Duckies, Living Arrangements, Beach, SEA WORLD!!!

Please don't go swimming in the green water...
This was at the Veterans Hospital, one of the hospitals Art was Rotating at in Loma Linda, CA
The Ducks there were pretty aggressive...to say the least Addy kept throwing the bread at my feet, and these wonderful little duckies almost got my feet a time or two!!

Different park day with the duckies! Of course Addy made a friend after sharing her bread...this little friend showed us that the ducks will eat shredded wheat!
How does one live out of a Hotel room for a month???
NOT very easily!!! Especially when a toddler is involved! This is where Addy slept most of the time in CA...lets just say there were a TON of LONG, LATE nights involved!
But what can ya do??? Ya just manage it and move on!
Addy LOVED helping me wash dishes in the sink!
I just LOVE it when our sweet little girl sleeps...isn't she the cutest!!!
ONE of me and Addy, you can tell who takes the pictures!

Trying to keep a Toddler busy and Happy in a Hotel can be interesting, but when ya have paint...well!
Paint the face!
She Loves having her face painted!
Ahh, Shamoo! well I don't remember all of the huge whales names but this was Addy's highlight or our adventure in CA, next to the beach that is!



This was one BIG fish, just a reminder of what you are swimming with in the ocean!
Dolphin time!


If any one knows Addy, well touching an Animal is a whole lot different than seeing them on the T.V. it takes a lot of patience and persuasion to get her to even think about touching a real animal!



We all got SOAKED sitting in the third row back from Shamoo's tank! Man that whale can splash! Addy didn't really like the whole idea of getting wet at the beginning of the park so before we left we saw the Shamoo show one last time before leaving, we were in the center like 6 rows back and didn't even get a drop on us! Addy liked that show a ton better..maybe because freezing ICE water wasn't thrown on her! Good thing it was summer!

Catching up....Let it begin!!! CA Trip!!!

Sorry all of the pictures are scrambled together...accident...obviously I didn't mean for these to be the first pictures to be presented...Welcome to my little Preggo world of mix ups & mess ups!
It was interesting and fun to see what other people at the beach created out of the sand, though!





Pretty Classy, our castle was of course the best!
The first day Addy was scared to death of the sea crabs, them Art told her it was a fish the second day and we finally got her to walk on the sand and later to hold it...big step for her!






The pictures area little turned around we picked strawberries first and raspberries last! It was kinda of scary picking the raspberries considering there were bees EVERYWHERE, to say the least Addy was tired by this time and I did the picking!

This was in CA at Rileys Farm it was so beautiful on the farm! Right across the street, literally, the mountain in all burned up and the day we went was the first day the opened the road up, just a little crazy!
Admiring the fishie's I think she was pretty close to getting in here she kept going back here!
Enjoying the spoils!

Crazy & Interesting!!!

Life is interesting when you have been traveling and living out of a suite case for the past three months...well 2 and a half months to be exact! But it is good for Addy to be around family when Art is gone for such a long time! Just two more weeks before we will be reunited as a family...December is well another crazy, sort of unexpected, month but tis the season!!! Arthur graduates in May and can officially be called DOCTOR HATCH, crazy huh! SO until than ...I predict a LOT of traveling in our future..but I have not been able to post any of our adventures, cause I have literally only been home about 3 days each month and to say I had some time to post some pictures...well it hasn't happened for many reasons! We at least got to be together in September in California! It seems our family has been separated every other month since August...we knew it would be crazy and lets face it...being pregnant, and well hormonal, without my hubby to balance out the load, has been an adventure of itself!

Everything is great with our little guy, and he is quite the little mover, which is fun because it seems I either dream of being kicked or I wake up being kicked! It is a sweet comfort knowing he is there though...It is very funny how different each pregnancy has been though...from my eating habits to the way I am growing in just my tummy and well not everywhere else like I did with Addy! My mother in law reminded me that I am five months and it seemed soo strange to me cause I don't look or feel like it in my eyes, I guess! At least the last couple of months have flown by!

So keep us in your prayers, Art has two MAJOR test coming up in both November and December and then add traveling to like 10 to 15 different states between now and December and you have one stressed out hard worker! I am very excited for the 30th and to be in my own home next week! Yeah! But our crazy life doesn't get a real brake from all the adventures and traveling until January, Hopefully that is!

But before I end my little sagga...I need to say a big THANK YOU to all of our friends and family that have been either assisting with mail or putting up with us these last couple of months...saying it is appreciated is almost an understatement and it seems Thank you isn't quite enough either...but well I guess words just can't describe how grateful our family has been to ALL of you! These last couple of months have been difficult and we truly could not have gotten through any of it with out the help YOU ALL have been to us...Thank you!

AND THE VERDICT IS...

Well Addy still wants a sister...B-U-T... she will be the older sister of a baby brother! I am a little nervous, but we are extremely excited! It will be once again a whole new experience! YEAH!

What do ya think I am having???????????

SOO I have my Ultra sound on the 30th...Yeah! SOO what is your vote Girl or Boy??? Thoughts Art and I both think we are having a ???? But who knows we shall see soon enough!

Here are some more picture of our traveling Adventures! This pretty much sums up August in Arizona for ya!

one last good bye hug...
one cute family!
Two very tired girls!

We went to dinner with Kaeli for her birthday!
Addy found a new hobby after we mad some necklaces with Grandpa Brian! She is pretty good at it too...it certainly surprised me how well she was able to get tiny bead onto a tiny wire!
Thanks Uncle Levi and Aunt Kathy for letting me hold Baby Avery!
This is such a sweet picture of two cousins!
Thank YOU Uncle Tim and Aunt Heather for a very memorable night of horses and riding...we had a fabulous time and Addy wined and cried when we finally had to go home and now when ever horses get brought up she always tells us that Cheyeanne is her horse!
She fed all three of the horses carrots and just couldn't get enough of them!
This is The wonderful Uncle Time who owns the horses and allowed Addy to ride and then Arts cousin Kim and Her little cutie pie Nixon!
These are some of Addy's cousins on Arts side Adilee and Peyton and Becky is their cute mom! If you haven't noticed yet Addy is in all of these pictures and Cheyeanne...she would not get off and wined when she had too...I think she road the horses for ohhh an hour and a half!
I was a little ecstatic when I got to ride C.J. it was a blast!
Addy was not afraid to ride any of the horses but preferred to ride Cheyanne
and you all know Cheyeanne! Addy's Favorite!!
Meet C.J.
This is Addy's true passion...meet Sunny
Our sweet little niece Avery!
This is what Addy would prefer to wear most days...if mom would only let her!
Addy had such a blast with her cousins...her and Trinity became little pals and almost every day Addy would ask where her friend was!
WHy get dressed when it is sooo much funner to be naked!
This is such a cute picture! Chaplen's middle name is after my grandpa J.R. who passed away some years ago...Chaplen was also born on my Grandpa J.R. birthday!
This is Addy's new Cinderella dress Grandma Wendy and Grandpa Brian Bought for her...she may have gotten a little spoiled at her grandparents house!
Addy just LOVES going to the cabin there is sooo much to do and so many toys to play with it was fun watching her play with the doll house!

Yep thats right a rainbow...rarely seen these days!
Arts cousin Tawnie got married while we were down in Mesa...Congrats to both again!