Catching Up - February and March

Addie being messy Addie.

St. Patrick's Day - green milk!

Hudson playing air hockey - LOVES IT!

Addie's first movie - and her last for a while :-) She lasted about 15 minutes.

Hayden and his buddy Seth playing checkers.

Hayden and Seth playing Wii Dance - with some company.

Addie in the shower - never a dull moment with this girl. :-)

The family - all ready for church.

Random Pictures from January

Not sure where January went, here are some random photos from the month.


More of Addie's fashion, yes tights, dress shoes and her cowboys jersey.


Addie and the neighbor boy Kai.

Addie and Hayden rocking Hudson

Addie and her BFF - Aunt Alyson.

Hayden's 8th Birthday Party

I love capturing pictures of the kids in their moments of pure joy and happiness. This is one of Hayden, I think he had that smile on his face for the entire party. Happy Birthday Buddy!

Christmas Break with Cousins

We were delighted to have Natalie and Abby come stay over Christmas break. They came for 1 night but got to stay for 4 nights due to weather. The girls spent lots of time playing beauty shop and doing Hayden, Addie and Hudson's hair.

Happy 1st Birthday Hudson

It brings tears to my eyes to write this blog. Having three kids has defintely added chaos to our house. I often wonder how long it will be before we can sleep past 6 on a weekend or sit for more than 5 minutes during supper. However, I truely cannot imagine our house without Hudson. He such a happy, content little guy who brings so much joy and laughter to our lives. We love you little man!

Christmas Trip Home - Day 3

Finally, we arrived in Dickinson!

Christmas Trip Home - Day 2

Day 2 was spent at the Lemnus house. Again, due to icy roads we decided to wait it out another day before heading all the way to Dickinson.

Christmas Trip Home - Day 1

Our trip back home to Dickinson this year for Christmas was quite an adventure! Three nights at three seperate places, not at all what mom and dad had in mind. The first night was spent only 100 miles west in the Jamestown Holiday Inn Express due to icy roads. This is Hayden and Addie playing in the breakfast area.

Hair Designs by Addie

Hair designs - all done by Addison Grace.

Christmas Trees

This year I bought Hayden and Addie their own trees to hang all of the creations they have made over the years. They were a big hit and both seem to love them.

Thanksgiving 2010

Catching up for the last month! Thanksgiving brought lots of snow and bad weather to Fargo. However, we were lucky that Grandma and Grandpa made it to Fargo before the snow hit!

Hayden - Making Money!

Hayden and the neighbor boy offered to shovel our driveway today after the first snow. Ryan was gone this weekend so I thought it was a great idea. When they were done I gave them each $5. They got a quick drink and headed back outside. About an hour later they come back to tell me that the neighbor paid them $10 each to shovel his driveway and that next time I need to "pay them a little more". :-)

Hudson - Movin' and Shakin'

Our little man is crawling and is into everything! I leave for 2 minutes to rotate laundry today and this is what I come back to....little stinker. Can you see the guilty grin on that face under the binky?

Santa

One of the main reasons I started this blog was to try to capture some of pictures and conversations of my kids while they are young. I thought the conversations I had with Addie today was worth adding to the blog.

Me: Hey Addie we should go visit Santa next week. Are you ready to tell him what you want for Christmas?
Addie: Yep! Fruit Loops and a toothbrush!

Wow, that makes shopping easy. The thing I love about 3 is that she would actually be excited if that is what she did get. If we could only bottle that excitement for the years to come.

Another conversation later in the day.....

Me: Addie, we should also get Ms. Amanda (her teacher) something for Christmas. Any idea what she likes or wants?
Addie: Yep! A baby and a toothbrush!

Can't wait to pass that along to her teacher. :-)

I will have to ask Hayden the same questions this week and note them. The boy already has his Christmas list of about 15 items and none as easy as Fruit Loops or a toothbrush.

Addie's Fashion

One of Addie's favorite thing to do these days is change her clothes. On weekends we typically see her go through about 5 outfits during the day. Below are just a couple recent outfits that I captured. The "G" shirt is a birthday gift from Aunt Alyson and has become a favorite! Ryan is all about nicknames and calls her "G" for her middle name Grace. And yes, those are tights in the top picture.

Halloween - 2010

Addie's Third Birthday Party