Addy's Premiere at Church

Miss Addy wore a pale pink corduroy wrap dress with pink floral lining and ties. Her blouse was white with an embroidered collar. She looked smashing and all the boy babies were checking her out.

I think I will move to Australia

I had a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day. I think I will move to Australia.

It all started when we woke up late for our first day back to church. We made it on time and even had a little time to spare but I arrived stressed. Jack made it through the sacrament and then started to melt. He and I spent the rest of the time wandering the halls and eventually meeting up with the other kids in the primary room to wait out the meeting. Ryan got to hold the sleeping Addy. I missed Sunday School because I was nursing a baby.

And then the fun really began. As some of you know, I was called to serve in the Relief Society Presidency the Sunday before Addy's birth. (Relief Society is the women's organization for our church.) My primary role is to insure that Sunday meetings go as planned with teachers, lessons and music all set up. I was conducting the meeting today and was able to make it through the announcements. The highlight during my making the announcements was that I could not think of the word youth and announced, "The Young People will have a temple trip on Tuesday." I don't know who fits into the category of young people.

After making the announcements I thought we would have to forgo the practice song to make time for the lesson. So I turned to the pianist who I thought was giving the lesson today and asked if she needed more time for her lesson. The startled stare in response was my first clue that something wasn't right (due to a misunderstanding she thought she was teaching next week and I assumed that everything was all set for today. Totally my fault.) So we decided to sing the hymn while I thought of what to do for a lesson. ( I had read the lesson the night before and it was a difficult one on John the Baptist and there was no way that I was going to be able to teach it on the fly)Fortunately my smart friend Sarah suggested that we have a discussion of Conference and let people share their thoughts. BRILLIANT! So that is what we did and it turned out to be good.

Except for the part when I was standing up in front and saw the door open in the back. There was my friend K1 with my son who was supposed to be in nursery. My same friend Sarah jumped up to go see if Jack needed a diaper change. When she came back with the diaper, I knew it was something else. After I finished the lesson and sat down she informed me that Jack had been kicked out of nursery for pushing. Are you kidding me? Yep, I'm the mother of the child who is pushing in nursery.

So that was our first day back at church. I think I will move to Australia.



But really, even on my bestest days I would love to be back in Sydney. So I guess it wasn't that bad after all.

The Club

My family has a club and I am not a member.

What is this elite club you ask?

The Nose Club

Ryan Jack Addy

As you can see, they ALL have the same nose.

It never bothered me to not be a member until I realized that membership has its privileges.


Jack recently started kissing Addy on her nose. He loves to kiss her and really only kisses her nose. Then the other day while Ryan was laying on the floor Jack leaned down and kissed Ryan's nose. When I complained to Ryan that I had never been kissed by Jack his response was, "You don't have the same nose."


I began to think that the only way for me to get a kiss from my son was to undergo rhinoplasty. Last night Jack gave me one little kiss.
Not on my nose.

Warmer Weather

We've had warmer weather which means we are headed outside to play. However, the lawns are wet and full of mud. Perfect for a two year old who loves water and mud. My friend and I bravely took our toddlers and newborns to the park to play. (see K1) We have no picture of the actual event but imagine two blond boys running and jumping into a muddy puddle. You can imagine their joy. I, of course was thinking, "Who's going to get this muddy boy home." Luckily, Ryan made it to the park before we left and hefted the boy home.

Here is Jack when we got home. If you blow up the picture you can see the mud up to his knees.

See his dirt streaked face? Can he get any happier?

Yes, that is a pizza box he's crawling on. In our defense it was a windy day and the contents of our recycling was spread out over part of our backyard. It has since been cleaned up so that we aren't the trashy neighbors.

All clean.

And what was Addy up to during this adventure?


Sleeping.

Adeline Louise

Ryan took these beautiful pictures of Adeline in her handmade blessing gown for her birth announcement. Look for her announcement in a mailbox near you.

Clean Addy

Check out the rolls on that girl.

I only point this out because I am so proud of her growing body because her only nourishment comes from me. MIRACLE!

All wrapped up and warm in the towel Dorothy made her.
(Notice the hood is around her feet. Not sure why. )

Happy Helper

Jack is really becoming a grown up boy. He likes to do whatever we are doing.
He is helping us rake the leaves in the backyard.

Our leaves fell late and the snow fell early this year so we're cleaning up fall's mess so we can move on to spring planting and fixing up the backyard.

He filled his own paper sack with leaves and sticks too. I guess we need to get him his own yard work tools. I see lots of fun this summer working in the yard. Do they make children's work gloves?