Mother's Day

Can I just start out by making sure everyone knows....how much I LOVE being a Mommy!! It is a blessing that I have a hard time putting into words! It's truly a gift from God...I am honored to have such a sweet daughter! I absolutely feel like the lucky one! We had a wonderful and relaxed Mother's Day...we went to church and relaxed at home all afternoon until we met the entire family for dinner at Uncle Julio's! All 17 of us sat on the patio...the weather was perfect and it was such a nice way to celebrate!

Mom-Happy Mother's Day...thank you for all that you have done and do! I love you so much! You are a wonderful example of the mother I want to be!

Debra-Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for raising Jordan into such a wonderful man, husband, and Daddy!

My sweet girl and Me-Mother's Day 2009

Potty Success!

She likes to play peekaboo with the shower curtain while on the potty!
She jumped up because of my craziness!

Of course she had to take a look at what all the fuss was over!

She went teetee in the Potty!!!

It was so exciting! I sat her lil naked self on the potty and was talking to her while she sat there and all of a sudden the potty started playing a little song!! I was so excited...I knew it was suppose to do that but we had never experienced it!!! I was clapping and jumping up and down...I think I may have scared sweet Addie a little!!!

After such an exciting morning we had a MOPS playdate at the park, it was a really nice day(actually on the HOT side) and we even had a picnic....when we got home we figured today was the lucky day and we should try the potty thing again. Success...however I will not post pictures! Let's just say it wasn't teetee and Addiesyn's cute lil booty wasn't perfectly on the potty and there was a mess!

Addie and Ashis

Addiesyn loves to be outside and loves to have Ashis on his leash...she's a little bossy, and the leash helps her out!

Addiesyn loves her "brother" (our dog) Ashis! She loves to play with him, hold him, hug him...chase him....tease him! They make a cute pair...and keep me busy!

Too cute but very naughty.....

For the record: Addiesyn is not aloud to climb on, stand on, or dance on the coffee table! Neither is Jordan!

But look at how cute this is.....

She is totally into dancing and shaking it to music!
She was laughing!!! (I think she was laughing at her Dads dance moves!)

I bet they are thinking..."Ok we better get down before Mommy finds us!"

The simple things in life make some great memories and sometimes it's ok to break a little rule.

QT with Opa and Pops

We are so blessed in so many ways! One of our great blessings is that both of our families live so close to us and that we are all so close! We try to see as much of each other as we can! Here are a few recent pictures of Addiesyn with my dad(Opa) and Jordan's dad(Pops)....they are both so wonderful with Addiesyn! It brings such joy to my heart to see them with her! She gets excited when she sees them and she giggles and plays! We want our Dads to know how much we love them and how much Addie loves them! Thank you both for your time and love!

Addie and Opa checking out the waterfall in the pool!
Opa helping Addiesyn splash in and out of the water!


They had so much fun, Opa helped her practice her swim moves, they kicked under water and blew bubbles!




We stopped to get a Car Wash and were surprised to see Pops there! Addie helped dry off our car!

He always teases about putting Addie to work!

Addie had a great time with Pops! It was a short visit but Pops made the best of it! I think they both had fun!

Aren't all of these picture priceless!!??

BIG Girl Toys

This past week we bought Addie a few new big girl toys!!! Mila (Addiesyn's LG friend) bought a sand table and it looked like so much fun we decided to get one too!

She wasn't sure at first but she loves being outside, she is such a tidy little girl, she played in the sand but didn't make a mess at all!!
She also got a Kitchen!!! Addiesyn has had her eye on this kitchen at the store...this picture is first thing in the morning when she discovered it!! See was thrilled!

More playtime later in the day!Her facial expression in the morning was priceless....totally worth the assemble time the night before!!

We are so proud of our sweet growing girl....she is such a precious gift and brings so much joy to our lives!! She is so smart and so sweet, changing everday....a true gift!

