Addi's special day

Addi and I had a special mommy/daughter day earlier this month..we went ice skating! Addi was so excited and she did great. She started out using a walker and quickly gained enough confidence to try it without any help. BUT, that was much harder so she eventually went back to using the walker. Here is a few pictures...

Baby Peyton, I love you...

Since Peyton was a newborn I have this song I would sing to her when she was sick, upset etc. The song is our little miracle worker and has been pulled out at pretty much any time of need. Even Addison, Roger and Gramma have learned the importance of "Baby Peyton, I love you." We have recently caught her walking around the house singing the song to herself, to NaNa, to her babies and to pretty much anything she can hold. She finally let me get it on video. The beginning is me singing the song then she and Addison pick up from there. Brace yourself for my mommy voice...I apologize in advance :)

The rest of December

On December 12th I ran my first (and only) half marathon. I trained for about 3 months and about a week before I woke up feeling like crud. I nursed it all week thinking it would surely be gone by Sunday...by Friday I accepted defeat and headed to the Doctor. She basically told me I was crazy to run and only asking to get more sick. The thought of not running after the amount of blood and sweat I had put into training made me even more sick. So...I ran it, feeling like crap and coughing up nasties the entire time. My time was not nearly what I had hoped but I crossed the finish line! Another check off my bucket list :)

Christmas this year was much quiter than those in the past. Since we just got back from vacation, Tracey and the kids decided to stay in Loiusville. Plus, Jordan had this Christmas in California so it was just the 4 of us and Gramma and Granpa. The girls were VERY spoiled by Santa and the rest of us. Addison totally got the idea of Santa and it was so much fun to watch her excitement. I can't wait until both girls are this excited! Here are a few pictures of our Christmas...

Jordan was back for New Years so Roger of course was crazy on the Fireworks. I don't even want to know how much he spent this year. Jordan of course loved it, Addison sat in amazement and Peyton and I retreated to the garage with every single BOOM!

Pictures with Santa and Mrs Claus

We had our annual visit from Santa and Mrs Claus last night. Both girls loved seeing them and Peyton, although she would not sit on his lap, greeted Santa by running towards him screaming "Santa, Santa!" Too cute :) Santa read the story The night before Christmas, passed out gifts and made balloon animals.

Happy 4th Birthday Addison!

Happy 4th birthday to a truely amazing little girl. I thank god everyday for bringing you to me. Your smile can light a room and your laughter can bring me to tears. I love you so much angel!

Love, Mommy

Back from our "Magical" vacation

We just got back from 2 days at Disney World and 8 days aboard a Disney Cruise...I am EXHAUSTED!!! But, it was worth every bit of missed sleep to see the excitement on the kids faces.

Aboard the boat we met all the princesses and Disney characters numerous times and have millions of pictures to prove it! We visited St. Marteen, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay (Disney's private island). Addison had the best time playing with her cousins who she loves soooo much and she has a new collection of sea shells which she adores. Peyton, although sick with a horrendous cough, enjoyed me chasing her through out the boat and loved to dig her nails in the white sand! And Jordan made some new friends in his teen club on the 10th deck and he really enjoyed having tons of freedom. All in all it was a wonderful vacation and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

I am not sure how many pictures I can or want to load on here but I came home with close to 600 photos...here are a few.

Peyton's first haircut

I decided the time had come for Peyton to get her first haircut...not only had it become crazy but she was beginning to have a bit of a mullet :) Much to my surprise, Peyton did very well! I have to give a lot of props to the lady who did it b/c she obviously had quite a bit of experience working with small kids. She had Peyton set up in a booster chair with toys, books, crackers and combs. She did attempt to put a gown on Pey but that was obvioulsy NOT GOING TO HAPPEN so thank god she let her go without. She did comment though that if the health inspector were to stop by she would get a very hefty fine...good thing she didn't! The haircut probably only lasted 5 minutes...Peyton sat and played the entire time. And those moments when Peyton would realize someone was pulling on her hair, Addi was there to distract her for me. The only big fuss came when she tried to put her hair up after the cut was over. I actually couldn't believe there was enough hair to make a very small pony tail.

Here is a before pic...in serious need of a hair cut!