I can't believe it's been six months. I sure do love this baby girl, and can't believe I got so lucky, here I was scared to have a girl and she's the best. We sure are excited to go home today!!! Wahooo finally some of the people I love will get to meet this little sweetie.

 Addy's BIG day

  1st month wahooo!

 2nd month

3rd month

4th month

5th month

 And here she is my six month old babe! Here are some things Addy does now a days!

* laughs alot

* rolls over, and over, and over so frustrated that she can't crawl she just kicks and kicks and tries so hard.

* sucks on her toes

* has discovered her head, puts her hand up there and scratches or plays with her hair!

* loves phones and wants to hold them

* rolls over to bags and purses and starts pulling things out.... kinda scary because I had some scissors in my diaper bag and she got them.

* likes when daddy throws her in the air.

* can sit up for about a minute

* tries to give kisses!!!

WE LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!! Can't believe half a year is gone!

the missing link

I'm finally going to post the missing pics that go with some of the things that I have blogged about.

My manly hunter with his buck.
I babysat these two boys, and for one brief moment Tyson and Lincoln were quiet maybe because Dora was about trucks and tractors that day???
 here is my toe sucking babe, she sucks so hard it makes the funniest noises not to mention her toes, fingers, and bottom lip have sores on them
 Addy loves her uncles Ben and Jared, they're a little infatuated with her!

Well I am very excited to come home (oregon) on Thursday and can't wait to see everyone and watch George's football game. However it is a little bittersweet coming home when there are so many hearts at home that are in anguish. My dad's home teacher died unexpectedly last week and during his funeral yesterday it was announced that another family in our ward was in a car accident and their oldest boy was killed. Some of their other children are still in critical condition. When I found out yesterday morning from my sister I was crying quite a bit, I love this family especially their father who will always hold a special place in my heart because he is one of the kindest persons I know, and it is so sad to think about these parents and their grief. And though I'm sad that Loughlin is no longer with us I think about the fact that he is now free from having to face some of the hardships that are to come. Just praying that this family and our ward family can overcome these hard times and be comforted. I read my friend Karli's blog and she said exactly what I said when I found out: "Our ward has sure been taking some hard hits lately" and while all of them have not had the worst possible outcome (glad Kacie is home!) it is hard for us. Many people asked me "well did you know them that well?", because here their wards are ever changing and splitting they don't realize that these people have been apart of my life for many years or even all my life I look forward to seeing them almost as much as my own family when I come home and that our ward is quite constant and we really are in a sense a large ward family. Love you all!

The Moment

I was feeding Adelaide and she fell asleep and though she'd had a bath, was fed, and her newly washed sheet was on her bed it was hard to put her down because as I was holding her she grabbed my hair and snuggled in closer, and then it hit me. I had a moment, you know the ones they just hit you randomly where all of a sudden you  get hit with the realization that this little person trusts you and loves you unconditionally. That they totally rely on you and that they were entrusted to you. It gets me a little emotional sometimes when I realize how much I love that little girl.

Well this week has been so busy!I have a young women's retreat that I'm preparing for this weekend which should be fun because Daniel and I get to stay in Daniel's old bishops cabin on Kolob (on the way to Zion national park). I was worried that I couldn't go to the Friday night part of our trip because Addy isn't allowed to go (she's too distracting) but now this will be so nice and I'll be traveling between the two cabins so that is so awesome. I'm making pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for the retreat and they I tried the recipe and they were delicious so I'm pretty excited to make them tomorrow. Daniel's hunting trip was successful and he wants me to post a picture soon of his buck. It's not a huge one because I asked for a younger buck (the meat is much easier to work with taste wise) I missed Daniel so much the night he was gone. I know it's not the first time but it is 10X harder when he has no service and we can't talk so I decided to make him a yummy dinner. I had found some country pork loin strips on sale and cut them up then I heated the oven to 350 then put  a 20 oz bottle of sierra mist and a bottle of Famous Daves Sweet and Zesty (something like that) in a dutch oven. Then I put the dutch oven in the oven and cooked it for about 4-5 hours then I took a bag of frozen hashbrowns and I put them in a casserole dish. I then opened a can of cream of chicken, some cream, and grated cheese, I put the mixture on top. And then with some juice and some veggies that made our dinner. Roma Ann used some of our canned apple pie filling to make some apple crisp soooo yummy not very healthy but hey he loved it and it was yummy.

Anyways I have a job interview tomorrow but just wanted to leave you with some Addy news, she rolls over multiple times and in Sunday school rolled over 6 consecutive times. Now I have to vacuum constantly just in case and as you can see below she's traveling quite far from her blanket.

