Such a big girl!

A couple days ago my Dad and Alrene told me that Addy had been peeing on the toilet for them every time they put her on. So I decided that I would put her on the toilet and see for myself (not expecting her to do anything). To my surprise after only seconds of sitting on the potty what do I hear but tinkle tinkle tinkle. I was so excited but thought that it was probably just a coincidence. So about a hour later I decided to place her back on the potty and see if she would go again. This time she did the same thing except after she was finished and I told her what a big girl she was, just like her big sissy she started to laugh hysterically. You can just tell how excited she is. I've put her on the toilet about 10 times since Sunday afternoon and she has gone potty every single time! We thought that Kadey was amazing when she completely potty trained herself in 3 days at the age of 2 ( Addy is almost 15 months) but this is even crazier! I am sure part of the difference is that Addy gets to watch her big sissy being a "big girl" every single day. Thank you Kadey! It would be wonderful if she was potty trained by the age of two. I'm crossing my fingers!!

A Winter Wonderland

We just got home from our yearly treck up to Whistler B.C. and I can't tell you happy I am to be home. This years trip was a crazy one. First of all on the way up we had to go through Portland which added a couple hours onto the trip. Somewhere in Washington there was about a 30 mile stretch where we saw at least 20 cars off the road because it was snowing. We finally caught up to the rest of teh family right before we hit the Canadian boarder and carpooled the rest of the way up to Whistler.

Andrew & I got in two days of great skiing and one nite of some wild tubing thanks to Eric, Becca and Jared. We took Kadey out skiing 3 times and she LOVED it! She got to ski w/ her cousin Jake who is just flying down the mountain on skis now. I can't believe the difference a year makes. She is turning into a great little skiier. By the end of the trip she was even skiing w/out using the edgie wedgies! Give her a year or two and she will be skiing circles around me :-) She can't wait to go skiing again really soon!



It was great getting to see all the cousins, Aunts, Uncles and grandparents up there. Kadey & Addy had so much time playing w/ their cousins. I afternoon Hunter & I played w/ the learning clock. He loved teaching Aunt Steph to tell time. The one thing that I do regret is not taking very many pictures! What was I thinking!?!?!?! Andrew, Ron and I decided to take a ride on the Peak 2 Peak gondola in the car w/ the glass bottom. It was amazing but I'm not sure you will get me on there ever again. It might have been the scariest 11 minutes of my life.

Coming home was an experience I will never forget. It rained from Whilster all the way to Vancouver Washington. We saw lots of houses where there was standing water in the yards creeping up to the front doors. We were lucky that we left early enough that we didn't get stuck somewhere because they closed the roads. The pass was closed so we went thru Portland once again tagging another couple hours onto our already LONG LONG LONG drive home. The girls were awesome even after 14 hours in the car( and they both woke up sick that morning YUCK). Each had her own movie on and all the snacks and drinks they could ask for. By the time we pulled into our driveway at 10pm we were all happy to be home.

All in all it was another memorable Whilster trip. Thank you to everyone who helped make it that way! We love you.