November 2013

Addie trying to fill some big shoes and doing it all with crazy hair.

Getting into "Pincen" (princess) like her big sister.

She loves to scribble and color.

Being a "pincen".....

.....and a diva.

Enjoying one of our last nice days outside with our friend Ella.

My sassy little girls.

So stubborn, she wouldn't go to bed without her gloves.

Happy Birthday little lady.

My lovely cousin Kya.

Addie doing puzzles with Great Aunt Cindy on Thanksgiving, and her birthday.

My grandma, mom and Great Aunt Bonnie.

My Grandpa Brown and Great Uncle Jim.

My mom and dad on Thanksgiving.

Mark, Uncle Karlye, and Kashy.

"Up High"

The girls love them some Great Uncle Karlye.

Minnie Mouse cake for my birthday girl.

Addie and her Princess Ariel.

Yum! Cake!

The day after Thanksgiving my mom and I took the girls to Frozen. I really didn't think Addie would sit through the whole thing but she did great!

 

I did a little photo shoot right after Addie's birthday with our little friend, Livie. Livie and Addie were born on the same day, same hospital, within an hour of one another. We also live two houses over and they go to the same daycare. These two will definitely be partners in crime.

 





I'm writing this the first week in January so I don't remember much. I am looking at my calendar and pictures to piece together this month. We have our usual crazy weeks of Swim Tuesdays and Gymnastics Wednesdays and cook, clean, baths, and sleep in between there. The days fly by and time gets away from you. Oh, what I wouldn't do for a little more time to be with my kids and husband and to get my life organized.

My mom came up the weekend of the 16th to do a little Christmas shopping. We did get quite a bit done for the girls. She then took my Grandpa Brown into the doctor the following week because he hadn't been feeling good. You know my grandpa doesn't feel good when he is asking to go to the doctor. This 85 year old man hasn't been to a doctor in 25 years. When my mom and grandma picked him up at work and got him to the clinic they sent him immediately to the hospital. His breathing was so labored and his oxygen levels down so much it was over working his heart. They didn't even want him to talk. He was in the hospital for 3 weeks and became so weak he couldn't rehab at the hospital, they sent him to Tiffany nursing home to rehab. We got to see him on Thanksgiving and his transformation was unbelievable. He went from the man I went camping with last summer and a man that worked a full time job, to the frailest of a being. Tears came to my eyes. Things were not good. He was talking more than usual. For anyone that knows my grandpa, he is the quiet, observing type. Before he left, he made sure to tell me how wonderful my girls and I am. He knew he was real sick. That was the last I ever got to talk to him. He passed away a month later. This was all from the flu. So, please get your flu shots. Your family will thank you.

On Thanksgiving my little peanut turned two. We had a two for one celebration that day. First we gave thanks for all we had, then we celebrated the life of Addelyn. I can't believe she is two. It has gone so fast. She is such a spunky little girl with a mind of her own. I'm not sure, but I think she will be the one to give Mark and I the run for our money. She is copying everything that Izzy does. She loves her big sister. They are starting to play well together and also starting the, "that's mine," fights. Oh the things I have to look forward to. Lord help me. She is definitely into babies and "pincens" (aka princesses) and getting her way. She fights to the end.

Izzy is a sweet little girl that also knows how to work the system. She is the first to try and help me though. She's been asking a lot to help me with dinner and do big kid things around the house. She loves both gymnastics and swimming and I never get whining like I did with dance. At least we have one activity eliminated out of the masses. It is so hard to try and figure out what activities to get them in. I just hope I am doing the right thing. I want to keep them busy so they don't have time for the evils of life. It scares me to death. I get a heartache just typing it now.

Hope this is finding everyone well and you all got through the holiday season happy and healthy.