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Remember back in January people made New Years resolutions.....Oh well I made some of those too. You know what one of mine was?? To blog on a regular basis. So far I fail. I promise to try harder.


Here are some updates!

Things are pretty good here at The Thornton household I suppose. Little Bea is growing so fast! On Monday this week she had her 2 month check up and she is 12 pounds! Woot! She has doubled her weight. Oh and I love double chins when they come in baby form! She is the sweetest little baby. She smiles a ton and she is just the perfect fit for our little family.

Addy is doing good too! She is so big somedays I think she looks like a four year old. She is learning and growing everyday and I have just loved being home with her these last couple of months. I am hoping to start her in preschool this year and I just know she will thrive!

I thought I was going to be staying home with the girls but it looks like we will be having a change of plans on that one. It will be hard but it is what is going to be best for our family. I am just grateful I have been able to spend these last couple of months with my girls full time.

There is not much else going on that I can think of. But don't worry the blogging will be more frequent I promise!

Oh and sorry there is no picture. The camera has been broken. I should work on that!

Happy Birthday to my little Addy

Addy,

Adaline Marie I waited a long time for you to come into my life and you are truly everything I hoped for and more. You are kind hearted and smart. You are passionate and beautiful. You are funny and full of joy. I can't imagine my life without you. I can't believe you are already three. Where has the time gone?? We have had three wonderful years together. They haven't always been the easiest of times but even the most challenging moments I wouldn't take away. You have taught me to be a stronger and more patient person and for that I thank you. I love being your mother, it is the greatest birthday gift I could ask for.

And yes after 3 years I am finally okay sharing my birthday with you.

Thanks for coming into our lives and showing us a kind of love we never knew before.

Happy 3rd birthday big girl!!

Love,
Mama

Random Thoughts

I have been a super bad blogger. I just haven't been motivated enough....and it seems like nothing exciting is going on.

Shane took Addy and I on a drive up the canyon last night and then took us to Taco Time. It was the most enjoyable evening I have had in a really long time. It was such a simple thing but it was so great.

I have been super restless when I get home from work lately. It is like the minute I walk in the door I want something exciting to happen...but it never does. And then I don't know what to do with myself so I just watch TV or read. I really need some excitement in my life. Maybe I should take a class.

I took a nap on Sunday and then I got woken up from that nap like 15 minutes later and I was super pissy about. I told Shane about how mad I was and then he made me smile and then I was okay.

All the plants in my yard are super happy and big and full...and oh I just love it!

We got new neighbors finally and they seem really nice and cool. Such a relief!

And that is all the random thoughts I can think of for today. Thanks for reading!

Easter 2011

We had a pretty mellow Easter this year. It was a nice relaxing day with family. Addy was pretty excited about the Easter bunny...she kept calling him the "easy" bunny. Pretty cute stuff. I think her favorite part of the day was all the candy. How often do mom and dad let you eat chocolate at 8:30 in the morning?

Here are some pictures from Easter morning...with just one picture of Rosco thrown in...because he is handsome!





And here are some pictures of the hunt! Addy was the only kid so all 7 adults were following her around helping her find the eggs. She's pretty much the star of the family.








And just a couple of the candy eating.....



I just love the faces.

It's okay to be mad sometimes

So we didn't end up going to Chipotle for dinner as planned. Turns out tons of other people had this same plan cause holy moly there was a line out the door! So Shane and I went to our favorite little Mexican restaurants El Farol. I have been going to El Farol as long as I can remember...it is one of those cheesy little places with fake flowers and a lot a Mexican decor but you know they have the best nachos and carnitas I have ever had! It was a special little time for us. Addy was pretty good for most of the dinner. At one point during our meal she decided it was a good idea to get under the table and come over to me...fine. Then she decided to go back over to Shane...fine. After she did this about five or six times I finally told her to stop. So she gets under the table again and says "Mom, I am just so mad at you now." Freaking hilarious! It took everything I had to be stern with her and tell her to sit in her seat. She did and then decided she wanted to eat but by this time Shane and I were done eating. Oh well she did eat a little more but on our way home she said "mommy I'm huuungry!!" Needless to say we had to make a little stop at Wendys for some chicken nuggets. Love that girl!

