Jumping off a picnic table....

At about 11:30, right when my fifth hour was starting, the office called and said the daycare was on the phone. I am not a worrier, but something is usually wrong when they call. This time Addison had gotten hurt. She jumped off of the picnic table and landed teeth first chipping her two front teeth and sending one of her eye teeth up into her gums. Poor thing.

After getting off the phone with the daycare I called our dentist and they wanted to see her. So, we have been to the dentist twice this week. On Monday, Chris, Addison and I went for our 6 month cleaning. Today however, we went because beautiful little teeth are no longer straight and even across the bottom. They are jagged. We can have them fixed in about 4 months. The x-ray showed no major damage. She was so brave. When I first saw her she had blood still around her mouth and a look of sadness was on her face. She let the dentist feel her teeth and was very good while he took the x-ray.

Spring Break 2010

We were on spring break this week. The girls went to school most of the week and I got a lot of things done around the house. One milestone for the week was that Bailey figured out how to crawl on her belly. She finally got her left arm out of the way enough so she could scoot along. No more leaving her alone on a bed or in a room without picking up little toys. You wouldn't know she does so well at daycare with Sherry and Lisa. They say she has good days all of the time. She is quite a mommy's girl when we get home from school every night. We went to get our pictures taken on Wednesday at Shooting Stars in Decatur. It was hard deciding which pictures to get, they were all so good. I think we picked some really good ones. We need to get them in some frames soon. The girls did so good, they are quite the models. Chris and I joke that we should get a discount because the girls are so cooperative when getting their picture taken. We were done in less than an hour with 3 outfit changes. On Friday Addison and I spent the day together. We headed to Champaign to get our haircut. We stopped in Decatur to visit mom at Star for a little bit and then headed to see Aunt Ryan. She was such a good girl at the shop. She sat for Ryan while she cut her hair and even let her dry and curl it. She entertained herself quite well for a couple hours while I got my hair done. We headed back to Decatur and Addison ended up spending the night with mom and dad. She had a great time staying with grandma and papa. Papa is her new name for dad. I'm not sure where she came up with it but she decided one day she was going to call him that. She called dad on the phone to tell him and he said he didn't want to be called papa. She was crushed and didn't want to talk to him anymore on the phone. Dad finally got her to talk to him, I'm not sure what he said, but he is now papa. The weather during break was wonderful. We got to play outside and really enjoy our week. Summer is right around the corner and I am looking forward to having more time with my girls.

April 5, 2010

We had a great Easter weekend at home and at mom and dad's. Peter Cottontail visited and brought Addison a princess bike. He left a trail of eggs outside leading to her playhouse. Inside her playhouse was her bike. She was so excited she gave it a hug. It was really fun to see her so excited. Everytime she rides it she gets better. She was really focused on watching her feet pedal and not watching where she was going, but she is getting better. She has also learned how to stop, always a good thing to know.

On Saturday, we went to Ellie's birthday party. The kids had a great time on the tumble bus, hunting eggs outside and playing with all of Ellie's toys. Addison didn't want to leave her friend Ellie Ford. We also had a good time visiting with Sarah and Adam.

April 1, 2010

We had a great time playing outside tonight. It was a little windy, but we picked up a lot of sticks and Addison made a flower garden in the yard using dirt from one of the flower pots. She was really dirty when we headed inside, but she had a great time. She has such a good imagination, it is fun to watch her play.

Thanks to Jana, Addison's teacher at school, for getting the glow-in-the-dark silly putty out of her hair today. A little piece just have been in her bed the other night. When she woke up yesterday she had a pink glob the size of a dime in her hair. I am glad we didn't have to cut it out even though it was toward the bottom of her hair.

March 28, 2010

Mom, Addison, Bailey and I spent the day together yesterday. We started the day at the twin sale and got to see Uncle Faye, Lisa and Erin. I think they were finding some things but we didn't. Then we headed to the mall to return a few things and let Addison play. She made her usual rounds; merry-go-round, train and the climbing plastic stuff.

We went to Darcy's for lunch and didn't have to wait, amazing since it was noon. We had a great day and hope we can do it all again soon.

March 25, 2010

Bailey's first tooth popped through the other day. Today I noticed her second bottom tooth is coming in too. I don't remember when Addison's first tooth came in. I should look it up on her webpage, surely Chris or I wrote it down somewhere.

This week has gone by really fast. We got to walk to the park last night, but tonight it was cold and raining. We are all ready for more nights outside when we get home from school. We are looking forward to getting the playhouse ready too.

Funny Addison Quotes

"Walgreens is my favorite toy store."

"Mommy, do you take good care of your kids at school?

"Bailey is eating my baby Jesus."

"I need my nose blown."

"I was right, you were wrong."

"No I ement."

March 23, 2009

Spending the weekend at mom and dad's. Just me, Chris and Bailey. Addison is on a roadtrip with mom and dad to Champaign to see uncle Brandon and aunt Ryan. Not sure what the three of us are going to do.

We all got a good night's sleep last night. It was a rough week. Addison "had the coughs", as she would say. Her and Chris spent three nights sleeping in the recliner downstairs. Sleeping may not be the right word. They just didn't get much sleep all week.

I think Addison has some kind of allergy that shows up every season except winter. We are back to giving Addison a claritin everyday like we started in the fall. I hope that fixes the coughing.

Good Laugh, Fun Laugh

Our little girl

Our Little Tumbler

Fun Room in Progress

This is a work in progress but it is fun when she says, "Let's go upstairs to the Fun Room!"

Where is Addison

Santa Claus was Here

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Interview: Going to Astoria

A little interview with a little girl and her big baby. :-)

Dressin' Up v2

Dressin' Up

A day at the zoo

Today we took our first trip to the Hensen Robinson Zoo in Springfield. I think I can speak for both of us and say we had a really good time. She was fun to watch. We looked at goats, bears, monkeys, a horse and many other animals I don't remember. Before we went to the zoo I asked her what do you see at a zoo and she answered "frogs". I thought that was a pretty good answer, even though we didn't see any frogs today. I think her favorite part of our day was her trip to the playground. She is getting so grown up climbing the stairs and going down the slides all by herself.

After the zoo, we met Chris at Noodle and Co., one of the newest places to eat in Springfield. If you like macoroni and cheese I recommend it. Addison ate most of hers, so it must be really good. We had a great day. It makes me sad to think summer vacation is almost over...4 days to be exact.

So Sweet

When she is sleeping she is really quiet, but when she's not she is quite the talker. She is talking so well. It is fun. She can tell us about her day, what she wants and of course, what she doesn't what. Her are a few of her favorite things to say lately.....

Addison's getting bigger and bigger and bigger....

It's coming off...(her toenail polish)

I'm going to work...(As she rolls away on her tricycle).

I need help.

Hiding in the Corner

The other day I was in the kitchen doing something and didn't hear Addison playing. I went looking for her and found her sitting in the corner on the landing of our steps with my McDonald's cup. I had a moment of anxiety when I couldn't find her for a second. But once I did I had a big smile on my face. She looked so cute sitting there. I think she was trying to hide from me. She has been into hiding from us lately. She wouldn't win at hide and seek though. If you can't find her, or you are pretending not to find her, she tells you where she is hiding. She was hiding behind a tree outside and she eventually said, "behind the tree, behind the tree".