Gone Fishin'

We took Ady fishing - didn't get many pictures, but here are a few.

The turtles were out in full force, the water is kinda dirty but you can see one here, literally right off the dock, waiting for us to throw him a line...

The big catch of the day! HA!

Daddy and Ady checking out one of the many mini-fish we caught that day.

Ring Around the Rosie

Ring around the Rosie

Pocket full of posies

Ashes! Ashes!

We all fall down!!

Well, it looks more like a staged hug gone wrong, but they were playing Ring around the Rosie...

Ring around the Rosie again...

This one looks more like they are two stepping,

but it is hard to make a circle with only two people!!

RUN Brady!! RUN!!!! (for your life) :)

And of course, in true Adyson fashion... She had to throw a fit in the end...

S'MORES!!

We decided that the 'sac (this is what we call our cul-de-sac) needed a fire to make S'mores on. Of course we headed straight to Wal-Mart and got one. before we got brave enough to take it out front, we gave it a test run in the back yard. Please excuse the half put together trampoline, we are STILL waiting on the safety net to arrive.

Since we were building a fire anyway...

We had decided we were going to clean out all the junk. And by "junk" I mean the countless receipts, carbon copy checks, paystubs, and other random papers what were saved (well packed and moved several times now) dating back to about 1997. They made great "fire starters" but caused a lot of smoke.

Here is a pic of Ady and Brady roasting some marshmallows. For some reason, even though she used to call them "mar-mewwooh" she now calls marshmallows "lawnmowers" I don't know...she is just goofy :)

Of course, roasting marshmallows got old fast so Ady chased Brady all over the yard. I will post another blog of the post S'mores fun with more pics like this next...

" C'mere Brady!!! Ady get you!!"

And when they weren't roasting the marshmallows, they were sword-fighting? Shasta was waiting (cautiously as to not get clobbered) for the marshmallows to fall off...

MMMMmmmmm..... Finally :)

Yummy Yummy Yummy

Ok, not really. In true Ady fashion. She does not like s'mores. She only took two bites (luckily I had the camera ready) and then gave it back "I two like" (which means "I don't like"). She like the chocolate, graham crackers, and marshmallows all separately, but was not impressed with the end product. Sometimes I wonder if she is really my kid, hehe.

Cooper Patrick Lease

Today was the BIG ultrasound!! We now know for sure that we are expecting a little boy in October. We will name him Cooper Patrick. We took Adyson to the ultrasound with us and she was really good. Once we started seeing the profile on the screen she understood that it was really a baby on "tv". Once we knew it was a boy, she said "Here he is. Here's baby Coop"

A little closer profile shot.

Here is a shot of Cooper's face. A little scary now, but in 8 more weeks, he'll look like a "real" baby. It is kinda hard to see, but he had his hands up by his face the whole time. There is a hand beside his face (you can see his arm) waving. He was very active.


Drum roll please......

The "REAL" money shot...

Most importantly, everything looks good. Cooper is measuring right on schedule and had a strong heart rate of 144 BPM. He measures 19w5d, which is what I am today. He weighs

13 ounces. Hard to believe... I know!

We are very excited and ready to start shopping for a little boy!!

MMMMMmmmmmmm Spaghetti

No explaination necessary...enjoy!

Accessory Queen

Adyson tends to dress herself up. She usually puts on mismatched shoes (or Mommy or Daddy's shoes) and random hats and such. On this particular day, it was nice warm (as shown by the lack of sleeves on Ady's dress) she decided she needed to wear a hat and gloves.

Here she is putting her hat on, it usually takes a few attempts because she ends up holding it closed when she tries to put it on...

And what outfit is complete without "Dora" gardening gloves?!?!

15W5D Appointment

Well, there isn't too much to report today. I had an appointment, all is well. I have lost 5 pounds (which is a whole lot better than gaining) but now the doc thinks I need to count calories to make sure I am getting at least 2000 a day.

Quentin was able to go with me today, and we got to hear the heartbeat with the doppler (although the Med student had a hard time finding it) and all sounds well. They didn't measure it, for two reasons: 1) they had a hard time finding it and 2) they baby was moving all over so once they did find it, it was gone...

My next appointment is on June 10th. I will have an ultrasound at 1:15 and doctor appointment at 2:20. This will be the BIG ultrasound. We should know (as long as the little one is cooporative) whether Ady will be getting a little brother or sister.

I can't wait to post all about it!!!

The wait is over...

After a 3 month wait... we are finally ready to announce that Adyson is going to be a

BIG SISTER!!!

This is by far the hardest "secret" I have ever had to keep, and although I made a few slip-ups here and there...most people didn't know until they got the above card in the mail! Ha Ha!

We have known since Valentine's day, that we would be expecting a Halloween baby. My "official" due date is October 30, 2009. So far everything has gone very well with this pregnancy and I have had no complications. My next appointment is May 13th and I will be 15 1/2 weeks. Right now, our BIG ultrasound is scheduled for June 22nd (I will be 22 weeks). My OB office will not do the ultrasound until I am 20 weeks, and since Quentin was scheduled to be out of town, I pushed it back until he would be able to come too. Well, now he will be home (love the military) and I haven't been able to reschedule it just yet.

BROWNIES!!

(cooked or not) are a girl's best friend!!!

I was trying to get her to smile... this is the pose she struck :)
"Mommy, you eat!" I didn't move quick enough, and she even got some on the camera!

MMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!

These pictures are reversed, so this is the beginning and the top ones are after she had the spatula for a while :) Not that the mess on her face didn't already tell that story!

Silly Faces

I think she was eating some candy here, but I am not sure about the "gang sign" she is putting on there... Probably some secret code between her and her toddler friends :)

SSSSSOOOOOUUUUURRRRR!!!! "Ady not like" I am sure she spit whatever this was out immediately after making this face...

Usually this look is accompanied by "Momm-meeeeeee!!! I want __________" Usually candy or a mint, but this is her "I want" face and dance :)

And last but not least, she is the queen of rolling her eyes. I wish I could take credit for catching this look, but Aunt Shannon actually got this shot. I usually miss them and ger her after she is done rolling her eyes...

Turtle Sandbox

Adyson went shopping (gasp!) and she spent some of her Christmas money on a new sandbox! I can't believe this dumb thing cost $50 but it has a lid when the $10 plastic pools do not, so we caved and bought it. Six bags of sand later, she was having fun!!

We decided to put the sandbox on the front porch so that she could play while we mow, or plant flowers, or whatever else. Although, I am thinking now we might move it (HA! sounds fun!) to the back yard so that someone doesn't have to sit with her at all times. Shasta has been been going crazy when she is locked up inside and she knows we are on the front porch.

Unfortunately, Ady's favorite thing to do when she is "ply in dirt" it to scoop it into the flower beds and carry loads into the house and garage. We sweep the entry way every day.

Spring is here!!

We planted a ton of tulip bulbs back in October. They sprouted and quickly became a beautiful showing of pink, purple, and yellow!!

Here is a view of our front porch.

Of course, no spring would be complete without a ton of wind. Here are some of the early bloomers falling apart in the wind.

This color was my favorite, of course I do not know the scientific name for it, but they were really pretty when they were fully bloomed.

This is the last good picture I got of them. The wind has been blowing 30 mph for the last 3 days, so now I have a flower bed full of green stalks and no tulips on top... I did however move the green bush you see below and planted a rose bush. I will get some pictures of it up soon.

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!!