Addy is a comedian!

Well Addy thinks she is quite the comedian! She always tries to make me laugh and she seems to only do it when it is the least appropriate such as bedtime. Last night I was holding her trying to get her to sleep and she was about to doze off when all of a sudden she turned her head and buried her face in my armpit then whipped her head up and she scrunched her nose and said "tinky!" I know I shouldn't have but I just cracked up laughing. Bed time seems to be her favorite time to make me laugh and  sometimes I can't help it.

This is my last week at Jordan Valley (helping special needs kids) and I am SO sad about it. The experience I have had while working there has been an indescribable one. Those kids have such a strong, sweet spirit about them and I will miss every single one of them. I have a huge love for kids that are born with so many different problems. One thing I have realized is that most of those kids do not just have one complication. If they have a health issue it is usually followed by MANY problems. One little girl for example has her physical and mental impairments and to top it off has to be closely monitored with what she eats or she gets sick. She can't even drink very much water. It is sad but also has made me appreciate my healthy daughter more and more. She has been such a blessing in my life and even though we have our hard days, I would not trade it for anything in this world!

Here is a picture of Addy today - I got her hair in a side pony tail - my little 80s baby!

Been a rough week

Well this week has been a rough week. Addy has had an upset belly so almost every day this week I have woken up to a mess in her crib. She has learned what stinky means though and calls it "tinky". Almost every morning she was standing in her crib and would say "tinky" as soon as she saw me. It is adorable (the word not the mess). here are a few more pictures from our awesome summer we have had so far!

This last picture is me and my friend Christine at the Tim McGraw concert. an AMAZING show!!

I want to do better at this!

Well I just realized that I have not posted anything for over a year..... starting tomorrow I will make more of an effort to not only update on everything in my life over the last year but to at least post once a week. So much has changed since last year!!

A Happy 4th and a BEAUTIFUL temple open house!

I know these are a little delayed but here are the pictures from Addy's first Fourth of July. I thought that the fireworks would scare her but they didn't at all. She loved them! We did fireworks with Hunter and Chris which was a lot of fun.

Bunny ears!




Me and the munchkin


Trying to take our picture! I love her expression!


Wiped out from the firework fun!



Today Addy and I went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. The temple is absolutely gorgeous! For the most part Addy did really well through the tour. It gave me the chills though because in the celestial room Addy was talking her normal blubbering then all of a sudden it started to sound like she was saying "hi! hi! hi!" it was so crazy! It gave me the instant chills! But then after we left that room and was walking around, she started scrunching her face and blowing spit bubbles! She is so cute and has such a huge personality already! I love her so much!

We got moved into our new apartment. They are really nice considering the price and I like it, but I HATE apartment living... especially when I am not on the top floor! I Have very noisy neighbors. And the family below me sounds like they are having a party every night. Oh well - I only signed a 6 month lease so if it doesn't get better I can look for something else!

Here are the pictures from the open house. The sun was so bright it was hard to get Addy to open her eyes for a good picture. But they turned out cute still!

Addy's First Haircut & Ride on the Swings

I know it has been FOREVER since I have blogged. Things have been absolutely crazy for me. I am finally getting my own place this next week so I have been all over the place looking for a decent apartment at a reasonable price and also working so many hours. Waitressing is a lot of work and very tiring. Well here are pictures of her first haircut. I tried to do it at first, but ended up cutting the bangs to short and they were very crooked so Grandma had to step in and help out. She prepped the hair for the cut too. Addy was not a very good customer - she was trying to turn her head and eat the scissors the entire time. But here are the pictures!!! Once I get the time I will post pictures of Addy's first fourth of July. She loved the fireworks!





















First Swing Ride. She was not sure of it at first but then ended up loving it!!!









Sorry I know that was a long post with a lot of pictures!!!!

Wow I need to start blogging more! I thought I could keep up on it but it is harder then I though! Well Addy is now rolling like crazy! She has been driving me nuts today because she will be on her back then roll to her stomach. She will be happy for a few minutes but then she will start SCREAMING because she can't figure out how to get back to her back! And she keeps doing it over and over again!! It is cute but so frustrating because I was trying to clean up! But I love the little princess to death!!!! She has been so grabby when it comes to eating. She always wants to eat whatever I am. Lately I have been letting her try my food a little. Here is a video of her trying my breadstick at the olive garden..... (ignore my ugly hair... I just got out of work)





and now here is a video of her trying to attack the bag of chips during the Father's day dinner!






We gave her her first haircut this weekend too so I will post pictures of that exciting thing tomorrow sometime. I better get to doing some homework, I have been procrastinating my assignment. :)

Addy finally rolled over!!!

Saturday Addy finally decided to roll over onto her tummy!! For so long she was stuck on her side and could not figure out how to go the rest of the way. Well Saturday after I came back from running, I put Addy on the bed thinking that just in case it did happen she would have plenty of room and wouldn't fall off if by some chance she decided to roll. Well I quickly ran upstairs to grab an apple and I was talking to my mom on the phone. When I came back down I looked on the bed and said "Oh my gosh! Where is my baby!? I was the only one home! Then I heard some laughing and cooing and I look down and she had rolled and fell in between the mattress and the footboard of the bed and was just hanging out wedged in between there!!! I felt so bad at first but since she was laughing I knew she was alright and I started to laugh too. I wish I would have taken a picture of it becuase it was SO funny looking.

Well I put her back on the bed to see if she would roll again and she did! It was so exciting. Then I put her on the floor and she was just going to town rolling over. My baby is getting SO big! Here is a video of her rolling over.




So all day Saturday she was going to town rolling over but now on Sunday and so far this morning she has gotten lazy again and won't roll over! :( oh well - luckily I was able to record her rolling over a few times both on my lame camera phone and the camcorder.

Here is another video of her laying on the bed doing some pretty dramatic screams! It was so funny because she would lay there and she would breath really heavy like "HEH HEH HEH" and then just scream at the top of her lungs! The funny part is that she would extend her arms and hands so hard that it looked like she was telling a dramatic story! Her personality is starting to come out! I LOVE it!




Work has been going pretty well for me. The weekends I get way better tips than the weekdays so I prefer to work then, I just wish the hours weren't so late. I hate not being able to put my baby to bed!!! And I don't like her with a babysitter so much - but I just have to remember this is only temporary. It will get better soon!!

Last night Addy wasn't feeling so well and wouldn't sleep unless I was either holding her or laying next to her so I let her sleep with me and then this morning instead of waking up to her cries like normal, I woke up to her trying to shove her pacifier into my mouth! It is so funny she tries to share that thing with everyone. The best part is though if I take it and I suck on it for a minute - she reaches over and will grab it out of my mouth and put it back in hers. I love it - it is so funny.