Sunday, February 28, 2010

Birthday Weekend continues....


I hope her wishes came true!

My little shopper
So excited to just lay on the floor, always makes him happy!
Baby Jeremiah, always always happy. So sweet.
Addie Jane with some of her friends opening her gifts.
John and Jessica, so excited to say they're expecting a baby boy on July 23, 2010. I get another nephew!
Jack and Jeremiah hanging out
I don't need a spoon or a fork, or even a plate. I will just do it like this!
Aunt Jessica and Addie Jane

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Addie Jane's Birthday party!

A very happy Birthday girl
Present time!
Blowing out the candles
Family shot minus Baby Jack
My mom made this cake. It was amazing she made all of Addie Jane's favorite animals out of icing! Everyone was so impressed, she did an amazing job.
Turtle Emu Sheep
Duck Rabbit Cow
Monkey Giraffe Fish
Playing under the parasute with Charlie, they are best buds.
Spinning time!
Jumping with Dada Bear
Balance beam
I love this picture
Jumping with Katie and Charlie
She got to stand here with her shakers when everyone was singing "Happy Birthday".
Baby Jack trying out the balance beam with Melanie (Mel Mel)
My brother-in-law, Micah, and nephew Jeremiah. Precious.
My brother and his girlfriend Alex.


These are just a few of the pictures I had on my camera I will post more soon. We had such a great time!

I am about to have a 2 year old....


OK you have got to be kidding me, Addie Jane is about to be 2 what?! In case you didn't know Addie Jane was born on leap year, so she doesn't technically have a birthday this year. We have decided to celebrate on the last day of February every year, whether that be the 28th or 29th. Today we have birthday party at the The Little Gym at 5:30 a lot of family and friends are coming and we are super excited. Addie Jane takes her "gymnastics" class there, which is really just time for them to run around like crazy but learn how to wait their turn, be patient, learn hand and eye coordination, share, and things like that, it has been really great for her. We are expecting about 10 kids. WOW it is going to be crazy but at least we don't have to clean up. I got Addie Jane the most adorable outfit I have ever seen. I would describe it, but I want it to be a surprise when you see it tomorrow.
In the past year Addie Jane just like any 2 year old has changed so much. Right now she can jump on two feet over different things, knows about any word you want her to say, and tell you exactly whats she wants. One thing about Addie Jane that I have been impressed with is her ability to put different things, whether is be something that person said to her, or something she just remembers about them, but for example last summer she went to visit my grandparents in Texas on an airplane, and ever since then every time she hears or sees an airplane she goes "Mimi Papa BIG airplane." It is just crazy she can remember something that long ago. My cousin Katie also had a turtle once and Addie Jane saw it and ever since then it was "Katie turtle?" ha ha. Here are a few saying that she says when I mention someones name:

