Busyness of life

First i must apologize for all of you whom check daily for updates to our blog.....you have probably given up on me long ago. But, here are SEVERAL new photos, so i am hoping you all forgive my laziness in updating. so much time has past since i last posted, i am not even sure what to say. we gave up on the potty training thing for a while. addison was interested and did great for a few weeks, and then....not so much!!!! we changed addison's crib into a BIG GIRL bed, and she has yet to sleep in it. she would rather sleep on the floor on a pile of her blankets and wake mommy up several times throughout the night to come and join her. AUGH!!!!!!! needless to say, mommy is wondering if this big girl bed was a good idea. addi no longer has her "paci" (pacifier). she gave them to baby avery, because she is a big girl now, and she likes to tell me that all the time. "I A BIG GIRL" with each and every word drawn out and emphasized. she is talking up a storm and loves being outside. she is putting sentences together, and my favorite line she says lately is "what you doing guys?" she loves watching "carntoons". she moved up to the infants room at daycare and now she is with a little bigger kids, so she is picking up on new things constantly. we have been preparing the yard for a fence and sod, and so have been outside on the nice days picking rocks. addi has her own little bucket and shovel and loves helping. we are enjoying being in our new house and can't wait until we have a yard for addi to play in instead of dirt. work is going good for both brock and i. brock is loving his new job and staying busy with other projects as well. we stayed here for easter, and had a great time, just the 3 of us. addi loved searching for eggs and dyeing them. well, i think that is all for now. this mommy needs some sleep before she gets woken up by little miss addi. hope you all aren't too mad at me for taking so long to post some new pics.

Dyeing Easter Eggs

more easter

coloring on the sidewalk

Easter

Our church put on a huge easter egg hunt, so we decided to take addison. they even dropped eggs from a helicopter. addison had soooo much fun.

random pictures

addison and her st. patrick's day hat from daycare


helping make Koolaid

addison loves her snow boots. she wants to wear them all the time.
who's this pretty girl

Playing Puppy

Crouching tiger, hidden....Addi


addison came home from daycare with puppy ears. boy were they fun!!

Divisionals Basketball

my parents and brocks parents came to stay with us during basketball divisionals, and we had a great time. addison loved going to the ball games. and paapa and grammy even took addison to chucky cheese and she LOVED that

so, i have been given a hard time for not posting any pictures in over a month....sorry!!! hope these will do for now. we do have a couple of videos we would like to post, but that will be another day. i can only be on here for so long.
well, our big news is that addi is starting potty training. for a few weeks now, addison has been telling us "potty" and "poopy", but by the time she tells us, she has already gone, but about two weeks ago, addison started telling us before she went, but when we would sit her on the potty chair, she wouldn't do anything. so last monday, i was sitting on the couch, and addison says "poopy", and i checked her diaper, and she hadn't gone, so i went and set her on the potty chair, and she WENT POOPY!!!! sorry for those of you who don't have children and aren't as excited as we are! so all week long we have been attempting the feat of potty training. it is still pretty hit or miss. she tells us sometimes and she doesn't tell us other times, but i guess it is a start.
other news.....brock is loving his new job, just finished making my sister's wedding announcements and is getting excited about taking her pictures in june. i am still at the hospital and staying busy.
we are loving our house, and are attempting to do the finishing touchups on the trim. not a very exciting project, but needed none the less.
i hope everyone is having a great year. God has been ever faithful to us and has blessed us with a great group of friends here. we are enjoying being closer to family and spending more time with them.

so the girls in our bible study decided to have a theme bowling party. we all had to dress up like we were 9 months pregnant. so here are a few shots of the afternoon

kyle made it to the top
addi and kelsey
almost got it
darcy was the queen of the night and made it to the top on her first try
there's brock looking for where to go next.
we got to do the climbing walls at our church one night. it was so much fun. here are just a few of the pics of the evening.

addi at the computer

addi and mommy

having fun in the snow with lissy


riding the horsey at gramma's house

so, there is an explaination for these faces....brock bought some gross jelly bellys, flavors like vomit, rottin egg, and moldy cheese, except they all came in a box with two flavors the same color, so you didn't really know if you were getting a good flavor or a disgusting flavor. unfortanately, we all got the gross ones.