Dishes at Grandma's

Ady LOVES to do the dishes at Grandma's house. This time she included Matthew. I'm still not sure why they like it, or why Grandma lets them do it...especially with all the water on the floor.

Can you say "Diarreah?!?!" Ewwwww, Matthew!!!!

Three years ago today.....

....Addison silently entered our lives. I know I have been changed forever by her life and her death. So today, we celebrated our sweet little girl. We miss you baby.

When we got up, I told Tanner that today was Addison's birthday. All day he asked me questions....how old would she be? why did she die? Are you sad she died Mommy? At the cemetary he asked where he'd be buried when he died.

We had dinner, went to the cemetary where we released balloons and then came home for cake!

I asked Adylin where the balloons went?!?!
Daddy getting Matthew to smile for the camera.

We took a little windmill for Addison and Matthew wanted it so bad!!!



MMMMM....cake. We went home and had cake. The babies fell asleep, so they missed out, but our friend Sam came over and shared with us.

Tanner wanting to eat the cake!!!!! I got his favorite.

Mommy and Tanner Day

Tanner has been off-track the last three weeks, so I decided last Tuesday to take Tanner with me to work and go to the zoo in the morning. We had so much fun, but only saw about half of the zoo though. After the zoo, we went back to work, where Tanner watched movies,
colored and bugged Mom. We also went to McDonalds for lunch. Tanner was really good, so I took him again with me the following Tuesday....we took my Mom to the zoo with us and had so much fun. This time we stayed longer and saw the whole zoo. My Mom took pictures the second time, so I'll have to get some from her. The best part the second time was the "zebras fighting". Tanner LOVED to watch them bite and kick each other...it was really cool.

Park City Vacation

We went up to Park City on Thursday, August 23. We hurried and got in our swimsuits and had so much fun at the pool. After swimming, Davis gave the kids a bath in the HUGE tub and I made dinner. We soon got the kids to sleep and started to relax. Around 11 oclock I heard a noise I didn't like. I turned to Davis and said, "I think Ady's throwing up." He went to check on her and just as he's checking in on her, she starts throwing up. We cleaned up the mess, just in time to have her do it again and again. We went through so many towels, sheets and blankets. Around 3 am she was settled and asleep. Just before Davis came into our room, Tanner started throwing up. AH THE JOY!!!! We went through every towel, sheet and blanket in our condo....ewww. I finally had Ady wrapped up in the hotel provided robe. Morning came WAY too fast for us. We made a quick trip to walmart to pick up sprite, saltines, laundry detergent (we had a washer and dryer in our unit....YAY!) and lysol. Friday was mostly a lazy day, the kids puked a bit more, but we figured it was cool. So Saturday comes and we are happy to have 3 happy non-puky kids. After lunch we went to the pool for a little while and then I took the kids back to the condo....our friend Sam Sweet came up with his two boys and they went swimming with Tanner and Davis.
We were supposed to have the condo Saturday night and Sunday morning, but I was ready to o home. Lucky for us Tanner started puking again that night!!!!!

Little did I know that there were parasites in most public pools.....hmmmm, what a lame vacation. OH, as you can see, there are no pictures...I forgot my camera. I think Davis took a few shots, so I will see if I can get them from him and post them.

WE HAVE A.........

.................HOLE and FOOTINGS!!!!!! I took a picture today and will try to take a picture at least once a week. The house should be done by November. I hope we can sell the one we are in. I am so ready to be moved into a permanent home.

They dug the hole on August 9th. Footings went in on the 13th. I can't wait to see the progress. If I get a chance, I'll try to get a picture of the whole lot. It's covered in dirt right now, so maybe I'll wait until they get it cleared.

Playing in the water at Poppies

I needed a break the other day, so after the babies naps, I took them to my parents house to play in the water. They also played on the trampoline. So cute!!!!

Matthew wanted to "swim" so he climbed in the bucket he was playing with.
Grandma then found an "upgrade." I thought I took pictures of both kids in the tub, but I must not have. They played and played. It was great to watch them. I can't wait to have a fenced back yard.

Swimming with Grandma and Poppie!

We went up to Parck City on Tuesday night. My parents had a room at the West Gate for a few nights and we went to swim and eat dinner. It was so much fun. Matthew at first wasn't thrilled with the pool. Unfortunately for him, he's never been in a pool. It took him a long time to warm up, but once he did, he wanted to stay. Here are a few pictures. The only one not shown is me (behind the camera AGAIN.) and my Dad.

Weekend in SEATTLE!!!

Matthew and I flew out to Seattle on Friday, August 10th. We had sooooo much fun!!!! We went to see my SHARE friends and meet up with all the Seattle rainbow babies!!! We stayed with Pam and her 4 kids (they were AWESOME!!!). Pam has a rainbow named Wyatt and we went to dinner at the pier on Friday. It was so neat to sit by the pudget sound and eat dinner. The salmon was FABULOUS!!!! Matthew loved the clam chowder.

Matthew loved playing with Aly (8) and Renee (7) They were so good with him.

Here are the SHARE ladies with a few rainbows....

Sherry took the second picture, so Bridgette could get in.

Sherry is the "AUNT" of Share. Her sister started on Share when her little girl Samantha died..she invited Sherry to get on and deal with her grief and she's wormed her way into ALL our hearts!!!! She was one of the reasons I went to Seattle. I wanted to meet her so much. It amazed me how much an Aunt can be supportive, you don't see a lot of that on Share. Sherry stayed hours after everyone left. We could've talked longer, so I need to go back to Seattle again :)

Matthew LOVED Brooklyn. They are only a month a part.

This is Krista's little boy Eliott. He is just cute as can be!!!! He was shy at first, but soon warmed up.

Krista's Meah....I was so excited to meet both Eliott and Meah!!!!

Baby Nate!!!! The newest Seattle rainbow!!!! I loved kissing on those cheeks!!!!

Matthew no swiping...Matthew no swiping.....Matthew NO SWIPING!!!!!

AH MAN!!!!!!!!! Matthew kept taking Wyatt's sippy cup!!!! SURPRISE SURPRISE, he must've been missing Ady. He loves to take things from Ady.

We dressed Matthew and Wyatt in matching clothes the last day.

Matthew, Holly, Pam and Wyatt!!!! Pam was the best host EVER!!!

OKAY, now my flight home story. Matthew did so well on the flight there. We sat next to the sweetest lady. On the flight home, we sat next to a teenage boy. He was quite, but I could tell he wasn't thrilled to be sitting next to us. Well, we took off and not 10 minutes into the 2 hr flight, I smell the worst smell EVER!!!! Yes, a poop. Matthew looked right up in my face and said proudly, "I poop!!" Well, the seatbelt light was still on and the flight attendants were "making the rounds," so they completely blocked the aisle. Finally when they passed us, the boy next to us said, "You can change him now." So I took him up to the front bathroom and I barely fit in it....Matthew cried because I had to lay him on the toilet to try to change him. It was AWFUL!!! We finally got our business done and headed back to our seat. Not 20 mintues later, Matthew looked up at me and said, "I poop!" I wanted to crawl under the seat. The boy next to me was plugging his nose and frowning at me. So off to the front we went. OCCUPIED! ugh!!! I stood there for a while. The flight attendant came up to me and said, "The one in the back is bigger, but it's busy right now." So I walked to the back and waited. We finally got in and it was much more spacious and easy. I didn't want to leave :) But I did. We finally landed, got in the car and when McKell got Matthew out of his carseast, he had BLOWN out so bad, I wanted to puke!!!! I couldn't believe how poopie he was.

We LOVED Seattle, the trip was short, the weather was fabulous and we'd love to go back!!!