Friday, November 4, 2011

End of summer fun

Here's some pictures of some fun times at the end of summer that I neglected to post about. Still playing catch up!

Enjoying her Ariel slip and slide!

Painting Mommy's nails

What a great manicure I'm getting!

Jason took Addison to the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC while I was at a 2-day workshop. They had a blast, especially on the dinosaur trail and train ride.





Uncle Brad took us all to Fuji Family Day at the Greenville Drive Baseball game. It was a lot of fun!
Yummy hot dogs before the game

Uncle Brad and Aunt Taba with Reedy the Frog

Emily and Addison hugging

We went to the annual festival in York, called Summerfest. It was hot, but lots of fun!

Getting on the dolphin slide



Jumping in the moon bounce

Posing with Star Brite from Family Trust

Yee haw, posing with Miss York County Livestock :)

Petting a calf

Riding the train with Daddy


Posing with the Sonic hot dog
At the Winthrop volleyball game with She She, Blaine, and Jordyn.

Cheesin in her eagle hat

Sitting with Jordyn

Hugging Big Stuff

What a great summer we had!



Love at first sight

Here's some pictures of my darlings, who thankfully, adore each other right now. I know that won't last long, so here's some shots to savor.

She LOVES to kiss, hug, and hold him often.





My two little tigers

Now that's what I call relaxed!

So sweet!

He loves his bath now that he can get down in the water.


What a handsome fella!


Thursday, November 3, 2011

Celebrating Peyton

We had some very nice baby showers to celebrate Peyton's upcoming arrival and I hadn't posted any pics from those yet, so here they are. I must have forgotten my camera for the first shower, which was given by my friends Angela and Deb, so I don't have any pictures from that one.

The first set of pictures is from the shower given by Jason's coworkers at Dutchman Creek Middle School, where he started working at the beginning of this school year.

What an awesome cake!



These next ones are from the cookout shower that our best friends Sheila and Blaine gave us at their house. What a fun night!

Addison and her friend Grace



Addison's growing up!

Over the past several months, I've noticed how big Addison is getting and how much she is growing up. When Peyton was born, it really became more evident how big she is both physically and mentally, I guess because beside the little newborn, she really is pretty grown up. It makes me a little sad, but also very proud of the little girl she is becoming. She makes me laugh every day with all the funny things she says. I can't remember them all to write them in this blog, but I do remember one thing she said to my mom recently that was pretty funny and shows how she processes things in her head.

My mom said to her: "I could eat you up!" and Addison responded matter-of-factly with: "Nanda, we don't eat people." My mom said, "But I could just eat your eyes and your ears and your nose and your mouth because they are so cute!" and Addison said, "But Nanda, then I couldn't eat or hear or smell or talk!" She also frequently talks on her "cell phone" and talks about "did you get my text message? or my email?" which I think is hilarious! I wish I could think of some more, but I can't remember any right now.

She has her own little unique personality that is so endearing at times (at frustrating at others). She remembers EVERYTHING so you can't tell her snaything just to get her to move on, because it will come back to haunt you later. Same deal when you show her how to do something - she remembers EXACTLY how you show her the first time and she will do it EXACTLY that way each time she does it. And you can't get away with doing it any differently either.

One thing that she is doing lately that isn't so endearing in the moment is that she walks carefully so that she won't step on any lines in the floor or pavement, etc. So that means she's even slower than usual. We were in JCPenney the other day and she had to go potty. She had to step in the middle of EVERY SINGLE square in the floor on the way to the bathroom and I thought we would NEVER get there!!

Anyway, I'm proud of my sweet girl who is such a great big sister and I love her so much! Here are some pics of my big girl recently that I hope you will enjoy.

Ready for some Clemson Tiger football!

What a cute little Tiger!

Blue Icee teeth!

Ready to roast some marshmallows to celebrate Peyton's arrival home.

Showing off some acrobatics


Deer hunting with Daddy

In the deer stand with Mommy and Daddy

Walking back from the deer stand...can you tell she had been napping? (with Mommy)




Addison started taking ballet & tap in September. Here she is showing off her new dance shoes and leotard before classes began.



Happy 30th Birthday to me!

So, I'm over a month late posting this one, but I had to go back and recapture the moments of celebrating my 30th birthday, which was September 28th.

First of all, my best friend, Sheila turned 40 this year on her birthday, September 18th. We had told our husbands last year that they had to throw us a big party together to celebrate our milestones. Wel,l with me being pregnant and our focus on Peyton's near arrival, I thought maybe a party wasn't quite so important, so we made no plans. Then, Jason announced to me a few weeks before Sheila's birthday that Blaine (her husband) was planning a surprise party for her and needed me to help. I reminded him that he and Blaine were supposed to be planning one for us both and I told him he was in trouble. He played right in to that role that he had no clue what I was talking about (because he usually doesn't!). Anyway, I started getting a little suspicious for various reasons that maybe this was a joint surprise party, but he and Blaine tried to throw me off and some other things gave me reason to give up that idea on the day of the party. Then we arrived at Sheila and Blaine's house and there were some of my family members at "Sheila's" party. I was actually genuinely surprised and so was Sheila. I didn't have my camera so I didn't get any pictures, but I borrowed some from Sheila. It was a fun night!






Then on my actual birthday, there were no plans to do anything and I was at work. Then I got a phone call from my mom and she said for me to come out on the front porch for a birthday surprise. I went out front and her car pulled up with her, my brother, Addison and William! Boy, was I surprised! So, I went home for the day with them and we had fun playing and mama made my favorite meal for supper. What a great day and a great surprise!


William stylin' in the John Deere boots!
 
William chillin' in the Bumbo