Addison's Three

Since Addison's birthday is on Halloween, we usually celebrate it the weekend before or after her birthday. This year I decided the night before at 6:30 that we were going to celebrate her birthday on Halloween. Since Addison was a mermaid and Drew was an octopus for Halloween I thought it would be fun to stay with that theme and have a Under the Sea party. Since I didn't have to much time to throw this party together it was pretty simple, which I know Tim appreciated. Plus all Addison really wanted and cared about was her birthday cake.

I think you could do a lot of really fun things with an Under the Sea party. In a way I guess it was good that I didn't have to much time to plan her party, that way I couldn't go overboard. Which if you ask Tim is really easy for me to do. Here are just some of the things I served in case you wanted any ideas.

Cake from Harmons.

little turkey, cheese and avocado sushi style sandwiches

Star shaped tuna fish sandwiches. After the party I thought it would have been fun to make fish shaped peanut butter and jelly fish sandwiches.

Swedish Fish

and gold fish.

Addison loves blowing out the candles and having Happy Birthday sang to her.

Make a Wish

Addison is such a great big sister and daughter. Everyday she becomes more and more grown up. Tim and I love our conversations with her, and get a kick out of listening to the funny things she says.

Here are some things about Addison:

-Her favorite color is green, but loves anything pink.

-Once it gets dark outside she thinks it is time to put on her pajamas

-If you ask her if she needs help, she will say, "No, I'm fine."

- We told Addison that Grandma and Grandpa Shirley is Tim's mom and dad and Grandma and Grandpa Wright was my mom and dad. So when ever we tell her we are going to Grandma and Grandpa's house she will always ask, "Daddy's mommy and daddy or Mommy's mommy and daddy?"

-She loves listening and singing to music.

-She loves to give hugs and kisses to Drew every night before Drew goes to bed.

- Her two favorite movies are Snow White and Bolt.

-Her favorite show is Dinosaur Train.

-She is such a great eater and pretty much eats anything.

-She calls Tim by his name. If you ask her what my name is she will say mommy. She has learned that if Tim doesn't respond to dad then she will call him Tim. It's pretty funny.

Happy Halloween!

Hope you all have a great Halloween!

Pumpkin Walk

Alright, here we go. I am going to try and update my blog with a few of the important things that I have missed over the last three months. In October, while we were up in Tremonton visiting Tim's family we ventured over the the pumpkin walk in Deweyville. We haven't ever been to a pumpkin walk before it was quite fun seeing all the themes and different ideas for pumpkin carving/decorating.

Addison and Marlie

Drew chillin like usually

Here are a few shots of all the different pumpkins.

Addison's First Trip to Build a Bear

For Addison's Birthday Tim's parents wanted to take Addison to Build a Bear. I thought it was such a cute idea. Before Tim left to go and meet his parents we had pulled up the Build a Bear website to show her all the different kids of stuffed animals she could make. It only took a few seconds after seeing this pink teddy bear with pink hearts all over it to know that is the one she wanted. We tried to show her all the other animals in hopes that maybe she would change her mind but all she kept saying was, "I want the pink one with pink hearts." I was anxious to see what she was going to pick out. Once they got to Build a Bear Addison didn't see the pink bear with hearts so she had to pick something else out. Tim said it took her a little while but she finally decided on Hello Kitty. She had a great time picking out her outfit and seemed to really enjoy herself. Here are some pictures that Tim took since I couldn't make it.

Here she is with her new Hello Kitty named, Meow.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Shirley!

Happy Birthday Drew!!

I can't believe that our little Drew Bear is 1. (Drew Bear is the nickname Addison gave Drew.) This year has flown by and we have loved every minute with our little Drew. Drew is the sweetest little baby and I love her easy going personality(she rarely gets upset). We feel so blessed to have her be a part of our family.

Here are some things about Drew at 1.

She army crawls everywhere. Just this week she finally has started to crawl and pull herself up to the furniture. She likes to stand and her favorite place to stand is by the stairs. She gets really excited for breakfast, lunch and dinner, she loves to eat, and will pretty much eat anything we are eating. She likes music and she will start to bounce to the beat. Whenever she thinks she is funny or does something funny she will put her hand over her mouth. She loves giving us hugs. Drew loves to wave. She still is a really good sleeper, she sleeps in until 9:00.

Here is how Drew is measuring up these days.

Height: 29 inches (50%)

Weight: 18.13 (15%)

I was a little surprised to see that she was still under 20 pounds.

Tim says with those checks how could she not weigh more.

Here are just a few pictures we took of Drew.

As you can see she is still not loving the bows.

Now on to her party.

This year since we were at Bear Lake on Drew's actually birthday I decided we would celebrate it with family when we got home that following Monday. Since my mom's birthday was Monday I had asked her if she would mind sharing her birthday with Drew. She was excited and thought it would be fun to share her birthday with her. I had set everything up at my parents for a little dessert for their birthdays.

Happy Birthday Mom and Drew!

One last summer trip to Bear Lake and the Fair...

I am a little late posting this, but a couple weeks ago we headed up to Bear Lake with some of our friends, the Konolds and the Mabeys. Between our three families, we had 9 girls and no boys! It was fun to see all of the girls play so well together, and we had a really good time. We enjoyed playing games, going to the beach, going to the pool, playing the wii, and just hanging out. We took an unintentional break from taking pictures for most the weekend, but here are the few that we did get of the kiddos at the lake:

While we were at Bear Lake Drew turned 1!! We bought a little cake and that was the first of many celebrations for her first birthday. Drew absolutely loved it when we sang Happy Birthday to her.

Saturday we packed up and headed to Tremonton to go to the Fair. Addison loved going on the carousel, and Tim had to pry her fingers from the bar to get her off. It was fun to walk around with Tim's family and to run into some of our friends. On Sunday Tim's mom made a yummy dinner and made some homemade cream puffs for Drew. Once again you can see she loved having us sing Happy Birthday to her.

Thanks to our family and friends for making this weekend trip so much fun!