Pierce Brosnan!!!

So I heard from my Mom-in-law that Pierce Brosnan and his family lived on Kauai. While she was here all she wanted was to see him....today at the grocery store I saw him twice....once by the beer.... then by the coke....I guess he was stalkin up for his new years party.....CRAZY!!

Kaui

Kaui is amazing...that's all.

Being super sick is super fun!

So we got in to Kaua'i last night after a LONG day of flying. Addie did pretty well on the plane, she got a little restless after a while but for the most part did well. I have been sick with what I thought what a "cold" ish thing for a couple days. It has gotten really bad really fast. I feel like my head is going to EXPLODE, my nose won't stop running, and my throat feels like it is the size of a straw, and on fire. What a great way to spend our Christmas vacation huh?? It sucks big time. Brian, Bruce, Kevin, and Addie went on a "drive" to go look around at stuff. Today isn't really a beach day it's rainy and cloudy. I will put some pics up after a while....Happy New Year!!

Here we go....

We are heading out today for our forever long "Christmas Trip". We are going to Yuma tonight and staying with Bruce ( Brian's Dad) at his river house, then moving on to San Diego tomorrow afternoon to stay with Gloria till the 27th. Then the goodness starts! Brian's dad is taking us to HAWAII for Christmas...we are leaving the 27th at 10:30am and coming back on the 4th of Jan...woo-hoo! Packing for this trip has been pure hell but I'm sure it will all be worth it...Bruce said there is internet at the house we are renting so I will try and post pics every couple days...I hope everyone has a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! Each and every one of you are a huge blessing in our lives, thank you for your love and friendship!

Two Days later!

I feel like a bit of a bad/mean mom saying this but I thought/hoped that she would have a "down day" the day of her surgery but oh was I wrong. Addie seems to not have been affected by anything, she has been totally normal. We did a bath last night, it was the first time with ear plugs. She didn't love them, but I expected her to freak out alot more then she did. She seems to tolerate them okay.
I am starting to freak out now...We are leaving for San Diego on Friday afternoon, we are going to be there for Christmas, then we are leaving for Hawaii on the 27th. We are going to be there till the 4th. I have a million things that I need to pack and are continuing to be told that I need to pack light and all that we will be in is our swimming suits all day. A) yeah I won't want to be in my suit all day everyday....NO THANKS, I don't want to see myself in a suit all day and either does everyone else! B) Addie will need a break/chill time from the beach. I know she isn't going to love having the freakin ear plugs in all day long. The thing is that people don't realize is that I am packing for 3 people NOT JUST ONE, one of them being a CHILD...You can't really pack "light" with a child. Brian keeps saying bring one or two changes of clothes and it will be fine...HELLO!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I know that he isn't going to be the one doing the laundry so why should he care....and I like clean underwear! I am almost just dreading this trip, I hate packing, and leaving my house turned upside down, the 6 HOUR DRIVE out to San Diego, then the 6 HOUR plane ride is just going to lovely with a 2 year old also. I am grateful that Bruce chose to do this for us, I am just hoping that once we get on the road then things will be better. As of now I just feel like I am going to go NUTS. The other thing is Addie feels that naps are no longer needed in her day, and 90 % of the time WILL NOT lay down and take a nap. I just think that today is not a great day and tomorrow will be a new one I guess... GRRRR!!!

Sorry one more...

I'm proud of this one though! Once you go Mac, you don't go back.

74%How Addicted to Apple Are You?

Free Online Dating from JustSayHi

Geekiness

I took this and I actually scored lower than I thought, but I think its because I know nothing about Star Trek. Here's where I stand in the world of Geek-dom.

46% Geek

Looking for payday loans?

What a morning....IT'S OVER!!

