Walkin' Walkin' WAL-KIN'!!

In the past few days Little Miss Addison has decided that it is FINALLY time to start walking. She would only ever do it if it was between Tim and I, but never on her own. So here are a few pictures of her taking off by herself and then at the bottom is a little video. She is just so proud of herself! So are we!

MESSY!

Can I just say that I am DONE cleaning up human excretions for a while! Here are the stories.....it might be an "over-share" as we call it in my family, (this has not been approved for all audiences-viewer discretion is advised, consider yourself warned!)
Story #1
The other day I was in a mood to do a little cleaning, Addison was taking a nap and Peyton was at the office helping daddy. I was almost done cleaning under and rearranging the couches, when I heard Addison wake up. She was just talking and playing and so I decided to try to finish up my mess before going to get her.......BAD IDEA!! I finally go in to get her and her room smelled REALLY bad, I turned the light on and went to get her and noticed something brownish all over her face, that's right her FACE! She is just sitting there smiling at me with POOP all over her and all over everything. It took me a minute to actually believe what I was seeing. She had an up the back blowout, then decided to play in it......I think she might have even eaten it, as it was all over her binki. I know the GROSSEST thing you have ever heard right! Well it was all over her clothes, pillow, bedding, even on the bumper. It was pretty much the nastiest thing that has ever happened to me! After getting her cleaned up and ready to go in the tub, there was a knock on the door. Our sweet neighbor had brought us some rhubarb pies. She could see my predicament and naked baby still with some poo on her nose and didn't stay long. However Stella did manage to get in when she left....which I didn't notice. So after getting Addison out of the tub I come back out to find Stella dragging the diaper all over!!! I could have died. Really looking back on this, I don't know how I made it through that! I called the doctor to see if there was anything we needed to worry about, she said more than likely she will be fine, just watch her. WHEW made it through that one!
Story #2
Peyton started complaining of his tummy hurting that morning. He didn't really feel like doing much and just wanted to watch tv. It was the 5th of July and there was a rodeo here in Ninilchik. Tim had been wanting to take him so we all loaded up and were off. He just sat there most of the time. We did convince him to go out to do the calf chase, I think he had fun but was just not feeling good! We get home and he was complaining of his tummy, and at 7:00 told us he just wanted to go to bed......something was definitely wrong. We were all out in the kitchen/living room when he comes out crying and said I Phrew-UP all over! I felt so bad we didn't even hear him get up. He tried to make it to our bathroom, without going into details lets just say it was really disgusting. Tim was there to help me with that one!
Story #3
So a couple of days later I had just got the kids bathed and dressed and was just finishing getting Peyton's pants on. When Addison gave me this weird look, it almost looked like she was choking on something. She started crawling toward me and I said "Peyton will you go grab her cup I think she needs a drink" well being concerned for his sister he comes over to her face and says "oh whats wrong" you can probably guess what happened next......yep more throw up all over all the three of us. I felt so bad for Peyton he started crying because it had just gotten all over his favorite shirt (his USA tie die from B-ginia). He kept saying "mom you should have patted her back better so she doesn't throw up" it's funny that he remembers me doing that like 6 months ago. Anyways I think she got whatever bug Peyton had. It didn't seem to last long. But I think that one was the hardest one for me. A while ago we had to switch Addison from Cows milk to Goat milk because she wasn't doing good on Cows. Anyways I don't know why I am so grossed out at goats milk, she seems to like it. But I can't bring myself to try it, I don't even like the way it smells. So cleaning that one the second time up was really hard for me.

I really hope this was the last time I have to clean up nastiness for a long while. I remember staying at Sharon's house once and all of her kids got sick. I was trying to help her clean them up and help her bathe them. I couldn't do it, I was gagging the whole time. I told her that if my kids ever did this, I really didn't think I could clean it up. She just laughed. But it must be a mothers instinct that kicks in, because somehow you just do what you have to do for your kids.

Summer 08

I love this picture....if you look close you can see the moose in the background. So Alaska!

This is Peytons new toy! Daddy thought it would be fun to surprise us.....I'll just leave it at that;)

This was one of our cook-outs with the dutch ovens, yum yum!

Stella got BUSTED! But it was so cute I had to take their pictures first.

PeeK-A
BOO!
Peyton on a butterfly hunt.....which was a more successful mosquito hunt.
Addison helping mommy at the office.
Oh and this is what we do once in a while up here.....ok it is more like every day sometimes twice a day. FisH, fiSH and more FISH!! WA-HOO (that is a really good catch though)

Addison

These are some pictures Tina took of Addison. She does such a good job. Thanks!

hOuSe!!

Here are a few pictures of my house. Tina and Tracy were so nice to go and take these for us.....most of them we were seeing how everything turned out for the first time too! I know it needs a good deep cleaning (Tracy has already volunteered for the job:). I love how it is turning out. I can't wait to actually see it in person.

