Water Puddles and Rainbows

We had a pretty good round of thunderstorms come through the other evening and of course, after the weather had cleared, we had to go play in the puddles...with SpongeBob sunglasses on of course.

It was still pretty windy, but Ady didn't seem to mind. There is a pretty big puddle that always forms at the corner of our street in front of Brady's house. It was perfect for jumping and splashing and of course getting soaking wet!!

Once the sun came out, there was a awesome rainbow right outside the back door! It was huge, so much so that I could not get the entire rainbow in the picture, I had to take it in halves. After a few minutes there was a second rainbow that appeared just above the first one...you can see them both in this picture.


The other half of the rainbow, with the second one above it.

The arch of the rainbow...this is about as much as I could fit in one frame form my back door. It was still raining so I didn't go outside to try to get a better picture.

Adyson wasn't really sure about what this thing was. She just kept saying "pretty colors sky" (She is still lacking connecting words in her sentences). I tried to get her to say "rainbow" but she wasn't interested...

Playing with Brady

Adyson convinced Brady that the dog kennel was a fun place to play. Adyson plays in there all the time, but I think Brady has had enough...

Whoo Hoo!!! Giddy up Daddy!! Check out Drew on Brendan's lap...just hanging out watching the big kids be crazy!! I am pretty sure we were watching some of the American Idol auditions during this chaos...

Pucker up!! Ady was wild this day. I think she must have given Brady a million hugs and kisses. Brady was getting tired of it, and started running away. I don't blame him!! :)


Peeking over the back of the couch at me. These two are crazy when they get together!!

SpongeBob Sunglasses

Adyson is completely addicted to her SpongeBob sunglasses. I kid you not, she eats, drinks, sleeps, and plays with these glasses on. We do not leave the houe without them!!

Here is Adyson, she had fallen asleep on the couch, with her glasses on of course!

And in the bath.... Sunglasses have to be washed, too.
Nap time.

And again...

Fun in the Sun

Finally!! The weather is getting nice enough around here that we have been able to play outside!! Here are a few pictures taken during the month of March of Adyson, out and about. No day is complete without cruising at least one (if not both) of her John Deere tractors. She loves to go way too fast on this one, and often wrecks. She is getting so good at wrecking these days that she pretty much instantly gets up and says "Its okay, Mommy" and goes on about her business - except when she wreck it good. Then she still calls out for Mommy :)

The park is pretty much Ady's favorite place these days. As soon as she wakes up from her nap everyday it is the same story. "Mommmmmmmeeeeee" to tell me she is awake and wants me to come get her. "Miwlk" She always has to have her milk right after she wakes up. I change her diaper, and when she gets up she goes to the window and looks out. "Mommmeeeeee, play park" "park" "park" "peeeaaaaaasssseeeeee" And then we usually go to the park - weather permitting, of course.

She loves to look out the holes in the tunnel. She always says "Mommeeee Ady hide"


And of course, no day would be complete without a ride on the ol' Gator with SpongeBob. The first time we got the Gator out this year, she didn't know what to do. She just sat on it, but finally got it going. She wouldn't let any of her friends ride on it the first couple days, only SpongeBob and her Baby. She has since let others join in on the fun!

Happy Anniversary to me...and Quentin too, but he is on "vacation"

Well, it has been one hell of a day. Adyson has been battling her 2-year molars for about a month now, and the darn things still haven't come in!! So a couple nights ago when her fever spiked up I chalked it up to teething and gave her Motrin and she was fine...right up until the Motrin wore off. Last night was the worst one yet and she had a fever of 104 and the Motrin was not doing the trick. Finally after a dose of Motrin and Tylenol (two hours later) it came down to around 100. We went back to sleep. She woke up fussing again and it was right back up to 104. I gave up and we went to the ER. Apparently it was a bad day for the wee ones because there were three other little guys already there. The doc came in and took a look at her and decided she needed every test in the book. They tested her for influenza A & B, strep, RSV, did a blood culture, and a chest x-ray. Everything came back negative except the chest x-ray showed the beginnings of what could be bronchitis or pneumonia. She also has an ear infection in her right ear (which I had already concluded from her stumbling around this morning). She is feeling fine and is on Amoxicillin. I am also giving her Motrin and Tylenol around the clock to keep her fever down.

