Addison would like to tell you something.

Yes, you are reading her shirt correctly, it does say "I'm going to be a big sister"
Not a huge surprise to most of you I am sure, but it did come as a happy surprise to us.
Come September 9-ish we should be welcoming our second little Darling.

To answer those standard questions......
~NO we are not going to find out boy or girl, we LOVE surprises, obviously!
~I am currently 21 weeks along and feeling great.
~I was pretty tired and queezy the first trimester, not sure if that had something to do with
playing around with a 6 month old or the new baby....
~Yes, your math is correct, the little ones will be about 15 months apart....God always has a plan!

It was fun to be able to tell Brad's parents, sister and my Mom in person and see the reaction as we were unable to do this with Addison. We are enjoying being back stateside that is for sure, especially with this new addition coming soon.

Best Friends

So far we have gotten pretty lucky with Bailey being patient with Addison pulling at her ears, poking her in the eye, and pulling out chunks of hair as she pulls herself up to stand next to her. Most of the time Bailey ignores Addison and you would think she could care less about her, but I think deep down Addison has a special place in her heart. (Or so we hope).

The joys of eating

                                                                      Sour.....

Not Sour......


More, More, More......

Sour....

Just plain gross.

Simply delicious!

On the Beach once again

We can not manage to get away from the coast, which is not a bad thing. We enjoyed our few months in Florida hanging out while Brad completed his training. Addison and I did alot of relaxing and hanging out with friends we had not seen in a few months and some even a few years so that was great. We also got a few visitors. Walt, Pat and Stephanie passed through on Spring Break and got initiated with a few sunburns before heading out the door. Grandma Jan, Papa and Aunt Ginger visited and treated us to a beach house retreat for a week. Papa spoiled Addison with one or two walks a day, Grandma Jan spoiled Addison with 'you can to anything and get away with it' and Aunt Ginger spoiled her with attention, sweet potato fries and whipped cream =-) Now since we are on another coast of Virginia Beach, hopefully it will bring more visitors and fun stories.

Back on-line

O.k....well I guess I have been online all this time but I wanted to take time off from the blogging world (although I still stayed updated with everyone else's lives) and am ready to get back on board for those of you willing to keep updated I guess.

We have had a fun few months, not too eventful, just relaxing enough and some fun stories and pictures to boot.  Instead of throwing out a LONG e-mail of it all I will slowly get you all caught up.

First I would like to welcome you all to our new living arrangements for the next few years at Langley AFB in Newport News, VA.   My Mom, Addison, Bailey and myself headed over from FL April 2 to get settled in before Brad finishes out of FL this next week.   Brad sent us a beautiful flower arrangement to help welcome us home and brighten up our rooms as they were pretty covered in one big mess.

We are so far enjoying being home owners and I LOVE being able to do yard work on our own yard, silly I know.  The little things in life...  Bailey loves the fenced backyard, her first since we got her as a puppy, no more tie outs for her!  Addison enjoys the grass between her toes and loves her new swing Nana put up for her.  

We got a surprise visit from Brad last week which was so perfect!  He got to help out ticking away at our to-do list  and of course it was wonderful to have him 'home', even if it was for a short time. 

Now what fun would moving in be if the little one could not join in.  Here she is playing with our Halloween box, she had a hoot with the wigs as did Nana and I watching her try them on. Also, where else to put a on-the-go gal other than let her go silly in her jumper which she just loves.  





 So, we are finally settled for a while now and loving it. More about Addison's new accomplishments, family news, fun times in FL and our on-going adventures as home owners to come, so please be patient and check in once in a while  =-)