  1. Me Ma (also known as Mary Ella)- "I do" She noticed last time we were in Birmingham at Haley's, that Mary Ella would say I do, all the time.
  2. Haley- "boy (insert name I just don't want to spoil it), come out belly" Haley is having a boy in June, and Addie is always wanting him to come out of her belly and play.
  3. Betsy (Betbets)- "oh well" Something she heard Betsy said once or twice.
  4. Amanda (Manda)- "No chad" Addie Jane is only a fan of my Uncle Chad from a distance. Ha.
  5. Kristi- "Brad at work" Brad is usually still at work when we are in Florence during the day, and she always put Brad and Kristi together.
  6. Amy- "Bell no bite!" Amy and Robin have a dog named Bell, it has never bit Addie Jane but when goes over there Robin and Amy both say, no bite Bell.
  7. Dada Bear- "No big deal" Funny story, Addie Jane and I went to Target to get a few things and I let her get some bubbles. She was holding them in her hand when she decided to throw them all over the floor, they went everywhere, and some boy workers had to clean them up. Addie Jane came home and told Jentry the story and he replied with, "No big deal, it ok." She has been saying it ever since.
  8. Baby Jack- "be HAPPPPYYY" As we all know Jack can be kinda fussy and so Addie Jane always tells Jack "Come on Baba Jack be HAPPY!" Always in a loud but happy, energetic voice.
  9. Jessica ( and she actually says JESS-IC-CA 3 syllables)- "Tucka....boy" John and Jessica have a dog named Tucker who Addie Jane just loves, and now Jessica is having a baby boy due in July. Addie Jane has finally grasped the concept that Jessica has a baby in her belly.
  10. Julianne (JuJu)- "Micah?, baba Jeremiah, hold it" Jeremiah is Addie Jane's first cousin, and my first nephew, we love him. She always wants to hold him.
  11. Mona Vicki (she says Mona Bicki)- "Cash Gracie, bang bang house" Across the street from my parents house, they have been building a new house FOREVER. Addie Jane would always here loud banging over there so she calls it the "Bang bang house." She always will say things like book, animals, bicycle, and other things they play when she is over there. Cash and Gracie are my dogs, that live with my parents. Ha.
  12. Papa (now she is calling him Papa Jepp)- "doll house, plato, animals, read books". These are activities that my Dad and Addie Jane always play together.
  13. Gran Janie- usually sings this song they made up that, "Jacy Bable where are you, come and play!" Everyday she comes home from being at their house it seems like she is singing. So adorable.
  14. Boss-"Miles?" Behind their house is a little Boston terrier named Miles, every time she goes over there Boss (Jentry's Dad) always takes her to go see him, it makes her so happy.
  15. Daniel (D)- "Alex hop hop" or "at school" Alex, is my brother's girlfriend and she has a rabbit names Petunia and Addie Jane met her so, of course now she is constantly talking about it.
  16. Alex- "tunia tunia" Obviously what she calls Petunia.
  17. Grandaddy/ Grandmother- "tractor drive, feed horse" When we go over to my Grandparents house Grandaddy lets her sit in his lap and drive in the field to go see my Great Uncle Jimmy's horse.
  18. Mimi/Papa- "Airplane biggg, Addie go see" (see paragraph above) She is always wanting to go back, and I tell her don't worry they are going to come here this summer and play. She is looking very forward to that.
  19. Curtis and Tyler (Jentry's best friends since High School, she calls Uncle Dirt and Moose both still in College)- "School, yea, come home soon"
  20. Anna- "gum, mint" A while back Anna came to babysit Addie Jane and gave her a mint, gum, and lipstick, so every time I talked about her that's all she says. Also Anna has thesemfridge boots she has worn over to the house a few times, I got Addie Jane some back before Jack was born and she still refers to them as "Anna Boots."
  21. Holly- "Me ma??" Right after I had Jack we went to visit Birmingham. Haley, Betsy and I wanted to go eat and shop, so Holly came over to watch Mary Ella (Me Ma), now Addie Jane thinks Holly is Me Ma's mom. Ha
  22. Kristen- "Ki Ki Barbie" Every time Kristen (Ki Ki) comes over they go in the playroom and play barbies. For Valentine's Day Kristen got Addie Jane a new barbie, so now she only associates barbies with Kristen.
  23. Katie- "turtle, emu" I had said before why Addie Jane talks about turtles with Katie, but the emu thing comes from when Katie and Addie Jane went to the drive through animal park, that is not far from our house. They have emus that come right up to your car. Addie Jane loved it. When Katie comes over they also look up emu movies on YouTube, she loves it.
  24. Jacy- "airplane" They always go outside and look at helicopter and airplanes.
  25. Kimberly (Bable)- "Bable's room, play"
All of this is really just for me to remember what she associated with everyone, and why. I am looking forward to watching her grow and learn new things everyday. There are so many other things she says about people and places but these are just a few. Addie Jane is amazing, I can't imagine my life without her. Our life has changed because of her, and I would not have it any other way. Two years down. Not too bad at all.


Thursday, February 25, 2010

My daughter and her many faces





Please note that all of these pictures were taken in about 10 seconds....so my camera still missed some good ones.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Addie Jane get s new swing and Jack eats real food!

I think it was time for Jack to have some real food. He had been taking about 6-8 ounces every 2-3 hours, it was getting out of control. Now he gets full and tired!
My mom got this swing for Addie Jane at Ikea in Atlanta a few weeks ago for 30$ how awesome she loves it!


Beautiful and silent ;)

Very tired from a long day of playing dress up, it is a hard life ya know?

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

What have we been doing?



Well, let me update you on what has been happening in our lives.




