Momma needs to work more...

Dude, I seriously need to work more.  Lately the PRN gig is slow.  We need a few good ice storms to shake things up...or should I say "break" things up!  Ha-that's just mean!
I'm considering all my options, I even put an app in at a nursing home-and they  haven't called me-OUCH!
I've also thought about looking into doing some peds and being a school therapist-its been so long I'd have to brush up on that!
Or then there's Kohls or something totally dumb like that where I would just shop my paychecks away...not a good idea at all!
In the meantime I'm getting all sorts of crap done at home and prayerfully waiting God's plan for me next.  Maybe it's just a slow time and I need to be a bit more patient.  Ah, patience-slowly but surely I will learn...

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I can drink BEER when I'm four!

Oh yes, the title of this post is what Addison said to a library helper Monday! It all started with a conversation where the man asked Addison how old she was. She replied, "three." I then said "she'll be four in April." That's when the big statement came out, "I can drink beer when I'm four!" Oh yes, it was said with much enthusiasm! Of course I'm mortified and thinking, "this guy thinks she's living with a bunch of beer swiging alcoholic parents!!!!" I instantly replied, "Addison, that's not appropriate." Then I say to the library guy, "I bet that's the funniest thing you've heard all day!" He replies, "that sounds like something my grandkids would say." So that helped me feel a bit better about my childs apparent excitement over when she can drink beer (and it's not four!). Then on the way out of the library I explained she has to be 21-old (to help her understand that better I added) "like a mommy or daddy!" Lord help me with this girl, she's gonna drive me into an early grave I do believe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She's so big!

Wow! Where is the time going? I cannot believe this little beauty is the same baby I gave birth to 3.5 years ago! This is her 3's class preschool photo taken in Oct. Of course the attire isn't quite right with the background-but what's a mom to do on a day when the high is in the 80's???? She's growing up so fast I can hardly keep up!

My Sister-Kathy-loves Unicorns

Idon't particularly like them...I'm more of a Fraggle and Smurf lover myself. Go to her blog and you'll see a lovely homeage to unicorns. She's kathyriddle.blogspot.com or 2kids...2martinis.

Here she is with Addison on her visit back in July. Isn't this a lovely photo of her with my daughter....

Cousins

At the grocery store last night Addison stuck her little finger out, pointed at the cashier, and asked "who's that?" (she is still young enough to foolishly believe I know everyone and everything). I said, "ask her her name." She dutifully asked the cashier, "what's your name?". The cashier replied "Natalie." She exclaimed "you're not Natalie!" She misses her cousins Natalie and Nolan. And so does mommy (and her sissy Kathy too). So here are a few pics of cousins when they came to visit us from MN!

The Faces

Addison was making all her various faces at me today so I snapped a few shots of her. She's a nut, she loves to entertain all those around her!

Hey Everybody (ok I know I only have two followers so hi to you two...). I was just checkin on my blogs I follow and thought I'd throw something on here. Maybe even a more recent pic or two of my girl!

Here are a few snapshots of our trip to Florida from the end of May...we had a great time!

Easter

Here are a few really late pics from Easter. I wanted to show-off how cute my girl and man looked that day!

Hairbows!

I've been obscessed with buying cute girly hair accessories for my girl since she now has so much hair she needs big girl hair bows! So here she is modeling some of my recent purchases! She thinks she's a princess so she poses for the camera!

My Little Valentine

I had to share a few shots from Valentines "weekend." We had a nice quiet weekend here and enjoyed every minute of it. I didn't work at all this weekend (for the first time in a month) so it was nice. My girl is growing up so fast. We went out to eat Sunday after church and let me tell you she behaved like a little lady in every way. She fed herself and really didn't spill food much. She also drank from a cup with a straw (and a lid-I'm not crazy!) and managed not to dump it everywhere. Afterwards I told her she acted like a little lady so she kept saying "Addison a little lady." It was so cute!