 Daniel and I playing with the Photobooth
Addy wrestling with her Daddy

My favorite things

So I decided I wanted to post about my favorite things right now... some are kinda a secret but I'll give it away. Before I do though I wanted to do a quick update. I decided to get a small part-time job or at least try for one to help out because roofing has been a bit slow. I went to the school down the street to see about a special education job and had a meeting with the principal. Well he asked me where I was from and I said Adrian, Oregon. He stared at me and said you're kidding right? I said "You know where it is?" He pointed to his diploma and said check that out, he graduated from Parma High School so I started laughing a bit and said what a small world, well it got even smaller as we continued to talk. He asked about a few people like Sam Hartley and even my Uncle Dan. He new President Peterson (yeah Farell!!!) and then said that he use to date a gal that lives in the Owyhee Ward. Lo and behold he dated my bishops wife, my friends mom, yup you guessed it Tami Peterson before he went on a mission. His name is Keith Pederson (man tami either way and your initials would have been the same :) though he was super nice you totally got the better looking one yup Alan you can thank me later!) He even said how much he liked Alan and how respectful he was, anyways he wants me to stop by some time and call Alan and Tami so he can chat but I thought I'd throw that out there first because I don't want to give some guy you dislike your number :0 But maybe I'll land a job because of who I know!! Like I said small world. Now onto my favorite things

white amber perfume from GAP love the smell of this! Thanks Ace for helping me choose.
 these are from baby legs and so useful and cute these are Steph's but after borrowing them I am so going to order some. It was cold for a few days and she wore these morning and night and it kept her warm and easy to change diapers.
This is my diaper bag. I wanted to get a new one after my hospital one was mistaken about 4 times because everyone gets the same one. So I wanted something cute but Loud so I wouldn't loose it (mostly cute) I got it from Ross and when I came home Daniel said well it won't be mistaken for someone else's, it's the ugliest bag I've seen. I was shocked! I said I actually like it!!! (he thought I just got it because it stood out, not that I thought it was cute) anyways he felt bad so he said "well it's tolerable I guess. Right, like that makes me feel good. But the whole week  about 15 girls most I didn't know said I love that bag!! Guys just don't get it!

 Well here's a secret. Find an asian market (because you can't find this in Walmart and the stuff they have there is not the same trust me!) and here is the best ingredient for Asian food, especially stir fry. Such a yummy flavor. Also so good on steamed veggies, on chicken with potatoes. It is just an awesome sauce with a kick. It is MAE PLOY sweet chili sauce. Try it you'll love it. My sister-in-law Angelyn turned me onto this and since we don't have an asian food store down here she actually brought me 2 more bottles a couple of weeks ago!

 look close at Addy's hair and you'll see a little bow. Nothing special so you'll be wondering what's the big deal? Well it's the way the bow stays on to be exact. Daniel's cousin has a patent pending product that is this awesome glue. It doesn't pull can work with hair or no hair and washes with just water, can peel the bow off without pulling hair. And the biggy if you follow the instructions step by step you'll have no problem reusing the bows and (though I guess this shows you how long I let addy go without a bath once) it'll last 3-4 days no problem!! Her website is:

www.baldybabybows.com
 So for my camp K friends they know what this means to me! I love Nalgene bottles and I have had one that was pretty special to me that I won from something at Camp K. It had my Wyoming sticker on it from my friend Burt and so I wanted to keep it forever. But even though they are nigh destructable they can't handle being filled to the top and them left in the freezer which is what my hubby did in January 2007. So I kept my cracked waterbottle because I wanted to transfer the sticker to the new one that Daniel kept promising me. Well  a couple weeks ago yes that's about  a year and 1/2 later he came through with a new blue nalgene and with careful peeling I transfered my sticker and am overjoyed to have my favorite drinking container back. (Now my hubby hates that I have any sort of hippiness to me but I have a little and I'll just say that drinking out of one of these instead of buying disposable bottles of water is a great thing so DO it, also Comet if your reading I'm thinking of going cloth grocery bags aren't you proud?)

 Well of course one of my most favorite thing is this little girl! She is so funny, everyday she does something that just makes me laugh. She has learned to spit (well make farting noises I guess) yup sounds gross but is so adorable, only problem is she does it so much that spit pools under her lips and she's starting to get a sore, I'm trying to put a stop to it. She can sorta sit up now, and also has discovered how yummy her toes are. I love Adelaide!

 And of course my most favorite is this guy!! I love my BABE, he's such a hands on daddy and is so helpful to me. He genuinely tries his hardest to make sure I'm happy with every aspect of life, I love that he cares about my feelings even if sometimes I'm irrational! LOVE him but can't really tell you where to find one, though I know most of you have such good ones.

Wonderland

So I had some ideas for a photo shoot.... one idea came from my cousin Gena who just had her second baby girl WAHOOO congrats guys! Anyways the pomegranates are on right now and are so cool looking bushes that I wanted to try some photos. So I called Steph and she brought Tippy on over and we did a really fun shoot. I love how dreamy some of them are.... featuring our tutu's!! I'm just posting a few but will post the rest on my photo blog.







