Reed + Emily = Addison and Taegin

It's baby time!

2011-09-27T19:52:00.002-06:00

We are expecting our next little bundle of joy. We can't wait and Addison is probably more excited than anyone else in the family. She is constantly talking about it and asking when the baby will be coming out. She even comes up and asks me if she can tickle the baby and then proceeds to tickle my stomach.

Fancy Restaurant

2011-09-27T19:42:00.003-06:00

I wanted to change up our lunch routine (don't mind that we are ALL still in our pj's) I decided to pull out the kids table and let them eat on it. Addison decided that they were eating at a fancy restaurant. She kept calling me waiter and asking so polite for more food or water in their tea pot.

To be a kid

2011-09-27T19:33:00.002-06:00

Addison has a neighbor friend that wear a pajama dress everyday. I don't let Addison go outside in one but she can put one over her clothes. They love to pretend and play together. It is so cute. They has hats to shade their faces the other day and it was too cute not to take pictures. I sure love her!

One day in our life

2011-07-07T21:57:00.013-06:00

This was invented with kids like Addison in mind. Addison is terrified of bugs. All bugs even the nice ones like potato bugs. But when we bought this she couldn't wait to look at all of them since they were in a cage.

But Taegin isn't scared. He loves to smashed them with his fingers.

Doesn't Taegin have the cutest smile?

This is Taegin's look of, "I am going to do something I know I shouldn't"

They would sit on the side of the tramp and then fall back together. It was so cute.

Sometimes Addison is in her own world. Watch her dance unfold.

She finishes her dance so well

They love each other

They are too cute!

Arizona or bust

2011-07-07T21:21:00.006-06:00

Reed was going to Arizona for work and so we decided that I would drive down with the kids and visit my sister. I was terrified to drive for such a long time with two kids. I convinced my other sister to come down for support. My kids don't do well driving long distances, but they were awesome! I am so grateful for portable DVD players! It was pretty eventful trip. We had to take Taegin to the insta-care for an ear infection and then the medicine gave him the worst diarrhea I have ever seen. Poor kid didn't wear pants for three days. I was lucky that he made it the whole drive home.

It was hot down there and my poor Addison doesn't do well in the heat. So what better to do than play in the water under the carport. They loved it and wanted to do it every day.

We went the park and the kids (plus Amber) made a train on the slide. They loved it.

Every time they came out different than when they went down.

Taegin was nervous to walk across the bridge. He would hold onto the side every step he took.

But at the end he was so proud of himself!

This is what Taegin does if you ask him to say cheese

And this is what Addison does. All girl!

Walking onto their pirate ship

Addison loved Stephen. She loved to help feed him. Don't you just love Melanie's face. I sure do

The girls both love to color. You can look at both of their pictures and figure out who drew it because they totally match their personalities.

He loves this helmet. I know, I know it is pink. But what do you expect when he has an older sister. He will be getting his own soon. He is way more likely to fall than Addison. This boy is fearless!

Love/Hate Relationship with Utah Spring

2011-05-07T10:50:00.002-06:00

Addison has eczema and in the spring when the weather fluctuates so much it gets really bad. This was her arm one night after baths. We hope that the weather warms up and stays that way so that she won't be so itchy all the time.

Addison's Birthday

2011-05-07T10:22:00.005-06:00

Addison turned 4! She was so excited for her birthday. I told her how many more sleeps there were until her birthday. She told everyone at church that there was only one more sleep. She tried to get me to tell her what her presents with by bribing me with her toys. She is starting early! I can't believe that she is 4. The time has gone by so fast. We love her so much and we are so glad that she came to us.

She was nice and let Taegin help her open her presents.

For lunch we went to Chuck E. Cheese. The kids loved all the games. Addison wanted to get lots of tickets so we could get her a prize. Taegin kept bouncing from one thing to the next.

Addison picked her cake and of course it was Tangled theme. When we started to sing she got all bashful. It was so cute.

I wanted to surprise Addison with lanterns like on Tangled. She was so excited. It was hard to keep her away from them.

We had some issues with them. They wouldn't really float and we were nervous to let the go in the air because of the open flame that makes them float. I decided to let one go anyway. You might have to enlarge the picture but you can see a little dot. That is the lantern. It was fun to see it keep going up and up.

We have some left over. Whenever we decide to light them again I will take more pictures.

One last present...

A new big girl bike, with a helmet that won't pinch her chin.

Water, the Mommy way

2011-05-07T10:11:00.003-06:00

My kids really like to play in water. For Taegin it doesn't matter where it is he wants to play in it. So they love to play in the sink with a few cups and a little water. They will play there for at least an hour. I put them up to the sink and I can get a few things done.

Cheap Entertainment (well kind of)

2011-05-07T10:04:00.002-06:00

My mom's 22 yr. old washer finally started to kick the bucket so she got to upgrade. We asked the delivery guys if we could keep the boxes. I have learned that they are the best entertainment the kids could ask for. They use them for all sorts of things.

Addison loves to pose for the camera.

Taegin makes us laugh all the time with his funny faces.

New York 2011

2011-05-07T09:38:00.004-06:00

Reed and I went on a little trip to New York City. We weren't there for very long. I will have to go back so that I can do the other things that we missed. It was nice to get away and it was definitely an adventure.

Inside Tiffany and Co. It was fun to look at all the jewelery.

This was inside the McDonald's we had breakfast at . I thought it was so cool to have something like that in a fast food place.

We had to go to a baseball game while we were there. We went to an Angels game when we were in Cali and so we decided we would just start going to a game everywhere we go. The fans here are way more intense. It was cold too and I don't do well in the cold. So we left a little early.

The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island were one of my favorite things we did there. I LOVED Ellis Island. I didn't think that I would but I would spend hours on end there. I loved looking at all the old stuff that was left behind.

Us at Wicked. (Poor quality it is from my phone)

I was amazed at all the screens in Time Square.

Sad to say we weren't able to go to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. They are closed on Mondays and I had no idea.

I always told myself that if I ever went to New York I would eat at Serendipity. Their food was so good. and I loved the atmosphere.

Who would love to eat in a place with a pink ceiling!

The frozen hot chocolate was delish!

While you were sleeping

2011-05-06T21:01:00.002-06:00

I have always been amazed at the positions kids sleep. I walk into the kids room the other night and this is all I see.

Taegin sleeps in the craziest positions.

Addison wasn't quite asleep and she saw me take a picture of Taegin and insisted I take one of her too. She is so cute!

When hair attacks

2011-05-06T20:53:00.002-06:00

Addison loves Tangled. She talks about it all the time and wants long hair just like Blondie. She saw this doll at the store and wanted it so bad. Not thinking about the consequences to my decisions I got it for her for Valentine's Day. As you can see it was not a good idea. The hair gets tangled on everything and my OCD child cannot handle it being in her face. And seriously who didn't think this through. If they have seen the movie of course they are going to wrap the hair around anything and everything. I was very tempted to cut it and color it brown but I opted to see if Addison would go for a braid instead. She agreed and loves that it doesn't get tangled. From now on I am going to look at toys and think things through before I purchase them.

Getting warmer...

2011-05-06T20:15:00.004-06:00

Addison got this tricycle a few years ago and we got it out as the days started to warm up. She finally figured it out and as you can tell by her intense face she thinks that she is a speed demon.

