The Hands That Built It

I finally got my Christmas present! Thanks honey for the awesome deck & Dad for helping finish it today! I found a website online that gave step by step instructions on how to build a deck. All I had to do was type in the measurements that I wanted and it printed out a blueprint of the plans, including all materials that would be needed. Jeff took a trip to Lowes and got to work. I couldn't be happier with the results and can't wait to enjoy a few family dinners out on it. Now I am looking forward to him making the benches and planters to finish the back yard off :)

Addison turns 2!

Is it really possible?!? I remember still being pregnant and miserable(no offense to my sweet little girl) with her and imagining what she was going to look like and now 2 years have flown by in the blink of an eye! We celebrated Addi's special day a few different ways, but that shouldn't surprise anyone as it seems our birthdays last 1-2 weeks around here, but hey, I'm not complaining! We went to Downtown Disney on the 8th with Nana & Papa & Kimby, which was so nice, especially since it was Papa's birthday that day. It was also the day after we said goodbye and buried Grandma, so creating happy memories after such a loss was a welcome distraction. We ate at the T-Rex restaurant, which was awesome! Its a lot like the Rainforest Cafe, but with Dinosaurs, so the kids loved it!



On her actual birthday, Granni & Grandpi & Mimi came over for dinner and cake(it was a delicious brownie, cream cheese, strawberry, chocolate syrup concoction). Addison unwrapped her gifts from us and received her favorite present of all, Alberta...the realistic treat-eating, treat-pooping dog! The laughs we had over the things this dog did were just great!






We had a small little family party, with two of her best friends included, Collin & Payton, at our house. It was so nice and low key and not too overwhelming for a 2 year old. Addi picked out a Dora cake at Publix for the occasion.



On President's Day, we took the kids to Disney to celebrate since they had it off from school. It was kind of a rainy day, so the park was not busy at all!! We were able to see and do so much and had a wonderful day overall....despite the rain!



With the realization that we no longer have any babies in the house(or diapers for that matter), I can admit that I am a little sad and can only hope that time will slow down for a little bit in order for us to take in each day one breath at a time and enjoy these little miracles that we have created!

Potty trained at 23 months

I have to start out this post by saying how very proud I am of our littlest munchkin! On December 6, I slowly started potty training her and it consisted of bringing her to the bathroom when she woke up in the morning and before her bath at night. During winter break I made the commitment to get her FULLY trained. On December 22, we put her in pull-ups, and by Christmas Eve she was wearing big girl panties! All in all over the course of those 4 days of HEAVY training she only had 1 accident and to date I believe she has only had 3 pee-pee accidents and 3 poopy accidents! Both Brooke and Austin were trained at 2 years/8 months, so this is such a treat for me! As I document this today I can proudly say that we have a potty trained(almost 2 year old) little girl! :)
Her birthday in 2 days will be such a wonderful celebration of so many things!!

Why did the chicken cross the road?

We saw some random chicken sitting at the intersection of 53rd & 441 this morning on the way to school. Perhaps she was trying to give us the answer to that age old riddle?!?! :) This was by far one of the funniest and most random things that I have seen......EVER!!

Nala is on the mend!

After 7 days and some loving from Granni, Nala FINALLY started eating again yesterday!! We truly believe she is on the road to recovery, although she does have some permanent damage from the seizure, but are feeling quite blessed she's such a fighter!!