Thanksgiving 08

This Thanksgiving was quite different from what we have been accustomed to. Since Tim and I have been married, we have spent Thanksgiving traveling, usually going to three meals to visit all of our family. As nice as it is to see everyone, it's has become increasingly difficult, especially now that we have kids.

This year each family celebrated Thanksgiving on a different day, so it was nice to be able to spend more time with each family, and not feel like we were rushing from one place to the other.

Tim's family came in a week before Thanksgiving, so we celebrated Thanksgiving the Sunday before. It was so nice to have everyone together again. It had been about 4 months since we had seen Mary, Cameron and Hudson. Marlon and his girlfriend Daniella and her daughter Dalene also made the trip. It was also nice to have Tim's grandparents there this year too. We always have a great time getting together with Tim's family.

On Thanksgiving, Tim woke up and went to play some football with some friends, and we spent most of the day just relaxing and spending time together. Later that afternoon, we went over to my Grandma's house. We usually have dinner at my parents house with my mom's extended side of the family, but since my mom had surgery on her eye they decided it would be easiest to have it at my Grandma's this year. Drew of course slept right through dinner.

On Saturday we headed South to Fountain Green to celebrate our Thanksgiving/Christmas family party with the Wright extended family. The Wright family is getting so big that they have decided to combine our Thanksgiving and Christmas Party together. There's nothing quite like the Wright present swap, and this year we mixed it up a little bit, and held an auction instead. Tim and I ended up coming home with the same ice scraper that we brought. As for the kids present swap Addison came home with a cars flashlight, that she absolutely loves.

Well that was our Thanksgiving this year, We definitely have a lot to be thankful for and we feel so blessed to be able to spend the holidays with our families.

We brought our camera but forgot our memory cards so we weren't able to get any pictures.

However Tim's sister, Keri Beth sent us a few pics.

Addison and Grandma Marlene playing with Tigger.

Playing Scum or Presidents, we always enjoying playing games with Tim's family.
Mason and Addison Aunt Mary and Drew
Grandma Marlene and Drew

And here are the newest family pictures.

Say Cheese

I wanted to get some pictures of Addison now that she is two. So a couple weeks ago Tim and I decided we would take her and try and take some photos ourselves. Well can I just tell you that it was nearly impossible for her to sit down and stay still. She was running all over. (Not that I was surprised) I guess you really can't expect anything less from a 2yr old. We did manage however to get a few cute pictures. I am hoping that the weather will warm so we can try again.

Here are a few of the pictures we took, nothing professional or anything.

Drew's Blessing

Yesterday was Drew's baby blessing. It was such a wonderful and special day for our family. As you will see Drew is a sleep in all our pictures. That is what she did pretty much the whole time.

We love our sweet little girl so much and couldn't imagine her not being a part of our family.

Happy Halloween!

I love Halloween and especially love it even more now that we have kids. Tim on the other hand hasn't really loved Halloween until now. I guess having his daughter's birthday on Halloween has forced him to like it. This year like most other years, Tim dressed up as Clark Kent. I dressed up as a witch. We unfortunately didn't take any pictures of us. We did however remember to take pictures of our kids. Here is our little witch and black cat.

We first stopped by my parents so they could see the kids in their costumes. Once we got home Tim took Addison out trick or treating while Drew and I stayed home and handed out candy. Addison had so much fun trick or treating with Abby, Elly and Ally.

Addison will make a cute little witch laugh but will not say "trick or treat". A week before Halloween we tried to teach Addison to say "trick or treat". One night at the dinner table we were telling her to say "trick or treat". Addison kept saying "Treat" like we were asking her a question. Finally we said no say "both". Addison quickly replied, "Both". It was Hilarious, Tim and I immediately started laughing. Tim and I found this so funny is because she loves using the word both. If she ever has two of something she will quickly tell us she has both. So from that point on when we told Addison to say "treat or treat" she would say "both" because she thought she was so funny.