Taegin on the other hand is much more content throwing little rocks in the water.

Oh wait, he has a mind of his own!

Before I knew it he walked off and didn't care if I went with him. When Addison was that age she would freak out if she could see me. Taegin could care less. Makes me a little more nervous for when he gets older.

He had a place to go and was going with or without us.

Addison was such a good helper trying to run after him and bring him back to us.

I told her that I would go get him and asked her to come back.
My obedient one!

He made it to his destination

Seussical the Musical

2011-02-28T21:18:00.002-07:00

I took Addison to her first play. She has been into Cat and the Hat lately and I thought that Seussical the Musical would be perfect for her. We got there are she could hardly wait to go in. We got in and sat in our seats and Addison immediately started freaking out. I noticed the stage. They had is all decorated with Dr. Seuss looking pictures and paint but in the middle of the stage was THE Cat in the Hat hat. She was so worried that someone or something was going to pop out from under it and scare her that she didn't even want to look. I finally got her calmed down and then the excitement came over her. She couldn't wait for it to start. She kept asking me to make it go faster. She loved it!! After it ended she found a feather from one of the birds tails. She wanted to find her and give it back. It was so much fun and I can't wait to take her to another one!

How can I get her to stop!

2011-02-28T21:10:00.002-07:00

Addison is a nail biter!!!! It drive me crazy. I don't know how to get her to stop. I have tried the gross nail polish and she chews through it. I have tried to bribe her by painting them and she still bites through it. it gets to the point where her finger hurt because she has gnawed them too low. Any advice?

My boy!

2011-02-28T21:02:00.002-07:00

I can't tell you how different my two kids are. Addison was a very calm baby. I didn't baby proof my house till she was 18 months and even then I thought maybe we should and not because she was into everything. Not Taegin! He has been in everything since he could walk (crawling came after) He loves to move the chairs around to what he wants to get into. He will move anything he thinks he can stand on. He loves to play in the water, any kind. He figured out that he could get water to come out of the fridge. He is a handful but I wouldn't trade him for anything!

What am I to do!

2011-02-28T20:36:00.007-07:00

We had a wonderful snow storm last week. It was the perfect kind of snow to play in. The kids loved it. Addison couldn't wait to get out there. I wanted to wait till after Taegin's nap but I figured it couldn't hurt to go before too. It was a good thing because by the time afternoon came all the snow had melted. I am not an outside person. I don't like the cold, I don't like the snow, I don't like the heat, I don't like bugs. So that gives me only a few months where I like being outside. My kids on the other hand could care less what temperature it is, whether it is snowing or not. They want to be out there. I guess I am just going to have to suck it up.

Addison had so much fun making foot prints, having a snowball fight (she asked me before we went out if we could have one and informed me after that she won), and sledding.

She only made one snow angel and I was glad that I got in on camera.

Taegin was nervous to walk in the snow. He loves the camera! This is him saying "Hi" to himself!

Who says spring toys have to be used in the spring!

Taegin wanted to go up on the deck so bad! I think he is going to figure it out this summer.

Addison laid down in the snow and was licking it. She told me it was delicious.

Warming up after our adventures outside.

Hot chocolate, well warmed up chocolate milk. It served the same purposed for them.

Taegin loves hats and wants to wear them all the time. He is so cute!

Christmas, my favorite

2011-01-07T14:11:00.006-07:00

Christmas is my favorite time of year. I love searching for the right gifts, I love wrapping them, I love surprising Reed with the best gifts and teasing him that I have them hidden somewhere. I just love everything about it. When you have kids it just gets better. It is so magical. I think I get more excited now than I did when I was a kid. I am so sad it is over and I can't wait till next year!

Christmas

Our stocking this year. This was the first year they were hung, we haven't really had anywhere to hang them.

Addison's stocking

Reed like to hang out jewelry from the tree, these are Addison's earring that he picked out for her.

I know the picture is blurry but that is because Addison it jumping up and down. I had to put this one on because she had been asking for a "Little Lady" for months. She had told numerous Santa's that is what she wanted for Christmas. On Christmas Eve we told her Santa was coming and for some reason she thought she wasn't getting one and she told us that we need to go to the Disney Store and buy one.
She was so excited to finally get one!

We had to convince her to open each present after "Little Lady"

At first Taegin only cared about me and the camera

Her own laptop, some days she calls it her iPad!

Tangled book!!!

Closest thing to a real dog that the kids will have, at least for now

Upgrade

2011-01-07T14:01:00.003-07:00

When we got our Christmas tree out this year it was broken. Reed was able to rig it enough to last this year but we knew that we would have to buy a new one. I bought this tree back when I lived in Logan and bought most to the ornament at the dollar store. That was 7 years ago so it lasted a lot longer than I thought.

This is what happens when you have little kids helping. You get a cluster of ornaments in one spot. I love it!

Since we needed to get a new tree I thought that maybe it was a good idea to look around for one this year and get it on sale. Plus I had someone that would take my poor little tree and they didn't have a tree for Christmas. I found the perfect tree and when and got it a few days before Christmas. It was pre-lit and everything. It was a huge upgrade as you can see. I felt like it took over my house. But as the days went on the more I fell in love with it!

The description online said it was 7 ft which I thought was perfect but it was really 7 1/2 ft. So my star touching the ceiling. Oh well!

Happy 5 years to us!

2011-01-07T12:55:00.013-07:00

This anniversary was amazing! Not only did we celebrate 5 years of being married but Reed also finished school. (for right now, I don't want to even think about him going back)

We talked about not doing anything big for our anniversary. We were trying to save money and with Christmas not too far after it means money goes other places. Reed has a hard time "remembering" what I tell him I want as presents. I always have to make a list for him. I was sure this year that we wasn't going to get me anything. He had a final the day before our anniversary and I knew he was studying really hard for school. I told my mom that I would be sad but I would understand because of the circumstances. Every other year we alternate planning our anniversary. This year was Reed's year and since he was so busy I offered. I told him what I thought about doing and he said we shouldn't spend as much because my present cost a lot. As we talked, he accidentally let out that he got me a ring. I have been wanting an anniversary band for a while but I didn't think that I would get one this year. I told him I didn't want to see it till our anniversary. So he teased me and showed it to Addison and the would take my ring and make sure it looked good. I loved it. It is exactly what I wanted!
After waking up and lounging around the house we went and got a couples massage. When I scheduled them one of the therapist what a man and I figured Reed wouldn't want a man rubbing him so I would let him have the woman. The woman ended up being this little Asian woman. I thought for sure that she wouldn't be able to get the pressure he wanted. I was wrong, dead wrong. He said that he was even in pain at some points of the massage. I am still laughing about it. After coming home and getting ready we went grocery shopping, any of you that have kids you know how wonderful it is not to take them shopping with you. We then went to Park City and did some last minute Christmas clothes shopping and ended the night with a GREAT steak dinner at Ruth's Chris. I was a great anniversary and I can't wait to see what our next 5 years has in store.

I made him a jean blanket. I HATE sewing so this blanket was a task. I cursed that blanket more than once but it turned out really good and he uses it every night.

Reception

I was freezing! It was the middle of December!

