To My Mama as Promised!

Okay so here are lots of pictures of a large variety. These pictures include Addie sporting her sprout, Addie playing around the house, Addie rocking away with her friend Baity this past weekend, Addie playing in the snow (yes that was about a month ago), and Addie sporting her hula outfit that her Aunt Lori got for her in Hawaii. How funny! Sorry for being slack with pictures lately, but here are the recent pics everyone!

To My Mama!

Okay! Okay! I know you are reading this when you get to work and are totally annoyed with me. So the pictures will come I promise, but for now good night! Sorry, I did not post the pictures as I promised, but that application took over two hours online and used way too many brain cells to now upload pictures. We will see what happens with that, oh did I tell you that it is a 10 month job. That means summer off with Addie! I may be able to get used to that. Love ya!

Oh guess what we found out today- Sesame Street is coming to the Greensboro Coliseum! Will Addie not just flip her lid if she sees Elmo is person. Yes, she is still completely completely obsessed. I need to video tape her watching Elmo- it is a hoot! We plan to call for tickets- well actually Chuck said he had a friend who works there and can get us tickets. I am a little worried on that one and that my wonderful husband will forget to get them. I know everyone- he is wonderful, but he does have the memory of a man- uh oh! Maybe I should just buy the tickets! Either way Sesame Street- here we come!

And mom how about next time we come home, maybe we should look at visiting Sesame Place- how fun would that be! Love ya!

Shoes! Shoes! Shoes!

So who knew that the obsession with shoes starting so early. So Addie will be 18 months this week (can you all believe that) and she just loves shoes. Not necessarily wearing them as she prefers to have her toes out too, but playing with shoes. She loves her rain boots a whole whole lot! Well, Chuck left work early on my day off this week (YEAH!) and he asked if we wanted to go shopping! (Side note- what the heck got into him- he hates to shop!) Anyway we ended up at the mall. (Another wierd note- who goes to the mall anymore- we never do.) So we were looking for shoes for Addie for the spring. What a hoot! So we go in the store and I start looking at shoes. Before I know it she has her shoes off as she understood that I planned to try some shoes on her. Well, we try the first pair on and she gives a big smile and hands me her old shoes as they were obviously not good enough anymore. That was it she was satisfied and she wanted that pair and she planned to keep wearing them. So I know that kids like to wear their new shoes out of the store, but that starts at age 1?? Sure enough! She kept the new shoes on with tags and all. Don't worry we did cut the tags off, but I hate to admit that she was wearing sandle type shoes with socks. Oh what a no no, but she insisted and her daddy was with us. He is not so worried about fashion as her mama is. She looked like a hot mess! Again good thing no one ever goes to the mall so we did not see anyone we knew- HA! Until we went out to dinner with Chuck's parents- you know I was so worried that we would see someone-HA!

Oh and the second shopping incident, so I am really funny about clothes with characters on them. I have no idea what my issue is because I of course think it is fine when other kids have on a shirt with elmo, Dora, etc., but I never buy clothes like that. Obviously, I know there would come a time when Addie would insist on clothes with her favorite characters and I would have to oblige, but I was not ready for that time yet. Again, her daddy was with us when we spotted an outfit with Elmo. Of course I cringed, but her daddy saw it and then Addie saw it and was so excited about Elmo. Oh no I thought! Well, it is nicely folded in her dresser now. I guess I better get over my silly issue.

Lastly, do you all know why we even went to the mall. Chuck wanted a Hurricanes jersey or shirt for Addie. She is obsessed with hockey. She even gets the remote and says hockey. can you all believe that she and I watched hockey the other night when Chuck was not home. I am not kidding. She insisted and was so excited when I put it on. She yells Go Canes, Score, and Go Go while she watches. You all know how excited her daddy is. Well no jersey or shirt to be found. I guess we have to get one at the Hurricans game next time we go.

Slack blogger!

So slack is the word all around for me lately. I have been slack at blogging and slack at taking pictures of little miss Addie. This is my goal this weekend to take lots of pictures of the busy little bee! She is sooo busy all of the time and so fun! Addie's favorite past times these days are dancing, reading books, and watching hockey with her daddy. Seriously the child loves hockey. She gets the remote and says either Elmo or hockey. Oh and her other new thing I am not so fond of, she has started sticking her finger up her nose. No she is not picking her nose, she just puts her finger up her nose and leaves it there until I tell her no no. Then she cries like I broke her heart. That is not very lady like. What else is new, Addie is a big girl and the ba ba is all gone. I was so stressed about taking the bottle away as she would wake up asking for a ba ba and then she would ask again before bed. However a little persistance and telling her the ba ba was all gone and after two days we were all done. My baby is now a big girl!!!! So that is the Addison update. Pictures to come this weekend and by the way does everyone know that Addie will be 18 months on the 24th of this month. Wow she is growing so fast!

Other updates. Well we are thrilled to have my sister, her husband, and her children coming to visit for Easter. Addie will be so excited to play with Drew and Kylie for a long weekend. What fun! I see lots of Easter egg hunts in our future.

On the work front, agh it is work! I am currently still flexing and having off on Fridays, but I have no idea how long that will continue. I will change positions next week and go from an Adoptions Social Worker to a Child Protective Services Investigator. Yes I have done this before and I am not thrilled to return to this job. Pretty depressed actually. There is a need for that position so there was shifting done and this is my new fate. So wish me luck with juggling this crazy busy job with being a mama. I am pretty worried about how to balance this so we will see. I will have a few weeks of slow time while I learn the new paperwork etc, but then it is full force April 1st. So to all of my girls in town get ready for a night of drinks on the town, I may need it! HA!