Oh Christmas Tree....

*Our Big 4 Month old*

Christmas bells are ringing.....

Okay, Okay....I know it's been like forever since the last time I posted! So many people have been on me about this that I thought I should get on it. You don't actually realize how many people look at your blog until you haven't posted for a while...anyway:)
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I love this time of year! It's a time of giving, sharing, receiving, remembering, cooking, etc... We already have the tree up, the house decorated, and the cooking has started. Yesterday Addelyn, Alivia, and I made gingerbread cookies...OK Addelyn and I did while Liv watched and dosed off from time to time:) She is seriously is the best baby I could ask for:-) By the time the cookies were baked and frosted the kitchen was a mess....but it's all good cause we had a blast! Happy Christmas Everyone!

*Alivia Marie*

Alivia Marie was born on 8*3*09 at 11:23 am:) She came in at 7.5 lbs and 20 inches long. She has dark hair and we definitely see our Addelyn in her, but make no mistake she is her own person. A very good baby!!! Addelyn was more of a challenge that's for sure. Life is great with two children. Addelyn loves her baby sister and wants to be a part of everything we do. I love to see the bonding that is going on between my two beautiful babies! Here are some pictures of our beautiful Alivia. She is such a joy to have in our home already! We love u Alivia!

Gotta Love Finger Paints!!!!!

A couple of days ago Addelyn and I made some finger paints. We had so much fun and now she can use them whenever she wants.....with me watching her of course:) I asked her who she wanted to paint her first picture for and I wasn't surprised when she yelled "Daddy." I'm so glad she's enjoying her finger paints so much:)

Ashlynn Marie

My brother Brent and his wife Jeanette had their baby girl on the 4th of July. Her weight was 7.14 lbs and was 20 inches long. Ashlynn also has lots of long dark hair. Very Cute:) Here are the pictures of when we went to see them at the hospital!

Little princess Ashlynn Marie
Addelyn holding her new baby cousin.

Madison holding her new baby sister.

The Duda Family

Grandma holding her newest grand child. She lives for her grand kids!

FuN iN tHe SuN****

This past weekend we went to Queen Creek (where my brother and his family live) to go to this community splash party that was put on by their HOA. I loved it because not only did we have a blast but everything was free. A day of fun with no cost. That doesn't happen very often:) Anyway, here's some pictures of the party!

Addelyn and her cousin Madison crashing at the bottom of the slide.
Nate going down the slide for the first time:) It took him a while but we finally just forced him down! He loved it once he was going down.

Addelyn and my mom. I love this picture. Adde sure loves her Grammie!

Adde and Maddy going down the slide head first:)

Addelyn and Maddy must have went down the slide about a hundred times:) Even when the workers were trying to take it down, Adde was still wanting to go on it:)

Family Pics:)

Addelyn Mae 2 1/2 yrs

Adde's First Swim Lesson:-)

Addelyn had her first swim lesson today. She did really well and was a little too brave at times. I'm so glad that she'll be learning to respect the water more. For those of you that know Adde really well are not surprised to find out that she kept calling her instructor that she could do it all by herself. All the other parents there got a real kick out of it. This will definitely be an interesting two weeks!!!

Out of Africa....

For Father's Day Weekend Dave wanted to go for a little trip over night and out of town to a little place called Camp Verde Az. There they have a Zoo called Out of Africa. We spent a whole day there and it was so fun because we were able to get really close to all the animals and even pet and feed some of them. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone. It's a great little get-a-way for the family. I look forward to when we can go back:)

Addelyn was so worn out by the end of the day.

This is Dave's Father's Day shirt that Addelyn made for him.

Happy Father's Day! You're the best Daddy in the world:) We love you so much!

*3D Ultra Sound Pics*

Here are some ultra sound pictures that were taken this morning. In comparing the pictures and the video....she looks just like Addelyn did. I guess we'll have to see when she gets here:) Can't Wait!!!

My New Project:)

For those of you that know me well, you know that I love to find old treasures from yard sales, goodwill, any second hand store and fix them up like new. I found this desk last Saturday at the Goodwill down the street. It was a very light oak color. I bought it for $40 plus a little for the green paint and BAM....I have a new and kind of vintage looking desk. I just love the way it turned out. Is it bad that I like to sit and look at it on my free time:) Man, I can be a total dork sometimes! Teehee!!!! Sorry this picture is kind of bad...I took it with my phone.

I heart Washington!

We had such a good time on our month long trip to Washington. We were able to see lots of family and old friends. I took so many pictures that I decided to put some on one collage. We are also so happy to be home and wait for the new addition to our family. The count down is on.....8 WEEKS:) But I do have to say, between all the visitors we had this past spring and our trip to Wa....this pregnancy has gone by really fast. I can't wait to see our new baby girl:)

Happy Easter.....