Honeymoon

Coming home from our honeymoon

Spur of the moment trip to Hawaii (one of my favorite memories)

Our first car accident, while I was pregnant with Addison

Having our first baby, a girl named Addison (don't mind how awful I look, I lost a lot of blood and could barely hold her)

Back home from Cancun (lame I can't find any of our Cancun pics)

Our first family pic after having Addison (we didn't get any in the hospital)

Found out we were having a boy

Addison's 2nd birthday

One proud Daddy!

Addison meeting Taegin for the first time.

Our family now

The best 5 years of my life! I wouldn't trade them for anything.

Happy Late Halloween

2011-01-07T12:43:00.003-07:00

Every year I try to convince myself to dress up. I don't like dressing up, I never have and I don't think I ever will. My poor kids. Addison wanted to be Sleeping Beauty this year and I decided to have Taegin be Batman. Taegin is a little boy, little in size that is, so I have to buy small clothes for him. That results in part of his costume not fitting correctly (his mask). The kids had lots of fun trick or treating with Grammy. They both made a haul. At one house there was a large scarecrow in front of the door and so you assume that no one is home. I knew that the scarecrow was someone in costume and I was nervous for them to scare the kids. They did a good job on not jumping at them too much. Addison was nervous and didn't want to take any candy. But by the time we walked away from the house she was laughing about how funny that scarecrow was to scare us. That was all she could talk about the rest of the night.

Fresh Snow, finally updating

2011-01-07T12:29:00.006-07:00

One of Addison's favorite things about when it snows is doing snow in the sink. She loves spraying it whatever color she wants. Taegin really had fun with it this year too.

Taegin's thing was to eat it. As long as it isn't yellow I say go for it!

A big spoon for a little mouth

Ducks

2010-09-23T19:51:00.003-06:00

Addison loves going to feed the ducks. We haven't been in a while and it was so fun to go with Grandma. As soon as we pulled up the ducks started coming over from the other side of the pond. Addison was a little scared of them but Taegin just wanted to get in the middle of it.

She loved trying to throw it far.

The ducks were so hungry that day. We didn't have enough food to feed them.

Taegin just ended up eating it himself and then got a hang of it.

Right before I stopped him from getting into the water.

If only everyday could be like today!

2010-09-23T19:43:00.003-06:00

We are loving the cooler weather. I can't handle how hot it gets and neither can Addison. She has to stand in the shade for everything. So now that it is getting cooler we try and play outside as much as we can. They love it!

First Day of School

2010-09-23T19:31:00.002-06:00

Addison had her first day of preschool. I wasn't really planning on putting her into preschool this year but since my mom doesn't do daycare anymore I thought she would go through withdrawals not being around kids. She was so excited to go to school and be a big girl. I don't think that she fully understood what school meant. When it was time for me to leave she started crying. I calmed her down and then left. The next few times I had to pry her off me and leave her screaming. I felt so bad but knew that she would have fun once I left. Now she loves it. She walks in without crying and asks me everyday if she gets to go to school.

She was posing like a princess!

She loves when we take pictures together and I love taking funny pics with her.

Weekend getaway

2010-08-24T20:30:00.003-06:00

Reed and I went on a much needed weekend get away. We decided to go to California and go to Disneyland and just play. The last time I went to Disneyland I was 8 and I had a terrible experience. We had so much fun! We went to an Angels game. It was my first "real" baseball game. I had so much fun! We did the whole experience, hot dogs and all.
It was nice to have my hubby all to myself and not have any kids to worry about. We hope to take Addison to Disneyland next year. She was so excited to hear that I met all the princesses. She keeps asking me if I can take her to meet them.

Melanie gets hitched!

2010-08-24T20:00:00.007-06:00

Melanie got married! I love all the pictures from her wedding but I didn't want to spoil it for her. These are only a few of my fav's. Welcome to the family Troy!

The three youngest grand kids. I love this picture of them!

My Addison is always a dog, always.

Daddy and son

Melanie's wouldn't have been the same without these people.

My friend let us borrow her vintage typewriter to type the advice on. It turned out so cute!

Then they put their advice in the glass bottles hung in the trees. How cute is that!

The sisters (minus one)!

My mom was able to make it down for them to cut the cake. We were so lucky that they decided to have the reception so close to home.

At the end the lights were really pretty!

Watch out here she comes

2010-08-24T19:56:00.002-06:00

Lisa left on her mission this month. It is still crazy to think that she was going. She is going to Carlsbad, California. She is loving the MTC and can't get enough of what they are teaching her. I am so proud of her and can't wait for her to get home.

Finally Gone

2010-08-24T19:46:00.002-06:00

Ever since Addison was a baby she has snored. I mean louder than a grown man sometimes. She always was getting sick in the winter and her tonsils were ginormous. Most days when I would look into her throat they would be touching. I don't know how she ate anything. This past winter I took her in so much that we decided that it was time to take her tonsils out. Man, this girl has been through a lot since she has been born. Her has had tubes in her ears, tubes in her tear ducts and then had them removed and now her tonsils and adenoids. The doctor warned me that she might be as needy as a newborn for two weeks. It hasn't been that bad but at times way worse than a newborn. All and all she has been good. I hope this makes it so she doesn't get sick as much this winter.

3 years later...

2010-07-22T21:46:00.002-06:00

We are proud to announce that Addison is sweating! Addison has not sweat at all till this summer. It made it really hard to do things out in the heat. She would get a bright red face and just cry. My brother noticed a little while ago that her nose was wet and I just thought that it was a runny nose but nope it was sweat. This past week she started sweating from her forehead. I know it sound lame that I am excited but I was starting to get a little worried. She can tell I am excited because she tells me every time she notices that she is sweating.

Monkey Crawl

2010-07-22T21:34:00.006-06:00

I tried to post this a long time ago but couldn't ever get it to work. But it worked this time!

Taegin has never really crawled. He does this bum scoot thing that makes him look like a monkey. He is walking now and has been for a long time but still has yet to crawl. I never realized how much they needed that crawling until now. He had a hard time with stairs because he doesn't ever really use his knees, but he is getting the hang of them. We love our little monkey boy!

"The Summer to Remember"

2010-07-22T21:08:00.007-06:00

This summer has been "The Summer to Remember" as our family like to call it. A lot has gone on in our family. I won't go into a lot of detail. My mom through her back out the beginning of June and hasn't been able to do much. She had surgery on it the end of June. My youngest sister got married two weeks later. My other sister leaves on her mission in August. On top of everything my whole family was together for the first time in 5 years. It was so nice to have everyone together, for more than one reason. We will miss everyone!

Lance sat under the tramp and pushed the girls up in the air.

They loved every second of it.

Addison likes water when she is in control. So sprinklers aren't her favorite thing. I told her that she could go run through them but she would not have anything to do with them.

Brooklyn was way more daring to run through them than Addison was.

Brooklyn, I think it goes the other way.

What is a holiday with out eating junk all day!

We had a family FHE and fireworks. Amber did a great job teaching the lesson.

Oh boy Lisa!!

Sweet memories

2010-07-22T20:49:00.004-06:00

We have been enjoying the summer. You can't have summer without have the sprinkler under the tramp. This used to be one of my favorite things to do as a kid. I remember doing it just so the tramp was slick and I could slide on it. I hope Addison has as good of memories as I do.

Of course Taegin is a little left out since he is too little. But he enjoyed the little playground and yelling at Addison as she played.

She still counts and says bum or knees.

