Separation Anxiety

I have been drowning in a whole lot of Addie these last couple of weeks.  She is experiencing seperation anxiety to the max!  She has always been pretty attached to me, but she is going through a crazy phase right now where she doesn't want to go to anyone...not even Nephi a lot of the time.  She has always been so excited when her daddy gets home from work but the other day when he walked in the door she clung to my leg and started saying "mama" as if Nephi was going to snatch her and take her away from or something.  I mean really I am getting totally exhausted and frustrated with her.  I am pretty sure her crazy behavior is the result of being totally traumatized going to nursery.  I thought she was doing so well the first two weeks, but by the third week she just screamed the second I left until they brought her to me.  It's like she lost all trust in me for leaving her in there and now she thinks that anytime she can't see me I have run for the hills..and there have been some days where I feel like I just might!  Nephi works long hours and isn't home some nights before she goes to bed so it is mostly just me and her...I guess this is one of the perks of being a stay-at-home mom, a child who thinks she can't survive without me.  I mean after a long day at home with her I should be able to plan on Nephi giving her baths and changing her diapers, but she screams and throws the biggest tantrums and cries for me and it is just so exhausting.  Not to mention that I will have a newborn to take care of in less than three months along with her...have I mentioned I am terrified.  Please tell me that someone else has had a similar experience and my child is not going to be some crazy attached kid her whole life who doesn't want to socialize with anyone.  I just can't decide if I should keep taking her to nursery or wait it out and hope that things get better.  Help!     

Home Sweet Home

 Well we have been in our house for about a month and a half now and are loving it.  I am finally getting around to posting some pictures, although keep in mind there are still about a million things I want to do to make it our own.  

 Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom

Addie's Room

Addie's/Main Bathroom

Living Room/Current Family Room

The lighting was really bad in these pictures.  I say current family room because really the family room is downstairs we just don't have furniture yet for both so we are using this as our family room for now, since we spend all our time upstairs.

Kitchen/Dining

I had to throw in some pictures of the downstairs bathroom because it is the nicest bathroom in the house, and ironically enough we don't even use it!

Laundry Room

Our House!

We are a little nervous how our yard is going to look come spring.  There are tons of trees and shrubbery that could be really pretty or hideous.  We have our work cut out for us!

Kiddos Update

I stopped doing monthly updates on Addie when she turned one, but I figure I should document what she is up to these days now that she is EIGHTEEN months old.  Seriously how is that even possible.  She is growing up too dang fast, but I am loving the stage she is in...sassypants and all!  

She has been to nursery twice now and has done better than I thought, but each time I go to get her, one of the nursery leaders is holding her because she didn't want to be put down.  She gets so sad and has the cutest/saddest little sad face ever and so the nursery leaders can't help but pick her up and comfort her.  I am hoping she will get more comfortable and want to play and interact with the other kids more.  I am just glad that she isn't the screaming, inconsolable child of the group, she is more of the silent sufferer!  

Addie had her eighteen month appointment last week and we were both thrilled there was no shots.  She is healthy as a horse and finally moving up on the growth charts.

Her stats:

Weight-23.9lb

Height-32in

Head-18.5in

She is about in the 50th percentile for all three and perfectly proportionate.  After two bouts of croup in three months, it was nice to have a stress and pain free visit to the doctors.  

We went to Discovery Gateway with our friends Kelsey and Molly and Addie had such a blast exploring and especially playing with all the balls.  It is crazy to me that she is old enough to do all these "big kid" activities now.

At eighteen months, Addie:

-is still a Horrible eater and soo picky

-talks a ton and will say just about anything you tell her to

-has started blending words together

-is OBSESSED with watching signing time.  she will beg to watch it all day long and never gets it off her mind, it is crazy

-sleeps for like 14 hours at night and loves to sleep in til 9:30 or 10

-finally seems to like drinking milk

-has already got the tantrum thing down

-is OBSESSED with snow and loves to eat it every chance she gets

-still needs her binky at naps and bedtime

-becomes more of a mama's girl with each passing day

-loves to point to my belly and say "baby"

-mimics everything i do and always wants to do hair and make-up while I am getting ready

-loves her blankies and always has to have one nearby

We love our Addie cakes:

Baby boy:

This pregnancy has absolutely flown by.  I can't believe we are down to just three months til the little man makes his debut.  I don't feel  ready at all.  If I was having a girl I would at least feel somewhat prepared, but switching into boy mode has been hard.  We have been so busy with moving and getting settled that I haven't even thought about getting his room/wardrobe ready.  I am getting more and more excited to have a boy and just hope I can get things ready in time for him.  I experienced every symptom sooner than when I was pregnant with Addie.  I started feeling this baby move around 15 weeks, whereas with Addie I was like 21 weeks.  I also feel like I am getting bigger faster and experiencing a ton more back pain and aches earlier on.  I am starting to get really uncomfortable and have a hard time getting down on the floor to play with Addie.  It is going to be quite an adjustment having a baby around again, but we are thrilled to add to our family in just a few short months.