Great Room

Main Bath

Master Bath
Great Room

Railing
Kitchen

Miss Addison Turns 1

I can't believe that a year has already passed! I remember waiting for the doctor to call to tell me if he wanted me to come in so he could start me........he was going on vacation the day after my due date and since I was having a v-bac, he had to be there (apparently there was no one else that could do an emergency c-sect if need be). Anyways wow I can remember all of that SO well it is scary. For all of you moms out there that make it through a labor and delivery with out any drugs you AMAZE me!

Back to ADDISON~she has been so much fun. From the get go she was really easy and thank heavens she has been an awesome sleeper. She is so sweet and yes can be "needy" at times and likes to be held, but when she gives me her look and puts her hands out I can't resist! My new favorite thing is her little dance she does to any music, it is like this little shoulder shrug, and she smiles.....I could watch her dance all day. She loves her daddy it has been funny at night whenever Tim is reading to Peyton she will crawl over to them, demand for him to pick her up too, then try to push Peyton away. She seems to be a bit bossy already....is that good or bad? Anyways we celebrated her birthday with some Alaskan friends. Peyton was beside himself to have someone to play with. Isabel, Carissa, Carter, Autumn, and Kya were the kids joining them. What a fun party!

Am I fired from blogging? I think I have been doing so terrible at this lately I should never come back!! Well today I am getting a few things done in the office and wanted to say hello quick. I will post some pictures of Addisons Big Birthday soon I don't have them today. We are finally all settled in up here and are trying to get going for the season. Our house is coming along, we are hoping to close in the next few weeks. I am so excited how everything has been turning out, without us being there......thanks Trac! She is my little gopher and I make her go and make sure everything and everyone is getting their stuff done. Here are a few picts of what we have been doing these past few weeks. I am going to try to put some new picts of our house today too. Hope everyone is good!

Double Trouble (Ava and Addison getting in to trouble) see that smirk!

Moving on to the diaper bag;)
This is when my mom came to rescue us, she helped us pack up and move out and watched the kids for us....thanks mom!

This is Tim and his painting partner Eric. (don't they kind of look like brothers?)

Peyton helping me make a cake for dads birthday he was my taster;) and such a good one!

Scary! But he did such a good job! This was of our stay at my sisters house.

This was on Peyton's last day of preschool. He was so sad he had to be done early.

~TRIP TO VIRGINIA~

OK, once again time has been slipping away from me and I can't believe how long it has been since I have made a post. I just hope that life slows down soon! Well over Easter we had the chance to fly out to Virginia to spend a few days with the Turners (Tim's sister's family). We had SUCH a great time. I didn't really realize how much I had missed them until we saw them. The kids have changed so much. They are growing up and are all such good kids. We were really impressed with all of them! Colin is so mature he played and watched out for Peyton the entire time we were there. The first few nights we were there all of the kids got sleeping bags and they all had a big slumber party. The only decision was who got to sleep on both sides of Peyton and who had to sleep at his head......they were all so anxious to sleep by him it was so cute. Peyton as you can imagine didn't know what to do with all of the attention. He was in heaven the entire time. He followed those boys around like puppy dogs the whole time. Mr. Liam is quite the chess player, he played Tim a few times and beat him once or twice. He also played me a few times....according to him the time I won he let me. He wasn't playing his best. He is quite the little competitor, he sure does have A LOT in common with his uncle Tim!

Now to the girls.......they are so cute, we just wanted to put them in our suitcases and bring them home with us (no we would have had to have brought them all)! They were so good with Addison, they just wanted to be by her side and help me with everything I was doing with her, from changing diapers, to giving her a bath, to feeding her. They are such good little mothers. And SO sweet! I love how they play so good together and are such good friends, they were attached at the hip and where ever Brigit was, Aislinn was close by. The thing I used to do with all of the kids was to scratch and rub their backs. I was very happy to see that they had not forgotten that! That was the other thing they were always lining up for and calling "next" for. Just want to say thanks for having us.......we miss you! Oh and as an added bonus, the day we flew in Uncle Tom, Auntie Linda, and Lisa just happened to be in town and came and said hello! It was go great catching up with them! Here are the photos of our trip.....just a warning, there is going to be a lot!

These pictures are from our visit at Mount Vernon. (For those of you like me and aren't quite sure where that is.....it is George Washington's estate). There was SO much history there, they have preserved it all and made a museum.

Look at how good those cute girls are sitting......and that one serious little boy! WOW

That is George Washington's mansion there in the back!

Easter Fun!

Tim trying to catch up on his sleep;)

again.......

and again!

These last few are of our visit to D.C. It was so amazing to see this all in person. It made me so thankful for everything other people have sacrificed to make our country so great!

Lincoln Memorial

The Viet Nam Memorial ......it was so surreal actually seeing the names of people that gave their lives for our country. The memorial letters and flowers from friends and family on the ground in front of the wall were so neat. Very cool experience!

The Washington Monument is the really tall building in between Tim and I....once again very serious Peyton!

This is the World War II Memorial, it was beautiful. Oh and down below is Mr. Albert Einstein.