Me, I have started back to work 3 days a week now, but honestly I think I am going to have to cut down to 2 days. Jack is still not quite sleeping through the night, but getting there. I have been become OBSESSED with "The Biggest Loser" I can't miss it, and cry every episode. Jentry and I have been watching a new show on TV called "White Collar" on USA. It is about a con artist who recently got caught by the FBI but instead of going to prison he works with them to help solve cases. It is so interesting and has a lot of great twist. I would call it a must see. I had recently, about 1 week after Jack was born, died my hair brown. I did love it, but it just wasn't really me, and this week I went back to dirty blond, and I love it. I feel like myself for sure. I love change. Also I have recently started drinking Diet Coke (not normal for me to have soft drinks) but I am trying to quit, I just like the caffeine. This weekend is Valentine's Day but I am hoping to get sometime where I can re-do the house, maybe do a little thrift store shopping, etc. My absolute favorite thing to do is rearrange, redecorate, re-do anything I can find. My goal this weekend is to re-cover my lamp shades. I am also I big fan of Anthropologie, of course everything there is over our price range I have to decided that for my birthday I want everyone to give me a gift card there, I don't care if its 5 or 10 or what, I want to save up money to buy like 3 or 4 pillows for my couch and kitchen knobs. That's my goal. They have the greatest house stuff. Well that's pretty much what is going on with me, all of that, and trying to loose weight, as usual.



Addie Jane is WOW, amazing. I mean she has been saying so many sentences and putting all of her words together so well, it is crazy. She will say things like, "Addie go work...Dada Bear." Which means "Addie Jane go to work with Daddy" ha. Oh and by the way, Jentry calls Addie Jane "Addie Bear" and now Addie Jane will call Jentry "Dada Bear" it is SO cute! Also, she has been swimming in the bath tub, laying on her stomach and putting her face in the water. She is a brave little girl. She is always talking about going to the pool and the beach. She is constantly doing something all the time, whether it be playing in her doll house, drawing, jumping off furniture, or just getting into anything she can find, she is always moving. Very active little thing. She doesn't enjoy TV or movies unless its nap time or bedtime. Then she loves, "Madagascar" and her movie about animals on the farm. If you ask her what she wants for her birthday she says. "EMU!!" She loves loves loves Emus. I think they are scary personally. Right now she has 2 favorite books, "Go Dog! Go" and "Are you my Mother" both are Dr. Seuss books. In "Go Dog! Go" it really helps the children learn words like: above, below, up, down, here, there, large, small, ect. She has got those all down now. She can read word like "Go" and "dog" just from reading the book so much. She loves to read books, she looks at Jentry or me and say, "Read more books please." Now she can tell us, what color clothes she wants to where, what she wants to eat, if she is thirsty, or tired, or basically anything. It really makes things so much easier, until......... the fit throwing starts. ha. I know its coming. As for now though, she is awesome, and it has been such a blessing watching her grow. She will be 2 in 18 (or 19 ha ha since the 29th doesn't come around this year) days.



Jack, what can you say? He is getting so big, he weighs about 14 pounds now, he eats all the time. Everyone says it is because he is a boy. Jack is funny, when you are looking and talking to him, he is laughing and smiling at every little thing you say and then once you look away he screams as if you hit him. ha ha. He loves attention, and he definitely gets it. He is getting his personality in and loves when Addie Jane talks to him. He has rolled over 5-6 times now, getting it down pretty good. I don't what I will do when he is completely mobile. Still has no hair but at least he doesn't have to wear a bow right? He is wearing his 6-9 month clothes right now. I didn't expect that, he still hasn't worn all his 3-6 month! I forgot how fast babies grow, it truly amazing. Sleeping now 4-5 straight, which isn't great but what are you going to do, right? Addie Jane slept through the night at 2 months. I can remember when Jentry and I went to the British Virgin Islands and Addie Jane stayed in Huntsville with my grandparents from Texas, and she did great, but everyone tells me boy and girls are just different. No 2 babies are alike. He is still sweet and I am excited to watch him grow. Everyday is a new day with him, doing something different everyday. I can't wait to get him in the pool this summer. I think he will really love it, because he LOVES his bath so much. Cross your fingers :)






Saturday, February 6, 2010

Addie Jane loves hugs

Although, this is a cute picture you might be wondering to yourself why exactly Addie Jane only has a diaper on, well let's just say she has learned to take off her clothes. The funny thing about that is, not only does she take them off, she hides them in different places around the house. Ha. I found two shirts in our kitchen cabinet the other day.


This is Addie Jane with our dog Mack, they are pretty much together all the time. She dresses him up and pretends to play tea party with him, it is precious.

Jack rolls over

My Little nugget ( with absolutely no hair, yet still adorable)
About to try to roll over and finally.....
He does!!! YAY! we are so proud of him :)