Is it Rylee or Addy?

Addy wanted to look like her cousin Rylee and so we pulled her bangs back and she has been asking each day to do her hair this way. She tells everyone I have Rylee Hair. I struggled to get a shot - this was the best I got.


Here is a pic of Addy and Rylee in Disneyworld about 4 months ago.



Cute cousins. :)

Parties and Playdates

What a fun weekend . . . we got to go to Valen's party at the gym on Saturday. Addy had a great time with Jonathan, Valen, Sissy and Bobo.

Valen and Gracie helping Addy:

Jumping:


Hanging with Jonathan:


Sissy and Addy:


And then on Sunday we got to do a play date with Nicole and Tyson. We were sad that Steph and Savannah couldn't join us. But we had a good time!


Here are the cuties posing for me:



How cute is my little special buddy Tyson? They had so much fun running and chasing each other.



Thanks for a great playdate Nicole and Tyson. And Happy B-day Valen!

Its time for #2

Okay, not really.

I think I get the question - "when are you having #2?" every other day. And I am happy to answer finally . . . next Saturday!

I am so excited to share that we have a new addition coming to the family.

Meet Biscuit:


She is our new puppy. We'll be picking her up next weekend. We are all very excited!! For those that have known me for any portion of my life you know that my fondest wish is for a big dog! I never had imaginary friends, just imaginary dogs. I used to trail behind my parents at the supermarket pretending to have 5 large dogs with me. I've lived vicariously through my friends and their big dogs (Bandit, Partner, Lily, Libby, Spencer, Jester, Hugh, Tonka, etc.) and found much joy in our little dogs that always seemed a better fit for us.

At last I am bringing home my very own big dog. Or our puppy that will some day be a big dog. :)

Here is Biscuit and I on the day we met:


Biscuit playing with a few of her 11 brothers and sisters. How adorable!



Addy of course picked the name. She loves the Biscuit books and I have to admit our puppy is the spitting imagine of Biscuit. She can't wait to bring Biscuit home and show Cinnamon her new friend.

Thanks for sharing my dream come true with me. And a special thanks to my really wonderful husband for putting up with me and my crazy dreams. You are a blessing to me!

The Best of Times and The Worst of Times . . .

Sorry for such a long delay in updating the blog. Its been good and bad around here - mostly just very busy all the time. Lots has been going on - I'll try to do a short update and include some pics for fun.

On the bad side we recently lost two beloved pets. Both of our cats, suffering a number of ailments, were put to rest. It has been a difficult process for both of us, I think I am still struggling with the after effects of losing so many animals in the last 18 months. For good or bad, it is an empty house with just our little Cinnamon girl.

I love that my section "on the good side" is so much longer then my bad side section. :)

We celebrated our friend Brandy's b-day with a girls day out which was a blast.


As a b-day gift for Brandy and a valentine's gift for me, Jeff and Scott surprised Brandy adn I with a trip to Vegas! It was so much fun! I won't go into all the gory details, you know what they say about Vegas . . . But here are some fun shots. (It was such a great trip - thanks Trixie and JJ.)

Check it out - Brandy and Tim McGraw. It was kind of embarassing, we had to drag her away from him after the photo. :)


Scott and Jeff with the Bite girls:


Addy did her first pee pee in the toilet - so beaware if you come over. She'll take you in and show you her pee pee int he potty. And then you have to wave and say bye-bye pee pee.

We're having a nice Valentine's Day - here are some pics:

All red and pink for Gracie's cookie party at school on Friday.

Opening gifts:

Addy got polish for V-day and got her toes painted for the first time.


This is priceless! Scott had to dress up like a pirate for work function this week (yes, that is guy-liner!!!.


Addy also started swim lessons this week. She had great fun!


Happy Valentine's Day!!!