Pumpkin Patch

First Day of Ballet Class

Disney Trip

Addy's Birthday

Reagan Talking

So quickly they grow up! This weekend we had Addy's 3rd birthday party. I cannot believe she is already 3! This is the first party have had for her where we invited her friends from school. At the end of the party she told me that she really liked it when her friends came to her house. She also just started ballet this week. She was so cute!!!!
Reagan's first word was "momma"!!!! I was so excited. Addison said "Dadda" first and didn't say "momma" for the longest time. So it turns out that he only says "momma" when he is mad...my luck. This morning he started saying "hi dadda." Here is a little video of him saying it. I will post some pictures of the kids soon. I have so many to go through!

Busy Summer

Puppies and babies make for a very busy life. So far everything is going well with the new puppy. Potty training is going to take a little while because he spends a lot of time on the back porch with Abigail. We are working on building a fence right now. Why we decided this was a do-it-yourself project is beyond me. Probably because we are so incredibly "frugal." So anyway, whenever we get that up life will get easier because the dogs can go out by themselves.

The kids are doing great also. They spent last Wednesday and Thursday nights with Robert's parents so we could work on the fence. That was my first night away from Reagan. It was hard but we were able to get a lot done. This week Addison is going Illinois with Robert's parents. She has been traveling so much this summer. I wish I could be on vacation as much as she is. I am still enjoying the 3 day work weeks though. I really hope I can find someway to make this my permanent schedule. Because of the holiday I had a 5 day weekend this weekend. I could definitely get used to that. It is really allowing me to spend some more time with the kids. Monday I took the kids to the aquarium. Addison absolutely loved it. She was so excited about the penguins and the jellyfish. Here are some recent pictures of everyone. (I know I am totally the mom posting the naked kid picture, but he was just so cute!)

New Addition

We have officially lost our minds! Yesterday I went and picked up a 9 week old Springer Spaniel puppy. We have decided to name him Jefferson. He is a absolutely adorable. He did very well last night. He slept in his kennel and only got up once to go to the bathroom. This all came about because I was looking at Petfinder last week and found a 2 year old springer that I wanted to adopt. Long story short...we were rejected. They actually used that word in their email. Apparently they don't like dogs being able to play outside during the day. Well I was telling my mom about that and she said she had a friend who raised Springers. He was the last one in his litter. I guess a lot people only want girl dogs. So we decided he would be perfect for us. Abigail is as neurotic as ever and has been nervous and jumpy since we brought him home. Hopefully she will get used to him very soon. Addison is very excited about him. She wanted him to sleep with her last night.