LOVE THIS ONE WITH THE POMEGRANATES

THE STOUTS

  Here they are my in-laws it's a rare feat to get them all together. Now left to right and I'll put their "number" by their name. Crystel (15), Sara (11, and twins with Sondra) Sondra (10) Shelley (9 and twins with Sheldon) Hailee (7) Laurleen "Lolli" (5) Monica (4) Monterey (3) Angelyn (1) Then my in-laws Phyllis and Wynn (she looks great for 16 kids huh!!!) Mark (2) Stuart (6) Sheldon (8) Adam (12) Daniel "HOTTIE" (13) Benjamin (14) and finally Jared (16)

 Another cute pic

 Here are the boys!!!

 And the girls

What a big family I have... here are some stats I have including my own and in-laws 14 sisters!!!! I have 10 brothers!!! holy moly I've never written that down, and it's a big number. Addy has 63 cousins from both sides and two more on the way... 7 of those are born within 9 months of each other so it will be fun for little Addy later on in life!! I LOVE MY FAMILY

Conference Wrestling

We've been having some fun together the last couple days, we got to spend all Friday together which was so fun. We ate dinner on a blanket in the living room while watching a funny movie called Leatherheads. This morning we went over to Steph and Calebs to make breakfast and see my Uncle Mark and his family who were visiting. We watched the first session of conference and then said goodbye to Mark. Daniel and I went out to the flat for the second session of conference. Tyson saw us pull up and started freaking out, he's so funny. We had yummy cheese and veggie soup that Phyllis made with toast. And I really enjoyed the speakers especially Elder Wirthlin and Elder Holland, I'm sure the others were great but hard to follow because Daniel and Tyson got in a wrestling match, Tyson can scream like no other, I took some pictures they were pretty funny, I think Tyson might have won. Hopefully tomorrow I can pay more attention to ALL the talks

Addy was really good, she and grandpa took a snooze on the couch

 This is Addy's cute sweater (it came with great pants) my cousin/sister in law Sara Ann gave it to her when she was born, it is 6 months but looks so dang cute, the only warm thing I had since it was rainy this morning. Also I took this pic of Addy a few days ago, Denise sent Addy this bear and she loves it. She sleeps with it every night and kisses it, I love walking in and finding her snuggling her bear!

Prima Ballerina

So I really wanted to start a little business with my cousin Stephanie. There is a little shop in town where you can rent a shelf and sell things. We want to make nursing covers, wipe cases, and little girl tutu's. So we decided to try making the tutu's first, and they turned out sooo cute! Here is Addy in a pink and brown one.I think they turned out. Now we just need to make a bunch of everything and get started. We should have a fun weekend. My uncle Mark (Caleb's dad) is coming with Caleb's stepmom and some of his siblings. We plan to go up with them and LaRae & Adam to the cabin tomorrow night and stay till Saturday mid-morning, it will be Addy's first spendover at the cabin so wish me luck!!! Happy Conference 

Family Fun

So we've been having a great week last week. Daniel was gone one day and night which was sooo sad for me but made me so happy when he came back. Yes I still cry when he is gone, I just love the guy, though I think he missed Addy a little more than me.... he says not. Daniel and I went to breakfast together with Steph and the kids on Saturday which was fun, we went to the Wagon Wheel in Leeds which is awesome the whole restaurant  is a John Wayne motiff. It has great homemade food and a cheap price, love it! Anyways I gave my lesson on dating on Sunday which went really well, I did the candy bar men and they loved it. We had another huge family dinner Sunday night because Shelley and Cody got sealed today. The dinner went good and I tried a yummy mexican dish recipe I got off of good things Utah, it was a hit. We had a family meeting afterwards to discuss land division and maybe selling the ranch possibilities. It was pretty amazing that all 16 kids were home at once and you could tell Phyllis loved it! 14 of the kids were in the temple (the 2 youngest were babysitting) today. My sister-in-law Shelley got married last year civilly to Cody because he was in a custody battle with his Ex who made charges against him and it was looking like it would be a really long time before they could get clearance, a year and twins later they went to the temple. It was so beautiful to see this family who had been worthy all along finally get sealed together. The twins were beautiful and you could see the peace on Shelley's face. Afterwards they took pictures of the 16 kids with parents. So sweet, I'll post some when I get them and give you names and the order.... yes I do know it. It was a great day.

Here are some random pics of this week.

 Daniel and I playing with Photo Booth
I love this kid!! I babysat Tyson this week XOXOXox
I also love this BIG kid, he put on my headband and is making a goofy face, he makes me laugh alot!!
 And I love this thumb sucker. Yes she found her thumb and even though I'm discouraging it, I can't help but think she's cute when she does it!!!

Giveaway

Soooo there is this blog that has great giveaways it is called certainlycharmed.blogspot.com I get to enter twice if I blog about this weeks giveaway it is a $25 gift certificate to Knitstyle.  they make these cute cloth blocks in all different patterns. Check it out!!!