LOL!

Yesterday I was spring cleaning the boys' room and Addie and Trevor were keeping me company. I had left her wayy over in the center of the room but she decided she wanted to check the cleaning progress UNDER the beds. And then Trevor joined her. I just thought this was funny.

 

a few more

Carson and his pal were I think the only little "couple" there dancing to some slow songs and the teachers went wild. My sweet neighbor, Miss Becky (who was Carson's original 1st grade teacher this year before the classes got so big that they moved kids around) took tons of photos of them too because she was just so tickled. I can't wait to see hers, she has a much better camera than I do!

 

 

 

During the Dance

 

 

 

 

Very First Dance Ever

Carson's school hosted a dance to raise money for Relay for Life on Friday. This was Carson's very first dance ever and he was so excited. He requested that I iron his dress shirt because his school uniform just isn't fancy enough. He also wanted to get a flower to give to his friend Chloe at the dance. It was adorable!

Carson all fancied up and ready to go!

 

Trevor, Adelyn and I chaperoned

 

Carson and his sweet teacher, Ms. A. He really enjoys having her as a teacher!

 

Carson and his pal Chloe--see her flower?

 

HAIR CUT!

We were long overdue. Trevor hates getting his hair cut, and subsequently all I ever do is trim his bangs so hair doesn't get in his eyes. Well, it was finally time to go all out again. We went from this:

 

 

to this! We think he looks more like his daddy now with this grown up hair! and he has ears! who knew?

 

 

blowin' bubbles

 

my nickname as a baby was Bubbles because I always did this. funny to see my daughter do it so often, because neither of the boys really did! going on a walk, admiring the trees, and blowing bubbles. sounds like an easy life, doesn't it?

lost memory card

 

 

we lost one of our memory cards in the move and recently found it. LOL it still had pictures from my niece's birthday party on it, so it must have been lost for a LONG time! her birthday is in March, so it's been almost two years apparently. It's amazing how much the boys have changed in a year! This is from the park by our house in Phoenix. And no, I am not neglecting the boys, but they have both just been so ecstatic to play outside again after the winter that they will absolutely not sit for photos right now. They are too busy getting dirty and sweaty and riding bikes. I can't juggle a camera and a baby outside unless she's in the stroller, so I keep forgetting to take pictures of them outside. But yes, they're still rotten and doing wonderful!

7 months old

7 months old, and we had a bit of a scare. at her 6 month appointment the doctor noticed she wasn't reacting quite right to noises, and sent her to an audiologist. Since she'd already failed 3 hearing tests at birth, we were naturally pretty concerned. The audiologist said her right was better than her left but wasn't too happy with the results from either ear and recommended we see an ENT right away. We went this week to the ENT and weirdly, she passed the tympanogram in both ears. He said that it's likely she had some crazy pressure from ear infection or cold that she couldn't get rid of and that's why she failed, but it's good that we get it checked. He wants to recheck her and will do tubes in her ears if she has any more issues. We're guessing that she's just predisposed to infections the way Trevor was and since she never complains of pain or acts the way most babies do when they have an infection it's easy to miss....and go untreated, which leaves her with a lot of buildup pressure in her ears that makes her hearing decrease. So we'll have to be more observant and careful to make sure she doesn't go long stretches of time with hearing issues so that her speech isn't affected.
THANK GOODNESS!

First Party

 

Miss A went to her first party the other weekend for Colton's first birthday. She had a great time stealing all his cool big boy toys! It did help me gauge what she likes so I can know what to buy her to play with. The baby Einstein ball so many of our friends have didn't interest her in the slightest. The hairbow is holding on to like 10 strands of hair and it fell out as soon as she tilted her head down, lol. Oh well, it looked cute for the picture.

First Laughs

Adelyn has giggled for us a few times, usually when we're tickling her or kissing her neck. Last night Carson was jumping up and down and flapping his arms like a chicken and she started belly laughing! First time! Carson was pleased that her first real laughs were for him. We took a short video of it:

Addie Laughs

This was about 10 minutes into laughing, so at this point it was waning, but still pretty cute.

Hope you have a great day!

Squeaky Clean!

just out of the bath and a happy little camper!

I noticed that lately it's all pictures of Addie. Don't think I'm ignoring the boys! They've been so busy lately with other things that I can't get a good picture of them! Carson has a girlfriend at school named Chloe and they stay busy drawing each other friendship pictures every afternoon after school. Funny! Chloe may be switching schools soon because her parents bought a new house so they are very sad. I can't quite figure out when/if she's actually leaving but Carson always thinks it's her last day so he makes her another picture. I am starting to wonder if she's not saying it's her last day so he keeps it up! LOL But I seriously doubt she's in that manipulative stage yet. But I do bet she's enjoying the attention!

Trevor is busy building legos and practicing his ABC's. He had them down but I hate to say we slacked off on our work with the holidays and he's had to catch back up. I felt awful for that, but we're already back on track after just a few days of working with him again. Yay!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

So cute

I keep getting reminded of Baby Carson when I see or take pictures of Addie. I can't help it. Could you?

Sorry Guys

I'm sorry to make this private again, but I'm still having the same issue with strange stalkers, so I'm going to have to block anyone not on the list. I don't want to move the website again and I know how this particular person keeps finding it and it's not something I can go through 4 years of blogging to fix. (Names, etc)

So, sorry for the extra step in seeing our family, hope it's not too much trouble.

Winter Days

We've been hibernating at home, coloring and playing games and watching movies. It's been really fun but we have started to get a touch of cabin fever. We went to Reed's moms last weekend and that was a much needed respite, but far too short. I have a few pics from that, and I'll post those soon.
Meantime, check out two of my cuties from today:


WHY did she have to be wearing yucky pj's? lol

after a quick bath and a change, and sitting on big brother Trevor's lap. She really loves both boys. She lights up when she sees them and starts babbling. They love that she is responding to them and compete to see who can get her attention. You think she's going to be a bit over protected? LOL

Sassy Senorita

HEY!

Is this tulle or cotton?

It's baby soft tulle you say?

Maybe I should taste to be sure...

My silly boy...

Man, I love this kid. He's so silly. So sweet. Still such a baby even though he's a big boy now. I want to freeze the way he is and keep him in this not-quite-big-boy bubble for a little longer.


Shampoo Sculpture

fresh out of the tub wild hair

Talking up a storm

it takes entirely too long to upload a video on here, so I will just link you to it.
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/smithstation/?action=view&current=DSCF0471.flv

it's so cute! her mobile is playing up above her (fisher price aquarium thing) and she loooves talking to the fish. she did this for at least 30 minutes.

Gingerbread House

I'm really behind in posting, I know. The boys enjoyed making and then destroying their gingerbread house. I thought it was a lot of work for something they ate half of like 2 minutes after finishing, but it was fun and that was the whole point. :)

being very careful!

tada! finshed product!

yum!

Good Morning!

We know it's been awhile since we were able to post. Lots of things going on around here again, and we know you understand. But I couldn't resist posting this picture of my sweet Addie-pie! She's growing so quickly! She loves the Bumbo chair Mimi bought her at Christmas and likes being able to sit up so she can watch and interact with the boys. She's playing with toys now and is vocal about which ones she wants. She likes watching Baby Einstein dvd's and will coo at the tv when they are on. She's so content and happy and the boys just adore her! It's really sweet to watch her get more and more interested in what they are doing. She's also eating dinner now, at the table with the rest of us! So far she has loved everything we've tried and I'm making a few things myself, like bananas and carrots, so we'll see how that goes!
Have a great Monday!