Happy Birthday Peanut!

WARNING: VERY LONG POST sorry for all the pictures. It's for my family!

My homemade jellyfish!

The Grotto

The Welcome Sign Keith made. Notice all the sea creatures.

The Party Favors! and Yes those are real Goldfish.

Addison, Gabe and Ava making their Crowns getting ready to dance to "Under the Sea"

The Birthday girl getting ready for her turn at Pin the Crown on Ariel

"What, I didn't do anything" Gabe had just taken his blindfold off and then replaced his sticker on Ariel's head.

It's Addison's turn...although she wouldn't keep the blindfold on either.

Playing in the water

The beach ball sprinkler that they wouldn't play with!

Addison and Ava "sharing" Dora

Opening gifts....

Time for cake! A Cupcake Cake is the way to go!

Her second birthday was no different than the first. Fork Please!!

Now her and Daddy can play Guitar Hero together!

Addison, Ava and Gabe playing with her new doll from aunt Jenny and her new baby carriage from Ava

Trying to get a family picture while eating cake isn't going to happen!

And her annual wake-up birthday morning picture!

This year Addison's birthday fell on Sunday so we decided to have her party on Saturday July 18th. She is very into the Little Mermaid right now so I picked a Mermaid theme. I found the perfect invitation and I was ready to go. We went all out hanging "jellyfish" and "bubbles" and fish from the ceiling and I found these darling puff flowers i thought could pass as anemone's. Thanks to Mike and Kari for coming to help. I had PLANNED on water activities outside and a mermaid tail race. Then we would come in for decorating crowns, I thought they could dance around to under the sea, then play pin the crown on Ariel, eat cake and open presents and then finally bust open the pinata. It was simple. I invited 8 kids and family and all was good to go. Originally 2 kids couldn't make it and then Wednesday hit. Phone call after phone call, people cancelled. I started to get worried. So I made some adjustments and we went on. Gabe, Ava and baby Christian ended up being the only kids that came but that was fine. We didn't do the Mermaid tail race and the outdoor water activities didn't last long, but that was okay. We just went with the flow. I forgot to make the Mac and Cheese that morning so instead of just forgetting it like I should have I started it and Chad (Gabe's dad) finished it. Thank you Chad for stepping in and finishing it for Keith and I. You look great in an apron! Addison's cake was a cupcake cake in the shape of a crown. Addison blew the candle out but, I think Gabe helped a little. She wanted a fork before she would eat it and then ate all the icing first. She was in heaven. Shortly after that a storm started to roll in so everyone started to pack up and go. But not without their Goldfish! Addison had a wonderful party! Malyke had a blast sucking the helium out of the balloons afterwards. Addison had a very hard time going to bed last night and wanted to take her all her toys with her. Today we took her birthday money from Grandpa Ron, Mammie and Grandad and Uncle Terry and went to Toys R us to let her pick out a doll house. She was very particular with what she wanted and I will post about that soon! Thank you Jan for the Seafood dip and Sea blanket and Mom and Dad thank you for helping with the party we wish you could've been here.

the 4th of July

Addison trying to put her panties on over her clothes!

I know this is late but this has just been a crazy month! I can't believe it's more than half over. So to back up Our 4th of July weekend was fun filled. We started and ended it with lots of swimming and in the middle we had a birthday party to attend, a bbq at our house and fireworks to watch! Malyke enjoyed Peter, Kristina and Mike playing Wii sports with him the best!

Five New Posts!

I just posted Five new Posts so start from the bottom after swim lessons and work your way up! Enjoy!

My little Mommy in the Making

Over the past month Addison has really gotten into playing with dolls. She puts them to bed, feeds them, reads to them and loves them. Yesterday Malyke went out to play and she wanted to play in his room. I told her she couldn't and so she set up camp outside his door, and then down the hall. I have a darling video but it's to big to load so pictures will have to do but she went back into her room over and over again to get different animals and dolls and brought them out laid each one down and kissed them, saying nite-nite and then laid down herself. She had the Sound machine out and on and light buddy out. If only she would've fallen asleep too.