Nothing like Daddy chasing you around. We I was a kid my dad played this game with us kids on the tramp. It was called Hamburger Man. I don't even know where is came from but we used to beg him to play it with us. We would jump on the tramp and he was a customer I think. Each of us kids would be an item on the menu such as hamburger, fries, and shake. He would run around the tramp trying to catch us and tickle us while he ate his "meal." I am smiling while writing this. One of my favorite memories for sure!

She loves when she gets to jump on the tramp and hang out as a family. Who could blame her!

You have to check out what the water looks like upside down.

I love this picture. It looks like she is jumping way high. I can't believe how big she is getting.

He finally got to get went and play on the tramp with Addison. He loves playing with Addison.

Taegin's Birthday

2010-07-22T20:32:00.005-06:00

I can't believe my little boy is one. I feel like just yesterday I was crying when Reed's flight was delayed in Chicago. He is such a good baby. He is always smiling and laughing. We are so glad that he came to us.

Addison is such a mom or she just really likes opening presents. She wanted to help me wrap them and help Taegin open them.

It got to the point where she was the only one opening them.

Once Taegin saw me taking pictures he was way more interested in my camera then in his presents. It took a lot of convincing to get him to go open and play with his presents.

Reed wanted to pick out some cool cars for him. Since when do the boxes the toys come in have screws in them. That isn't very safe!

We wanted to get Taeg a cool cake that he would ever remember! So we got him a hamburger and fries. It was a really cool cake. Even the fries were made of cake!

At first he had no clue what to do then he tried out the "ketchup"

He did get the hang of it at the end. He was covered in frosting and cake.

Made a mess but that is what your first birthday it about!

Addison loved eating the cake too!

Fun days

2010-06-17T11:04:00.005-06:00

We are loving the nice weather. It is so fun to go to Grammy and Ponk's and play outside. Addison really enjoyed helping Ponk break up the branches.

For her birthday she got a garden kit. She loved raking with Ponk!

Taegin is getting so big. He is starting to look like a toddler and not a baby. It makes me a little sad.

He loves to play with his Daddy!

Addison's Birthday

2010-05-18T20:52:00.005-06:00

We celebrated Addison's birthday. It was a fun year because she is starting to become more aware about birthdays, parties, presents and cake.

I had gone shopping to buy all her present and left them in the back in the of the car. One day she was getting in her car seat, which she hardly ever does, and saw a pink stroller in the back and got all excited. She asked me everyday if she could have it. I told her she couldn't have it until her birthday. Everyday she asked if it was her birthday. That was the first thing she asked for.

She finally got Cinderella!

We let her go to the store to pick out her cake. She could even wait to eat it, well play with Cinderella. We had so much fun!

iReed

2010-04-13T12:57:00.002-06:00

For those of you who don't know my husband, he is all Apple! From the day that he got his first Mac book he has tried to sell one to anyone and everyone that would listen. Then the iPhone came out and he had to have it. "I" (meaning really for him) got one for Christmas and soon after he got one for himself. Then the 2nd year model of the iPhone came out and he "had to have one." And so on and so forth. Apple introduced their iPad in January and that was all he could talk about. Of course again it would be for "me." He read every site that had reviews on it. The day for pre-orders had arrived and he ordered one. The day it was to be delivered was a Saturday and I had an appointment to get my hair done. As any good wife would do, I told him he couldn't open it until I was there. I mean it was "mine" right! It arrived and I was still at my appointment. Somehow he convinced my little sister to call me and ask me when I was coming home. I walked in the door and he was ready with box in hand. I love my little iReed!!

Easter Bunny

2010-04-13T12:49:00.002-06:00

Easter was a success and a flop at our house. The Easter Bunny comes on Saturday and we had a busy day ahead of us so it was semi-rushed. When Addison woke up and saw that the Easter bunny had brought a Snow White doll she didn't even want to look for eggs. I knew this would happen and that is why the baskets are up high. I tried with all my might to get her to look for eggs but she wanted nothing to do with it. We didn't have much time after opening Snow White and getting everyone ready but she noticed eggs as we were leaving. She slowly found them that night.

Addison's cheap entertainment

2010-04-13T12:41:00.004-06:00

This was one the best investments for my kids. It is practically harmless when thrown around. I don't have to worry about things getting broken when we toss it back and forth.

Addison loves this shoe lace! She is so creative and will make anything with it. Sometimes she even wants to take it to bed with her. It make be laugh!

I seriously love him so much!

2010-04-13T12:18:00.007-06:00

He is such a cute little boy. He makes me laugh all the time. I love him so much!

Taegin loves his naked time

2010-03-21T22:22:00.002-06:00

Taegin has starting to jabber a lot more. He talks the most when he doesn't have any clothes on. He loves to scream too. He is growing so fast I can't even believe it. We love him so much and are so glad he came to us!

Mornings at our house

2010-03-21T21:48:00.003-06:00

Addison has realized that her and Taegin share a room. This is what I found!

Finally!

2010-03-21T21:47:00.001-06:00

Ever since Addison was little she has been terrified of the vacuum. It was super loud and she would scream as if she was being murdered. I would have to wait for her to be asleep and shut her door before I could vacuum. This weekend we made the leap and bought a new vacuum. I did some research and asked around and decided on what to get. As soon as we brought it home Addison loved it. She wanted vacuum with it all by herself and do anything that we were doing with it. I am glad to abuse this new found enjoyment.

Where did she go?

2010-03-21T21:14:00.002-06:00

I have so many pictures of Addison sleeping in odd positions. I wonder if it is just my child or not but most every night is in a weird place or position. This particular night I went into check on my kids and couldn't see Addison anywhere. She was asleep under her covers and had taken her pj's off. She is always taking her pj's off. It is the first thing she does in the morning. I thought we were past this phase but guess not.

Growling

2010-02-16T12:25:00.004-07:00

Taegin is growling now. It is so funny! I totally thought he was burping when he started doing this but now he does it all the time

All grown up

2010-02-16T12:12:00.003-07:00

Taegin is getting big. He is a very smiley baby and is happy all the time. He laughs at everything. With Addison we could get her to laugh very much and wasn't ticklish at all but Taegin is the complete opposite. It is so fun!

I had to put this pic on for his swirl, it is still there and going strong. When I do his hair in a fauxhawk you can't see it but whenever it is down you can see it a lot.

Anatomy 101

2010-02-16T11:58:00.003-07:00

Taegin and Addison took a bath together for the first time. Boy was it an experience. Half the time they were in the tub I was explaining boy and girl parts to Addison. This is how the conversation went,
Addison: "Is that his privates?"
Emily: "Yes that is his privates, it is called a penis."
Addison: "A peanut?"
Emily: "No a penis"
Addison: "This is my privates. I don't have a penis."
Emily: "Yes that is your privates, called a vagina"
Addison: "A bogina"
Emily: "Yes"
Addison: "Does Taegin have a bogina?"
Emily: "No, he has a penis."
Addison: "He has a beautiful (long pause) belly!"
I totally thought she was going to say something else. I had to laugh!

He is so cute. I can't believe how big he is getting!

The blue on her nose is not a bruise it is paint. I promise I don't beat my children. Her smile is turning so fake now. I love her!

Day at home

2010-02-16T11:49:00.002-07:00

Addison loves to play in water and so since we stayed at home I let her strip down to her diaper and play in the water all she wanted. She put the towel on her head and instantly turned into Cinderella. She had the towel on her head for a while. It was so funny!

