Snow! Snow! And More Snow!

So Addie and I had to change our plans from leaving at a normal hour on the day after Christmas to leaving at 2:45am. See there was a blizzard heading to Jersey so it was either leave in the middle of the night or wait until Tuesday or Wednesday to make the trip. So you all know which one I would choose! So we took a girl's road trip in the middle of the night. Driving on 85 was no fun as it was still snowing and the highway was not always clear! How is that possible? At points we were the only car driving north! Addie was a trooper, she only slept 1 1/2 hours out of 10 1/2 hours and she watched Annie over and over the rest of the trip. The poor kid was asking for lunch at 6am, she was a little confused. So 85 was no fun, but it was pretty exciting to get to 95 and it was no longer snowing. We cruised all the way up 95 and then hit snow as soon as we entered New Jersey. That part took a while, but there were only 4 or 5 inches when we arrived so that was okay. And then it snowed and snowed and snowed. In total there was 19 inches of snow! Addie was not sure what to think about snow that came up to her waist!! She has been playing in the snow ever since and just yells for help when she gets stuck!! Here are some pictures of her enjoying the snow. Her cousin Andrew came over to play one day and she had so much fun! Her baby doll Cooper even got to enjoy some sledding. We had to get Addie some snow boots, and well you can tell that Addie's mommy is not going to win any fashion awards for that get up! I have on some big yellow boots over my snow boots! Oh and yes she is in snow up to her waste, she is actually standing up!

Christmas 2010

We celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas day in North Carolina with Chuck and his family, what fun! Then Addie and I headed up North to New Jersey to spend some time with her Yankee relatives. Chuck had to stay behind to work-:( Christmas Eve was spent with Chuck's whole family and then we rushed home to spread Reindeer food so Santa and his Reindeer could come! Addie had a wonderful Christmas and Santa was certainly good to her. She got a pink tent, a kiddy camera, lots of zhu zhu pet stuff, a guitar, new baby dolls and barbies, and hte highly anticipated scooter. On Christmas day she innocently put her little head down and said that Santa brought her everything she wanted except for a scooter. It was pathetic! See Santa knew that Grammy and Poppy had a scooter waiting for Addie in Jersey. She was so excited when she opened that scooter. We spent Christmas day with the family and then we went ice skating at the rink. This is becoming a family tradition. We had a blast and Addie is becoming quite the little ice skater!!! We then had to rush home and pack so Addie and I could leave in teh middle of the night to try to beat the blizzard that was heading to Jersey!!!

December 2010

Here are a few pre-Christmas activities of Little Ms. Addie. We enjoyed the Christmas tree lighting in downtown Greensboro (near daddy's downtown rink as Addie calls it), we attended the Jamestown Christmas parade, and Toy Story on Ice. We also made time to see the lights at Tanglewood. That was a challenge to fit all of that as Addie
s daddy sure has been working tons! We missed tons of Christmas parties this year-:(
Addie did her traditional Dollar Store shopping, the gifts were interesting as always including a hula hoop for her grammy, musical ties for her daddy, paw paw, and poppy, a Whoopie cushion for her Uncle. Her daddy also got a toy bow and arrow and a tool (aka paint scraper). Daddy took Addie shopping at the high dollar Dollar Store, mommy got a new movie (Milo and Otis) and a toy set with a fire truck, police car, and school bus. That was just what I wanted and I will keep them forever! And Addie and her mommmy made a Gingerbread House and lots of cookies. She was certainly in the Christmas spirit this year!!

Okay a few pictures!

Here are just a few pictures for those of you who thought I would not do it (mom)! More to come this weekend! These are just some pictures from the summer. Notice the life jacket in most of them. Addie is a water bug! She loves to go the lake and is demandin gof boat rides. Even if we are taking pretend boat rides with the boat parked at the dock. She often drives for those and we go to Target, the hockey rink, ChickEN Fil A, and nanu and paw paw's house. She loves to jet ski and she has even gone tubing a few times this summer. Gutsy little thing isn't she. A few of the other pics are from her grammy and poppy and cousin Andrew visiting, the baseball game, the Burch family beach trip, and a few trips to the Children's Museum.

Well Hello Strangers!!

Okay so obviously I am being smart with the title of this blog. You all are not strangers, you often check to see if I have added even just one new picture of Addie, and nope- sure haven't. You just close the blog disappointed, thinking Addie must be stuck at age two. Okay that is mostly meant for my mother, who often gives me a hard time about not blogging. Well I am trying to turn a new leaf and do better with a few things in life. I have recently turned 35, I know hard to believe (yeah right)and it is time to get it together. So here are the goals- I am going to blog more, keep some photo albums organized, exercise more (don't we all say that) and use that darn electric toothbrush (I hate that thing.) Simple goals I know and here is the progress. So I am blogging now, we can't push it thought I will add pictures this weekend! HA! I went walking tonight with my girlfriend (thanks Megan, love having you as a temporary neighbor), and well the photo albums will come. As for that darn toothbrush, I went to the dentist today (which is the worst thing in the whole world by the way)and I was told as I am told every six months, it is really best to use a Sonicare Toothbrush. Yeah it know that fools, but it wierda me out as I think of the dentist! So I am going to do it (I have one, but hate it)just so when I go back in 6 months they will stop staying that stupid remark to me! I told the dentist today that obviously I do not follow recommendations for eating healthy all of the time (as I am overwweight) or for sleeping 8 hours a night as I am tired
(Addie thinks there are monsters in her room) so why does he think I am going to listen about that toothbrush. He looked at me really strange, but it is okay now I am on a mission to get him to shut up! HA! Can one of you tell me I am fat or overweight too, that would work for weight loss! Great Plan!