This is the scoop...last night pretty much sucked....I fed Addie and gave her a drink at 11pm then we put Addie to bed like the doc told us to so she would sleep in and we wouldn't have to deal with a hungry crabby kid. She woke at 4 am and all she wanted was a freakin drink of WATER...I couldn't give her anything because she had to be fasting from 12am on...she was so mad and SCREAMING...."wa wa"..over and over again...I felt SO BAD! About 30 min later she gave up and went back to sleep...We woke her up about 8am and got ready and headed in. We filled out paper work, went in the back talked to Dr. McKenna and the anesthesiologist, waited about 15 min and the nurse came and got her. She did pretty well, went straight to the nurse, gave her a hug, and let out a few little fake cries when she saw us walking away from her.. :( They sent us out to the waiting room, I called a few people to give them the scoop, and before we knew it (10 min later) out walked Dr. McKenna. He said she was crying pretty hard when they put the mask on but said it works a bit better when the kid do that cause they take deeper breaths. He said everything went great, the fluid that filled her middle ear was the consitency of GLUE ( crazy, huh? ) He said her hearing will be a sensitive for a few days till she get ijusted to the new sounds and how loud everything around her really is. He also said we will see a big improvment in her hearing, speech, and balance. 5 min or so after we talked to the doc the nurse called as back to recovery. One of the nurses was was rocking her she was pretty upset ( I guess it's normal ). They had me sit and rock for for a few, give her a drink, then they sent us on our way. She wasn't to happy during the ride home. Once we got home I just sat with her for a little while, she was a bit grumpy for about an hour. Then she got down and pretty much was being her normal crazy self, playing and being silly. We all laid down after lunch and took a good 2 hour nap, she is the only one still sleeping 3 1/2 hours later..But long story short everything went really well.

nervousness....

Some of you already know but for those of you who don't....I took Addie in to the E.N.T( ear, nose, and throat) doc on Friday. We talked for a bit before he checked her out. He was a very nice guy...his breath was HORRIBLE, and the pants he was wearing, corduroy purple and orange pants that would change colors when he moved.. I will never forget. Maybe it's to entertain the kids. But serious now...He asked a few questions about her and how she speaks, then he looked in her ears with a VERY LARGE thing..pretty sure is a "Otoscope" , but right away his reaction explained it...he looked back and said "yeah she just can't really hear you". He said she hears like her ears are plugged to under water. Over half of her middle ear is full of fluid, and said if we wait any longer then her hearing would just get worse, and her speech will get delayed more. He decided that we should do tubes ASAP, so we go in tomorrow at 8:45 am. She can't eat or drink anything from now on..He said the surgery only lasts 10 minutes, and it shouldn't be a big deal but HELLO I am a MOM,,,,so I get to freak out about this stuff but they put her completely to sleep. I think that is why a bit nervous, I just don't really know how she is going to react to everything before, after, just the whole thing. I'll let everyone know what happens..We hope you all had a great weekend!

Company Christmas Party!

Last night Apollo Group/ UOP had the company christmas party. We had a wonderful dinner, and a good time child free. Thanks Cara for watchin Addie for us, you are wonderful! Here's a few pics of us!

Dancing Elfs....US!

Hey check this out...super funny!
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1378405524

Pics!

Here is some pics from our trip to Idaho and Addie's birthday Party. I hope you all enjoy them.

SHE'S TWO!!!

I am still in total SHOCK that TWO YEARS have came and gone from the day I had Addie. She is a huge blessing in our lives, She came to us for a reason and we are very aware of it. She makes me laugh so hard every single day at the crazy things that she does or says. Her personality is one of a kind, she is for sure a ball of fire that ALWAYS keeps us on our toes, I couldn't have asked for anything better. Happy 2nd Birthday Addie Kay, Momma Loves you!!!

CRAZY CHILD!

I know I need to blog all about our trip and Addie's party and I will try and do that before the end of the week, but I have to give you all a little bit into the life of my crazy child...It my be TMI but I jsut don't know what to do anymore....So, we went over to Ang's house (Brian's cousin also a great friend of mine) this morning for a little bit. On the drive home Addie was super sleepy, so we got home I changed her diaper and put her down. I kept hearing her up in bed talking but not crying or anything, after about 30 min or so I went up to check on her to make sure she hadn't taken her diaper off and sure enough I walk in her room and she is standing in her crib and the first thing she said to me is "poo-poo". She had gone poop in her diaper, then taken it off and thrown the "poo-poo" on the floor AGAIN! It was all over her legs, hands, crib, and blankets. WHY on earth does she do this? How can I get her to NOT take her diaper off?? ANY TIPS?? HELP!