New words every day!!

She has not slept on Art since she was a baby!
It was soo sweet!

She LOVES being wrapped up in her blankets!

She likes putting on her shoes, and actually got both of her
shoes on by her self the other day she had the right feet and
everything, we were impressed!


I wish I had a tape recorder in had for every new word Addy tries every day! She can't say her t's and many other letters so you really have to pay attention cause she will usually try a word of which I had just spoken, it is too cute! She struggles with communicating with us when she wants something but is getting better, I love each stage we get with her, good and bad it is always interesting!

F Y I... SO I was planning on traveling down to Mesa on Friday night with Addy but, am worried cause Addy has a runny nose, cough, and was pretty warm today and, well we always get sick somehow, and it is MISERABLE traveling with a sick child...so I may have to postpone it by a week I am going to pack anyway and play each day as it comes, I am dosing up on my vitamins to prevent from catching what she has, I can kind of tell my body is fighting something, but I am not sure if it is allergies from the hot to cold temp. or a bug in the air...I will keep you posted I will hopefully be driving down sometime next week...I am bummed but, do not feel like cleaning up throw-up alone on the road, soo better safe than sorry!

Other than that minor set back I finally got my house back in order somewhat, life is good, I am finishing different wood crafts here and there, and am really wanting to set up a 72 hour kit for all of us... I just need to buckle down and do it! If anyone has some suggestions let me know!


Addy's play corner where she will sit in her chair or
lay on her pillow and look at her books, she gets really
quiet and then I go to look for her and she is just singing
a little song reading her book...SUPPER CUTE!

She Loved putting this on she did a little dance and everything!

Popcorn anyone! She is a big fan of popcorn especially
when I make it in the popcorn machine! She shouts
Pau-con



She is getting so tall, she is soo sweet though
always resting her head on mom and dad!

Adventures With Addy!

I love Sundays it means Dress up time for Addy!

MOM, Come on...

We went to the pool with our friends

Want a SUGAR KISS!

Our little Girl! Too Cute For Words!

Addy LOVES Playing with the hose

Busy Busy BUSY!

DON'T Take My Ice Cream

Addison's first official Hair cut!

SO Art and I celebrated mothers day and our Anniversary last weekend! Our great weekend started off on Saturday: Art surprised me with a bouquet of beautiful flowers, a trip to a nail salon, and a couple of other things for mothers day! Then we did a little shopping for Art that night to get him ready for rotations! On Sun. I took Addy to Sunday school with me and she was great! They had a wonderful tribute to mothers in relief society and art and I enjoyed a quiet evening!

Monday Art and I celebrated our 3 Year Wedding Anniversary...with a date night and a couple of gifts! Over all Art and I have been together for 7 Years...WOW!

I had my long awaited dentist Apt. YUCK...it didn't go to well, I was cut twice by the dentist and Art went in and made a formal complaint, yeah that was interesting, but they offered me a free teeth whitening and fixed some of the mistakes the dentist had made...I still have more work to be done so it is a little unnerving... Hopefully the remainder of the work goes smoother!

Addy has been testing us A TON...We all went to the store the other night and to say the least we were both ready to pull some teeth out by the end of our grocery trip, Addy was being such a little skunk, I am praying that this will pass but she is testing her limits more and more with us and was placed in the corner for the first time on Thursday. Saying NO, hitting, and misbehaving towards me is NOT OKAY, and it was all within 30 minutes! She is SO sweet and loving and then all of a sudden if I am cleaning or not giving her attention she starts to misbehave!!! We love her though so very much, and wish we could just skip to age 4 and bybass the whole terrible twos and threes right about now, but such is life! At least she has realized that it hurts when you throw your head back on the hard floor and now just sits and kicks her legs when she doesn't get her way! The wonderful stories of parenting!

Boxes Anyone, Addies modeling them for you!

This was soo cute, ya I do hair, can ya tell J/K
I love being able to finally do Addies
hair...it was her first pony tail...YEAH!

Addy LOVES bringing her rocks and treasures
inside, yes I tend to find them under my feet...



Why does it always seem so busy, I mean I only have ONE CHILD, she is not hard AT ALL it just seems like there is always something going on little or big...LIFE! Well the cat is out of the bag, two Sundays ago I volunteered to sing on Sunday because NO ONE was willing. It was our ward conference and the relief society message was beautiful, and I ended the lesson with "Sanctify your Soul," It went great despite the fact I did not even get to practice with the Pianist until 30 min. before Church started. I ran home after taking the sacrament because I had the car seat and Art was planning on subbing in nursery, but found Art cleaning up because poor Addy threw up and was running a temp. along with rubbing her ear...The joys of TEETH. She was soo subdued all day, poor thing, that and she could not sleep YUCK! She is still a little grouchy but doing tons better!

Art is heading into his last block week and then all of his focus goes to taking both the D.O. and M.D. board exams, YUCK, STRESS, LACK OF SLEEP, ANXIETY, and everything else one can imagine, that goes along with the amount of studying that is soon to hit...He just planted some tomatoes and strawberries, when our lovely maintenance guy came to fix up the back yard, he filled up his garden with rocks, big bummer... Art had a some what of a guy's night, he went and watched a movie with 3 other buddies from the ward...

Speaking of teeth I have my dentist work coming up here May 14 and I am soo not looking forward to it, I don't think it would be soo bad if it was just a cavity or so but it is like 6 cavities, replacing old metal fillings, replacing a gold crown and an in depth cleaning under my gums, which I hear is painful...I am still working out and just got a couple of more aerobic videos, I had a girls night on Sat. with my work out buddy which is always fun!

