12-14-12

December 14th was a very sad day. A shooter went into an elementary in CT and shot and killed 26 people, most of which were first graders.

This is such a devastating thing to hear about, and having a child who is not much younger than those kids, I have so much sorrow in my heart for those parents. Those kids went to school that day just like any other day. They were excited for Christmas that is right around the corner.

I can't imagine how devastated those families were to lose such sweet children so early in life. We pray for their comfort and hope tragic events like this don't happen in the future.

Tell the ones you love that you love them as often as possible. I hope we don't forget the lives that were forever changed on 12-14-12.

Summer in Utah

Ok so I am going to play some catch up.I'm just going to post a little bit and a few pictures about our time in Utah over the summer. The first big thing - my sister Whitney got married! AHHHH! It was such a fun day! We were very lucky and had Mike and Brittany watch the kids so we could enjoy and help with the wedding, and luncheon and pictures and all that - then we picked them up and they joined us at the reception to be in all the pictures for that. It was a beautiful day and I'm glad Corbin is part of our fam! 

The second big thing was we went to Lagoon as a family with Dan's family. It was actually the day before we left to drive home so we were packing pretty frantically that night and the next morning, but it was worth it. Jaxon LOVED it - Addy slept a lot. We spent the first part of the day at the water park they have there - me and Addy stayed out since I wanted her to nap during that time. Dan and Jax had a blast! And the end of the night Jake and I did the skycoaster. He had never been and no one else would go with him and I love doing that so we went. It was a blast - no pics of that sadly. :(

 

 

 

 



And last but NOT least - we got to spend time with family. We stayed with my parents so we saw them a lot and Landon made sure Jaxon saw starwars and he let him play with his guns - Jax was in heaven! We got to meet Alia (my brother Trevor and his wife Jordyn's daughter) for the first time! She is mine and Dan's first niece! We were finally made and aunt and uncle when they had her! WAHOO! So Addy and her "played" together! And we made sure we visited the Garners as much as we could so the kids could be with their other grandparents and aunt and uncles!

 

We had a great summer. It was also full of stress! Dan took a LOT of classes and had to spend most of the summer in Texas while we were in Utah and we also had to pack - figure out what to do with our house so we could move. But it was great to get to spend the time with our Utah fam and friends!

All About Addy

So Addison had her 9 month appointment the day after Thanksgiving, at which point she was a little over 10 months haha! Oh the joys of moving. So here are her stats as of right now and a little bit about our fun loving little girl!

Height - 27.5" - 23%

Weight - 17.8 lbs - 29%

Head - 17.25 - 35%

She still has a little umbilical granuloma (sp??) that they have been treating since she was born and since it hasn't gone away we have a consultation with a pediatric suergon on the 21st to go over removal options. The fact that it still bleeds frequently is something that makes me and the doctors want to get it taken care of as soon as possible - but having this poor thing have another "surgery" is not something I want. I don't think they will have to put her under or anything but we will find out more on the 21st.

Addy, there are so many things we love about you! Right now you are:

*Crawling and speed crawling

*Standing up and walking while holding onto fingers or furniture

*Pulling everything out of any cabinet you can

*Speed crawling to a bathroom when you see the door open and trying to play in whatever water you can find (toiled {YUCK} or tub)

*Taking baths with Jax or by yourself everyday because you LOVE them so much

*Saying mama and dada occasionally

*Squealing, screaming, and giggling

*Loving playing at the park, on the swings especially but you love crawling around on the grass, in the dirt, or using the toys to stand up and walk around

*Playing with Jaxon and holding your own with him - you are the perfect little sister for him!

*Eating lots of new things

*Throwing toys or food over your head/shoulder

*Putting whatever you find on the floor in your mouth

*Getting more teeth in but right now you have 4 (2 top, 2 bottom)

*playing with your hair while you drink your bottle when you are really tired

You do so much and learn so much everyday! We love you and you are a perfect addition to our family! Jaxon loves having you as his sister and dad and I feel so blessed to have such a sweet, fun loving girl in our family!