Crazy Christmas!

Hope everyone had great holidays! We had a wonderful weekend filled with great family, great food, and great fun! We went all over the place and got to see almost everyone. We were all spoiled rotten. Among all of our rushing around, we even got to make a few memories just the three of us! My favorite was seeing the look on Addilynn’s face when she saw her Santa gift!

We were very fortunate to spend the holidays with the people we love. There have been a lot of things this year that have hurt a lot of people and we have to remember each day what we have, and the people in our lives that we love. This holiday season we were very thankful for that and that we have been so blessed.

Here are a few Christmas pictures!

Addilynn not paying attention to pictures and busy texting all her friends.

The best picture I could get of the cousins hopefully someone else was able to get a better one. Camber and Addilynn Christmas Eve 2010

The three wee ones. Trying to get a good picture of three babies is next to impossible. Camber, Harlen, and Addilynn.

This may not be the best picture of the three of us but this is my favorite. We started a new tradition for our family. It is a fun yet risky one. We have decided to let Addilynn pack her blankets and pillow out in front of the tree and fall asleep waiting for Santa. Hopefully this one doesn’t bite us in the bottom!!!

Santa CAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and boy do I like turtles….

I have had the week off so we have been doing so much fun stuff together. We have been making a lot of trips up to see Auntie Jaylee. She had her surgery on Tuesday, and has been in a lot of pain. We really hope she starts to feel better soon. The Dr. said everything went well but the one tear was worse than he thought so she now has six weeks of non weight bearing instead of three. Poor Auntie! Addilynn hasn’t worn a diaper during the day since Sunday. She has been doing great. She still has accidents and I wouldn’t say she is fully trained, but very very close. It has been so nice to have the time off and get her ready for the next week at daycare which I know will be a challenge. I hope she does well. She had her first nap time accident today and it was very sad she woke up saying potty and I ran in snatched her up and ran for the bathroom only about halfway there I felt warm running down my side. Poor little baby!!! I have learned to not be afraid of my daughters urine through our journeys this week Today, her nap time accident was her only one! She has even been pooping on the potty. One funny thing is she thinks farts are poop so every time she farts she says poop and we rush to the potty.

These pictures are from today we had to shovel the driveway and just had to take a break for some sledding party madness (some of you will know what I mean when I say this). Only this time it was a little different than the old days sledding party madness. This consisted of me and only me dragging her around in a sled. Up and down the roads by our house. We were outside for about an hour and a half and then spent a half hour throwing a fit because she wanted to go back outside. Mom was ready but she WASN”T!!!

quick post before the rush

An early Christmas present

Things are still busy here in the Turner household. Last night we started our 4 days of Christmas. I cooked homemade chicken noodle soup and bread bowls and we ate opened gifts and enjoyed each others company. Mom, Ralph, Bri, Ryder, Camber, Paige, Dustin and I were all part of night 1s festivities! Addilynn got all sorts of goodies from everyone and mommy and daddy got a bedroom makeover! We were so excited about it.

Addilynn has been learning so much these days. She now says bless you when you sneeze, barks, begs and fetches like the dogs, and much more I can't think of now! She never fails to amaze us with her new discoveries. I can't wait to see what she has in store for us next!

Well, the madness starts again today so we will post after the craziness of the holidays. Hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Addilynn looks so grown up in this picture. This was before the Michael Family Christmas party!

Her first gift from the Michael party’s Santa

As good as it gets with two dogs and a baby!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Getting in the Holiday Spirit

Oh man I am way behind all thanks to a certain blue screen of death that decided to magically appear on our computer screen. It is so nice to finally have it back but now to remember what went on since I last posted!

Lets start with Auntie Jaylee’s last full basketball game of the year. My heart is breaking as I write this because I can only imagine how she feels. The girls did great especially my little sister who to me was the star of the show! She played like an All-Star it was a great game the girls really look like they can play this year. I was so proud of my lil sis! Then Saturday Auntie Jaylee got hurt at her game against Kootenai. We didn’t end up going, but she was injured by a couple of girls pushing her from behind. Come to find out after an agonizing wait Jaylee with be undergoing surgery on the 28th for two torn meniscus and a torn ACL. We are all devastated. She is missing out on so much of her junior year it just isn’t fair. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers and hope for a speedy recovery. They say it takes about six months.