Make A Wish

Addison had a great birthday. She loved it when we sang Happy Birthday to her. Everytime we said Happy Birthday to You, she would point to herself. Once it was all over and she blew out her candles she would say,"Again".

Happy Birthday Addison!

I can't believe that today our little sweetheart turns two. Addison has really started to grow up and we feel that our little baby isn't so little anymore. Especially since Drew's birth, Addison has now become our "big girl" and "mommy's helper". Addison has been such a good daughter, that we feel like she has made parenthood almost too easy at times. The past two years have been wonderful, and we are so grateful for her sweet, fun loving personality, and for all the joy that she has brought to our family.

Addison we love you so much. Happy Birthday!

the day she was born

one year old

two years old

A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

On Monday we went to this fun little Pumpkin Patch in South Jordan. We went to this same pumpkin patch last year. This year was more fun now that Addison is older and able to help us pick out some great pumpkins. It was so cute, she loved helping us try to find the perfect pumpkins.

After we found our pumpkins we couldn't leave until Addie sat on all the tractors. She had so much fun sitting on them and pretending to drive. It was pretty hard to get her to want to get off of them.

And just in case you were wondering what Drew was doing during all of this, here is a picture of her. She slept the entire trip!

2 Months

It seems crazy Drew is already 2 months old. Drew is such a sweet and good natured baby. We feel so blessed to have her as part of our family.

Here are a few things about Drew:

*She has been sleeping through the night for about two weeks.
*She has started to smile.
*She loves to sleep and have her diaper changed.
*Her favorite food is milk

Next week I have Drew's 2 month and Addison's 2 yr doctor's appointments I will post stats then.

Just Like Mommy

Now that Drew is here, Addison has really taken the roll of being a little mother to her baby dolls more seriously.

Addison likes to get out the wipes and diapers for her baby dolls. She also loves to put her cabbage patch doll in Drew's car seat and buckle her in. She will hold her baby doll and rock her to sleep while saying, "Shhhh, Shhhh" And lastly, my favorite thing she has learned by watching mommy (sarcastically speaking) is . . . feeding her baby. Yes that is right, Addison loves to feed her baby. The first time she did this I was out running errands. I came home and Tim said, "Guess what I saw Addison do today?" I had no idea so he proceeded to tell me that Addison climbed up onto the couch, grabbed the boppy, lifted up her shirt, put the her baby up to eat, while making this sucking noise. At first I didn't know if I should laugh or be embarrassed. Later that day without saying anything to Addison about it she climbed up to feed her baby. It was quite comical. Since then she has done this several times so I decided to take a picture.

So there is our little mommy in the making.

Finally

Yes that is right, Finally a new post. I have been neglecting my blog lately, but it doesn't help that our internet had been down for over a week. We are now up and running so I wanted to post a little update.

It is hard to believe that it is already the middle of October, and even harder to believe that our little Drew is 7 weeks old. It's crazy to think that we now have two sweet little girls and are now a family of four. I feel so blessed, Drew has been the best little baby. She mostly just sleeps all day and wakes up to eat and to have her diaper changed. She has been sleeping anywhere from 4-6 hours a night. Last night she slept from 9:30-4 and then from 4-9. (I really think I can get used to that schedule :) Addison started sleeping through the night at 2 months, so I am trying not to have such big expectations this time, since I know that isn't the norm. Addison still adores her little sister, and is such a big helper.

Here are a some pictures of Drew.

Drew at one week old

Drew around 3 weeks old

Drew at one month

Drew at 6 weeks

Drew definitely has some chubby checks. We can't remember how big Addison's checks were compared to Drew's, but we know they were chubby as well. We will have to post some pictures to compare the two of them.

I know I have already said this, but really I can't believe how fast time flies. We are loving have two kids, it really is so much fun. We are adjusting really well with the new addition. I think the hardest part was just knowing it was going to take me a little longer to get everyone ready and out the door. Also having to go places with two by myself. We have definitely been enjoying getting out and have tried to take advantage since the cold weather is soon approaching us.