Orlando Science Center

This week Malyke, Addison and I went to the Orlando Science Center. We thought we were beating the heat but once there we were informed that the air conditioner was broken, but we carried on. It was still a fun afternoon. We checked out the "Mr. Potato Head", Grossology. and the Dino digs exhibits. Addison could've crawled through a rectum in Grossology but I declined. Malyke enjoyed Grossology the best. I guess learning about bodily functions is a boy thing. We ended our day with a stop at Twistee Treat and it made for a perfect summer day.

Shooting "snot" balls into the nose!

The stingray feeding. It was actually pretty cool. They Jumped out of the water to get the food!

"I want to Pump! You Up"

So Malyke is here visiting and we are trying to come up with things to do that would be fun for him. It's been 2 years since he's been here for any length of time so as you can imagine some things have changed on both ends. We have Addison which is a huge adjustment and he is 10 which is a huge adjustment. So we are taking a few days to get used to each other again. This week we were on one of my many trips to Target and he spotted a section of Sweatbands, tall socks, athletic shorts, etc.. so we got a few things and that night for our walk he busted them out and wore them proudly. Keith on the other hand wore them proudly until we walked outside then he had to tell every neighbor he was set up. Can't wait to see what's next!

Last minute Trip to Tulsa

So Keith had a business trip to Chicago and booked his trip on American so we wouldn't loose our FF miles. The week before his trip he was notified that the miles were going to expire anyway because he wasn't flying before the expiration day. So we could do one of two things. Spend $60 to buy more miles or book a flight. So since Addison is turning 2 in less than a month I decided We should look into flying home. After a phone call home. We booked the flight to Tulsa. We would leave the same day as Keith and be home a day after and we would be able to bring Malyke back with us for a few weeks. So to Tulsa we went. We got to ride in First Class which I am sure was a treat for the gentleman on the first flight sitting next to me. Addison wanted pretzels, and on American they don't have pretzels.(and if they did it would cost you $4) So she began screaming for pretzels then she wanted the "DV player" aka DVD player but as you know I couldn't just pull that out. At one point she told me she was going to "blam me" thanks to Keith, not that Keith says he is going to blam me but he told her the night before once that it's "blam" not "bam" so then as she is throwing a fit in First Class I am trying goldfish, juice, dora, mickey, books, Katy-Y anything just when I think she is going to calm down she starts yelling "I'm stuck.....I'm stuck in mommy's arms....I wanna run away!" HELP!" Finally we can get the "DV" player out. Everyone is looking at me as if to say "thank goodness, next time fly in the back of the plane." So after a 6 hour delay in Dallas we get to Tulsa and spent 4 days in the hottest summer I can remember. Addison had so much fun. It didn't take her to long to warm up and she loved finding the kitties and learned quickly how to tell "Bill" (Cullen's Dog) No. We visited my Gramie and Grandad and My Nana and had lots of fun with all of her Aunts and Uncles. Too bad Aunt Ellen wasn't home. She loved bossing Malyke around. I'll have to watch that this Summer as Malyke is here. She went out to Breakfast with Mammie and Grandad and Malyke and got her toenails painted. She had a shopping day with Mommy and Mammie and just had a great time. We loved being there a hopefully get to visit again soon. Thanks Mom and Dad for jumping through hoops to make it so much fun!

Malyke is coming to visit for the summer!! Addison couldn't be more excited!

These pictures should be at the bottom but they are the plane ride home, Addison loved having her own seat and really loved having Malyke next to her.

Addison wanted to be like Mammie so Rollers in the hair it is!

My Grandad Maus and Addison. He is such a great man. I have so many dear childhood memories with my Gramie and Grandad I am so blessed that Addison knows them. I only wish we lived closer so she could see them more often. When I told Addison we were going to see Gramie and Grandad Maus she said "and take a walk" to bad it was 106 degrees that day. We love you guys so much!!

Addison and My sweet Gramie. She is equally as great!

A little pedicure. Compliments of Grandad! Thanks Dad for such a memory. She still is looking at her toes saying "my fingernails painted"

My Favorite Picture of my Dad and Addison. I think it is just perfect!

Again another darling picture. My mom and Addison look so cute matching.