Must be related

2010-01-15T14:09:00.002-07:00

When I went to check on my children before I went to bed this is what I found. They were sleeping in the exact same positions. Taegin's left arm wasn't even touching the bed. They are so cute and love watching them grow!

Christmas Morning

2010-01-15T13:53:00.006-07:00

Our Christmas was fun this year. I had the majority of the shopping done before Black Friday which made things a lot less stressful. Addison made Christmas way fun. She was excited that Santa was coming to our house and was going to bring her presents. We got her a kitchen set and she loves it. She was very excited to open all her present and I don't think that she was too overwhelmed this year. I think that I was more excited than anyone. I just love to see their faces when they open the surprises. It is the best!!

Her Cinderella, she loves Cinderella! It is by far her favorite princess, even though she has yet to see the movie (dang Disney Vault!)

She loves it!

Addison and her kitchen and new apron. She kept telling me to call her Grandma because Grandma always wears an apron.

Reed's new magic mouse!

This is Reed's present that he had been waiting for since our anniversary. I am a mean wife!

Christmas Eve

2010-01-15T13:35:00.005-07:00

Opening Grandma and Grandpa's presents

Addison said that it was her favorite

Helping Melanie opening her presents

Melanie wanted props for her photography. Lisa went to DI and bought a whole bunch of stuff and found this frame with a picture still in it. Classic!

Gotta love Lisa for her face! She has been doing that since she was little!!

Addison was helping Brooklyn open her Christmas present.

Story time

2010-01-15T13:14:00.002-07:00

Melanie was nice enough to read everyone a story! Thanks Mel!

Addison was telling Brooklyn she had a snowman on her pj's.

I had to add this picture just because of Amber's face!

Cheap entertainment

2010-01-15T12:57:00.002-07:00

I love that you can keep boxes and kids with be creative enough to use them as toys. Even when you think that they have been used and abuse enough they can find some other way to use them!

Playing with snow, the easy way

2010-01-15T12:27:00.005-07:00

This idea is from my mother. The kids get to play with snow in her kitchen sick. She gets out spoons, cups, and spray bottles with food coloring with it. The kids love it and it is so easy to clean up.

The kids got to wear aprons, not kid sizes but they don't care.

Too cute!

Amber made snowmen for the girls. They even had carrots for noses. A little bit over sized but they didn't care.

Brooklyn's snowman

I love her little smile!!

Addison was trying to put her face in the snow.

Cook, Cook

2010-01-15T12:13:00.005-07:00

A Christmas tradition in our family is making sausage rolls. The girls were able to help this year, well I guess as much as they can.

Poor Addison fell on my parents fireplace and smacked her face. I was worried that it needed stitches but after we got her calmed down it was as bad as I thought.

Happy to be helping Grandma

Oh Amber and all her craziness!

A few too many?

2010-01-15T12:03:00.002-07:00

Addison is most definitely a stuffed animal person. She loves to sleep with all of them too. When we went to check on her one night we found her buried underneath them all. Since then we have tried to limit the amount she can have in bed with her.

Holy cow

2009-12-09T09:40:00.002-07:00

Taegin is growing up so fast! I can't believe 6 months has already gone by. He is so stickin cute. He is such a blanket baby, when he goes to sleep he has to have a soft blanket on his face. He is so smiley too,except when Reed is wearing his glasses. He laughs at almost anything and is very ticklish, which is very different from Addison. He is so fun to have around and I am so glad he came to our family!

Oh girl

2009-12-09T09:27:00.004-07:00

In the past I have had big issues of Addison pulling her hair out. I got so frustrated that I started putting her on time out every time she pulled it out. Now she knows that she has to ask me if she can. At the end of the night I let her pull them all out. This is what she looks like after!

She is growing up too fast and starting to do grown up things. She wanted to look in the mirror and found all my makeup and hair stuff. So she had to act like Mommy.

She found the tweezers and started plucking her eyebrows. Do you think she has seen me do this a couple of times?

Showing me how it is done.

She also found other uses for tweezers, like picking up bobby pins!

Christmas Tree

2009-12-09T09:12:00.004-07:00

This year Addison has really gotten into Christmas. She loves everything about it, Christmas lights, trees, Santa. It is going to be a fun year. This year I let her help decorate the Christmas tree. She was so excited to do it she would even wait for me to finish feeding Taegin. She didn't quite understand how to put the ornaments on without having them fall. Reed had to help her with almost every one but she didn't care.

She even helped put on the star, with a little help of course.

Homemade Cinderella Dress

2009-12-09T08:55:00.002-07:00

I love how creative children can be, every blanket Addison gets her hands turns into a Cinderella dress. Mostly it is Taegin's blankets.

Real Do

2009-11-11T11:08:00.003-07:00

Addison had her first REAL haircut. In the past I have just cut off a rat tail or mullet but this time I actually gave her a style. Every time I get my stuff out she asks if she can have a haircut. She did so good, granted I put on a movie for her, she sat still that whole time. She even sat while I styled it. It makes her look so grown up. So cute!

Growing up too fast

2009-11-06T14:01:00.002-07:00

Taegin is getting so big. I can't believe that he is going to be 5 months. Taegin has found his voice, he is screaming and yelling all the time. He can roll from his belly to his back. He loves to stand! If you sit him on his bum he will slide and try to stand up himself. He has go the cutest smile. I just love him so much!

Halloween

2009-11-06T13:55:00.002-07:00

Addison was so excited for Halloween. I had got her dress early and tried it on her to make sure it fit, so every day she wanted to wear it. I didn't want to ruin it so I had her wait. She felt like a princess as soon as she put it on. She was Cinderella, Taegin was Superman, and I was a new mom of two ready to pull my hair out! We went trick or treating with her cousins and she thought it was great. Now every time she wants to wear her Halloween costume she asks if it is Halloween.

Painting Pumpkins

2009-11-06T13:38:00.005-07:00

I stole this idea from my sister. Last year she let her daughter paint a pumpkin and put a shower curtain on the floor for less clean up. So I did it this year and loved it. Addison had so much fun. Reed painted a Taegin vampire and so then Addison's was a vampire Mommy. I did stick figures of our family. It was lots of fun.

She was so excited to paint with real paints, I am mean like that and don't let her use real stuff only color wonder and water. I told her that she need to wash her brush out when she was done with that color. There was some misunderstanding so she would dip it in the paint and then in water and then paint with it.

Even Daddy got in on the festivities!

She was so messy afterwards that she went right into the tub, some of it didn't even come off for a few days. But it was well worth it!

Literally

2009-10-30T12:05:00.002-06:00

How come kids take every thing you say so literal. We have been trying to teach Addison to put she shoes and jacket away when we get home. I always tell her to put her shoes by mommy and daddy's shoes. As you can see she does just that. One by my shoes and one by Daddy's shoes. A while ago after bath time and me combing her hair, Reed told Addison to go put the comb in my bathroom. Well every time I need to pee I tell her that I am going to the bathroom. So I went into my bathroom to see my comb, and may I add my favorite comb, in the toilet! I really have to watch what I tell her to do.

A year later...

