Makin' heart cookies with Dad!

Okay so I'm a little behind on my posting...

my camera hasn't been cooperating very

well hence the delay. Anyway, just thought

I'd share with you Addie's first time making

Heart shaped cookies...we got quite a kick out of it!

Having fun in the kitchen!

We pretty much let her go at it herself for

the first couple rounds. Don't they look

beautiful?!! This was her very

abstract way of cutting out the hearts! And don't miss

the little figure swipe in the lower right hand corner. Addie's

quick little hands kept swiping chunks of cookie dough!

A well spent Friday night with Daddy!

"CHEEESSSEEEE!" "YEAH FOR COOKIES"

A new roller just Addie's size!

Addies Birthday

First things first....there are so many pics

waiting on my camera for some sort of blog, however

due to our silly computer that wont read my SD card

anymore those will have to wait! I did manage to

get Addie's B-day pics off the camera so

here it goes!

It all started at Addie's favorite place to go.....

the Science Center (aka the fun fun fun place as

Addie refers to it). The morning of Addie's birthday

we packed up and headed to the Science Center with

some of Addie's little friends. They had a blast! I couldn't

think of a better way to start celebrating then to

take her to her favorite place! (Side note: Addie was

pretty much ornery the whole day due to lack of sleep). It

was making me so sad to see her so grumpy on her birthday!

Oh well, what do you do!

We left the Science Center and met up with Daddy

at his school to eat lunch together. He was on a tight

schedule that day but we made it just in time to get

some time and lunch in with him!

When daddy finally got home we ate dinner and started
Addie's birthday celebrations! We opened presents first
then had cake and ice cream!

Why bother getting you hands messy when you

can just dig in with your face!!!!!

Ya she ate her whole cake like this!!! it was hilarious!

The big "2" years old!!! Happy Birthday!

Showing her friend Chloe how its done! Tyler and I

have no idea where she learned to eat cake like this

but it was hilarious and she ate the whole thing like that!

Chloe attempting Addie's cake eating style!

Wouldn't you just love to do this and feel

like a kid again!! Look how happy these two are!

Birthday buddies!

We thought it would be fun to get these two little girls

together and celebrate since their birthdays are so close.

And what fun they had!

Over all Addie had a great birthday from playing with her

friends at the science center to opening presents with

Mom and Dad! Thanks to all those who helped make

Addie's birthday so fun and memorable!

Happy Birthday Addilyn

2 Years ago........

Addie's blessing

4 Months old

At 3 months old she demonstrated
how to feast upon the word!

Snap shot at 2 months old

Our sweetheart the day she was born! Happy birthday Addie!

We love you!

So little time on this blissful day for addie that this is

all the pics you get for right now!

I will update later! And

my computer hasn't been reading my SD camera card lately

hence the reason for no recent pics. Hopefully i can figure something

out.

Sorry no pics just an update.....

I just thought i'd take a moment while i'm waiting for Addie to fall asleep so i can go take a nap and give a little update about our current happenings. I haven't posted anything for a while so here it goes:

*I tested high on my glucose test at the doctors office so then i had to go to the hospital and do their 4 hour long glucose test there to see if i have gestational diabetes. I'm so glad this is over with. That was a long 4 hours with no food in my system fasting 12 hours previous to the test. So now i wait to get the results.

*I am currently going through just about every closet and room in our house and organizing and reorganizing, throwing away, and cleaning out stuff. I guess you could say the nesting period has begun!

* This semester of school has been a breeze so far. Compared to last semester when Tyler and I were learing how to deal with this new way and schedule of life. We finally feel settled and are in the grove of life as a family in Medical school.

* I've got just a little over 2 months until this little guy comes!! We can't wait!

* Addie is showing signs that she will be a great helper when her little brother comes.

* Weather is still cold no signs of warming up anytime soon, however we did have one blissful day of 40 degrees last week, i don't know where it came from, but we took full advantage of it and went for along walk outside. I even shedded my jacket! It was beautiful! Its those types of moments that you absolutely cherish! (especially here in Iowa in the winter)!

* Addies latest interest is our microwave. In fact, the other night she said she wanted some rice so i told her to go get it(rice pudding in a tupperware in the fridge). As she ran into the kitchen i told ty that we should just stay put and see what she will do. And this is what we heard:
Fridge door open
found the rice pudding tupperware
closed the fridge
set tupperware on counter
move her little stool to microwave
move stool to where her pudding was
slide pudding down the counter toward microwave
move stool back to microwave
microwave open
put tupperware in
slam microwave door shut
"press one" said Addie
microwave on
silver ware drawer open
fork out
This is when i sent Tyler in there so the pudding wouldn't get burnt!! After Ty helped her get it out she stood on her stool up to the counter and ate away at the pudding with her fork!! With all that being said, i was at walmart the other day strolling the clearence isles and found a toy microwave and laughed to myself while thinking this is perfect! Addies birthday is coming up and i think she will love it!

* We are all doing great!

* And Addie still isn't asleep...my wish most likely won't be granted today!

Its finally here!

I am a fan.

Tis the season for Snow!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

We got a good 6+ inches friday night into saturday morning.

By noon the sun was out and we have a fresh blanket

snow to play in.

Addie watched the guys that shovel our walk ways here

at the complex this morning and decided she

needed to take her shovel out too.

She doesn't look thrilled...i know, but every time i asked

her if she wanted to go inside she said,"no'' and kept

playing in the snow!

Mmmmm...First taste of snow! And then i

couldn't get her to stop.

Sad to say that this was Addies first time playing in the snow for fun. I got her all decked out in her snow gear and myself so we could enjoy the snow. I told her we could go outside a build a snowman and now that she knows what they are she got really excited. To both our disappointment the snow would not pack at all.... it just poofed everywhere and we could not make a snowman. In this picture, Addie is trying to ball up some snow for her snowman!:(

Our Christmas in St.George!

To keep things short, we had a great Holiday break with family in St.George for

Christmas and New Years! It was a break well needed for Tyler and I actually got

to spend time with my non-stressed Husband which made my whole christmas!!

Addie couldn't get enough of her cousins especially the boys!

Go figure! She loved spending outside time with Easton and Mason

and tried to do everything these 6 year olds were doing!

Angel Addie during the Christmas Nativity story, Christmas Eve

at Great Grandma and Grandpa Ence's house.

Christmas morning at "Jamma" and Grandpa Hansens! Don't we just look lovely! We

had so much fun watching Addie open her presents and seeing her

get so excited about the tool set and stroller Santa brought her!!!

Addie even got some good time in with Dad one of which
was feeding the ducks at a golf course pond near
"Jamma" and Grandpa McFadden's house.

A traditon in my family is to cut out snowflakes sometime
during the holiday season! Ty did the top one.



So besides getting to ride on an airplane which was all Addie could
talk about this event ranked right up there in her book! Daddy took
her for a tractor ride around Great Grandpa Ences farm.

She wasn't scared a bit to get up there with Dad and go for a ride.
She also loved getting to see the new baby calf up close that was born
on Christmas day and going inside the chicken coupe to look for eggs!

Oh how we miss the red rock of Dixie!

Addie and I had a blast climbing around the red rock

Pioneer Park.

She would find little caves or holes to climb through.

The expert climber! She learned how to use her hands

and feet to climb up the steep big rocks. This girl had

all the rocks in world around her and she was in heaven!

"Jamma Rosie" and Addie having fun on the trampoline.

She doesn't look like she was having fun because as soon as

i pull out the camera her smiles disappear somewhere!!!

And thanks to Aunt Kenzi who made Addie

some new pajama pants! She loves her new P.J's!