ORANGE

MckMama's sweet baby boy Stellan had surgery this morning. Many of her blog followers decided to wear orange today as a sign of support! We are praying for Stellan and his family! We were excited to see Ashlee and Mila in orange at LG!!! If you want to know more about MckMama and baby Stellan check out the My Charming Kids link under Amazing Blogs on the right side of this page! (Most people would just do a fancy link but I don't know how...)

Pray for Stellan!

Milla and Addie at LG wearing ORANGE for Stellan!
Addiesyn just LOVES Miss. Ashlee's camera!
Awe..look at her!!
That's our girl!!

All four us...wearing orange and praying for Stellan!

First Boat Outing of 2009

Jordan has been working really hard on his boat....taking it all apart, having parts painted, buying new parts, cleaning parts, putting it back together and what not!! Tomorrow he is going to a Poker Run at Lake Texoma with the guys so he wanted to take us girls out for a little family boat trip tonight! Addiesyn just LOVES the boat and water! We had a really nice short trip out on the water!

In her rain coat and life jacket helping Daddy look over the engines!
It was cloudy but we had such a nice time!! Jordan let Addie help him drive!

She is a Daddy's Girl....ok a Mommy's Girl too....we always laugh because she is the perfect mix of both of us!

Our Little Boat Girl!!

Dipping!!!

We went to dinner with Ber tonight at TGIFridays! We had a really nice visit and Addiesyn learned how to DIP!!! She had her lil hand wrapped around a french fry and reached over to my plate and dipped! I have never attempted dipping with Addiesyn because I thought it would be to messy but she thought she was ready!! She was right! She is a great dipper!!

Aunt Ber giving Addie some love!MMMMM!!!

Look at the Ketchup Face!!!

Easter

We had a wonderful family filled Easter!!! We hosted Easter, everyone went to church at The Met and enjoy an amazing service! After church we had brunch, an egg hunt, and some yummy crafts!! Take a glance at our day!

Family Picture Easter 2009
Addie with her Easter Basket!

Aunt Alison reading Addie and book!

Addiesyn and I starting to hunt for eggs! She practiced all week for this...she just wasn't sure about all the other kids running around! OK I didn't get a good shot of all the kids......

The kids doing yummy crafts!

They turned out great!

Addie was the lil hosted and wore herself out!

After a long day...Addie was exhausted!!

We had a wonderful Easter and started som great family traditions!! We can't wait for next year!!

Baby and Bunnies!!!

A few weeks ago Addiesyn had pictures taken with bunnies! We have been waiting with excitement to get them...and they arrived today!!! We just love Brandi's work she is amazing and very talented! Now we have a few days to get these on display for our Easter Brunch! Addiesyn Bree is so precious, she has such an amazing spirit.....she is so sweet and gentle, we are so very blessed to have such a gift from God! We hope you enjoy these sweet pictures...and have a wonderful Easter weekend!

The Lord has Risen!!

John 11:25-26

Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."

She loved the bunnies immediately!!!

Addiesyn decided she was bunny-napping Oreo!!! She was sitting in the grass with the bunny and her basket then just stood up and made a break for it!!

Here is a very pretty flower...want to smell?!

She is loving giving this bunny tons of love!! I bet Oreo misses Addiesyn!

Whispering to the bunny!

This was as rough as she got....and it still made a cute picture!

More LOVE-N!!!

Just too sweet!

I think this is when Addie decided she wanted to take the bunny home! They do make a very cute pair!

"Ms. Brandi I love this one...can I take him home!!??"

Very dramatic....she is so beautiful!!!

Loving her some bunny!!!

I bet she is thinking..."Oh no, he is about to get away...MOMMY!"

She is so big and becoming so independent!!

Isn't that so precious!!

Addie giving the bunny a hug!!! Sooo sweet!

Brandi(the photographer) gave Addiesyn a flower to distract her....and of course our sweet Addie picked the flower apart!!

The park was beautiful...it was the perfect picture day....Look at that smile!!

HAPPY EARLY EASTER!!!