Where to Begin

I am so far behind on updating I don't really know where to begin.  I have been horrible at taking pictures and documenting everything going on and I am determined to get back in the swing of things.  After living with my parents for 3 months we closed on our home on December 21 and moved in on Christmas Eve...and I don't know what we were thinking!  It was definitely awesome to basically get our house for Christmas, but it was just a crazy couple of days!  We barely got our utilities turned on before everything closed down for Christmas, we woke up Christmas morning to no tree, presents, or decorations, no food, and trying to take showers with no shower curtain!  We rushed over to my parents for 9am church and then headed back to my parents for a yummy breakfast and presents.  Addie had a lot of fun opening presents, but her favorite present wasn't wrapped.

 We got her this cute chair that is just her size.  She is obsessed with it and loves to sit in it and watch her shows.  This is the best picture I have of her Christmas dress which she looked so adorable in and also the only pictures I took on Christmas day...yeah I am way lame.  We had a yummy dinner with the fam later that day and just hung out and spent time together.

The night before(Christmas Eve) we had Christmas with the Scott's.  We did a yummy dinner and exchanged gifts.  Addie had fun playing with her cousin Max and her new car track from nana and papa.

For New Year's Eve we did our third annual bowling night at the Syracuse Fun Center with Phi's family.  We all had so much fun, especially Addie, even though she spent her time exploring the bounce house and riding quarter rides.

 The Newlyweds

Addie ringing in the new year

Our Little Fam

Our holiday season was different than any other, but we are so grateful to finally be in a home of our own.  We are loving all the space and no longer climbing flights of stairs and sharing walls.  I know I need to post some pics of the house, I just keep thinking I will decorate or have things the way I want them before I post pics, but I am starting to think it will be a while until we actually have all of my projects done.  Lucky for us our house was move in ready and really didn't need anything done to it.  I will try and gets some pictures up soon.  

Halfway There and a Home for Christmas!

Today I am 20 weeks and half way done with this pregnancy.  I must say this pregnancy is going much faster than the first, probably due chasing around a toddler all day!  It is funny how with the second, I find myself much more grateful for the nine month waiting period and need all the time I can get to prepare for this little guy to join our family!  I am getting more and more excited about having a little boy everyday and am trying to make the tough transition from baby girl things to looking for a baby boy.  

I have the worst blogger ever and have so much to update on.  First and foremost, we are getting a house for Christmas...literally.  We are closing on our first home on the 21st and yes I do think that buying a house four days before Christmas is the worst possible timing EVER!  So much money in an already expensive month.  Oh well, we are thrilled to be in a home of our very own and living on our own again.  It really is all I need this Christmas!  I am lame and don't have any pictures of the house, I keep finding myself trying to remember little details about it that I didn't take in when I was last inside.  I will post pics once we are all settled in, which quite honestly could be a while.

 Addie is at the most fun/frustrating stage yet!  I really have a love hate relationship with the age she is at right now.  She is hilarious, sweet, funny, curious, silly, and then others time she just makes me want to scream.  She is getting to be such a stinker and she knows just what to do to push my buttons, but oh I love that little girl!  We have been trying to do some Christmas festivities this month despite all the craziness of buying a home.  We went to the Kaysville light parade, all five floats of it!  We also went on a hayride through the Layton Park Lights and Addie absolutely loved it!  Of course my camera died right when we started the hayride!  Addie met Santa and Mrs. Clause and did surprisingly well.  She didn't cry, but was very serious and concerned the whole time!  Addie also went out in the snow for the first time yesterday.  Crystal was shoveling snow and Addie wanted to go out, so we went out for just a few minutes and she loved it until she realized that touching snow makes her hands cold and hurt.  I guess it is time to get some snow gloves for her.

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season!

It's a....

Baby BOY!

We had quite the adventure trying to make it to our doctor's appointment this morning.  Of course the morning I am suppose to find out what this baby is, there is the biggest wind storm ever!  After getting diverted off main street and dodging trees in the road left and right, I called to see if I could reschedule for later in the week and they wouldn't have been able to get me in for a week.  I wasn't going to wait a week so we pushed on and made it to the appointment.  The power was out in the clinic, except for a couple of lights and one ultrasound machine on a generator.  Let's just say, urine sample in the dark...not something I hope to ever do again!  But it was all worth it when we got to see out little one and know now he is a boy!  I was a little shocked.  I thought for sure it would be a girl and I was getting excited at the thought of giving Addie's wardrobe another go around, but we are super excited to have one of each.  I am definitely banking on this baby having the opposite temperament as Addie.  Boys are easier...right?!   

Family Pics 2011

For the first time we decided to get family pictures done.  Man there is a lot of stress involved when you are spending good money for pictures that you hope your 15 month old will cooperate for.  Addie did so great for all the shots of just her but the family shots were a little more difficult.  But all in all I love how the pictures turned out, even if there isn't a family shot where everyone is looking at the camera and smiling!

 I absolutely love this candid one

Such a ham for the camera.  This is like the perfect pose.  These pictures just make me happy!