Addie's Birthday Party!

Addie's 2nd Birthday sure was fun! So the party was cow themed as Addie has a little obession with cows! She is a trip! The party was super fun and alot of Addie's friends were there. Her grammy, poppy, cousin Allie, Aunt Lori and Kenny, Nanu and Paw Paw were all there too! Of course lots of other family and friends were there as well. Thanks to everyone for celebrating Addie's big day with us! Addie was dressed for the occasion in a little cowgirl outfit that her Aunt Lynn and Uncle Tim bought her for dress-up clothes!! Too funny! She would not wear her cowgirl hat, of course!

Addie turns 2! Okay I know it was a few weeks ago!

Sorry for the delay in posting, blame it on Addie's mom. Addie celebrated her 2nd birthday with lots of excitement. Addie's grammy, poppy, and cousin Allie arrived on her actual birthday and we headed to the Children's Museum for an afternoon of fun!We then went to dinner for Addie's favorite foods and Nanu and Paw Paw joined in. Then back to the house for cake and presents. Addie's mommy baked the cake and I make no claims to having any ability to bake. Just look at the cake, what in the world happened to it? It tasted okay, but it split down the middle. I will be buying a cake next year. Good thing that I did not try to make the cake for the birthday party. HA! Addie had a wonderful day!

Summertime fun!

Here are some pictures from our recent weekend at Smith Mountain Lake. We were at the lake with Chuck's parents, my mama, and with Crystal, Elson, Elson, and Dylan. Crystal is the saint that takes care of my little darling while I am at work! What would we do without her. It was a fun weekend!
And yes it was in June, I am slack I know. As for Addie updates, she is not so fond of the water anymore, but she loves boat rides!

Burch Beach Trip

Chuck, Addie, and I went on the annual Burch family beach trip with the entire Burch family in June and what fun we had. Addie had tons of fun playing with everyone and being spoiled rotten. Although, Addie hated the sand (no surprise there as she plays in her sandbox at home standing on the outside reaching in) and she hated swimming. That is a new development as Addie has always loved the water. Lets just say the ocean was a huge no and the pool she would go in only if she was holding on tight to her mama's neck, but then she would only just tolerate the pool. We have made some ground in recent weeks at the lake, but Addie is not the little water bug that she was last summer. She even plays in her baby pool from standing on the outside. Funny little girl! Oh and a side note when she did go on the beach, she had to keep her shoes on! Drama huh! She must get that from her daddy!

Elmo Pics!

Okay so we went Memorial Day weekend to see Elmo and yes I am just getting around to posting the pictures. Slack I know, but better late then never. For everyone that does not know, Addie has a huge obsession with Elmo. I mean huge! She loves Elmo and knows all of the Sesame Street characters. She walks around signing Do Do Do Do Do Elmo. That is her version of the Elmo's World song. Hey that is better than when she used to sing Oscar's Song, I love trash and just say I trash! I trash!

I will say that Elmo has tough competition now with cows as Addie now loves cows as much as Elmo. When we go down a country road she starts looking for cows. Strange I know, but there are tons of cows on the way to the lake and Addie just loves the cows. My dad and I even took a field trip the other night just to show her cows. HA! I may buy her shoes for her obsession with shoes, but there is no cow in her future.

Sad news!

Okay so I know it has been forever. I promise we have been doing really fun family stuff lately. We have been to see Elmo (yes that was in May-oops!), we have been to the beach, the lake twice recently, and my parents have been to visit. I do have great pics from all of those activities too so I will work to post pics soon. I promise.

On a more serious note, I just wanted to take the time to make a post about my wonderful grandpa. Edward Thomas Sr. passed away on Sunday and what a loss to our family. My grandfather, known as Pop, was such a kind soul and he will surely be missed. Our hearts are deeply saddened with Pop not with us any longer. We certainly know that he will be watching over us and for that there is a sense of peace. Chuck, Addie, and I will be leaving town on Wednesday to go to New Jersey for the services and to spend this time with my family. And to my family, we love you all and will be there soon with hugs!!

Hello from the Burch family!!

Okay so I know it has been a while, probably over a month to be exact. Well, this is just a post to let everyone know that we have not forgotten about the blog, Mama Burch has just been busy busy. Most of you know I had a job change, well still the same workplace, but I reluctantly returned to doing CPS work and investigating child abuse and neglect. Yes, I have done it before, but those were years before I was a mommy. Wow what stress and a crazy schedule. It has been a long and busy few months. Well the reason I am blogging is I am thrilled to say that I am going back to being an Adoptions Social Worker. Yeah! I am already less stressed!!!! And yeah for Addie and Chuck too! It is amazing how a job can make you so stressed and that can reflect in your personality and you ability to a be a good mama. I was getting snippy with my darling little girl and that is so not me! And we all know that little miss Addie is the most important thing in my whole world. So to my friends, I may actually have time to visit soon and play. Oh and I am not sure about returning to the flex schedule, it may be a little while, but maybe in the future.

What is up on the home front. We have been to Jersey for a visit, we have been to the lake already this spring, we took Addie to see Elmo (what fun), and Addie is just growing and growing. Addie thinks she is a big girl now and she is trying to potty train like her little friends at daycare. She has gone on the potty and even demanded to wear big girl panties the other day. See she does think she is grown.
Addie is repeating everything now. It is funny! She even called Chuck "dude" the other day. I guess I called him dude, what is up with that. I am starting to consider coverting her crib to a toddler bed. Where has my baby gone! I guess it may be time for # 2- HA! I promise I will post pictures soon, it really has just been too hectic around here.

Upcoming family plans are we are going on the Burch family beach trip soon, Chuck's birthday is approaching, and my mama is coming to visit for two weeks on June 20th. We are just busy busy! I promise pictures will come!