Poem

My step mom told me about this poem and I think it is great


Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,Hang out the washing, make up the bed,Sew on a button and butter the bread.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.Dishes are waiting and bills are past due Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue?Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.
The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow But children grow up as I've learned to my sorrow.So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.
- Ruth Hulbert Hamilton

Soooo.... to all of you mothers out there. Don't worry about the little things, just worry about the time and memories you share with your little ones.
Addilynn is 7 weeks now by the way and getting bigger and bigger. We took her in today to have her thrush re evaluated (which was a waste of money and time since they say she is fine just me over reacting AGAIN) and she weighs 13lbs 12 oz. What a little piglet! I hope she slows down soon or she will have to start walking because she is getting hard to carry!

Family, Spider, and Mutch Creek

Addilynn got to meet her Great Great Grandma on Friday. Oh and another thing we found a Hobo Spider in our house, and for those of you who are doubting me right now think again because we took the nasty little arachnid into the county extension office and confirmed it. So now I'm scared to death that little miss princess will get bitten. So we have some work to do!

Then today we decided to take the doggies and the baby up to mutch creek. We walked/hiked for an hour and loved it! It is so nice to get up there again. It has been way too hot and today was perfect. It was sunny part of the way and was only about 60-65 degrees. Tonight we are going to watch the fights at Pete and Shena's then tomorrow is my Daddy's 45 bday so its dinner at the river for Addilynns Papa. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Individual shots

Headed back to the pickup!

Addilynn slept most of the way but did open her eyes a couple times to see the world.... Hello world!

Good night world!

Another self portrait... I should have put some makeup on YUCk

Daddy and his baby!

She looks so cute in a hoodie!

6 weeks

Time is going by way to quickly. I think I say that every week but every week I just can believe another week has gone by and I'm that much closer to going back to work. She is getting so big. She is babbling more and she can even roll from her back to her side. She is changing everyday. It is funny to look back and see what she looked like at birth. Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Bath time is always fun

She makes a cute little froggie in her towel

This is a must for any new mom it is her boppy pillow, and she loves it! it is nice for just sitting around, feeding, tummy time and ohhh so much more!!!

This was during her tummy time she fell asleep

once again in her boppy pillow being babysat by the puppies

Cuddle time with auntie

Getting ready to go out to the fire at cousin camp outSelf portrait... look at those jowls

What cute little toesies

Playing with one of her many toys!!! She is so happy

We are still having lots of fun with our baby and this weekend we have no plans so it will be nice to just relax and enjoy her! Next weekend we are headed to a wedding in Lewiston.

two years!

I almost forgot... Dustin and I celebrated our Two year Anniversary yesterday. We had subway and sat around watching Addilynn! Who would have thought we would be where we are today 8 1/2 years ago when we met! Now we have our love and a new kind of love with our little princess.

One month old

This last week went by way too fast just like they all have! We had a very important weekend. Addilynn went to her first wedding. Bryan and Ashley got married in Orofino. The wedding was beautiful and the reception was great! It was very hot though and Addilynn got a heat rash which is very scary to see for a new mom! Now she spends most days naked and she really likes it! I hope that doesn't last into her older years :)
Kari took our first family photo then Nanny M (aka Maria) edited it for us. (Thanks for cutting out my giant arm by the way)


I love this picture. Maria took these two pictures and I'm pretty sure she should be a photographer on the side.

Other than the wedding it was pretty uneventful. We had a blast and I even let Jaylee babysit in the hotel for a few hours. I proved everyone wrong by the way!

three weeks/pictures

Well what a stressful night we had last night! Addilynn is now three weeks old which is exciting, but last night was the night from hell! We messed us her routine by taking her to get pictures at 7 at night which is a long story in itself and we wont get into that. She was completely crabby the whole time but we ended up getting some decent pictures. I just wanted to be done so did the photographer and Addilynn! Then she slept in the car the whole way home and through Target so obviously she wasn't tired when we got home! She did nothing but nurse, fuss, and eat bottles from 11-4:30. Boy oh boy am I tired! This is only her second bad night though so everyone deserves to be crabby every once in awhile! We still love her and can't wait to show off her first pictures. One word of advise to those of you who want to get pictures taken... don't schedule your appointment to be the last of the day because if it has been slow (like I'm guessing it was yesterday) they will sucker you into buying everything in the store so that they can "make the day" which means make the set amount they need for that day! All in all it was worth it and thanks to my Dad and Lisa for the huge gift of helping with pictures. That was very very nice of you... too nice!!!!

Here is one picture that we really liked the rest all need editing

two weeks

What a busy two weeks! My how time flies when you are having fun! we havehad a blast with our new bundle of joy. She is growing so fast and changes so much every day. Here are a few pictures of the last weeks of her life.

Going home pictures thanks to kellsi!

kicked back relaxing in her cradle! she doesn't like to be swaddled!

Addilynn celebrated her first fourth of July with visiting her grammy for her birthday at camp on Thursday, then camping Friday and Saturday nights, and spending Saturday at the Clarkia days festivities. She had lots of fun. Everyone loved her, when she was happy that is!

Grandpa Jay just itching to pick her up out of her playpen

What a happy little baby enjoying the summer sun!

Getting ready to leave for camping. Her yawns are so big she even arches her back and kicks her legs into it!

All in all the last two weeks have been great. I am starting to heal up from the little princess traumatic entrance into this world and we are getting into a routine as much as you can anyway! We love her so much we just can't wait to see what this next week brings.