Snow days!

Boy have I been behind on this blog (thanks FB)! I made sure I brought the camera out with me when we headed out for the snow today. It was the first time I've taken Addison out in it since we've both been sick! It was a beautiful day for it with the sun shining! She liked the snow. She mostly ate it. Tried to throw it to Sadie since she loves to jump in the air, catch some and eat it! I got a few shots of Sadie running laps around the yard too.

Trick Treat!

"Trick treat" was Addison's greeting by the end of the treat getting! She had fun running around gathering candy (even eating a little on the way!). We had a lot of fun too. I just loved her in this costume. Thank goodness for warm weather!

Boiler Up!

I just wanted to share some pics from Purdue homecoming tailgaiting this last Saturday. The game was lame as Minnesota beat us but the time with friends was PRICELESS! Can't wait til next year...maybe we can win!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First Haircut

Addison is such a big girl! A few or so ago (maybe two!) she got her first haircut. And yes we did the whole cheesy thing where we pay way too much to take her to Cookie Cutters for the "First Haircut" package. She just got a little trim (no bangs-the stylist said it won't work with her curly hair-darn!) and handled it quite well. She was beside herself to get that balloon! Afterwards we went and got some ice cream!

The Playground

Hi everybody! We were heading down to the playground in our neighborhood Monday and I actually remembered to grab the camera. Addison so enjoys playing there and is now brave enought to go down the slide all by herself! Grandma Robbins was with us that afternoon, so that was a treat!

I know Addison misses her Grandma and Grampa Speelman! We got to have them around for a while after Mike's surgery. Mike is recovering well so far, thanks for you prayers. You can see him hanging out in the background. I know he can't wait until he can play more with Addison (you know rough daddy style!) but they still have a good time together.

Don't you just love the one of her going down the slide? Fun stuff!!!!!!!!!!!

Sleeping Bookworm

Hi Everyone,
I had to post these pics for you guys. I can't remember when I took them with all that's going on right now. I went in to cover Addison up and found her like this. So of course I had to go get Mike and the camera to document this! Who knows how she ended up like that? I can see why people buy those video monitors now, sometimes I'm like "what is she doing in there?". Enjoy, I'll do some more posting later...

Piggies

I have been very bad about blogging! Things are a little on the crazy side right now. Mike's back is all jacked up again-CRAP! But I meant to share these photos of Addison with her pigtails when I took them like...uh...3 weeks ago! She is so funny and cute all the time (ok, not all the time but most of the time!). I just can't help myself, I just have to bust out the camera or camcorder all the time. She is talking SO much now. Pretty much anything I say to her she repeats (yeah, I know some of you are snickering...) and can say some words that I just don't think most kids her age can say. A few days ago she was playing with her toy fishing pole in the bathtub and caught a fishy and said "I did it!!!!!!!!!!!" It made me cry! She said it with such joy and accomplishment, it made me realize my baby is gone...replaced with such a wonderful, big girl! A happy/sad kind of moment.

Anyway, let me know what you think of the pics. Hope everyone is doing well. Please keep Mike (and the rest of us) in your prayers as we deal with this back stuff some more.

Playtunnel fun!

Here are some pics of Addison in her playtunnel from this evening. She was in the climbing mood (trying to scale the arm of the couch) so we set up this handy-dandy play tunnel (that I picked up at a garage sale for a whopping $7.00) so she could burn off some energy! We have had a nice/relaxing weekend and got to see some friends that we don't get to see a lot too. Life is good!

Zoobilation

Addison, mom, and I had some fun at the Indianapolis Zoo last Wed. I'm just now posting this because as some of you know we had a nasty run of food poisoning that began that evening! We're still not all back to normal but the show must go on! Addison and I fed the giraffes and she loved the dolphin show... well the pre-show...featuring her!!!!!! She danced around and talked to the crowd until the show started. Hope you enjoy the pics!