2009-10-27T13:34:00.002-06:00

Addison finally went to nursery without crying!!!! After a very long year and not seeing an end in sight she did it. I was very nervous because they had us change buildings. In our old building we had gotten it so that she would only cry for 15 minutes or so. So to have something change I was worried it would set us back with all the progress we made. One of the girls that I play Bunco with got called as a helper, I walked in that first Sunday in our new building and told her that she was Addison's new best friend. Addison cried for a few minutes and then started to play and I left. She didn't cry anymore the whole time! The next week we told her in Sacrament Meeting, during the closing song, that we were going to go to nursery. She started walking out in the middle of the song. After the song was over Reed went to take her to nursery, she walked right in and started playing! He told her he needed a hug and kiss, she came and gave him one and went right back playing. She hasn't had any issues since. They have brought her to me when she is poopy and she wants to go back. Plus she tells me, "I didn't cry about you" meaning she didn't cry because I was gone. I am so glad she goes!

Day's off

2009-10-27T13:06:00.004-06:00

On Reed's day off we decided to go to Discovery Gateway. It has some of the funnest things for kids. Addison loved the house and the grocery store. She loves to pretend to be a mom. We had lots of fun and can't wait to go again.

Getting all the food we can

We love Daddy's days off!

She pushed this grocery cart everywhere. They didn't have very many of them, maybe 4, but one little girl saw her looking for one and us telling her we would have to wait our turn and brought one to us when she found an extra.

She loves to talk on the phone. She has started to pretend to talk to Ponk and Grammy but she won't say anything except "nee nee nee." She has started to have her hands on her hips for almost anything. I guess I must do that a lot.

Watching the water fountain while Daddy is in the Apple store. We can't go to Gateway without making a trip to the Apple store.

Waiting for the water to start back up. I love the hands on her hips.

Telling daddy that the water is bigger bigger!

Cowgirl Butterfly

2009-10-27T13:00:00.003-06:00

I bought these wings for her first Halloween and just kept them as a dress up. She saw them in the closet as we were getting ready for bed and wanted to wear them. Then she saw the cowboy boots and thus we have the Cowgirl Butterfly. She has been wearing this combination of dress ups for a couple of days now. It is so cute!

I don't wanna go to sleep

2009-10-07T09:30:00.003-06:00

Addison hates to go to bed. It doesn't matter whether it is for a nap or bedtime. When we put her in bed I don't care if she plays as long as she stays in her room. This particular night she had come out of her room a few times. Reed always checks on her before we head to bed and this is what he found. She cracks me up.

Once again she didn't want to take a nap, so Reed told her that she could lay with him in her bed. I went in to check to see if she was asleep. Sometimes he falls asleep before she does. When I saw that the baby was laying on her tummy, Reed was on his, and Addison on hers I thought it was so cute!

Taegin

2009-09-21T14:53:00.009-06:00

So Taegin is 3 months old, it has gone by so fast. I forget how much they change in a small amount of time. We love having him around. He is such a great baby.

Could he get any cuter?

I love this pic, I love that they are looking in each others eyes and those smiles. It is too cute!

I love his smile!

Addison Pics

2009-09-21T14:41:00.003-06:00

And the Wii is back! Addison was playing the Wii fit. It was so cute. She would lean trying to move the balls but it didn't work too well. She had fun regardless.

Addison is big into high fives right now. So Reed was doing "Too slow Joe!" She thought it was so funny!!

Random Pics from Amber's stay

2009-09-21T13:29:00.009-06:00

I had decided that I wanted Amber to come out for Taegin's blessing. It just happened to be when other things were going on. I called her up and she talked to her hubby and he said it would be ok. It was meant to be, I got onto the computer and found tickets for $118 round trip!! So she came out for a week and a halfish. The girls got along pretty well, by the end they were teasing each other. It was to fun to have them out and I am so glad that they are going to be closer.

They are getting too big. I can't believe that Addison can climb up the ladder all by herself. It makes me so nervous having her up there but I knew this day would come.

Lisa reading books with Brooklyn

After Sunday dinner they were running around the table. I couldn't get my camera to work right but I did capture this one right before Addison fell. They were having so much fun up to that point.

Of course the fireplace is a stage and they use vegetables as microphones!

I was playing a song for my dad and the girls loved it. They kept dancing. I love when Addison dances, you never know what you are going to get. Brooklyn dances so cute. She sticks her hip out and kind of skips around. It is so funny!

They were using these calculators as phones.

We were sitting outside on the swing and Addison came up and said, "Melanie, you made a mess!" She was talking about the grass clippings that were on the patio. So we put them to work (they thought it was fun).

Just looking through the Sunday ads

Laying in Grandma and Grandpa's bedding getting ready to watch a movie

Cute! They were reading to each other.

Bubbles with Ash

2009-09-21T12:59:00.005-06:00

We went up to Ashley's and did bubbles with her. She loves bubbles and so do the girls. I got some really good pictures of Ashley. We can never get her to smile for pictures. It was fun to see the girls with her. They were a little nervous and Ashley did try and grab them but we told them that she wanted their bubbles.

Hogle Zoo

2009-09-21T12:02:00.009-06:00

A Utah trip would not be complete without a trip to Hogle Zoo. We were kind of nervous because the day we chose to go it was supposed to rain. Even as we drove up it was raining. But it turned out perfect. The rain cooled it down enough that the animals were out. I have never been there when the animals were so close!

We tried really hard to get the girls to get out and have their picture taken but they were too scared, as you can tell by Addison having her hand on her ear.

They saw the carousel and had to ride it. Addison kept asking the rest of the day to ride the carousel.

Amber is so tough she carried Brooklyn on he shoulder a lot of the time. I can't do that, it hurts too much!

Look at how close the rhinos were to the window!

Brooklyn don't feed the animals!

She is always making some sort of face at the camera.

I wish that there was an animal in this picture. Then it would be perfect!

She just could get close enough.

She thought the lion was real, she even waved and said hi to him and then I showed her what it was really for.

Very proper with her legs crossed and everything. She has always crossed her legs.

Helping Grandma pull the wagon up the very steep hill

He looked right at us, how could I not take a picture!

Of course we had to ride the train. As you can tell Addison was very tired at this point. I remember this ride being a lot longer than it was. It was such a fun trip to the zoo. Taegin was great and slept most the time.

Taegin's Blessing

2009-09-21T11:50:00.004-06:00

We blessed Taegin and was able to have most of our family there. It turned out just how I wanted it. I went looking for a blessing outfit for Taegin and got very discouraged. I am sorry but I just don't think boy clothes are as cute as girl clothes and especially blessing outfits. Man they had some odd things. But I found something that I loved and am glad that I don't have to worry about that any longer!

Three generation of Smith boys!

Reed and his little boy. I can't wait to see those two once Taegin starts to get older.

We started taking pictures without Addison and she got really jealous. So I told her to take a picture with me. She loves to have her picture taken and if you tell her you are taking a picture of her she will stop whatever she is doing and pose!

So cute! I love when they hold on to your finger. It goes by too fast.

You can see his swirl really well in this one!

Walk to the Temple

2009-09-21T11:06:00.006-06:00

Since Amber and Brooklyn live out of state they don't get a chance to see the temple very often. I think Brooklyn hasn't ever seen one in real life. But maybe I heard wrong. We decided it would be fun to get Ashely and walk around the temple. The girls did pretty good.

I kinda like her!

I hope to edit out the jet stuff.

I love this picture, a mother teaching her daughter about the temple. So cute!

It was nice to have someone else take pictures so that I could be in some.