Other than keeping the house clean and playing with Addy life seems good, busy, but good! Art and I are still trying to get to the bottom of our headaches and allergy crap, but we have made some minor goals that will hopefully get us onto a healthier track to eating better, more energized and sleeping longer...so wish us luck!

I will probably come down to visit at the end of May, unfortunately Art is going to stay here to study but I'll let you know when the time and date gets closer! Hope you all are happy and well, keep in touch and I'll chat with ya later...

Addy LOVES to put on Our shirts...1st Art's now mine!

These are a bunch of the flower clips I made for Addie's hair!
She looks soo cute when she lets me put them in her hair, that
and doesn't take them out or pull the flower off...



SO Addy has been a little grouchy today, well that might be an understatement...but when Art looked in her mouth the other day her saw 4 teeth coming in, that explains a lot...

Beautiful, Wonderful Weather!

Addy got her own sunglasses
from the Easter Bunny!

Well not much is going on around here, I have been cutting hair for some friends and ward members! A friends of ours came by to get a hair cut and brought Addy her second doll! She called it La La! This is the same friend that brought Addy the darling Teddy Bear, too sweet, her name is Erica and she attends Med. School with Art...Erica and I went to Chilli's for a Diaper Party for a friend who is due next month with a baby girl!

Art and I haven't really seen any good movies and are excited for some of the up coming series to begin! Addy is trying new words everyday, today she baaaa-ddd, like a sheep thats pretty cute, we go out side a bunch now she just loves playing in the back yard, we are going to plant some more grass, and get her a sand box to play in we might even pick up a small plastic pool. We tried to get her to run through the sprinklers but no luck, I guess it still needs to be a little warmer! Soon enough... We possibly start Addy's swim lessons on Monday, she is on a waiting list for the morning class, but I may just enroll her in the afternoon class to be sure... YEAH I am excited!

I just love going outside with Addy there is a nice breeze and Addy and I will write on the side walk or dig with her little shovel and rack in the rocks. I have been wanting to start going to the park once or twice a week but it hasn't happened yet, Art and I purchased another Air Purifier due to the fact that the allergies are TERRIBLE here and ALL of us are feeling it, Addy is sneezing and getting breathing treatments, my eyes are burning, along with terrible headaches and art well his headaches are school related...I really am hoping it cuts down on on the junk in the air, it is no fun getting headaches when Addy is in such a happy mood!

Other than that, life is good, Art is that much closer to his last lock of exams and his boards, I am still working on crafts and things, and Addy is always amusing us Daily! We'll chat with ya later, have a great week!

All about Addy...

Our little Bach knows how to turn the
piano on and start the Star Wars theme
song, cleaver little monkey!

Congrats to our friends Melinda L.
She just had her 1st baby boy, Landon, this week
Yes, I know you are jealous, I got to hold the tinny
little sweet heart!


Our little digger, at least she had a bath...

We had a little play date with Paisley
before the four of us went shopping
for our little cuties!!!


Addy LOVES putting this on and walk
around and dance with tis over her
Yes, it is a clothes bin...






Irrigation Anyone, Addy
Had a Blast after she
got use to the cold water!


One of the play dates Addy
& Lottie had, poor Lottie
fell off the chair soon after
this picture, poor little thing...
Kaeli and I felt HORRIBLE
Live and learn...

Beep Beep coming through!

The Zoo Yeah!



Lottie Loves to Eat!
Addy doesn't...
Lottie found some Jelly
Beans that Addy had
spilled open during the
Easter Hunt at G-ma
Joyce's! Too Cute!
If you look carefully you can
tell that Addy has food in her
mouth in some of these cute
pic's because her cheek is
bulging on one side...and her
lips are pursed & closed!


JUST A LITTLE EAR INFECTION!!!!


So my sister said that you are not a true parents unless you have been thrown up on or cleaned up the wonderful crusted stuff off your sleepy child...I think we have accomplished that...Well we're trying to get back on schedule, to say the least. Poor Addy I brought her to the doctor and that night she threw up unbeknown to us. So when she woke up at 3:30 am I went in and well clean up began. She has had a fever and well we are just waiting on that darn medicine to kick in and get ride of this horrible ear infection.

You have to have some bad to allow you to appreciate the good now and again, and we always seem to learn new things from the bad so in the end you try and remember what you have learned to help you along the path of becoming better parents!

On to a lighter note! I canceled her swimming lessons for now just to be careful, but will sign back up shortly! I am soo excited for her to start the swim lessons, that and we are going to enroll her in a tumbling class as well. Woo Hoo! SO while we were in mesa we went to the zoo for the first time with Addy, Most of the animals were asleep but it was fun none the less! We also got to see and hang out with our close family and friends. I am so very sorry though cause it is hard to see everyone when we go down life is just a little crazy playing catch up with family and all! But I know that if I set it up before coming down it usually happens! In June Addy and I will be coming down to visit for about two weeks. Lets hook up and have some play dates Ladies!

Also if any of you have a GOOGLE TALK where we can chat at the same time let me know I would love to have some adult conversations with you, ya know keep up with things and language...so let me know!

My favorite part probably was getting to see Addy and Lottie play together they are soo cute together! I showed Kaeli how to start a blog so we can keep in better contact! But all in all we had a blast with family. Addy got to play in the Hatchs' irrigation, go on walks with grandma, mom and dad had date nights and well Easter was a blast seeing EVERYONE and I could go on and on. We had a wonderful RELAXING break. I really love hearing from you all and thank you for your comments as always I love seeing your blogs and reading your weekly blogs! Have a FANTASTIC week, and I'll chat with ya later.