No fun

Addison has been a bit under the weather this week with her first stomach virus.  Fun for all of us!!

She has this bottom lip thing down.  

Forgive me for taking these pictures....I picked her up right after, I promise!

But how pathetic is this?  Poor thing.....

Harley knows how to make it better though!

25 Random Things

This has been all over facebook.....it was fun to do, but hard to think of 25 things...I'm boring people!  Also...consider yourself tagged...it's your turn!

1. I have lived within the same 40 miles in and around Houston all of my life (excluding college), and sometimes wish we could try living someplace else....but am afraid I would miss my family and friends too much.

2. I have a 9 month old daughter named Addison who looks 95% like my husband and 5% me. I love her to pieces.

3. I went to A&M, and bled maroon and white for 4.5 years, but now consider myself quite the 2 % er....especially after the last few football seasons. Yes, I know I"m fair weathered.

4. I taught for 7 years and got my Masters Degree in Educational Administration and now hope I never have to use the Administration part.....and that I can wait more than a few years before stepping back into a classroom again.

5. I DVR The View, Ellen, and Oprah every day and never get a chance to watch any of them

6. I have an addiction to Ebay.

7. Until a month ago, I thought Facebook was for high school kids.

8. I am in love photography and would love to learn more about it....and perhaps, be good at it!

9. I'm afraid of escalators.

10. Terrified of snakes.

11. Having trouble thinking of 25 things...this is hard!

12. Andy and I went out on a date in 2002 and I didn't think he was "my type"...didn't see each other again for another year.

13. I wish it would have worked out between us the first time so I could have met his wonderful mom.

14. Sometimes wish I would have been a real estate agent...maybe I'm watching too many episodes of House Hunters, "My House is Worth What?" and spending too much time on HAR.

15. My parents have been married for 41 years....pretty incredible.

16. Would eat Mexican food almost every night if gaining weight wasn't a side effect.

17. When people ask me what music I like to listen to, I want to sound halfway intelligent, but in all honesty, I really enjoy Britney quite a bit.

18. Check PerezHilton,com and People daily......ask me anything about the latest celebrity gossip, and I"m sure to know.

19. I love watching my husband be a daddy...he's so good at it!!

20. Love to travel...favorite trips so far include Napa, Cabo, and Italy. Still on the list....Hawaii, Africa, and Vegas....nope, never been.

21. I hate writing things like this, but love to read everyone else's list.

22. My daughter laughs at my singing....even if she's crying, that's what makes her laugh..works every time. I'm that bad.

23. My faith is extremely important to me, but I sometimes have a hard time talking about it.

24. I have 9 boxes of frozen ice pops in the freezer 

25. I was an All-American Mascot in high school. Yes....they actually give out "All-AMerican" awards for that. Cheapens the tile All-American a little bit, don't you think?

Did Someone Say Cute?

I have a problem.  I have a serious issue with baby girl clothes.  I try to be reasonable about it. Why pay full price when there's Ebay?  I also try to convince Andy that I am being reasonable by shopping on Ebay.  Last night here is how our conversation went.

Andy: Is there a reason that PayPal keeps popping up like several times a week?

Me: Because I'm finding ridiculously cute clothes at a fraction of the price!

Andy: Have you seen your daughter's closet?  It's full of clothes?  She probably has more than half that she hasn't even worn!

Me: (deep breath)...Andy, you do realize that she grows??  The reason that she hasn't worn half that stuff is that it's 12-18 months, and Addison is only in 6-12 now....but I'm always looking for good deals for the next season...(or 3 seasons after that).

Andy: No, I'm talking about the 6-12 month clothes.  I haven't seen her in half of them.  Look, I'll show you.

Me: I Quickly follow because I KNOW she has worn everything in that closet.  Doesn't he know that I change her outfit like 3 times a day (sometimes for necessity, sometimes for fun)

Sure enough, my point was proven.  He went through every outfit and finally found only one she had yet to wear.  This of course was so exciting for me.  A new outfit that had almost been forgotten!!

So here it is...a gift from Nana, and she sure looks cute.  

While you enjoy, I'm off to my ebay watch list....

Hey neighbor

We live on the best street ever.  Since we moved in 4 years ago (can't believe it's already been that long!), we have bonded with and loved spending time with our neighbors.  When we first moved in...nobody had kids and we got together whatever chance we had.  Hurricane Rita parties, birthday parties, christmas parties, power outage parties, Rico's parties.....really, every chance we got.

Now 4 years later, and 5 kids later...it just gets harder.  Last night we got together to celebrate Missy's birthday...won't say which birthday...but it was a special one.  The party had to come to an end a little earlier than they used to, but it was so fun to catch up with everyone.

The Crew...Kemmerlys, Parsons, Oswicks, and Fenners

Carrie and Will were there in spirit.....darn Tampa.

Addison had her first pizza. Pizza and ice cream in one weekend....good times.

Margeaux Kemmerly and Eleanor Oswick

Margeaux and Kurt

Partied out

The Fenners

Just the girls...Missy, Trina, Leslie, Melissa

Fun with cousins and ice cream!

Today we had so much fun because Aunt Sarah, Uncle Mike, and cousins Eloise, Owen and Iris came to visit for the day!  Iris and Addison are only about 2 weeks apart in age so it was really fun to see them start to interact more.

We went to the park, the church playground and of course Ricos.  Addison found out the best part about Ricos is the free ice cream!  I don't know who appreciates this more...the kids or the parents who are at their wits end.  So Andy went against his "no sugar" policy for Addison (what's the fun in that?) and let her try her first ice cream.  She now knows we've been holding out on her.

A few of these pics are random, but I've had fun playing around with my new camera Andy got for me.  So far, I only know how to keep it on the auto "point and shoot", but I can't wait to play with all the features and venture out off of auto.  

Addison and Aunt Sarah

Cousin Iris

Cousin Owen

Addison loves Eloise!

Don't hold back now dad!

Good night...sleep tight.

Awkward...

Addison's hair is going through a little bit of an awkward stage.....

The Boot.....

is finally off!!!!!!!

For those that don't know, I had foot surgery at the beginning of December and have been hobbling around in a not-so-attractive surgical boot for the last six weeks.  I finally got the ok to wear an actual tennis shoe this morning....and "EASE" back into "normal" life.  This is very exciting stuff people!