Saturday while all of this was going on. We were at Christmas in St. Maries. It was very entertaining. Addilynn got her picture with Santa which she wasn’t a fan of and we even heard stories about Camber being in hysterics! So both girls didn’t like Santa much this year I wonder what Christmas Eve will be like???? Addilynn, Dustin, and I watched the parade of lights, or should I say Dustin and I did. Addilynn hid her head the entire time. Hmmm I’m beginning to think this child has harsh feelings toward Christmas.

Sunday we went to find a tree and sadly Auntie Jaylee missed her first year. This was the third annual tree hunt/cookie making party! All the hard work was left to Dustin and Auntie P. We looked all over after a sleigh ride through the forest and finally found the perfect tree. Afterward we made cookies and had a blast decorating the tree.

Here are some pictures from the last weeks happenings!

 

 

 

Finally got the PERFECT tree!

 

Making cookies! YUMMY

 

I think Addilynn ate more raw cookie dough and candy toppings than any 17 month old should!

She even found a candy cane to munch on!

Auntie helping Addilynn put her first decoration on the tree!

Ok Auntie… I can do it myself now!

Thanksgiving and Such

I was very sad to find Addilynn Wednesday with a runny nose, especially at the start of our vacation! Luckily for the first time… Miss Addilynn fought off her cold and did NOT, I repeat did NOT get an ear infection!!! Yay for no ear infections. We are not in the clear yet because she still has a bit of a runny nose but I just thought I would share the good news. This first statement should be an indication of how are Thanksgiving went. Addilynn was sick and surprisingly enough so was mommy. Usually mom is nursing a sick baby and hubby but this time mom lost or should I say Dad lost and I got to be the baby!!

Here are some adventures from this last week

Addilynn’s “smile” face. We went road hunting which was Addilynn’s first trip this year and was her last as well. She screamed the entire way. I’m pretty sure she was on team deer.

 

These are a couple pictures from her first gymnastics class. She loved it as you can tell from the pictures. She is a blur in most of them. We are signed up to go every Wednesday so we are looking forward to our trip to the studio tomorrow. Addilynn jumped on the trampoline, played on the bars, played with a parachute, jumped on the springboard, did summersaults down the wedge, and walked on a balance beam. Mom even got in on the action and did a front flip on the bars and paid the price the next day. Being out of dance for about 13 years didn’t help the situation.

Addilynn jumping on the spring board holding onto Coach’s hands

Addilynn’s first sledding adventure! What a blast. I got to be the photographer while dad pulled her around in the sled. They went around and around the street. We even took turns going down the hill with her in our laps. Mom lost out in this adventure too. I slipped on the ice. OUCH That seems to be the story of my life these days… ouch!

Our 1st Thanksgiving dinner. We didn’t manage to get a picture of Addilynn in her princess dress because she was very tired by the second dinner. I’m so bummed that I missed the photo op. She looked so cute in her maroon and cream holiday dress. May I remind you that she was sick so that this next story doesn’t sound quite so bad!

Addilynn got in a lot of trouble at the second dinner. She has a stuffed pig that she absolutely loves so I thought it would be a good idea to take it to dinner. Well, not so much. Her second cousin Harlen wanted her pig and to keep it out of his clutches she bit him. Big time biting too. So hard she was shaking. Poor little guy he didn’t know what happened he just kept going around showing everyone his teeth marks saying, “Addi.” Unfortunately this wasn’t the last time she bit him either. It happened about 3 more times before we decided it was time to leave!

Here are a couple more sledding pictures. We love taking her outside because this is when she behaves the most. She is such an adventurer that she is only happy if she is outdoors! Well, hopefully I caught everyone up to speed. I will post a couple more pictures if possible on our 365  blog if our computer allows it. Recently we have encountered the “Blue screen of death.” Sounds scary huh??

