Happy Easter!!

Trying mommy's creation (which ended up looking more like a mouse than a bunny!)

So excited to find eggs!

Going on an Easter egg hunt at church

Look what I found in my Easter basket!

Very messy and fun egg-dying!

My attempts at having a creative lunch with fish sticks, cheese toast, raisins, green beans and avocado!

Giving Cian a hug

Loving Bailey the dog!

Dying Easter eggs with Cian and Cadhla and my good friend, Kim.

We have had a fun weekend! On Saturday, we went to dye Easter eggs and have an egg hunt with friends. Addison was having too much fun playing with their toys and dogs that she did not want to dye eggs, so we dyed some at home later that evening. I tried to be creative again and we've done a few crafts and I made hot-crossed buns and some fun lunches for Addison. Happy Easter-He is risen!!

Spring Break Part 2

This picture says it all-we were exausted after our fun trip!

The cool Children's Museum in Oxnard

I love the pure joy on her face in this picture! She loves to swing!

Yummy ice cream!

Getting wet at the fountain!

A very LONG carousel ride!

Running everywhere!

Another fun park

Doesn't she look like such a big kid in this picture?

Playing at the beach

Love riding bikes!

Looking at the lions at the zoo.

We just got back from a fun family vacation in Santa Barbara. There were a couple of challenges-a long, traffic-filled drive up there and 2 nights without sleep (Addison had a tough time sleeping in a new place with a different bed), but overall it was a great trip! Santa Barbara is beautiful and it is a great place to bring kids because there is a park on every corner. We went to 5 parks, to the zoo, rode a carousel, went to the beach, rode our bikes all over, went to a Farmer's Market and went to a great children's museum. It was a fun little getaway! Now we are resting up and enjoying our last few days of Spring Break-boo!

Spring Break 2010

I love my new pajamas, Grandma!

Sometimes we have a little bit of a hard time waking up from nap.

And a little bed head!

Dancing in the tunnel with Aidan.

Such a happy girl!

Watching the elephants with Aidan.

Future mechanic? Since she is already cleaning the house, why not teach her to change tires too?

Always running everywhere!

Love the flamingos!

Potty training the singing bass!

Chris' mom came and babysat and we went on a gondola ride in Coronado and to a nice dinner. It was very foggy, but fun!

Grammy came for a visit and brought a cute Easter basket!

I am lucky to have 2 weeks off for Spring Break. We have had a fun week: Sea World twice, the zoo, feeding the ducks and lots of playing. I love being on vacation! Next week Chris has off and we're all headed up to Santa Barbara-yea!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I got inspired by reading some blogs of cute mommies that do fun themed days with their kiddos. So this afternoon/evening, we had a St. Patrick's Day Shindig! We actually started out this morning dressed in our green and dancing a jig :)


When we got home, we put some shamrocks on our back door, which led to about an hour of enjoyment-taking them off and putting them back on.


After that, we did some crafts-fingerpainting with "jello paint", playing with homemade playdough (which she tried to eat and then didn't want to touch after that), and making a shamrock sticker picture.



For dinner, Chris and I had beef stew and Addison had a fun plate of green foods and we all had Irish Soda Bread for dessert.

Broccoli, zucchini, peas and yogurt with Shamrock sprinkles!


Daddy even brought home a fun balloon to play with.

I also made some green jello, but you can see how well Addison liked that...

17 months

I have been telling my family what a great singer Addison is, but of course she will not cooperate for the camera! She does sing ABCs, Twinkle, Yankee Doodle and Itsy Bitsy pretty well, so hopefully I'll catch it one of these days!

Happy 17 months, Addison!

What are you up to these days? Well, what aren't you up to? You are a very busy girl lately! You seem to be constantly running around, doing things, exploring, and sometimes getting into trouble! You look right at me at times and then do something you know you are not supposed to! Definitely testing your limits! A positive thing is that whenever you get something or touch something you're not supposed to (turning my phone on, finding something on the ground, etc.), you always run and give it to me. You've also somehow managed to open a lot of things lately, that we thought were childproof (your vitamins, daddy's gatorade bottle)! You persevere at something until you get it! Despite the constant running and busy-ness, you still love to read books, love to snuggle with mommy and play with daddy. You still are a great eater, but have had days lately where you don't seem to eat much and then days where you eat more than me! Favorite foods are: cheese, strawberries, blackberries, avocados, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, any kind of bread/cracker, and chicken. Your vocabulary is growing every day and you are even putting some 2-word phrases together (shoe back on, all done, more...., open it, drop it). Your singing (even though I couldn't catch it on camera) is so sweet. Before every nap and when you wake up from naps and in the morning, I just listen to your sweet voice over the monitor, singing every song you know and talking to your dolls in your bed. It melts my heart. You also love to sing in the car, and we have quite the repertoire these days.

We can't believe you're almost a year and a half old-time has flown and it keeps getting better and better with you in our lives Addison. We love you!

Happy Birthday Aunt Kristin!

I love you and can't wait to see you this summer!

Love,

Addison