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.

All we could ask for

Christmas this year was great. There weren't a lot of presents under the tree ( we decided that w/ me in school and not working it would be better that way) but it was ok because the gifts are not what makes Christmas special.

Christmas Eve we put out the cookies and milk out for Santa. Everyone was in bed by 8:30pm (I bet Kadey was asleep not 5 minutes after her head hit her pillow.) Not sure what time Santa showed up but we know he did because the cookies and milk were gone and presents were left in their place.

On Christmas morning the girls were up and ready to go by 6:30am. Kadey tore through all the presents in no time ( even Addy's, she wasn't really into the opening as much as playing w/ her toys). Papa and Grammy (Ron&Gretchen) came over to bring the girls their presents and eat breakfast w/ us. I'm pretty sure that Kadey's favorite present is the HUGE doll house that Papa and Grammy got her. She plays w/ it for hours at a time. As for Addy, she likes whatever Kadey likes (she follows her around everywhere!)

After breakfast we got ready for Christmas at Papa and Nana'a house (Steve&Arlene) w/ great grandma. The girls had some more presents to open and great food to eat.

I hope that everyone had a memorable and merry Christmas!

Family pix

Here are the newest pictures of our family. Thank goodness my friend Lora is patient enough to take our pictures. :-) Addy got a fat lip the night before we took the pictures and then wouldn't stop sticking her tongue out. So that is why she has the rash on her chin. Why does that always have to happen right before pictures?

I think that this one is my favorite. Even tho Addy has her tongue out again.

Girls Being Girls

Since we are stuck at home w/ nothing to do I decided to take a video of the girls dancing and singing to their favorite song. Kadey dressed herself and Addy in the dresses Andrew and I brought them back from Hawaii. If you listen you can hear Addy singing oooh ooooh oooh (she is trying to sing that part in the song). I hope you enjoy my little weirdos.

Snow Days

I decided to let the girls go out and play in the snow yesterday (Kadey has been asking to since the first snowfall). I knew that Kadey was going to love it out there but I wasn't sure how well Addy would like the snow. Turns out she isn't really into it. Maybe her and Aunt Jamie can be ski bunnies in the lodge together looking cute but staying warm by the fire. :-) Kadey on the other hand had a great time running around the yard chasing the dogs and making snow angels. Right in the middle of our snow adventure Andrew came home and was more then happy to get his snow pants on and stay outside in the cold w/ Kadey while Addy and I went in to thaw out.

A Christmas Tradition

We finally got around to getting a tree and putting it up this year.

This year we were a little late because of Hawaii and winter barrel tasting last weekend. But it finally got done and Kadey couldn't wait to trim the tree.
Addy on the other hand wasn't much help, but she did love taking the ornaments off the tree.The finished product looks pretty good even though Kadey keeps rearranging the ornaments around.

Tonight we put together the gingerbread house (our family xmas tradition).

Kadey had a lot of fun helping put the candy on the house. Although I'm not sure how many times I had to tell Andrew and Kadey to stop eating all the candy. lol

And lets not forget Addy, she helped by trying to eat the gingerbread pieces.

Our gingerbread house may not look as good as the one on the box but it was put together w/ love and that makes it special.