One Of Those Days

Miss Addie you sure made me work for your loves today. You definitely had a rough day. I'm speaking about meltdowns after meltdowns. You screamed with each diaper change, you screamed every time your nose was wiped (it had to be wiped a lot), you screamed because you found your monkey costume in your toy bin and wanted me to put it on you, and then you screamed because I got the monkey costume on you and you decided you didn't want to wear it after all. 

Nose was running all day long.

You screamed because you wanted to go on a walk and screamed when I put a sweater on you before letting you go outside. I strapped you into the stroller, which made you scream. You hated that the sun was in your direction but then hated it when I put down the stroller umbrella to shield the sun. I decided to walk to a nearby park we've never been to. Trust me, taking you to the park was more for my sanity than it was for you. I'm sure the park was a nice break for both of us. You absolutely LOVED the park. You probably loved it too much because you screamed the entire fifteen minutes it took to walk back home. I know, because I timed it. 

She definitely threw a tantrum after this picture because she was done with her headband.

We finally got home and I just left you in your sweater to avoid another tantrum. You handed me the remote and asked "George?". Defeated I  turned it on for you even though you had already watched the Curious George movie all the way through earlier this morning. After I turned it on I looked at you and said, 'Addie I love you, do you love me?'. I wasn't expecting an answer so I'm not sure why I asked. You didn't say anything but you climbed up on my lap and then kissed my cheek. It was exactly what I needed. You sat on my lap for the next twenty minutes holding one of my hands. The night ended with plenty more meltdowns after the movie but because of our moment of peace together I had a little more patience for it than I did during the first half of today. 

Even after such an exhausting day I still find myself completely grateful for you. You fell asleep in my arms tonight and I started missing you as soon as I put you down. I can't think of any other person who could drive me beyond crazy all day and yet still leave me with a heart bursting full of love for them. Well maybe your father could get away with it. But then again if your father acted like you did today I would probably still be annoyed after he fell asleep haha. 

I love you Addie girl but fingers crossed tomorrow has more hugs and cuddles than tears and fits. 

Maybe today wouldn't have been so brutal if yesterday hadn't been such a delight. 

Grandparent Love

I was excited to move to Orem because this place is practically just down the street from Danny's grandparents (Paul and Colleen) and I absolutely love them. We've been meaning to stop by there but something always came up so finally on Saturday we made time and decided to visit them. Unfortunately we didn't anticipate that they wouldn't be home. We decided to unbuckle Addie anyway and play around on their property. Addie loved it there which made me happy because I'm obsessed with their home and property. I love it so much I made sure Addie's first birthday party was held there. Right now Dave and Donna are keeping all their sheep at the grandparents place so it was fun for Addie to see them up close.

We left to go grocery shopping after being there awhile but stopped by again on the way home. Paul and Colleen were home the second time so we were able to visit with them. I love hearing their stories and they genuinely care about what's going on in our lives. I hope one day people will be able to feel the same peace I feel when I talk to them. It didn't take long for Addie to open up and interact with them either. Before we left Colleen sang a song to Addie from when she herself was just a small little girl. 

Danny really does have some incredible grandparents and it makes me feel honored that I get to be a part of their family legacy. I love that they are now my grandparents too. 

Missing The Sun

Addie had a little play date scheduled today with Allen and JoAnn's little boy but he woke up this morning not feeling good so it's being postponed. We also woke up to it snowing outside so we're staying indoors today. Needless to say I think Addie and I are both missing the sun today. She was such a happy girl during our walk last week so of course I captured a lot of her smiles. 

I sure do love this gal. 

50 in February

Well Addie is in bed for the night and I'm now waiting for Danny to return home from work. Since I have some extra time right now I thought I would post some pictures I took today of Addie during our walk. Well it would've been a walk but she insisted that I run so we ended up having a nice jog today.

I hope the weather continues to get warmer considering that this is how bundled up Addie had to be during our walks a week ago. 

She insists that Kitty joins us. I love it.

Valentine's 4 Day Weekend

Danny is back at work after a three and a half day weekend and it was the best. I almost wish that it wasn't so great though because when Addie wakes up from her nap and sees that he's gone she's going to be so sad. She loves her daddy and I love their relationship. It was almost heartbreaking to watch Danny get her ready for her nap because even he was sad when trying to explain he'll be at work when she wakes up but that he'll be here for lunch tomorrow. I am excited for Addie to wake up though because today is a beautiful warm day. It's 50 degrees which doesn't sound too warm, but considering that we're still in February and there's snow on the ground 50 degrees sounds amazing. 

Danny had a long weekend with us because Monday (yesterday) was Presidents' Day and today was Reading Day (UVU's fake holiday) so all classes were cancelled. I wish Danny's shift tonight was cancelled but it's still been a pretty incredible weekend. On Saturday we went through the Provo City Center Temple open house with Dave, Donna, Mike, Rand, Ashley, their kids and Ashley's parents. We had tickets but still had to wait over an hour in line so by the time we actually started the tour Addie was completely done with it all. She just wanted to leave the line, walk around and explore on her own. She tends to struggle being around huge crowds. I really believe she might feel claustrophobic. Even as a baby we've always had to take her into quiet rooms to make sure she felt calm and comfortable when places got too crowded or loud. Danny says she gets that from him; I have to agree with him on this one. Anyway from what little I did get to see when I wasn't distracted with Addisyn was beautiful. Addie loved seeing the murals with all the different animals and had to show us her animal sounds. She's recently learned the sounds for lion, pig, duck, elephant, and snake. She was pretty cute but I was worried that she was being distracting to others. It made me feel good when we were outside heading to our car when a nice young couple stopped us to tell us how much fun they had watching our daughter. It made me feel good because I spent the whole tour stressed that we were just disrupting the peace for everyone there. I can't wait to go back with Danny and actually pay attention to the details that were put into that temple. I'm excited to go back. 

We picked up Mexican food for our Valentine meal from our favorite restaurant on the way back and came across this Jurrasic Park vehicle. Of course we had to get a picture of it. 

Sunday was Valentines Day and I felt lucky relaxing all day with my husband and our girl. We had already exchanged gifts a couple days earlier since neither of us are good at waiting til the actual day. Danny got a book he wanted, Addie got a stuffed monkey (even though she already has too many) and I got a kitchen food scale and some sweatpants (I'm currently on a health kick right now). We spent the evening with Danny's mom since his dad had to leave for a business trip. We also wanted to show Addie the farm animals but there was too much snow and mud back there so we didn't. 

Well I'm going to quickly recap the last day and a half because I hear Addie starting to wake up and I want to take her outside to enjoy the sunshine. 

Monday was awesome. We walked around the Traverse Outlet Mall and had a great FHE and then we watched a movie for February's date at home after Addie went to bed. 

Here's some random pictures from the last couple days. 

Danny making Valentines' Day breakfast.

This picture is from the other weekend.

Now I'm going to play with my sweet cutie since she's now fully awake.