This is going to be lots of random pictures:

I saw this idea on face book. It's a home-made time out timer. It's water mixed with glitter & glue & it's supposed to be calming for the child to watch the glitter settle. Once it's settled they can come out of time out. It looked like a neat idea, except every time I put Addy in time out Lexi wants to go too because she wants to play with the timer. In this picture Addy is in time out for kicking Lexi....aaannd Lexi joined her voluntarily. Another thing about the timer is they just play with the timer the whole time they're in time out so the glitter never settles haha. Maybe it just takes time for them to learn & get used to it. I'll keep trying it. 

Lexi & Uncle Mitch. Aw, they look so cozy!

We tried the dentist again. We tried once a year ago & Addy was too scared to let them do anything. And as you can see from this picture it didn't go too well one whole year later lol. She was still really scared. They did get a little further than last time - Addison let the assistant brush & floss her teeth a little bit :)

She is growing so big so fast! Addison wore this outfit exactly a year ago! It is size 3T but it has shrunk a little in the wash. Lexi is almost 20 months but she wears 2T-3T. 

I warned you- this is a very random post. My sister & brother-in-law adopted two brothers from Liberia, Africa two years ago. The boys got sealed to them in the temple last month!  It was such a special experience!  I will always remember how angelic all the kids looked wearing all white in the temple. They were beautiful!

Normally we eat stroganoff with rice or noodles.  Sometimes I put it on toast.  In this case Addy wanted jelly on top of the stroganoff.  She devoured it.

Looks like someone little got a hold of the camera.  I would call these selfies but I think it's Addison behind the camera.  Lexi doesn't know how to take a selfie haha

Uh, Mom.....what are you doing?

Finally got a little smile

A tutu makes cool hair

Steve took some of his slacks into an alterations shop the other day. He told the little Chinese lady he needed them let out & in her sweet Chinese accent said,
"Ohhh, you gaining weight huh?"
Steve replied "Hey, I've had these a long time"
She said "I forgive you then"

It was a lot funnier hearing it from Steve imitating her cute Chinese accent.


This is how much Addison loves babies.  Steve took her to see the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 in the movie theater and in one part of the movie a "mommy" taco walked by with a bunch of "baby" tacos following behind and when Addy saw the "baby" tacos she said "Awwwwww". Lol she loves all babies, even taco babies.

Snow day....

+ sick day/week =

The girls & I have not left the house in 3 DAYS! First Addy was sick, then Lexi, & now I'm starting to feel it. No fun! Luckily we have these to cheer us up :)

Addy & I can't wait to dig in!

Every time Lexi coughs she says "sick".

Deck the Halls....

Addy keeps singing this:

Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Tis' the season to be jolly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Donkey now our gay apparel, (it's supposed to be "Don we now our gay apparel")
Fa la la la la, la la la la

Steve participated in a secret santa gift swap at work.  The gift he got is pictured below: an ASU beanie and ASU shot glasses. Lol.  Addison loved drinking milk from the glasses.

Love my angels!

This morning I was reading in bed before the girls woke up.  I have been reading longer than normal because I don't want to get out of my warm bed!  Lexi woke up before Addy and I still wanted to read a couple more articles in the Ensign (our church magazine).  So I brought Lexi in bed with me, covered us both with blankets and read out loud to Lexi. She sat and listened until I was done!  I loved it!  Lexi doesn't hold still very long, even when I read her books to her so when she cuddles I take advantage!  I LOVE my family and these sweet moments in the morning before the busy day gets going.  After reading I said my prayers out loud so Lexi could hear, thanking my Heavenly Father for my sweet angels!  Lexi said "amen" a couple of times before I had finished, lol.  When I did finish she said "prayer" and folded her arms so I helped her say her prayers.  The only part she says is "amen" though haha.  I am really going to miss this age!

Yesterday at church Addison's teacher mentioned to me that Addison is always so happy and she cheers up everyone she plays with.  She said what a good talent that is.  I agree!!  Addison is so blessed to have that talent!  For the past couple of months I've been babysitting a 3 year old boy and an 8 month old baby girl 4 days a week for half the day.  I took a leap of faith when I accepted the job, not sure how I would manage four kids when my own two were quite a handful.  I have noticed that my girls LOVE playing with Asher and Ella, look forward to it every day, and they are easier to handle when they are here!  What a blessing!  Addy asks almost every day who is coming over today.  She gets so excited when someone is coming over.  She is somewhat of a puzzle to me still though.  She loves watching tv and could sit for hours watching it.  Yet she is so extremely social and it seems that she thrives in social settings.  In so many ways she is opposite of me. But one thing I think we have in common is attention to detail.  Last night when she went to bed the house was a mess.  I picked it up before I went to bed and put the Christmas tree away.  When Addison got up this morning one of the first things she said to me is how nice and clean it looked :) A girl after my own heart!  Makes me happy lol.  Clutter and messes make me anxious!  Don't know if Addison's attention to detail is a result of nature or nurture :)

I'm kind of rambling now, going off subject a little but oh well.  Those of you who have seen our townhome are probably thinking, 'she must always be anxious then' and to answer that, yes, yes I am.  We don't have a pantry so we use open bookshelves for a pantry in our kitchen.  It drives me nuts and I can't wait to move somewhere that has a pantry and shelves to organize and hide our clutter/projects!!  We also have a treadmill in our living room which isn't ideal but it's our only option and it helps me a lot so for now that's what we have to deal with.

Now back to my angels....I love when they are sweet to each other!  I took this picture while I was writing this post.

More funny things Addy has said:

I made a jello salad recently and it's been a really long time since I've made one.  I kept calling it a jello salad so when I put it in front of Addison she asked “Is there lettuce in it?” She’s been eating lettuce salads a lot lately so I think she thought since I was calling it a “salad” that there would be lettuce in it.

Beth took Addy and Lexi to Temple Square with them one night (I stayed home because Steve was sick).  When they got back Addy said to Steve “We went to Square Temple!”

Addison said to Steve today in such a sad voice, “Oh I really want another baby because Lexi is growing up”.  She LOVES babies!  She can be so sweet, yet so mean to Lexi.  I babysit an 8 month old baby girl named Ella and Addison is so sweet and tender with her.  She always says how cute Ella is and talks in a high-pitched sweet voice to her.  Addy is always willing to help Ella and she's very protective of her.  When I put Ella down for a nap Addison always wants to give her a kiss and a hug, which is what she always does with Lexi too.  She is a caring older sister.

Christmas