Addelyn Nicole turns 3!

Oh man... how is it possible that we have a 3 year old?!  These past three years have been mostly wonderful!  We feel so lucky to have been blessed with a healthy, smart, fun, beautiful, well-behaved (most of the time), confident, strong-willed, sweet, caring little girl.  She is such a joy in my life and I am so glad that I get to stay home with her and have her entertain me throughout my days. :)
We started off with a triple birthday celebration at Benihana.  Neat experience, wasn't crazy about the food!  Addy loved being the center of attention at our table. :)

She had a super fun birthday!  We had a little party at the park with some of her friends.  I made a pretty awesome cake (if I do say so myself) and it was a big hit!  Addelyn loved playing with all her friends and being outside.  Her main present was a new bike, with training wheels!  She LOVES it!  So glad!  We brought it out and she ran right to it and hoped on.  We love you Addelyn Nicole and are so glad you are part of our family!

Grad Partay!

Tyler's dental school graduation party was last night!  At first I wasn't too sure about going, but I am SO glad that I did!  I had so much fun!  It was seriously one of the best nights I've had in a while.  It was nice to have a babysitter and be able to stay out as long as we wanted, with many of the friends we've made over these past 4 years!  There was lots of food, laughing, crying (on the inside because I am going to miss these beautiful people), dancing, and people watching.  The best part?  Our after party at Shari's.  Lots of laughter about infomercials and dental school memories.  I love these people and am so sad to leave them in a few short days? really?!  These four years have been a serious struggle, but worth it.  I am so glad to have made the friends that we did and got thrown into this crazy time in our lives with such wonderful, loving, caring, fun people.  I will miss them greatly.  My only hope is that we will truly have MANY reunions to look forward to.  What great memories we have made!  I love you all!

 Tyler's twin dental buddy.

After party at Shari's.

Junior Rose Festival Parade

We randomly went to the Junior Rose Parade this year. It was so much fun! Addy LOVED all the bands! She would get so excited whenever another one came around the corner.  It was Addy's first parade and first taste testing of cotton candy! The weather was perfect, the company was perfect, and the memories are perfect.

Woohoo!

After only 3 days of waiting, Tyler got his WREB results! He PASSED! Yeah! I never knew one word could make him so happy! :) I never had any doubt that he would, but he was a little nervous. It was a stressful weekend, but worth it! He can now practice dentistry! We had a picnic planned with friends that night, and luckily everyone there passed as well!  Great way to celebrate!  

 

Addy Lately

It's been awhile since I've done an individual "Addy" post. She is learning so much right now, I can't even keep up!
 Things She Loves:
~playing outside with friends
 ~going to the zoo
 ~going swimming
 ~loves riding her bike

Things She Does:
~she can write and spell her name
 ~knows when her birthday is and that she will be 3 when it comes
 ~loves drawing people
~can write all the letters of the alphabet
~knows most the sounds that letters make
~when ever she eats something I have to cut in half so she can share it with Alexa, her best friend, even when she's not here
~makes up the best songs ~reads herself books to fall asleep

 

 

This is Addy's first people drawing.  I didn't even know she could!  These are her friends "Marissa, Danielle, and Megan", which are my friends or the moms of her friends. Silly girl!  When I asked her if Alexa and Spencer (her friends) were there she gave a very definite "no!".