The Birthday!

Addy and I had a really great birthday this year. We went and picked out some new toys for Addy, went to lunch with our friends, took a nap (Addy not me), and then went and had a wonderful dinner with family. Addy loves being two I think. She went around all the next day telling people she was two. Here is a picture of the two of us at lunch.....


Shane got me an awesome pair of running shoes.....

Because I have been doing this work out video among others....


Shane and I were going to go out to dinner but it just didn't happen. Oh well! There is always valentines day right??

All and all we had a nice birthday! Thanks to our great friends and family for making this a memorable birthday!

Christmas stuff.

Guess what? I still haven't taken family pictures for my Christmas cards! I really want to send out cards this year. I going to do it. So if you get your card after Christmas...oops sorry.

I am almost done with my shopping. I still need to bake a bunch of stuff and then I will get to relax right? I am really excited for Christmas this year though which is not like me...I usually dislike Christmas. I think having a almost two year old is helping. Oh she is getting lots of good stuff. Oh and so is Luke. There is going to be some smiles Christmas morning let me tell ya.

Shane and I are not really buying each other gifts this year because we really want an ipod. Oh and my parents are buying us a dishwasher for Christmas....best. parents. ever. I really really hate doing dishes so this really is the best gift any could ever get me.

That is about it....
What are you most excited for this Christmas?

One more thing

Isn't this picture funny! I can't stop laughing at it! Oh Addy I sure do love your face!

Today is one of those days....

where I have to remind myself of all the things that I should be grateful for. I woke in a fine mood. On my way to work I sent Shane a text that said "Addy was being such a sweetie! I love being her mom!" True statement. She makes me happy! And then I got to work and I turned into an uber-grouch! What? I know I'm at work so that is why I am grouchy. Wrong! Usually work doesn't really make me that grumpy. It is a combination of things really....some I would rather not talk about and others whatever I should just get over being blind in one eye for the day. Blah! November is the month to remember to be thankful so that is what I am trying to do the rest of the day. Be thankful!!!

Today I am thankful that I have such wonderful and funny children. That make me want to live each and everyday....weather I am blind in one eye or not.

Just a funny little story

Yesterday it snowed and snowed and then it snowed some more. Needless to say when Addy and I walked out the front door yesterday morning there was quit a bit of snow on the ground. Well Addy being as cute as she is gasped and said "oh bubbles!!" It was so funny! She thought that the snow was a bunch of bubbles! And even though I kept telling her all day that it was snow she still insisted that it was bubbles. Oh well it is cute!

On another note Addy got to dress up in her garden gnome costume today and I just have to say she looked adorable! I will post some pictures later but for now you just have to trust that she looked just cute!

It was time to say goodbye

On Monday this week we had to say good bye to our old girl Izzy. She was the sweetest dog that never did listen. Even at ten years old she still pottied in the house. But we loved her still and it was hard to let her go! On Monday night Addy asked where Izzy was while we were eating dinner (Izzy was always there to pick up the scraps) and I told her she went to the moon....Addy loves the moon so I knew she would know what I was talking about if I said that. Later that night Addy said "Izzy...moon??" and I said "yep that is right." Luke had a hard time because Izzy has been here his entire life but he understood that she was in pain and it was time. We miss her and the house in not the same without her but now she is with her best friend Dignon. I'm sure they are having the time of the life! Let me tell you losing two dogs in one year has been the hardest thing this family has ever had to go through and I am glad we won't have to go through this pain for a long time.

We now have just Sally and Rosco and they are great fun and we love them so so much. I know our family will always be missing the original two but it is nice to know that we have two others that love us like they did.

Goodbye! We loved you so!


The two lovers during happier time


A blurry but cute picture of Addy and her Izzy

Another funny video

Oh this was a good laugh.

I am finally back to work after having almost a week off. It is kind of weird. No I was not doing anything fun unfortuatly. Addy was sick for a fews days so I have been taking care of her. I loved being home with her but I wish that she was feeling good so we could have done something fun and exciting but oh well that's life!

Summer is not over

this photo has nothing to do with summer. it is just boogie kitty looking out the window.

On Saturday my mom said to me "After the 24th summer is over." And you know what I said to her "SHUT UP mom!" She laughed. I don't think so. We still have August and August is still freaking hot. Summer still. Still plenty of time for camping, hiking and picnics.

