HAPPY 2011!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

From our little family to yours!!

May your 2011 be a WONDERFUL one!!

2010 was the best year for us so far!!

(All thanks to our little Addi!!)
We cannot WAIT to see what 2011 brings us!!

LOVE YOU ALL!!

FAST ONE...

I have blogged a lot lately.
So tonight,
I'm just going to put up 4 pictures... :)
And it was VERY HARD to narrow them down to 4.

But here we go!
Ha ha ha!
I love this picture!!
Such a goofball!!

She is teething!!!
She puts EVERYTHING in her mouth,
and chews SUPER hard!
She's growing up TOO FAST!!

She REFUSED to look at the camera Christmas morning!
So I had Russ try to make her look at me...
She was much more interested in her toys!!

Last but not least
Our CUTIE PIE!
Such a HAPPY baby!!

We can't get enough of her!!

IS THE ANTICIPATION KILLING YOU YET??

Is it?

Ha ha!
Well, we are SO happy to announce....

Ok... I can't do it!
We are not pregnant.

I laughed so hard when the first text I got this morning was
"LIFE CHANGING?"
from my MOTHER IN LAW!
She thought I was announcing that we were having a BABY!

Seriously family & close friends,
do you HONESTLY think I would tell you
we were having another baby on our BLOG?
No, no , no!
We would be MUCH more clever then that. :)
Remember last year?
Much more clever.

The reason my gift is "Life Changing"
is because I have had serious issues with something,
my whole life,
And its FINALLY being taken care of.

No, its not my nose either!
Wow, I'm good at this!

The reason I am stumbling
is because even though its gone/going away
its embarrassing to talk about.
Its rather hard to admit to.

So without further ado
See if you can tell...

Before...

After...

Not sure, have a look again.

Before...

After...

Can you tell?
Well, THIS IS GONE

(No, not my lips... LOL)
Thanks to LASER HAIR REMOVAL!!

It is SO nice not to have to worry about it now!

It got A LOT worse while I was pregnant.
I have always been ashamed over how HAIRY I am.
I have been made fun of for it.
Innocent kids have pointed it out.
My little brother thought my baby was
going to come out with a beard...
Granted, Russ is hairy too,
but combine us, and yeah,
I was a little worried.

And so,
when I was asked what I wanted for Christmas,
I thought LONG and HARD.
This was the ONLY thing that I could think of that I NEEDED!
And I LOVE IT!

I Highly recommend it if you are considering it!
Only hurt for a SPLIT second.

This is what it looked like 5 minutes after!
No bad at all!!
And it didn't hurt after I left the office!!
(They say it feels like a sunburn, not for me)

I have 5 more treatments,
so I am praying when all is said and done its GONE!
So there you have it.

Lets end on a better note then my face shall we?

She's such a DOLL!
And becoming a DADDY'S girl BIG TIME!

Ok one more, cause
I PAINTED HER NAILS FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY!!
And you must see!!

It was a MESS, and they look terrible.
But its so fun to notice how she holds her hands now!
I never did before,
and she is VERY LADY LIKE!

Good night!!

NO WORRIES, I'M NOT KATE GOSSELIN!!

BIG NEWS!!!

Addi pooped in the toilet today!!
(I hate the word poop, but its the only way to explain!)
Indeed, my 5 month old did!!

How?
Of course that was the first question my mom asked too.

Well, she was eating
started to push,
so I ran her to the toilet.
As simple as that!
(Or as I would have made up for Russ,
She got up, walked to the bathroom and pooped!)
HA HA!!

I yelled for Russ,
(cause he HAD to witness it)
He came in and asked what the HECK I was doing...
LOL

We ALMOST took a picture of her ON the toilet,
but couldn't find the camera.
BUMMER!
Cause it was actually pretty cute!! :)

I WOULD NOT, I repeat WOULD NOT
have taken pictures OF her first poop.
No worries, I'm no Kate Gosselin.
That's just GROSS!!

It was easier then wiping it up!
But I've got a feeling
it will be a while before she ACTUALLY does it on her OWN!

Anyway,
that was the excitement of the day!

And here are A FEW cute pictures we have today!
(Randoms from the week)

Playing on Grandma & Grandpa's bed.
Waiting to get dressed.
(Christmas Day)

Playin with Momma lastnight!

And this ADORABLE picture I took tonight!
Cuddling with Dad before going to bed.
So SWEET!!

OH!!
And before I forget to post AGAIN!
Let me show you my FAVORITE Christmas present!!

Russ SURPRISED me with this AMAZING gift!!
We weren't SUPPOSED to do anything
but of course being the STUD that he is,
HE went and put this together for ME!
I LOVE IT!!!
Isn't my husband the cutest ever??

I got one other LIFE Changing gift,
but I'll have to show/explain that one later. :)

I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING CLEVER...

That's as clever as I get!! :)
Ha ha!

