Enjoying Every Minute

Jared and I sure are enjoying Addison. Every day she does something new and exciting. Last night Addison was being especially snuggly and wanted to be held before taking her bath. She had a tuff grip on my arm. I will take it whenever she wants to be held. We ate some more of Mommy's birthday cake and got really sticky. Then she wanted to play in the bath tub. She is trying to say more words and is coming close to saying Blues Clues. She gets so excited about the littlest things. Last night while taking her bath she tried to drink the water. Grosed me out. Such a sweet baby. Now when she's done with dinner or a drink she puts her hands in the air and signs done and says "da". Soooo cute. She likes to pretend to feed us with a spoon and bowl and then asks us if we are "da". When it is time for bed she will walk to her room and grab her blanky. She is growing up so fast.

Sunday Afternoon

Sunday afternoon my parents drove in from Friendswood to come see me for my birthday. Daddy brought the bike and Jared and he went on a ride. It was a quick ride and mom and I had money on how long they would be gone. They were gone a lot longer than we thought they would be. Must have been good man time. It was a gorgeous day. I think the high was 65 degrees and the wind was blowing. It made it feel like in the forties. Mom and I watched Addison and prepped the food for the grill. Addison enjoyed the ice cream cake. I am trying to be sneaky and put more vegetables in Addison's diet. Lately she is eating a lot of beans, rice and casseroles. Mayra makes a lot of Peruvian and Cuban dishes. Addison of course eats anything Mayra puts in front of the kids. She gets home cooking all day long. But eating for mommy is a different story. She is now eating more beans for me if I put them with some kind of rice. She eats butter beans, garbonzo beans, kindney beans, chilli beans and pinto beans. Enjoy the pictures.

My Fourth Twenti-fifth birthday

For the evening of my birthday Jared made reservations at a restaurant in midtown for some couples friends of ours to join us for dinner and drinks. The place was called Max's Wine Dive. We ate pot roast, beer bread, and Jared ate wild boar with pasta. We had a great time and the company was fabulous too. I tried a wine at Max's and enjoyed it. We later went to one more venue before going home. We had a wonderful time and I would like to thank my friends and Jared. He is an awesome man and makes me feel no older than when I met him when I was 18 years old. Love you.

Cooking with Addison

Cooking with Addison is so much fun. Here Addison and I are making banana pudding for Daddy and Grandad. Addison helped clean the spoons and eat the left over banana. She even helped eat the partially broken vanilla wafers. She was really great at licking the cool whip container. Here are some pictures of our evening of cooking. Mom was also able to make some chicken spaghetti in the mean time. Attached are pictures of our afternoon or evening of cooking and then a video of Addison eating a cupcake for Mom's birthday. Can you pick out the picture of Addison's face when it was time to clean up and put the spoons away? We sure enjoyed Addison over spring break. It will be hard for the both of us to go back to work.

Spring Break 2010 part dos

Trying to get two children to smile at the same time. You better have the camera when the time is right. Here are the best from Erica and I 's shoot. Below is Addison and Baby Brenna.

spring break 2010

Spring Break Part I

We went to visit my parents, Grandma and Grandpa Reynolds,

because Addison's Aunt Lindsey was in town from Dallas and we had the pleasure of meeting her boyfriend Randall for the first time. What a nice guy! Here are some pictures of Addison and Grandpa playing with his work stool and just running outside. Addison loves being outside and we hope to spend a lot of this spring break enjoying the weather. More adventures soon to come!

Rodeo and Life Lately

The Rodeo was fun. Here you see a picture of a cowboy on stilts. Addison liked to watch him but when he approached her she didn't want to have anything to do with him. Also, you will see pictures of the animal owners and their livestock. We got the most out of this experience because the petting zoo was so crazy. Many of the owners let her pet their animals. She sure liked this. The hardest part about the livestock show was keeping her in the stroller. She wanted to walk around and pet the animals. She is a natural born animal lover. We stood in line for a while to ride a pony but when it was our turn she said no. Maybe next year. The nice man gave us a refund and we went out side to try some rodeo food. Jared enjoyed a deep fried white castle burger and some deep fried oreos. I tried a deep fried smore. It was great. We both felt ill and sluggish in the evening. I don't know what that was about.

Later on in the weekend Jared started to have fever and then lesions. We thought he had an allergic reaction to some food but everything he ate I also ate. Jared saw two fake doctors and then one real doctor. Sorry not nice. The first two gave him some medicine and sent him back to work. The fever continued, the rash got worse and then he saw the real doctor. Jared had hand, foot and mouth disease. This is usually common of children ten and under and is actually rare in adults. He was sent home from work for five days and given an antibiotic and some codine for the discomfort in his mouth. He also had sores in his throat that didn't enable him to eat anything but liquid. He was sent home and told to rest and to not come in contact with anyone. Our guest bedroom is still occupied, so I still slept in the same bed but with different sheets. Addison didn't understand how great it was to see daddy home and not be able to play or touch him. Jared is feeling not like his old self yet but no fever, the sores have healed and are going away. Poor guy looks like he has lost weight. But he is looking better and we are thankful. Thank you Lord.

So this week is spring break and I have a lengthy paper to finish and a three page paper to work on as well. Thanks for all the support and as of March 28th I should be done. Sorry for the neglection on my part. We have a lot on our plates and I hope my family and friends can forgive us and be my friend again when this whole thing is over. May 15th!