Speaking of picnics. Shane and I had a date night on Friday and I packed us a picnic and we headed up Little Cottonwood Canyon and went on hike and enjoyed a wonderful view of the water. I will post some pictures later.

Last night Addy was running around with one flip flop on....because that is what she does. And she fell and hit her little nose on the sidewalk. She got a bloody nose and a scrape. Seriously that little girl gets hurt once a day. My mom is a spaz...I'm a spaz...I fear Addy got the spaz gene. Sad.

Well we are enjoying summer. And no it is NOT over! not matter what my ma says.

Learning to talk

I think Addy learning how to talk has been my most favorite stage so far. It is so funny and amazing all at the same time. She literally tries to repeat everything we say. She can say "Izzy" that is our big dog but she won't say any of the other dog's names. I think she thinks they're all named Izzy. And as far as the cats go she calls them all "kitty." I think my favorite is instead of saying "what's that" she says "wheesh." Awesome. Shane and I seriously walk around the house all day saying "wheesh" to each other and every time we laugh. She says tons of other things too and I swear she learns something new to say everyday. Next week I am sure she will be speaking in sentences. I cannot believe how incredibly smart she is. She blows my mind everyday!!

Being a mom is amazingly awesome. Love it more than anything else.

Sickies!!

We have had a rough week at the Thornton house. I think we are finally through the rough patch though *insert sigh of relieve here*

Well Saturday Shane and I went camping with some friends...no kids! Awesome :)(I will post some pictures later). We had a lot of fun and the weather was awesome. Then on Sunday morning when I woke up I got a call from my dad saying Addy was super sick and had a fever and we needed to come home. Well of course this put me in total panic mode so we hurried and ate breakfast packed up and headed home:( Once we got home Addy didn't seem that bad so we played and had lunch then she had her nap. Well in the mean time Shane started feeling really sick and took a nap too. Later that night Shane started getting the chills and had a fever. So of course the poor guy could not help with the little one. Ahh!

I tried putting Addy to bed that night and she didn't go to sleep until 11:30!! Which is way late for her. Then at 3:30am I could hear her breathing really heavy so I went and checked on her and took her temperature and the thermometer read 104 degrees!! Crap! It scared us so bad so we rushed up to Primary children's hospital. It turns out she has a virus and an ear infection. Well we didn't get home until 6:30 and I had to hurry and get ready and go to work. Awesome. Shane stayed home with Addy but he was still so sick. I ended up going home early that day but I couldn't nap because I just can't...not a napper.

Then on Monday night she woke up in the night and was up for about two hours. I was a zombie yesterday! Finally last night I went to bed early and got a good night sleep. I feel like a whole new person today. Whew! I knew motherhood would be hard at times but not this hard. Someone should warn you that sick babies are really difficult. I am just glad our little Addy is feeling better oh and dad is feeling better too. And mom is awesome!

Update on Leonard and Easter

So I convinced Shane into giving Leonard a second chance. All is going well so far. But now poor Leonard looks like an Avatar....I don't know what happened to him but his forehead and his nose are swollen and seriously....AVATAR! As of this morning the swelling started to go down but it was so weird while it lasted. I tried taking a picture of how weird he looked but you really couldn't tell in the picture.

We had a good Easter. Poor little Addy was sick all weekend but she still had fun. Luke got everything he wanted I think so that is good. We had a little Easter egg hunt for the kids at our house and it was so fun watching them find the eggs. Addy was content with just an egg for each hand so Luke scored big on the hunt. After we took Luke to his mom's house we went home and I made frosting for my awesome carrot cake I made and then it was on to my parent's house. We some yummy ham and had a nice time.....oh and everyone loved my cake!!

I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend!!

Tender memories

I use to sing this song to Addy almost every night as she was falling asleep when she was a new born. It was only just a year ago but it seems like forever. I thought about this song today and it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside so I thought I would share.

PS.....If you have not seen Across the Universe I highly recommend it. Good movie :)

Spaghetti night!

These are from a couple of weeks ago. Addy really loves spaghetti as you can clearly see. I was laughing so hard when I was taking these. Awesome!