Nag, Nag, Nag

Apparently my family feels like I don't update my bog enough! I have been slacking lately with the Addison updates. So here we go. Addison is my little chatterbox entertainer but only an entertainer when not on camera. Tonight at my parents house, she picked up Carter's snow pants and was saying "mouse, where''s the mouse?" She brought it to my mom and wanted her to find it. My sisters and I were all sitting there hoping there was no mouse in there and out comes Minnie Mouse in a little pink car. She currently, while I am writing this, is pretending I am a monkey because she is eating out of my hair. Her favorite sayings are "thats not nice" and "don't like it" Still not potty trained even though she calls herself "big girl"! She loves Care Bears (might be her mommy's influence), My Little Ponies, Thomas the Train, and Sesame Street. Her daddy and I need to watch what we say because she will repeat anything!!! She is very polite and will excuse anyone when they sneeze. She will also blame people for their bodily functions. "mommy do it or daddy do it" =]

My Montage 1/25/11 at OneTrueMedia.com

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It's been awhile.

Our Little Princess!!!

All of the cousins

Christmas Card 2010

What an eventful year we have had!!! Addison is growing up so fast and all I can think about is how much I want time to slow down!! She is a rambunctious 2 year old. She is talking a mile a minute. Addison loves My Little Ponies, Care Bears, Little People, and Abby Cadabby. Her favorite Christmas movie is How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the animated one). I cannot believe that the Grinch wouldn't scare her but he doesn't! She does not like Santa and will only let him close enough to give him knuckles. She loves the SNOW! She is always asking to go out and play. She is still going to Grandma Judy's when mommy and daddy are at work. She continues to make Carter cry but they are also so cute when they play together. They love to chase each other around my mom's house and dance to the Good Morning Song. On the paci front, she still uses one but only when she is sleeping so we constantly hear "mommy, Addison tired!" She refers to her daddy as Ryan and always says "Addison" instead of "I" when talking about herself. Not potty trained yet but I plan on working on that over the summer! She has not shown any interest so far.

Ryan got a promotion this year. He is assistant director of store operations. New job means more responsibility which is great but less time for me to see him. He works the 11-9 shift so family time is out the window unless he has a day off. He still loves to golf and bang on the drums when he is home at a decent hour to do so. Ryan loves to Hawks and is always constantly telling me about new football recruits.

I am still a teacher for students with autism in Davenport. I completed my very first triathalon last June. It was a lot of fun and I plan to do another but this time with a racing bike instead of a mountain bike. I also enjoy doing bootcamp classes with my mom and sisters.

FOT (Festival of Trees)

The kids were not too sure of Santa!!!

We took the kids to Festival of Tress today. They had a lot of fun! Neither one of them liked Santa. We made a cookie, saw some pretty trees, and some little kids dancing. Addison and Carter loved the TRAIN!!!! It was their favorite part. We went to the FOT parade on Saturday and went up to Cedar Falls on Friday night to see our cousin be inducted into the high school football hall of fame!!1 The week to come will bring Sesame Street Live, Thanksgiving, and a wedding.
Addison and the snowman

Ever Wonder

what happens when you drink sweet and sour sauce??

Happy Halloween!!!!

It was a busy weekend for us this weekend. Saturday, we carved pumpkins and then Addison stayed at home with Grammy and Papa Buster while mom, dad, uncle Craig, Papa, Uncle Cory, and Aunt Jo went to the fabulous Iowa game!!!! Who would have pictured a game like that, especially after what we watched last week!!! Sunday, we went to Boo at the Zoo, trick or treating at the Bettendorf Hy-Vee to see Addison's daddy, and trick or treating in Bettendorf! Busy, Busy, Busy.