Okay so those are my goals! Maybe I should add to lose the attitude!

As for Addie updates, she is awesome well most of the time-HA! She is obsessed with Alvin and the Chipmunks and sings the songs from the movie non-stop. She is not a cartoon child or a noggin watcher, she just wants to watch her movies and mainly those Chipmunks. She sings I'm a Single Lady non-stop as the Chipettes since that in the movie. Yes I am serious! She also sings Who Let the Dogs Out, They Call Me Mellow Yellow, and the theme song to Cops. Speaking of Cops, ask about Halloween. Well we will be trick or treating in Disney World on Halloween so a princess or minnie mouse comes to mind as a costume. Not for Addie. She wants to be a police-cop(her term not mine).Oops she has seen Cops a few times with us, which I am not sure if that is more pathetic for her or for Chuck and I. She is serious about being a cop so I guess that is what she will be. If we all decide to dress up as we will be in Disney (my whole family) then I guess Chuck and I can be the criminals.

I won't overload you with this one blog, since I promise to keep blogging. The last time was March (sorry). I will keep everyone posted on my little darling who is quickly approaching age 3. How is that possible?? We enjoy every single day with that little munchin! She makes us laugh non-stop! It is just two weeks until her birthday!!

The Latest Addie Antics!

So do not get too excited (mom)there are no new pictures. I am being lazy. I thought I would add a post about Addie's latest updates, but I am just too tired to add pictures today. Addie is approaching 2 1/2 and she is just hysterical. She says the funniest things these days. Her favorite thing to say is "Sure mom" and her favorite show is American Idol-Seriously! She is obsessed with Tinkerbelle too, poor Elmo has taken a major backseat lately! She loves her babydolls and we have to feed and play with them all of the time! There are a variety of babies/ animals that have to sleep with her at night (Tinkerbelle, Minnie (1), Minnie (2), Elephant, Pita (doll), Johnny (mermaid), Baby Jenna (my old Cabbage Patch)and at least two other baby dolls each night. How does she fit in the bed?? Oh we have to play with her house and kitchen all of the time too. We are into cooking lots of toy food, she is quite the chef!!

Addie is working on potty training, when she feels like it. So there is some progress there, but some days are slow going. We will continue to work on it. Bribery is in full force too (bad parenting technique I know), but hey whatever it takes.I showed her a Tinkerbelle movie in Target that I told her she can get when she starts wearing big girl panties all of time. I have been known to try to bribe with candy too! Oops! Some days she sits on the potty and pushes with all of her might to go potty, but nothing and then she says it is just too hard mommy. How pathetic, she is really trying!

She just loves to play outside, but not if she will get too dirty. She loves her swing set and to go to the playground, but she does not like to go near the mud. We have been playing tea party on the platform of her swing set lately- she just loves that!! She still loves hockey and she gets very upset lately if we go near the ice rink and someone is on the ice (meaning she can not ice skate.) So I have worked it out with Chuck that we will be going ice skating again on Easter when the rink is closed. She is a budding ice skater/ hockey player. I vote for the ice skater, but her daddy is pulling for a hockey player.

Addie is into fashion lately. She is starting to want a say in what is she is wearing for the day. Anytime I buy her new clothes and bring them home she is just too excited to pull out the new items. Each one she studies and lays out on the floor and notes if it is cute or not. In the store, sometimes she will tell me that she does not like something or say no thanks mom if she does not want it! What little girl says that they do not want a new pair of shoes??

She is also very proud of her new hair cut! The hair cut was a must as she had a terrible habit of twirling her hair and she twirled it into a mess. There was one spot where her hair had broken off causing one side to be much longer then the other. Not so cute!! So it is cut off, it is pretty short, but it is a cute little bob. We are breaking the habit, but now she twirls my hair. I guess I will need the hair cut next! Ha!

Lastly, what have we done lately?? Well we have been to the circus-super fun! Although Addie was terrified at first and wanted to leave after 30 seconds of the circus. She learned to love it and the elephants were her favorite. We went to the zoo today-super fun too! Again she loved the elephants! We loved the 60+ weather. Thanks to Chuck's Parents, Lori, and Kenny for going with us.

Coming up we are planning a trip to New Jersey-sometime soon! We have not been to Jersey since July- that is so long. We always go a few times a year and I Have never had this long of a break since going home. My parents are coming to visit soon so that is super exciting too!! Not much else is going on, just work and play!

Oh and for all of the concerned friends and family, B-I-N-G-O (#3) is doing well. Addie just loves her fish(which she obviously named), but we kep killing the poor little Beta fishies. This is the third one, she does not know that though so SHHH! She sings the B-I-N-G-O song to him every morning. She is quite the little singer! Oh and speaking of singing her new favorite songs are Who's that Lady and $5 Foot Long(yes the Subway commercial song!)

Funniest Thing Ever

So Addie got a new fish this week and she of course got to name the fish. Well she is original I will give her that! The fish is B-I-N-G-O. Seriously, not Bingo, but
B-I-N-G-O like the song. So funny.

Should I add that two of her baby dolls are named Donkey and Corn. Where does she come up with this stuff!