

Hilton Head, SC

Sand sculpture

Am I the only one??

Surely I can't be the only one that this has happened to. Last week I was looking for a new pressed foundation, and came upon this new brand being sold at Target. Super-cute packaging (makes a difference, right??), catchy brand-name (I'm sure, directly proportional to the quality of the product!). Funny though...no where to be found were any prices for any of the Pixi products. I usually use Mary Kay, which is generally $14 or so. Surely this would be in the same price-neighborhood...surely. So, without a second-thought, I took my one and ONLY purchase up to check out.
The cashier happily informs me "That will be $37.93 ma'am"
Are you serious?? $40 for pressed foundation from Target? And of course, now there about 5 people behind me in line. Needless to say, I swallowed my pride, and informed the cashier that I would be passing on the super-cutely-package, catchy-brand-name foundation. But what I'm still irritated about is this...
If Target is going to choose to start carrying better quality cosmetics, please do us all a favor (and save us some embarassment) by at least listing the price on the shelf. I have been to two other Targets since this happened, and NONE of them have prices on the Pixi products. So annoying.

Advice Needed please

Hey guys. I am needing your help. Rich and I are going on vacation in a few weeks. This will be the first vacation that we've been on with Addisyn. Anyway, I am already getting so stressed out about the logistics of traveling with an 18 month old. To start, we will be flying and renting a car at our destination. Should we bring our own carseat?? If so, how do you go about checking a carseat? Do we need to put it in a box of some sort, or what?? Next, I am terrified that my child will be the one that everyone dreads sitting next to on the plane. What kind of tips do you have, for keeping an 18 mo old happy and quiet during a flight?? Finally, should we just plan on using a crib provided by our hotel? She has never slept in bed with us, and we are pretty determined to not start the habit now.
Any advice from all of you mommies would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.

Easter!!

If you haven't yet become friends with a great photographer, I highly recommend it! Thanks Mandy ! These were some of my favorites...

I realize that Addi is not smiling in this picture, but it was the only one with both of us, in which she wasn't scowling or looking away from the camera. Come on Addi...if you're going to be a celebrity, you're going to have to start loving the camera a little more!

All the things we love today

Addi is 16 1/2 months and getting cuter and cuter everyday! These are just some of the things that she is doing, that make us fall in love everyday...
1. We adore the fact that you will scoot your little bottom across the hardwood floor and yell, "Wee!!"
2. Anytime we give you a tissue, you make a point to clean not only your own nose, but anyone else's in the room.
3. You absolutely LOVE Elmo, and will stop dead in your tracks when you hear "Elmo's World".
4. You get so excited anytime you see a frog, and will say "Wibbet".
5. You still love to be held and loved on.
6. You love to give kisses and will even take time to kiss all of your toys before bed.
7. You absolutely love being outside, and it is nearly impossible to get you to come back in.
8. I love that you know when something is trash, and will bring it to us to have it thrown away.
9. I love that you love to be chased, and that you love it when your daddy jumps out to "scare" you. The surprise on your face is priceless! I have NO idea who you inherited this from.
10. I love that you know how to smell the flowers.
11. It is so sweet when you want to touch Daddy's "stickers" on his face.
12. You are such a good helper! Thank you for helping mommy and daddy clean-up all your toys.
13. I love it that your first two-syllable word was "el-bow", and pointed to mommy's as I was changing your diaper one morning.
14. You are still such an awesome sleeper!! You sleep 12 hours every night!!
15. We love your sweet laugh, and love that you love to be tickled so we can hear it all the time.

You are such a blessing Addisyn. You bring so much joy to all who know you, and have the privledge to be around you. Thank you for being such a bright star in our lives. We love you so much bigger than our small words can tell you.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

"I dunno"

"I dunno." My child's first phrase. Not "I love you". Not "good morning" or "night-night". We have no idea where she learned this, but anytime we ask her a question, the answer is a quick shoulder-shrug and "I dunno". Pretty cute.

Picture update

Such a Daddy's girl
Pigtails!!

I swear, this is not how we provide her milk

Always happy...

Spaghettio's

Sister Viv with me at the zoo

Lunch date with Viv