Easter and My Bday!

Easter morning was fun for us because regardless of the downpour going on outside we still hid eggs inside. A friend had given me the idea to have the Easter bunny leave his eggs at your house that morning hidden for Addie Blaire to find. So she just had to find his eggs inside today because it was too wet for him to hide them outside this year. I fixed up her basket with some of her favorites, M&M's and gummies. After the hunt we went to church in Hope. My parents and Mitch's parents came over for lunch at the house that day for my birthday! My mom also made my favorite dessert as my cake this year. Four layer dessert!!! I love it, she makes it for me every year. She even made an extra because Mitch had invited some friends over for my birthday that night. The only problem was that he invited them over for an egg hunt and then forgot to check the weather so we had 30 something people in our extremely small home, oh what fun!! I think the kids did have fun though just running around and hanging out even if no eggs were found! Looking for her eggs from the Easter bunny.
Not the prettiest background for the pictures this year!

I attached this picture because I started this blog after Easter last year and never got to show Addie Blaire's pictures from last year. I also attached it as a reminder of the special time that Easter will always hold for us because it was last Easter Sunday that Mitch and I joined our church and Addie Blaire was baptized. It was such a wonderful day as we stood at the front of the church and they sang "He Lives". I remember standing there and just crying with joy as they sang. I can think of one verse that keeps coming to mind as I think back to that day and it is "For this is the day that the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it!" Happy Easter!

This is the braclet she got from Nana and Pop for Easter.

These are a few pictures from the birthday gathering that night.

Boys will be boys and the Wii is great for them!

My Bday!

Since my birthday was on Easter, Mitch invited a few couples to join us for dinner after the derby. We went to Backporch grill in Hot Springs and had a great time. It actually worked out that it was on Easter because several friends were in town. I really enjoyed getting us all together because it happens so rarely these days with all the schedules and kiddos!!

Easter Egg Hunt.

The church had it's annual Easter egg hunt and this year it was a little more exciting since she has went out on her own to look for eggs. She really enjoyed herself and once she realized that the eggs had candy in them was just picking up the eggs, getting the candy out and throwing the eggs back down. She definitely takes after her mother on that one!
She got soaking wet in the duck pond. I couldn't keep her out of it.

These are the shoes that started it all. I now know what i have to look forward to in a few years. Mitch and I were at the Gap recently and I thought they were cute so I asked Addie Blaire to try them on that was mistake #1 because she loved them and wouldn't take them off. Mitch and I didn't know what to do to avoid the tantrum that was about to set in, so he told me just to buy them. Well she can barely walk in them because she doesn't know how to keep them on her feet and still she refuses to take them off. What can I say the girl likes her bling!

My litle monkey at 22 months!

I hadn't posted in a while Addie Blaire's latest milestones, but I am happy to report that we now know why that potty is in the bathroom!! She actually peed on the potty twice now!! I couldn't believe it when she actually did because we have been trying for so long with no results. She did it once for Janice and called to tell me that she "had gone teetee in the potty" I screamed I was so excited. I even promised her a surprise so I stopped and got her a Care Bear (which she loves more than anything else right now) and she just kept squealing with excitement. So before it is over we will proably have a house full of care bears! She is still talking up a storm, I have several people that say they have never heard a baby talk quite as much as she does. It is sometimes hard to get a word in. She can say her entire alphabet, and very clearly I might add (sorry I am just being a proud parent for a minute) she is counting up to her teens now and still saying some spanish. I actually caught her counting her babies in spainish the other day! I think Handy Manny may have something to do with that. She loves to count the tools with him. She still weighs right at 28 lbs. and is about 2 ft and a few inches at best guess since she doesn't stand too long in one place. Here are a recent picture of my little monkey. Oh yeah, and she still has the same favorite song, five little monkeys, that she has little motions that she does with it.

