Prayers

Tonight Andy was putting Addison down to bed after a very late night....more cute pics from that soon....BUT
We have been working on saying prayers with her at night. She has mainly been repeating after us...thank you for my family...thank you for my house.....
Well tonight Andy didn't even say anything. She got into her crib and said on her own accord...

Thank you for my cousins
Thank you for my fanily
Thank you for mommy daddy
Thank you for my harley
Thank you for ice cream
Amen.

7 Months & Pedicures

Would you please stop growing up so fast?

Get ready for a slight picture overload...

Oh. my. goodness.

You are such a happy baby.

Here is what you've been up to...

*You are moving everywhere. Not quite crawling, but I know it's coming.

*You can sit up on your own and much prefer that to laying down anymore.

*You are equally fascinated by books and your sister, so both at the same time is enthralling.

You are eating 3 solid meals a day and you have a favorite...

spinach, peas, and pears (mixed together)...yes, you read that right.

You are nursing 4-5 times a day.

You love tv probably way too much. I'm sure your sister has nothing to do with this...or your dad.

Speaking of dad, many people think you look like me (which I love), but I see a lot of your daddy in these pictures.

You love sucking on your fingers and still have no teeth, but I think that's coming soon.

You put everything in your mouth.

Everything.

and that's the end of that onesie.

And now, onto my little diva!

Addison was thrilled today when I asked her if she wanted me to paint her toes.

I told her not to move and let them dry and she just crossed her feet and waited. Priss.

Any other color but pink was not an option.

Say it ain't so....

Remember last year when we went through hell and high water just to move 7 houses down the street?

Remember when we spent two months with contractors just to get our "new" house EXACTLY like we wanted?

Remember how I said, "I'm never moving again."

Well, I lied.

We're moving.

And not just down the street. We are leaving the neighborhood that I love, the community that I adore, the city that I've lived my entire life minus a 4 1/2 year stint in College Station, and family and friends that I don't know how I'll function without.

After 2 months of prayer and "hurry up and wait", and careful thought, Andy has accepted a job transfer to San Diego.

Oh, there could be worse places to go....but there also could be a lot less expensive places to go as well! =)

He will still be working for Shell but at their office in La Jolla, CA, just north of San Diego. Back in the day, before kids, I would tag along whenever he had a business trip to attend to business of my own.....like driving up the coast to one of my favorite places on earth...

and then stopping at Trader Joe's for some two-buck-Chuck and enjoying the view of Laguna Beach....

Yeah, there could be worse places to go....

So the next few months are going to be crazy. We have such mixed feelings about this. We're excited about what this means for our family and the adventures we'll have together....like actually getting to go outside in the months of May-September.

But....

I don't want to talk about what we're leaving behind.

It's four years. In four years, Addison will be entering first grade....and we will hopefully be back in this place that I love so much. And maybe I'll even be skinny.....or vegan....or liberal.....

Um, maybe not.

I don't know how she does it.

After getting rained out several times, we finally got to get together with Shannon and have some pictures taken. My little drama queen diva did not make this a pleasant experience for anyone.

I tried to come prepared this time with bribes.

After she was throwing a fit during the first picture, I promised her a snack if she would just look at the camera...once.

Well she got the snack and then my whole little plan backfired. She refused to let go of the snack pack, or the fruit snacks. It was a choice of either having her throw a hissy fit thus ending the photo session before it even started, or just not caring if the snack pack was in every picture.

I don't know how she does it. Shannon was still able to get a bunch of cute ones thanks to some creative cropping. I'm so sad that she's retiring from her gig. She is a fantastic photographer and I'm so glad that we've been able to get to use her over the last two years. Thanks Shannon!!!

This one will give you an idea of how the session itself went....you can see we're are actually holding Graham in place...during one pic I was so busy with little diva, that Graham actually face planted into the flower bed. Poor laid back second child.

Happy Father's Day!

Grandma and Papa came to visit this weekend and it was an extra special Father's Day to get to spend it with them. Addison just squealed as soon as she saw them....and Graham just appreciated the increase in ratio of adults to toddlers/baby meaning extra attention for him.

Of course we pulled the waterslide out.

And I enjoyed trying out some Pioneer Woman recipes that I've been meaning to eat make. I love her. I really do. Andy reminds me that she is from his neck of the woods being from rural Oklahoma. Ok, Ponca City isn't exactly rural, but close.

Anyways, the guacamole was awesome.
And had to throw a couple of pictures of cutiepatootie in there....

Addison led everyone is several renditions of itsybitzyspider.
And Papa and dad watched many hours of the US open....while I found a new obsession....

blurb.com.

I finally found a way to turn this blog into a hardback book that I'm so excited about. Check it out, but only if you have absolutely nothing that you need to be doing for the next few weeks. It will suck you in.

Just Because

What we do when daddy's not home

Now someone grab some wipes before Andy gets home.