Oh what fun…

 

Addilynn and I had a GREAT weekend! She was so good and we had so much fun. Friday we went and visited some old friends. Addilynn got to try a fun dip, which I was against, but she managed to stay up until 10. Go figure! Saturday, we went to visit my papa Frank and Grandma Doris in Emida then back home for a nap. We also went to visit Kari and Darrin and luckily Jeanette and Fred stopped by too so we scored big time! Then our last stop was a quick visit with Hallie but by this time Addilynn was beat so we couldn’t stay long. Gosh we went all over to visit people! HMMM I think its time we stayed home and let them come to us! After all that running around we crashed pretty early and Sunday Dad came home! We missed him tons but he did bring home a stinky buck so now we wont go hungry for awhile. We were so proud of him. Here are a couple pictures of what we did this weekend.

Addilynn and I made Oobleck. If you don’t remember what that is, it is corn starch and water. The consistency of Oobleck is somewhat interesting and Addilynn thought so too. She loved it and we had so much fun making a mess.

 

This is what Addilynn thought of our self portrait session! She thought it was silly that we took about 20 pictures of the two of us and only a couple turned out half way useable. BUT I did complete the challenge Nanny M. We did get one decent picture of the two of us! Thank you so much for the idea it really makes a lot of sense.

Here is Dustin’s deer if you don’t like hunting. Don’t look!

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New words

Things have been busy as usual in the Turner house! Addilynn is growing like a weed and continues to amaze us. She is talking much better now and is starting to communicate with words instead of grunts and squeals(although she still chooses to use those a lot of the time to get her point across). Granted most of her words are part of her “brat” vocabulary they are still words and phrases. Some new ones are: mine, Go AWAY, Why??, Doris, Jaylee, Nona, Help, All Done, eat, poo, juice, cheese, yogurt, milk, cracker, see you later, the end, love you, ouwee (her way of saying ouch), and she will try to say pretty much anything you ask her to but it mostly comes out as syllables. She does get frustrated because she has a hard time with t sounds they come out more as a p sound, and most of her phrases and words others can’t understand just mom and dad, but she is getting there! I’m sure I’ve forgotten some of her new tricks but you get the idea!

We have been busy but to tell you the truth I can’t even think right now with what. This weekend Addilynn and I are having a girls weekend while dad has his “man” weekend. I picture ours being much more fun and warm for that matter! All in all I hope he gets something good to fill the freezer with.

This just in… the boys are great and someone had some luck!!! Who oh who was it??

Halloween and updates

 

We have had a busy few weeks. Addilynn’s ear infection came back (we think) and she was a terror for couple weeks and now she is back to our sweet little angel. Thank goodness! Mommy and Daddy are much happier when our little princess is happy.

Auntie Jaylee had her volleyball districts and state, in which they got second. Auntie got all league! GO AUNTIE. Also cousin Tia got all league and MVP of the league, and Aunt missy got coach of the year for the second year in a row. We have some all stars on our hands.

Now it is on to basketball. Papa (my dad) got the varsity girls basketball coaching position and we are all really excited for him. Auntie P has her first game of the season this weekend to kick off her basketball season. We can’t wait to watch more sports. Hopefully Miss Addilynn can sit through more indoor sporting events. We had to leave two games in one week because she decided she didn’t want to be there anymore! She calls the shots around this place if you can’t tell.

This last weekend was great. We got to spend lots of time with friends and family. Friday was my annual planning for work and I got to hang out with some of my favorite people all day. We had lunch and were treated to pedicures after. What a great boss I have. Saturday we went shooting and we both did horrible but luckily our friend Cody was there to sight our guns in for us. Trust me I am not proud but I did get some good shots in with the 410 I am a master with that thing!! Hopefully when the pressure is on this year we can both come through! Also, Saturday night we had friends over and had some of our favorite overnight guests! I love when my little man comes to stay and Kyle and Alaina too I guess. We had a great time painting pumpkins and talking. Here are a few pictures.

Addilynn painting her pumpkin with pudding paint!

 

 

Addilynn was a Ladybug for Halloween this year. Note to self… NEVER make your 1 year old wear wings they are more work for yourself!! All in all we had a great night and weekend.

I am looking forward to my day off tomorrow. We will start with a walk and coffee with Nona (My stepmom), park with Jessica and Kelby, and then dinner with Grammy (my mom). We may not get the housework done but we should have a good day! Hope everyone's week is starting off great!