So that is how we spent the beginning of the day...

Once we got home, Ady was still cranky, the medicine hadn't kicked in yet, and she refused to eat or drink anything. I finally got her to drink some juice ad she overdid it, burped, and up came all the juice she had just sucked down... Ugh!! So here I am cleaning red puke from the carpet and I hear Shasta heaving in her kennel. I rush over to her to coax her outside and obviously to late she pukes up a mouthful of grass and slimy crap. Dammit dog, can't you see I am already cleaning up puke!!

Once all the puke was cleaned up all is well in the Lease house. Except this is definitely the most eventful anniversary I have ever had. Unfortunately, (for me anyway, luckily for him I suppose hehe) Quentin is still out in Virgina for class and missed ALL the fun. When I called him with the puke story he PROMISED he would take me out to dinner when he got home. I am totally choosing Olive Garden!

Sorry for the lack of pictures, at this point I am too darn lazy to go get my camera from upstairs and load new pics on the computer.

Happy 6 year Anniversary Q! Can't wait until you get home!!

"Party like it's your birthday!!"

We celebrated Adyson's birthday today. She, of course, had a SpongeBob Party. Complete with a SpongeBob cake. All was fun and games until we started cutting the cake to serve it and Ady said "SpongeBob Owwwie!!"

Here's the cake.

We opened presents...here is Adyson buried in a sea of presents. She had lots of helpers to help open presents. She received lots of clothes, 2 or 3 bubble sets, a HUGE sidewalk chalk set, a dress up dress and shoes, Handy Manny truck and chair, a singing puppy dog, a See 'n Say...and probably some other stuff I am forgetting...
We borrowed a blow up bounce house from Quentin's co-worker. Needless to day it was hit in a house full of eight 5 and under kiddos!! Here is Ady bouncing around.

Daddy had to help Ady blow the candles out, maybe nest year she will understand the concept... Quentin did get her to help blow though!

When the partying was done and the "friends" (that is what Ady said, "bye friends") had gone home, Ady was all tuckered out. She her is snoozing with MeMa Carla. It didn't take long and everyone in the house (besides me of course) was snoozing.

All in all it was a great party, and we are definitely buying on of these inflatable bounce houses!!

Random Adyson Fun

I don't actually remember what this face was about, but clearly something disgusted Adyson. :)

Adyson always loves to have her pictures taken and she always wants me to take pictures of her body parts. She always says "Hair Piturrr" "Butt Piturr" "Bo-Bo (that means elbow at our house) Piturr"... This time it was her feet. So here are Adyson's pretty toenails...

And one wasn't enough, so here is the bottom of her foot... "Foot Piturr"

She is chewing (well more like holding in her mouth and making herself drool) one of those nasty Valentine's Day Heart Candies. She loves those things although I think they are gross. She always begs for "Mo Hart"

I asked her what she was eating...this was her response.

She isn't rotten at all...not at all. :)

Granny Sally's Visit

Quentin's mom, Sally, is here to visit for Adyson's (and her) birthday. She got a wild hair up her rear and decided that we should make Piggy banks for Adyson (and Brady and Drew)!! It was pretty much a disaster in the beginning, but we finally got it all together and made piggy banks. Ady's is pink (of course) with butterflies on it, Brady's was blue with Thomas the Train on it, and Drew's was blue and green with John Deere tractors on it. I realized I didn't take a picture of theirs, but I got Ady saving her "mo money" "mo money" with Granny.

Early Birthday...

Adyson received a package from Grandma Cheryl on Wednesday of this past week. Of course, I knew it included her birthday presents and I opened it up to see if they were wrapped or if I needed to wrap them. It was all over after that, so Ady got a "pratice" session if gift opening...

