I'm So Excited....

..............I just can't hide it. So I must share with all of you out there that my sister and my neice and nephew are flying in today for a 3MONTH visit!!!! They are stationed in Sasebo, Japan and I haven't seen them for a whole year other than Skype of course. Matt my brother-in-law whose in the navy just left for the boat on a 3 month cruise so Jess and the kids packed up and are coming for their first visit since being in Japan. She will be in the same town with me just a mile down the road at my mom's house. I'm so excited for Addison to get to play with her cousins and her Aunt. Anyways, please say a prayer for my sister for grace and patience. She is flying across the world with 2 kids! :)

Mother's Day Out

My baby started a Mother's Day Out program today! She goes 1 day a week from 8:30 - 12:30. She cried and screamed as we dropped her off which didn't surprise me one bit. She never has been one to go to strangers or anyone for that matter that well. Still it broke my heart to see her cry. I had intended on taking a picture of her with her precious little backpack (thanks Aunt Jessica) but we may wait for pictures when she's actually smiling. :) So I'm sitting in my kitchen in a quiet house, couponing. The quiet is a little strange.

Bad Habits Early

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all! We had a wonderful Christmas spent with family and friends.

My first bird!

This was my first Thanksgiving to host all festivities and cook the glorious 2o lb bird. It was a wonderful time with family and new friends in Huntsville. I must admit the turkey turned out better than I thought. Here's a pic with me and my bird. Can you tell that I'm incredibly proud of that turkey!!!!! :)

No words to describe...

We just had pictures taken of Addison with her cousin Emma for Christmas. Here are the proofs. Heather Swanner the photographer is a GENIUS!!

Caught In The Act!

The past few weeks I've noticed that Addison has been going back to her room to play alone! This is a very new development since we have always lived in a two story house and she's never really had a separate place to go and play. I'm encouraged how she plays well by herself and it gives me a few breaks in the day of entertaining her! So yesterday I noticed that she had be back in her room for a while and I wasn't hearing her babbling. (Always a bad sign) So when I went to check on her this is what I found....