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.

October 2013

At Vala's Pumpking Patch with Izzy's class.

lunch time!

Izzy and Katelyn.

Bounce pillows!

Enjoying one of our last few nice days outside.

Addie and Cletus. It's a love hate relationship.

The "King" and Queen Bees.

She got caught!

Mark and I took the girls to the children's museum for a day of fun.

light up piano on the floor.

My little EMT.

clay time fun.

 

We went to the Life Time Fitness Spooktacular.

Loving the sandbox.

Sisterly love. Izzy is so good with Addie. I am always seeing her give Addie little kisses on the head and she is the first to go to Addie when she wants something. She's a great big sis.

Happy Halloween! Ella, Avery, Emery, Izzy, and Addie.

Court, Heather and Me before we went door to door.

Our last house.

Livie, Izzy, and Addie at the school Halloween party.

Addie being funny. That's her new saying. "Addie funny"



The cold weather is around the corner and I don't even want to think about it. It is so nice to be able to throw the kids outside and blow the stink off. Izzy is already being a little stinker. Her listening skills are lacking a ton. I have to threaten her constantly with taking toys, eliminating play dates, no snacks, etc. I can't wait until she grows out of this stage. In saying this though she definitely has a sweet side. The hugs and I love yous help smooth the rough edges.

We had parent teacher conferences for Izzy this month and she is doing pretty good. We have a few things to work on, but I think she will be ready come next Fall to be a big kindergartener. She is still enjoying swimming lessons and we started gymnastics and she is liking that too. I don't know what I'm going to do when Addie starts with activities. I need a clone.

Izzy is still saying funny things. It makes you wonder where in that little mind of hers she pulled it from. She told me it was ok for me to go to work because then I could buy her toys. Also, one day on our way to school Izzy heard the Robin Thicke song and said she liked it and wanted me to turn it up. Upon turning it up I started dancing and had my hands in the air and from the back seat Izzy says, "Mom, put your hands back on the handles....both of them." I died. Such a little boss.

Addie is doing well too. She is my little cuddle buddy and attached to my hip. She cries and cries any time I leave without her. She got a diaper rash at the beginning of the month and it took us the whole month to get rid of it. We were treating as yeast and it turned out to be bacterial. We got it cleared and another showed up 2 days after treatment. It looked different so I just covered it with everything. Something had to kill it, right? She also got the flu in the middle of the month and threw up for 24 hours. It was awful. She couldn't keep anything down and just laid around the whole time. This little peanut is going to be one healthy child someday.

We had a great Halloween this year. Mark and I went as the "King" and queen bee to our neighbors' Halloween party. We had a ton of fun. This year the girls went as a monarch butterfly (Gamma made it) and a peacock. Gamma came up to go to the girls' Halloween parties at school and then helped us hand out candy so we could trick or treat as a family .Our friends the Mulligans and Snodgrass's came to trick or treat with us.  The older girls had so much fun running from house to house. They did really good until who got to ring the doorbell became an issue. Happens every year! Addie was mesmerized by the whole process. I was constantly dragging her because the other girls would be 2 houses ahead of us. Addie would literally stop and stare at all the things around her.

I love these little girls and everything I get to experience with them. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I just wish it didn't go so fast.