Spring time

Mitch and I decided to take Addie Blaire to Garvin Gardens for some tulip pictures and it was such a beautiful surprise. I had never been before this time of year and tulips are my favorite flower maybe because my birthday is in April so my mom has always gotten them for me but I think they are beautiful. I think Addie Blaire had a great time running through all the flowers and we probably owe Garvin Gardens a few extra dollars because unfortunately we took home a bouquet of them that she picked!!
She loved these huge goldfish in the pond. I guess we need to talk to the Gentrys and get the hook up on some of those.

I really loved this picture because it was so sweet seeing her walk across this bridge just like a big girl! It makes me realize how quickly she is growing up!

Spring Break

I decided to take a few days off the week of spring break to take Addie Blaire somewhere for her own little trip. We went to Little Rock to visit Aunt T, Uncle B, Aunt Bran, and Mason. We had such a good time. I was in need of some time away from work and spending time with her was just what I needed. I am enjoying her so much these days because she is so verbal and it is like having my little buddy with me all the time that just is so happy and always up for anything. We went to hang out with my friend Laci and her little baby boy, Mason. He is the cutest thing with that curly hair. I can believe how much he has grown since we saw him last. It was great to get to see them both.

I took Addie Blaire to Cupcakes on Kavenaugh after lunch. She wanted Sissie to come with us so she could have "cake" too. (She has named her two dolls Sissie and Lulu. I am not sure where she got "Lulu" but it is pretty catchy.) She couldn't get enough of the cupcake. I thought I would get a bite but I was wrong it looked really good though.

Addie Blaire and I went to visit my aunt at the public library where she works in Little Rock. She even showed Addie Blaire how to check out her first set of books. She also gave us a tour of the new history museum which was really interesting.

We took the kids to Playtime pizza and it was a crazy place full of kiddos and loud music. The kids were still a little young for most of it but we had a great time.
Dancing with the big kids

We took the kids to Jumpzone and had a blast. I can honestly say that I think I had as much fun as the kiddos did. I had to get in with Addie Blaire because she is still a little too small for it all. But I think Terri, Brandee, and I were the only parents in there with all the kids playing like we were one of them. I can't wait to go back! I was so glad to get to play with her doing something that we could both have fun together.

It looks like I was so scared in this picture I realize, but what actually happened is that some kid came flying down the slide and right as Terri was taking the picture he was nailing me in the back with his feet! (I never realized how dangerous jumpzone could be)

This is me and Addie Blaire on the way into this jungle like thing. It got pretty ugly after that, Brandee and I were laughing so hard trying to get out of this thing. I didn't know what to do at one point we were sitting in there with the kids and making an escape plan when two kids walked up and said "mommies what are you doing in here" it was pretty funny because we were wondering the same thing!

Aunt Bran and Mason

Addie Blaire decided that she wanted to give it a try on her own. She squealed the whole way down!!

A little pile up at the bottom of the slide!

We went to the zoo on Friday with Aunt T, Uncle B, Aunt Bran, and Mason. This time she was so much more involved with the animals. She really does know all of her animals now. She can say basically every animals name now. So it was fun to see her yelling out "snake or monkey" each time she saw one. However, after leaving whenever anyone asked her what she saw at the zoo all she ever says is the "elephant went peepee and poopoo" because we witnessed the craziest thing and I guess I was in such shock over the amount of waste that came out of this animal that that is all she remembers! Checking out the lizards, she still says "lizards scary" I tried to put the fear of snakes and lizards into her so she would stay away if she ever sees one.

I was so glad that we got ot spend some time with Aunt T, Uncle B, and of course Bufford. Addie Blaire can't wait to go back next time.

Me, Addie Blaire And Mason

Addie Blaire started to get so tired so she needed a little pick me up from Aunt T!

Daddy's new golf cart!

Mitch got a new golf cart (or at least a used golf cart that is new to us!) Since his other one had been out of commission, Addie Blaire and Zoe are both excited for trips around the neighborhood in the afternoons!

A picture of Addie Blaire at the jonquil festival that she and I attended one Sunday afternoon.