Keeping Busy

Addi loves flowers, and she always has a handful when we get done with our walks around the pond. Most the time they get squished in her hands, but sometimes they make it to the kitchen counter. These flowers were lucky enough to make it to the counter.

After passing these pretty little flowers many times as I walked back and forth through the house, a little light bulb when on in my head and I thought...

Since our dear sweet Cheerio knocked my last flowers off our railing to reclaim her perch, why don't I just plant wild flowers in my planters this time instead of buying them.

So...

That same morning, Addi and I headed to the pond with a spoon and our Easter bucket to collect some wild flowers.

Then Addi helped me plant them and water them, and this is the end result.

It has been about a week or so and they are still doing great, thanks to Addi for always reminding me to water them.

Well, onto another fun project... A while ago I was trying to figure out how I was going to make a temple for the primary bulletin board. After a lot of searching for clip art and failing at a few sketches of the Orlando temple, I decided to just make one myself out of paper. I had no idea how I was going to do it or if it would even work out, but after sitting down for about an hour and a half I did it! It isn't stunning or amazingly detailed, but it got the job done.

Now onto project #3: Addi's dreser. Addi's dresser has been one of those constant projects with drawers that are always falling off the track no matter what we try. I was just about to give up on it when I saw my cousin's blog about redoing her daughter's dresser, and it gave me the umph to try one last time. So I got the necessary materials to fix the drawers and to paint it white, and set off to do it. One of the drawers is crooked, but I'm just going to ignore it, so please feel free to ignore it too :) Oh, and it needs a second coat of paint, but that will happen soon enough (it isn't easy spray painting a dresser on your patio that is only about 3 feet by 7 feet)

These next pictures aren't really a project, just fun pictures of Addi and I in our fort :)

One last snippit...The picture of Cheerio above is at about 3:00 in the afternoon. It was so dark because of the huge thunderstorm. It was poring rain, but there she was, our faithful little duck. We were stuck inside because of a tornado warning, thank goodness that passed :)

This was the playground after the storm, one big puddle...Addi was so sad she couldn't 'wing' (swing).

All about Addi

Addi had her 15 month appointment the other day and here are the details:

She weighs 24 pounds which is 75th percentile

She is 31 inches tall which is 50th percentile

Her head circumference is in the 95th percentile

She also gained two teeth on the top which equals a total of 4 teeth...

To Sum it all up: She is growing strong and healthy! :)

Our camera was running out of batteries, so we had to tape the song in three videos. The quality isn't very good, but you can still see Addi doing the actions to popcorn popping.

Easter!

On Saturday we had a barbecue with friends as well as an Easter egg hunt with all of our kids. We had a blast to say the least. It was so fun for us and Addi to socialize with friends. She absolutely loved the Easter egg hunt and kept asking for more, more!

This is kind of a funny picture of Addi, but it proves I was there :)

Addi is signing "Where are they?"

We got Addi a little Easter basket and a new little Easter dress with a homemade bow from mommy :)

This is the best picture I could get of Addi before church in her new dress.

Opening her basket.

Our fancy Easter feast...haystacks

And last, but not least...dying eggs :)

Photo Tag!

This is the fourth picture in my fourth folder. The folder is titled 'Addi's faces' because she made so many funny faces that I had to have a seperate file just for that. I think she was about 1 month old in this picture...crazy how the time flies. Here are just a few more :)

March in Review

Just a few pictures of Addi to start the post off right :)

Fun with yogurt!

Can't wait for the cookies to be done...

She is so good at emptying the cupboards...I love it
Playing with mommies jewelry

Just our happy little Addi :)

Now on to the actual events of this past month...

As many of you probably already know, last week Jacob had an emergency appendectomy on Monday at around 2:00 in the morning. He had been hurting the entire day, and it kept getting worse, so I convinced him to go to the emergency room and 4 hours later he was in surgery. It has been one week since then and he is doing much better now that the pain and nausea are gone! I am so glad that we got him to the hospital when we did, who knows what could have happened if he would have waited. I love you babe and I'm glad you are feeling better :)

On to some lighter notes...I had a great 23rd birthday! Jacob spoiled me and I loved it...he is such a great husband! (Note: If we look sweaty, we are...we just got back from playing some mad volleyball :)

We also had a blast on a one night camp out (Addi's first) We camped at St. Andrews (the alligator park) but don't worry we were no where near the swamp :)

Addi and daddy sharing a moment with their marshmallows.

Roasting hot dogs for dinner...Addi loved them. She kept saying Dot-dog
Mmmmmmmmm :) looks pretty appetizing

Addi slept for about 6 hours in her pack-n-play then spent the last few snuggled in between Jacob and I. Gotta love the bottom in the air.
Playing in the tentPlaying in the dirt...we noticed right after we took this picture that it was actually a pile of fire ants. That was frightening, but we managed to get her out with only one bite. Those little ants can leave a nasty sting. Addi was tough though :)

We love to eat dirt!

We took our first swim this year. It was a little chilly, but Addi got in so it couldn't be that bad.
Gotta love those rolls! Is he walking on water?
Fun, Fun, Fun

This month, Addi and I were both able to go horse/pony back riding. It was a blast! Addi and I both loved the horses, and stayed for hours just enjoying the nice country air and space.

I'm so surprised that Addi actually got on the horse. She couldn't stop saying naaayyyy.

Judge the pony pulling us on the buggy.
Addi had to stop and pick some grass flowers...that is one of her favorite things lately. They usually end up crumpled when she gives them to me, but it only adds to the sweetness.

And of course...playing in the dirt :)