Brooklyn loved the flowers.

We had to stop for snacks. It was a good thing we brought two. They aren't very big on sharing, especially when tired.

On our way to take Ashley back home we stopped at a puddle and let the girls play. They were really tired and tired of walking. But had fun in the water anyway!

Day on the Farm

2009-09-21T10:30:00.005-06:00

We went to friend's house, they have a few farm animals. They chased the geese around the tree for a little bit. Too cute!

They got to pet a chicken!

We tried to get the kids to feed the pigs but it was a no go. They were kind of scared, I would be they were big pigs!

Brooklyn loved just carrying the bucket around. She is one tough cookie, she even carried it when it was half full of apples!

Then ended the day with a Popsicle.

Sleeping?

2009-09-21T10:22:00.002-06:00

I have been getting up early a few days a week lately and one morning it was around 9 and Addison wasn't up yet. I wanted to just check to make sure she was alright. This is what I found. I don't know if she woke up and played for a little bit or just decided this was more comfortable. She cracks me up!

Water day fun

2009-08-18T15:37:00.008-06:00

This past week was the famous Water Day and my mom's day care. She has four or five little kid pools and four or five for the bigger kids, a huge slip and slide, sprinkler under the tramp, a few hundred water balloons and pizza for lunch. I was excited to see how Addison would do this year. She had a blast! She found a tube just her size and held onto it most of the day. We had a lot of fun just playing in all the water!

This is the big slip and slide. The kids love it and, I think, that is what they look forward to the most.

Addison and her good friend Connor. They love playing together. I realized that they are the same age difference as Reed and I. How weird to think about.

Addison is a true Tubb, she hung out with all the boys that day and loved every second!

There was a lot of kids, some day care and some neighbors but when it comes time for water balloons they all came running.

It started to sprinkle so Addison sat under the umbrella with Grandpa.

It ended up raining to bad we had to move everyone in the garage. But I love this pic!!

Her face was such a mess but what do you expect with pizza for lunch.

To warm up they lay on the warm cement, and then of course start playing duck, duck, goose!

Her swimming bottoms aren't meant to go over a swimmer diaper so it kept falling off every two seconds.

There was a water jug outside so that we didn't have to go inside and Addison thought it was great that she could take one little sip then dump it out on the grass.

She was kind of cold by the end and very tired. She didn't have a nap and Reed closed that night. I didn't know how I was going to carry her, the car seat, and diaper bag all the way up the stairs. So we called Reed and she told him that she was tired and wanted to go to bed. She ended up having a sleep over

Raining

2009-08-18T15:25:00.002-06:00

Addison loves to sing It's Raining, It's Pouring. Even when it isn't raining!

Thunder loves me

2009-08-18T15:16:00.002-06:00

The other day there was a random rainstorm. I decided to make it a learning experience and teach Addison about thunder, lightning, rain and wind. So we listened and felt the rain. It was nice to have our deck since it was covered we could sit and watch everything without getting wet. After the lightning I would tell her to listen for thunder. One particular thunder was kind of long so I told her it was a big thunder. She turned to me and said, "No little baby thunder!" She then walked over to the chair and told me, "Little baby thunder loves me!!" I just had to laugh at her!

After the rain we saw the rainbow and she was so confused. In her Care Bears book after it rains and the rainbow come out they ride the rainbow to their picnic. She wanted to ride this one too. She didn't quite understand why she couldn't.

Tired Family

2009-08-18T15:06:00.001-06:00

After a long day of playing my family was very tired. We put Addison in her room and she sometime gets out and plays. She always gets back into bed and falls asleep. She had a late nap that day and so I was just going to let her play in her room as long as she stayed in there. I guess she was more tired than I thought! Reed hardly ever falls asleep outside of our bed so for him to fall asleep on the floor means he was wiped!

Sleepy girl

2009-08-03T11:11:00.002-06:00

Addison has learned to close her eyes when she pretends to sleep. But I am glad she has kept the smile!

Lucky me

2009-08-03T10:58:00.002-06:00

I am seriously the luckiest mom in the whole world. I have two of the best kids ever. Last night Taegin slept in until 8! I didn't get up once at night. The picture of Addison, sorry it is blurry, is what I woke up to the other day. She is so happy and silly. I love my kids so much and can't wait to see what kind of fun they have in store for me.

Trampoline

2009-08-03T10:40:00.005-06:00

Addison loves to count. She started doing this the other day, if you listen really close towards the end she has added a number. Eleventeen!

Then it was knees

And last but not least lay down!

Taegin's Pics

2009-07-27T15:18:00.009-06:00

Melanie took some pictures of Taegin on Sunday and here are a few. Addison was so cute, she had a doll that was her baby Taegin and she would do everything that we did and pretend to take pictures of the doll.

Pouty Face

2009-07-27T14:57:00.004-06:00

Addison has started to pout, a lot! She has the best pouty face. I just wanted everyone to see it, in it's many forms. Reed says that she gets it from me but I don't think so.

Splash Park

2009-07-27T14:18:00.005-06:00

We took Addison to the splash park in Highland on Saturday and it was a blast. I didn't get wet of course but Reed did. Reed and Michael made a human dam and Addison hated every second of it. The fountain part she isn't really fond of but she tolerated. It is definitely something we are going to go to all the time.

Steel Days

2009-07-27T12:38:00.008-06:00

Watching the parade with her Daddy! She loves parades. Steel Days was so much fun and it gets better when you have kids to take. I hope I can make it fun for her.

Her first time to the carnival. She had so much fun!

I think this ride was her favorite. She didn't want to get off plus she was such a big girl for driving by herself.

She wouldn't ride the train but she did sit there for a minute.

Addison loves to pretend to take pictures of everything. She is taking a picture of Reed and tells him to smile, then says click.

She then shows you the picture she took!

She wanted to take a picture of me too!

Lisa teaching Addison how to pogo. It didn't last long.

Playing hide and seek with Grandpa!

First time doing sparklers, it was a little nerve racking for me but she did good.

Time for bed

2009-07-06T12:15:00.003-06:00

While getting Addison getting for bed last night this is what happened. She thought it was great. She kept shaking her head and having her shirt wave around. It was really cute!

Thank Goodness for Becca!

2009-07-06T11:44:00.006-06:00

I am so grateful to have a sister-in-law that loves animals! Becca and I have been trying to get together to have Addison ride her horse for sometime now. It finally happened! One night when Grammy and Ponk were at our house Addison started talking about riding ponies. It came up that we could call Becca and ask her if she would take us. After Grammy and Ponk left she grabbed Reed's phone and said, "Call Becca, ride ponies" She didn't stop talking about it for days. When we started to leave she told me she wanted to ride a blue one. I told her they only had brown ones. I was worried that she would get scared of a large horse but she wasn't at all. Thanks Becca for letting her ride for a little while, she loved every second of it!

Just waiting for the horse to get all saddled up.

She thought she was so big for riding a horse!

There was also a cat there and she kept telling me that the cat was so cute!

Her first time on a full size horse. Not even scared at all!

JP helped her feed the horse treats. She was a little hesitant to do it on her own.

Addison saying cheese afterwards!

She even got to help feed them dinner!