Today has been another lazy/getting the room cleaned day.
It has taken me ALL day to do 2 loads of laundry...
Every nap I TRIED to put Addi down for,
was a failed attempt.
She'd sleep for 10 minutes
wake up
catch my eye
SMILE BIG
(sometimes accompanied by a giggle)
and SIT UP!
As to say,
"Fat chance mom, I'm not sleepin!"

Of course after a 10 minute nap
she had ALL the energy in the WORLD to play again!
It was great fun!

I'm not even close to 100%.
I have an earache in BOTH ears at the moment...
But I WONT let that get me down!
No I wont!

I have CUTE pictures to post,
So I am going to ENJOY them!!

Last night, Addi was LOVING playing with her toys.
I took pictures but didn't want to over do yesterday.
So here are a few.

Surrounded by FUN!

And LOVING IT!

Playin on the floor!!
Such a big girl!!

Then before bath time,
we were playing in the covers...

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And today...
We had lots of fun!
As you can see she was FULL OF ENERGY!

HAPPY GIRL!!

Trying SO HARD to be SERIOUS!
HA HA HA!!
I love this face!
She pulls it ALL the time!

Such a sweetie!

Getting ready for the bath!
But would rather be PLAYING!

How can I ever be upset with her?

How could you ever say NO to a cutie like this?

This girl is going to be
T.R.O.U.B.L.E!!

I am REALLY hoping to wake up CLOSE to 100% tomorrow.
I'd LIKE to get out and actually DO something!
But, We'll see!

Until then!

THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS...

Today we are resting in bed.
Addi's snoring away next to me...
Such a CUTIE!
(At this very moment-and No, I did not place that Hippo there. She did)

Our Christmas was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!!
Having a baby, made this Christmas the BEST so far!
Addi was SO fun!
She really loved EVERY minute of it!
Even though she was sick!

I figured the best way to show you HOW much fun we had
was to post pictures.

Let me apologize now,
I am going to have to post 3 days worth in this one blog.
(I guess that's what happens when you are sick)

So lets get started!
(Oh boy...narrowing these down is getting TOUGH!)

In Order...

*CHRISTMAS EVE*

*Part 1- Heading up to the Rinaldi Home*
(Addi's Great Grandparents)

Sleeping on the truck ride up!

Waking up, and WHAM- She's a HAPPY BABY! :)

Getting our Christmas Jammies!
(Addi had fallen asleep)

HA HA HA!! I had to post this picture babe!
Too funny!

*Part 2- Heading up to the Coury Home*
(Addi's Great Aunt & Uncle)

Loving the Drive up!!

I LOVE her smile!!

*Part 3- Home, getting ready for bed*
(So SANTA COULD COME!)

Tired girl in her OTHER Christmas Jammies!

Such a SWEETHEART!

**CHRISTMAS DAY**

*Part 1- Beasley Home*

Sleeping HARD!
And Oh SO PRECIOUS!

Yes, We had to wake HER up Christmas morning! :)
(That is what she did when she walked out and I yelled "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!"

Such a tired girl!

Waiting to open gifts!
(LOL In the back ground you can see MOST of the gang, minus Josh, he was next to Russ)
{Even my DAD was able to make it, Thank YOU SKYPE!}

Addi's FAVORITE part?
Of COURSE the WRAPPING PAPER!!

She sure did LOVE opening gifts though!

*Part 2- Snyder Home*

Getting ready to open her gifts again!

She's TOO cute!!

Rockin' out my NEW scarf!

And then she got this ADORABLE Dress!!
Isn't she to DIE FOR?
I FREAKING LOVE IT!!

Thank you Grandma!
She's ONE PRETTY GIRL in it!!

Sitting at the table, playing with Grandma!!

*Part 3- Rinaldi Home*

Russ & Josh... bein TOO cool!
(LOL and WHO KNOWS what Carter is doing to Russ' head. :)

I HAD to post this picture too!!
Emma is too cute!!
She was SO excited to show me her NEW skirt!

I LOVE this picture!
SO Precious!!
This little girl LOVES and ADORES her DADDY!!
And her daddy LOVES her with ALL his HEART!!

Our BEAUTIFUL little girl!

Ha ha ha!!
I set her on her tummy,
so she decided to LICK THE FLOOR!

Such a BIG GIRL!!

Momma & Addi!!
OH I LOVE THIS GIRL!!

*Part 4- Back to the Snyder Home*
(Sorry, no pics- though it would have been fun to have some)

We LOVED EVERY MINUTE we got to spend with FAMILY!
We are SO blessed to have AMAZING families!!
And of course, We got TONS of great loot!!

We ended the night playing cards and eating MORE good food...
I'm for sure going on a DIET after this weekend!!

There are a few other people I wanted to put in this post,
but as you can see,
there are too many pics already.
So I may post more tomorrow,
We'll see.

But we hope ALL of you had an AMAZING Christmas
like we did!!
We sure do love you ALL!!