She insisted on not letting me get a good picture of her with her eyes open... what else if new?

Oh NO!! Ady got a tent!!

...and a tunnel. So, Mommy was going crazy trying to keep an almost-two-year-old busy all day every day, and this is by far the best $40 I have spent in a long, long time.

Ady cruising through the tunnel, after she went through a few times, Shasta even chased her through it a couple times!!

It is a little "static-y" in the tent, here is Ady's hair sticking to the tent.

She pretty much went bonkers over the tent as soon as I opened it up. Luckily for me it is "pop-up" and it super easy to put up and take down. Although, to be honest, I haven't taken it down since I put it up the first day!! She puts all her babies to bed in the tent and loves to steal pots and pans from the cabinet and "hide" them in there... It really is non-stop fun!!

There is a hole in the top of the tent that you can "shoot hoops" in to. I took this picture looking down into the tent from the top. She was rolling around going crazy. I cannot believe I actually got a pic of her looking up she was moving around so much!

Here is a full view of the tent. (and all her other toys that have completely taken over my living room - Ha! I mean "Ady's play room")

Since it is pop-up, it is pretty flexible and she has tipped it over several times. She just laughs and finds the hole so she can get out.

Keeping busy when it is cold outside

Since it is wintery cold outide these days, I have resorted to all sort of strang ways to entertain Adyson. We clean house (Ha! She messes up what I just cleaned), she takes lots of baths (with bubbles of course), we empty the toy box at least once a day just to see what toys are hiding in there, and Adyson loves to hide in the kitchen cabinets.

One day, all these fun ideas were not enough for Ady, she made up her own game, "See how many times she can crawl in and out of the pop up hamper before it rips." She played this game for about an hour. I watched and laughed and took pictures (obviously).

On several occasions she got herself stuck, a couple times to the point she almost started crying. The handle you see here caused most of these hangups, as it fit perfectly around her head.

Hiding from Mommy when I tried to put it away.

One more close up. I finally talked her into "helping" me carry the hamper up the stairs where we filled it with stuffed animals (my original intentions). Now every time we go upstairs she dumps out the stuffed animals and "hides" in the hamper!

Playtime with Brady

Adyson and Brady love, love, love to play and play. Here are a few pictures taken back in January of the kiddos playing at Brady's house in his tent and tunnel.

Ady crawling through the tunnel

Ahhhhh!!! It is Cookie Monster Brady!! He has just enjoyed himself a chocolate chip cookie :)

And no night of playing would ever be complete without a hug. We can't seem to ever catch them kissing eachother on camera...

In the next picture of the sequence...Brady is pushing Ady away...too many hugs leads to a bad case of cooties!!

Snow day with Daddy!!

Ady had a snow day with Daddy today, since he wasn't able to get to work!! While watching "Imagination Movers" (one of Ady's favorite shows) they were playing "air guitar" with her toy golf clubs. It was quite amusing!!

They were really getting into it in this picture. Ady even makes funny noises when she plays guitar... She learned those from Daddy, too!!

They took a time out to wear funny glasses and hats, I couldn't resist posting this one of Quetnin, though he will probably kill me when he sees it!! :)

More Snow! More Snow!

... or as Ady would say "Mo know! Mo know!!!" At least that is how it sounds!! We had a good 6 inches of snow on the ground when we woke up this morning!! Of course, Quentin had to work, but luckily for us he got stuck twice in the snow on the way, and ended up coming home and having a snow day!! This is a picture of the snow in the cul-de-sac, the snow plow piled it up and the kids had a blast!! Adyson loves playing outside, and throws a huge fit when it is time to come in...




Shasta LOVES the snow. She would stay out there for hours if I would let her. She just runs around and jumps all around! Ady stood at the back door looking out saying "Shasa (she doesn't pronounce the "t" sound) whaddtdataya dooouuuuuing? " (that means what are you doing?)




Adyson helping Daddy shovel the driveway!




Disappointed about coming inside, as always!!