Happy Fourth

2009-07-06T11:09:00.009-06:00

We had a really good Fourth of July weekend. We got up early to have breakfast at Jeff and Marin's house since they live right next to parade route. We went out to the parade route and it was so crowded and people were crazy about "their spots." As the parade started it was getting a little hot and I was worried that we were going to die from heat. But it started to rain and it cooled it down a lot. Since we got up so early Addison was done before the parade really even got started. I was glad that Jeff and Marin lived so close so that we could go back to their house without having to walk a long distance. All and all it was a great weekend!

We attempted to watch the Provo parade, didn't make it really but it was a good effort. She had fun while it lasted.

Grammy read books to Addison under their willow tree. It was so nice in the shade and to have a huge tree we could have shade whenever we wanted!

Ponk and Taegin

Reed played some keep away with Addison and let her get the ball a few times. She thought it was the best game ever.

She was laughing so hard!

Taegin sure enjoyed his holiday!

Addison found a puddle to play in, she would run back and forth through it. Simple pleasures in life!

Rolling down the hill

Addison wanted to play frisbee with the big boys too! If you call Addison a baby anymore she tells you no, then pointing to Taegin says "baby." She then tells you, "Addison big girl"

Ponk and Addison waiting for fireworks to start. Addison was excited to see fireworks even though she had no idea what they were.

Annie and Addison had their hands over their ears for most of the fireworks. But Addison didn't cry at all this year!

Fun with camera

2009-07-06T10:50:00.006-06:00

I was taking some pictures of Taegin and thought it would be fun to take some with Addison. So we turned the display around and had some fun. Addison wanted to keep taking pictures. We got some good ones. It was fun to just play with her!

Multiple uses for golf tees

2009-06-29T13:03:00.002-06:00

Addison wanted to play with some of Reed's golf tees and we figured it would be okay as long as we were watching. She soon found a place that would hold them that wasn't her hand.

After she got done putting them in her toes she would come and put them in mine and Reed's. She thought is was so cool that her toes could hold them for her.

Baby tanning beds are going to be the death of me

2009-06-29T12:54:00.002-06:00

Taegin has jaundice and has to be put under UV lights to help. The first couple of days were really hard. He just screamed the whole time he was in it. I had a really hard time with. Who wants to sit and let their baby cry and sit and do nothing about it. I finally figured out how to get him to sit it with crying, but we might be done now. Cross your fingers!

Gotta have the baby goggles for his tanning bed. Poor guy hated having these on but got used to them after a little bit.

Taegin is here!!

2009-06-23T21:41:00.004-06:00

Our new family of four!

Addison holding baby Taegin. It only lasted a few seconds. The second time she came to the hospital they had to check my vitals and she was so worried that they were going to hurt me. They then wanted to check Taegin's vitals, she didn't like them touching him. When they took his temp, only under his arm not the other way, she said, "Oh no Taegin!" and started crying! It was so sweet!

Aunt Mel!

He looks like Addison but has some differences such as, his hair is lighter and he doesn't have the eyelashes that Addison does.

This will be a long post so be warned. The original plan for this little boy was to be induced on Friday the 19 due to the fact that Addison was so big and her delivery was very difficult on her and me. Reed was in Canada the week before and when we went to the midwives before her left thy told us that we could be induced the day he got home. Everything fell into place so perfectly. Friday came and I couldn't wait. I didn't sleep the night before due to one being pregnant and two just plain excited. Well I got a call from Reed saying his flight was being delayed 20 - 30 min due to some thunderstorms. No big deal, I was schedule to be at the hospital at 12 and his was originally going to land at 12:20. So I wasn't too worried. Well 20 - 30 minutes turned into an hour that turned into an hour and a half. So I called the midwife that was on call and she told me that she didn't was to even start me until he was in the air and she didn't want to move it too late because than I would be delivering in the wee hours of the morning. So we moved it to 1. After a lot of stress about whether to cancel the induction or not and not having any idea what to do, Reed's plane finally left. I got all ready and then the phone rang, it was the hospital. They didn't have a room for me to come in at 1, it was only 15- 30 before 1. I was told that they would call me when they had a room and if I hadn't heard from them by 1:30 to call. 1:30 came and no word from them. I called and they still didn't have any rooms and call back at 5 if I hadn't heard from them. This was great news, Reed would be home and we could go together! When Reed landed I told him that there was no need to rush and we would go down to the hospital together. 5 to 5 the phone rang!!! It was the midwife, she said that they didn't have any rooms at that time but it was looking like they would at 6. If they didn't have any by 6 then we would have to reschedule. They had a c-section going on in one so it was looking good. I was fine with that, as long as it was that day I could handle it. 5:10 the phone rang yet again, I was thinking awesome they have a room for me. It was the hospital calling to tell me that they had two more women walk in that were in labor and that I would have to reschedule! I was so frustrated, I had been pulled up, down, and everywhere that day and now I don't even get to have the kid. It was too late to call and reschedule so we just had to sit on our hands for the weekend. To say the least I was not very pleasant to be around. Reed was so great, very supportive and helped me with whatever he could. Monday came and I called the midwives first thing so I could get an appointment that day to check me out and to strip my membranes. When we were thinking of cancelling on Friday I had called them and they said that they wouldn't be able to get me in to be induced until Thursday or Friday. So we were going to do everything that we could to get me started ourselves. I got the last appointment available and the last one of the day. Planning on just going by myself since Reed hadn't bee to work in a week I knew he was going to be very busy. He surprised me and came with. She checked me and I hadn't gotten very far I was at a 2 1/2 and only 50% effaced. So not that great. We talked about stripping my membranes and she thought that it wasn't worth it. Then out of no where she said that maybe one midwife, the same midwife from Friday, would induce me that night. Yeah right, I didn't want to get excited for anything. She went to go check everything out and come back. In she walks and say, "I love ending the day on a high note. How would you like to have your baby today?" It was really going to happen? The midwife already had a women at the hospital and said that she would. So we left the doctors ran home to get our stuff and off the the hospital. I was not getting my hopes up thinking they would call me any second and say sorry no can do. But that didn't happen. Because it was late we didn't want to wait around for the Pitocin to work. I checked in around 5:30 5:45 and had my epidural and water broke by 7. Without getting into too many of the other details I finally made it to a 10 at 2 am. But I didn't take a nap here and there while waiting. Epidurals are God's gift to women! He finally came out at 2:50 am and weighed 9 lbs. 1 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches. He was very close to Addison, she was 9 lbs. 3 oz. and 21 inches. He is bruise around his head due to having to push him around some bones. He is a very sleepy baby, won't even wake up to eat. Addison loves him and already wants him to come home with her. We are both doing well and I am so glad that he is here!

I'm okay

2009-06-10T22:33:00.002-06:00

Addison is just the little talker. She talks so much! In this clip after she falls down she gets up and let's us know she is okay.

I did it!

2009-06-10T22:27:00.002-06:00

Addison is always saying, "I did it!" when she does something that she is proud of or that she hasn't done before. She says it so cute.

iPhone for her too

2009-06-10T22:15:00.003-06:00

For Easter Addison got a pretend iPhone. We couldn't resist. She is always playing with ours. It even came with a blue tooth headset. What is this world coming to?

Trying to hold the phone with her shoulder, she is getting too big!

Okay so the blue tooth doesn't really fit but she likes to pretend!

Singing

2009-06-10T22:06:00.002-06:00

Addison loves to sing and is either singing or dancing all day long. She has added a bow at the end of her routine. She is so funny!