Monsters Inc.

Addie has a new movie obsession with Monsters Inc. We got it on Netflix yesterday and that's all she wants to watch. I am going to go to a used movie and book store tonight to get a VHS ( they are much more durable). We just finished round 3 of it today. She is starting to get more into movies, and understand what is going on. There is a part in the movie where Sully and Mike lose Boo, she looked at me at seriously looked like she was going to start crying and she said " They lose baby". Also when they do the "out takes" at the end there is one where Sully is running and slips on the floor, Addie did a little laugh and said "This crack my up"...as in this cracks me up. It's not the first time she has said it but still it made ma laugh. I love the movie but a mom can only watch one movie so many times before you want to go nuts!

GRR!!

I have always had issues with insomnia. It is now 1:15 a.m. and I have tried to go to sleep, and it just isn't happening. No matter how tired I am I just can't fall asleep. I have tried every over the counter sleep aids, teas, pillow sprays, breathing, praying, and a lot of RX drugs. NOTHING WORKS!!! It doesn't help that I have a million things on my mind. I just wish that I could be like most people out there and fall asleep after laying in bed for 10 min. This makes me CRAZY!!!

I got this in a email from my dad. He is a wonderful example to me and the greatest Dad any girl could ever hope for. I love you!
I think there has been many times for me that I have forgotten that no matter what there is always a little set of eyes watching every move I make. I hope I can be a good example to my daughter.

WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T LOOKING

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you hang my
first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately
wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a
stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind
to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make my
favorite cake for me, and I learned that the little
things can be the special things in life.

When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a
prayer, and I knew that there is a God I could always
talk to, and I learned to trust in Him.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make a
meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I
learned that we all have to help take care of each
other.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of
your time and money to help people who had nothing,
and I learned that those who have something should
give to those who don't.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you take care
of our house and everyone in it, and I learned we have
to take care of what we are given.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw how you
handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't
feel good, and I learned that I would ha ve to be
responsible when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw tears come
from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things
hurt, but it's all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking I saw that you
cared, and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking I learned most of
life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and
productive person when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking I looked at you and
wanted to say, 'Thanks for all the things I saw when
you thought I wasn't looking.'

Yay for date nights...

Last night Brian and I went on a much needed date night. We had been trying to get our for a while but our favorite babysitter has been busy...(No worries we still love you). My great friend Nancy offered to keep Addie for us so we could get out. We went and had a a great dinner at On The Border, then went to go bowling. We hadn't been in a LONG time but that was something that we did a lot dating, we had a GREAT time.

The lovely couple self portrait




Brian...being Brian

A few funny things..

I love this stage with Addie...I love watching the wheels in her head turn while trying to put words together to make a sentence. She cracks me up...
Yesterday we were leaving to go run some errands and there is a dog at the corner condo that has a dog. It loves to hid until right when you are walking by, then it jumps up on a table and scares the crap out of you...as we were walking by the dog started barking at us and Addie yelled out "NO, stupid dog!" I couldn't help but laugh cause I have wanted to say a lot more then that to that dog and the owner.
This morning we were looking at the little puppy cam thing online that she LOVES. All the puppies where out of the little bed area so we couldn't see them. I showed her that they weren't in there and he said..." Oh, darn it."
She says things all the time that make me laugh out loud. I just need to remember to write things down...I'm not so great with that.

Addie's newest obsession

A guy at work showed me this...how he found it I have no idea.  Anyway, I thought Addie would like it and she totally digs watching these little guys.

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Another day...

I had the car today so I thought I would try and get out with Addie. We decided to go to the park. Addie took her bike and rode around, played on the playground and chased the ducks around( one of her favorite things to do at this park).






After the park I headed over to Target where I needed to get a few things. Me being the mother of the year that I am I had never thought to get Addie popcorn while we were there until I saw a old man walk out with some. Thinking to myself this could make the shopping a little more enjoyable for me, I therefore got the popcorn. The picture speaks for itself..



On the way home from picking up Brian from work I saw how amazing the sunset was. It made me sad cause I miss being able to see ALL of the sunset. I would have to drive about 45 min out of town to be able to see it...but here is part of it...I stuck my camera out the window and pointed it towards the sunset when I was stopped at the off ramp light. I thought it was beautiful!

Pure Goodness!!

One thing I love about the holiday season is the goodies...this is one of my very favorite things....YUM-O!!! If you haven't tried then PLEASE do yourself a favor and pick up a box and share it.

A great weekend...

We were able to escape for a few days this weekend and go up to Pinetop. It's about an hour and a half past Payson. One of Brian's cousins needed some help moving some stuff out of a cabin about 3 hours away. We had a great time just sitting around playing card games and talking. It was a much needed get away. Thank you so much Mike and Katie for you friendship and just being amazing people, we are so blessed to have you in our lives. On our way home we got caught in a snow storm and we had stop and cover the washer and dryer with a tarp. I decided to get Addie out for a second. She LOVED the snow and thought it was so fun! I took a few pics and here they are....

Addie and I


Mike, Katie, and Brian

An Idle mind is the Devil's Workshop...

And things come around full circle yet again. It much more fun being on the child's side of the table rather than the parent's in this case. This is what happens when you leave a 2 year old unattended for a few minutes and they don't make a peep.  (That's 4 different decks of cards)

Not quite Mother of the year...

I know I haven't been the greatest about posting pics lately. I have not been carrying around my camera but I will change that now. The weather has been awesome the last few days, Addie and I have been getting out and going to different parks and playing outside a bunch. It's been good for the both of us. Here is a picture from today of her on our patio playing on her slide.

I can't believe that she will be 3 next month. Where in the heck has all the time gone, I feel like yesterday she just started walking. It's nuts. She is starting to talk in full sentences for the most part....Here is a few funny things she has said lately.

* Last night Brian was teasing her and she was saying she wanted to color and he knew what she wanted but said oh you want to cuddle? She grabbed the magna doodle that she wanted to color on and said " Dad, this what me talking about!"
*On Halloween I had her go potty before I put her costume on her and as she was trying to go she said " Me so excited! Happy Halloween!"
*She's been into the just kidding thing lately...A while ago I told her she needed to sit down and eat or she would need to go to time out. She started to try and stand up on her chair and I looked at her and she let out a big fake laugh and said " Mom, me just kidding."

I am totally brain dead right now so I will try and be better about posting pics and little updates..
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Voting!

I got up at 5:30 a.m. to go use my right I have to go vote. After waiting for a short hour and I half I voted. Brian went to go vote right after I got home. I don't care who it is that you support but PLEASE PLEASE GO VOTE!!! Let your voice be heard...

Halloween!!

We had a great time on Halloween. We took Addie tricker teating to a few houses around our neighborhood. She knew just want to do, she'd walk up to the door ring the bell and wait for them to open the door. Right when that door would open she would say
" Happy Halloween, trick treat, thanks much!" She was pretty funny, we got a good laugh or two out of it. She was a fairy witch. She told everyone that she wanted to be a car. Yes! A car....where she got this idea I have no clue. Needless to say no one sells car costumes, so went we with the fairy witch. I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween.

Happy Halloween!

Here's Addie wishin' everyone a Happy Halloween.  Sorry its a day late, but it takes time to create the background from scratch in Photoshop and Illustrator, and cut and paste Addie into the backdrop.  Anyway, hope you all enjoy this fun little pic of her  :)

P.S. - the file is a PNG so there's a small chance this might not work for Internet Explorer users.  If this is the case please let me know in the comments so we can plan ahead for future posts for the IE users.