It has been about a year since I've last blogged/journaled any of our family updates, spiritual impressions, and sweet baby moments. I'm always impressed by my fellow bloggers who are diligent and crafty with their sites. I'm am far behind on the creative side but hope that if I start simple with pictures and stories I can (with time ...which I will start to have more of!) hopefully master the blog site and all it's amenities,
So last I blogged Addison was about 3 months old, now 14 months old. I am so grateful for her. She has been such a joy and blessing in our lives. She is very healthy, eat like a horse, and is climbing, walking, and running, currently her vocabulary consists of the following: No! U-hm, please, up, thank you (very slurred), mama, dada, and mas (my poor attempt to teach Spanish to my daughter). Addison does have a feisty side. If someone touches a toy she wants she will grab at them or push their hand away. If she can't have what she wants she will collapse on the ground or hit.sigh at least my job training skills will come into good use with her. Addison loves to play chase with her daddy and me. It usually consists of her running into my arms while squealing with excitement as her dad will chase her and peer at her from around corners or behind doors. Addison also love naked time. Generally after a bath she will run away from me as I chase her with a diaper. There have been a few times when I just haven't been fast enough and have had to clean little pee puddle from the ground. Speaking of bathroom related topics....you know where I am going with this. One morning Addison got up particularly early so I got her out of her crib and let her play while I went to lie down half awake half not ...just not ready to start the day yet. After a few minutes I see Addison busily talking to herself and walking past my door with her diaper being dragged by one of her feet open. I bolted out of bed and as I picked her and put her on my hip I smelt and felt a moist sticky feeling. She had pooped but not on me...it was the leftover between her cheeks. Where was the droppings? No. Not in the diaper. I turn and look into her room and bingo...there it was two poop piles on her carpet. Good morning to me!
Fortunately that has been the only true turd incident. Addison will grab her diaper and pull down on it , creating the cutest plumber's crack. I love being her mother and look forward to spending more time at home at the end of the summer!
In other news, after Addison was born...6weeks later I returned to work. I kept telling myself it was only going to be for a few months for insurance purposes. However, out of necessity and I guess a little because I like to work, I continued to work and currently do so now for about 25 hours per week. When Addison was born Chris got an internship at a diabetic research company in idaho falls, where they later offered him a full time temporarily position. We decided that since we were both going to be working in idaho falls that we should make the grand leap from rexburg to Ammon Idaho. Now rexburg is a very small city and we didn't think that we could live any closer to a Walmart in rexburg (it only bring about 5 minutes away), well our current apartment is about 30 seconds away from a walmart which makes late night runs to the store very quick and easy!
Living in Ammon has been very convenient as far as work, shopping, and our gas bill but we did/do miss all our friends in rexburg. But we are looking forward to greater things.
Chris has been on the road a lot lately interviewing for medical schools. In four weeks he had gone to Florida, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Arizona. When we had discussed the different medical schools I was 100% in favor off Florida and Chris Washington for family reasons. However during the interview process we were reminded that Heavenly Father's ways are not always our ways. We ended up getting wait listed at all the school expect for one...Arizona. It was impressive how strongly the
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