A whole lot of whatever

Okay....well....I have a few random thoughts from this week. None of them go together, but nonetheless, I'm blogging them all anyway. Sorry, it's all pretty random.

First off- A BIG sigh of relief today!

I passed my state mortgage exam!!! Wahoo!!! I seriously was so terrified last night because the class was only 20 hours in 4 days. Soooo basically they just couldn't cover the material in that time. I had to re-read the entire book, do 5 practice tests and loan/math equations so I wouldn't fail. Jed was nice enough to stay up asking me all the stupid double negative test questions so I'd pass. Thanks friend! :)

An annoyance of this week is depicted in the photo below.... Seriously- EVERY. SINGLE. ROUTE. has some sort of construction! The other day I went to work in the morning at 9am on 40th street and it was all normal. Yaaaaah, I left at 2pm, and that picture you see there? Yep, that's half of 40th street gone. Serenity now!

ADDISON, the one-year-old blogger! Okay, not really. But I did make her a blog, so that I can keep a record of all the daily or more frequent things she says and does that I want to have written down. If you click on her picture on my sidebar you can take a look.

I figured it'll be like a little journal of hers and I'll just make a separate blog book for her at the end of each year. In case you haven't noticed, I'm a HUGE fan of blog books. Journaling/scrapbooking/baby booking stuff ALL IN ONE. Love it.

Cute Mommy-to-be Janiel

Yes, I am totally touching her belly.....not sure why, just happened

I got to a baby shower today for my cute friend Janiel. Isn't she adorable pregnant? She's expecting a baby girl in November. I love seeing all the cute baby stuff at showers. It was a cupcake themed shower and was all so cute and creative. Of course I ate a cupcake too, which always makes me happy.

I have many other thoughts, but I can't remember them all now. It is only 9:30 on a Saturday night, and I swear it's midnight. Soooo tired. Addie had a runny nose today, so I'm hoping that she's not coming down with something......is cold season starting already? Not ready for that.

OHHHH!! Almost forgot! Went and saw "Julie and Julia" yesterday. Seriously so cute! I loved it. All of you blogging friends of mine will appreciate it. She blogs about cooking throughout the movie, which made me not only want to blog, but eat. Eat good food. Eat good french food..... mmmmm........

Our Addison

She was playing with her tutu and twirling today. Totally made my day.

Wow, this girl changes every. single. day! She is learning and growing so much it amazes me. She's almost 20 months! Not sure where the time is going, but is flying by......

Some new things she's doing lately......

~ Learning her letters-- she gets about 22 out of 26 right each time I show them to her. Honestly, we're not sure how she learned them all. The only thing we can figure is that her "Word World" show really does teach them to her. Thanks, PBS :)

~Counting- She loves to count 1, 2, 3....Weee....usually when going down a slide or running down papa's big hill. She's started to count to 10, with us prompting her, but always skips 4. Haha, this is because after 3 she gets all excited, then once we say 4, she'll continue to 10. "Seben" is my current favorite number that she says. Hee hee

~Rejecting Nursery-- Unless mom or dad or BOTH stay with her the WHOLE time...... hopefully we'll have a better update on that soon.

~Repeating/Remembering every word she hears! Yep, she's still a parrot. She's now saying more and more 2 and 3 word sentences too. Such as "I like it" and "where is it?"

~ "Self"- Yes, we've arrived to the toddler-wanting-to-do-it-by-herself stage. She attempts to feed herself with a fork (always fun and messy), wants to walk down the stairs facing forward like a big girl by herself, brush her own teeth and get off our 4ft high bed by herself. It's all quite scary :) but hey, guess that's how kids learn to be big-- they just DO IT!

~"Dip it!"- this is a fairly recent development. For the past month or so, she's decided that she wants to dip any food into something. Chicken and fries into fry sauce makes sense. Sometimes, however, she'll say "dip it" when she's holding cheese or a PB&J sandwhich.......uhhhhh into what child?? Haha, she's funny. But hey, the bonus is if she isn't eating, give her some ranch, ketchup or whatnot and she'll dip it and eat.

~Pictures!- She LOVES to look at pictures on the computer, iPod, Blackberry, or on the wall at grandma's house. She'll go through family pictures and name all her aunts and uncles and cousins. It's very cute. She says the names with such excitement and will even exclaim "Right!" to herself.

Oh I like her.

She definitely keeps us entertained and keeps us on our toes! She's tall enough to reach things on countertops now, climb onto chairs, and will attempt to climb onto the table if she's quick enough.

Great to be 88!

My grandpa Workman turned 88 on Sunday, so we went down for a little visit and some cake. He says he feels "Better than I should!" for being 88 years old.

Grandpa LOVES babies, grandkids and great grandkids! Addie was great grandkid number 28!! Number 31 will arrive in November!

Great Grandpa giving Addie some smooches. Muah! He was eating her up. She was really cute and called him grandpa and even told him happy birthday. Definitely helped make his day.

Addie and Grandpa Randy

FABULOUS AT 50!!

Friday night we threw a surprise 50th Birthday party for my

GORGEOUS MOM!! I sure hope genetics help me out and I looked half as good as she does at 50!

It was so fun to see how surprised she was. She had no idea, especially because it was a week early. I figured it being her 50th and all she would suspect something ON her actual birthday. Most of the kids and grand kids were able to come and some other family and friends to help us celebrate, which made the evening awesome. Mom sure loves all her grand kids!
Grady giving her a great big birthday hug! So cute!

THE CAKE!

Yes, I MADE this cake. With the help of my amazing sister in law Kacey. The process is a whooole other blog post ;) but it turned out fun and cute. Everyone thought it was yummy too!

I divided by 10 on the amount of candles ;) didn't want the fire dept. showing up!

Me, my mom, Jason, and Chad

My mom and two of her crazy sisters Janet and Sharon. This picture is actually a very good representation of them the majority of the time.

Addie saying good night to grammy Rees after a fun party and evening. Look at their eyes next to each other. Jed always gets the credit, but I'm thinking she's got her grandma's blue eyes :)

(NO we didn't make her wear that crown at the party-she got it as a gift so I made her model it)

Thanks to everyone who came to the party and helped. It was so fun! Mom, thanks for being an amazing woman for the past 50 years. You're the best mom and I'm so grateful for you in my life! You've showed me how to be a wonderful mother and I have always looked up to you in more ways than you'll ever know. I love you so much!

Great Grammy Lynette's 80th Birthday

We had a party for this beautiful lady on Wednesday evening at the WellersGrammy Lynette is 80!

We sure love her to pieces and we were happy that we got to celebrate with her. Addie had so much fun because the party was in their backyard so she got to run around outside for hours on end and socialize at the same time. She loves her grandparents and great grandparents!

The WINNER is.....

CRAIG!!!

Who said: "I would love to see a gallery of various projects they have done I think thats always a big selling point is seeing something someone else has had done and being able to say "I want that" . Also, If they ever get anyone asking for dish or direct tv service I would love to help them put it in. Enter me in the drawing Please!"

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This week in pictures....(a LOT of pictures)

We've had a busy week! Didn't realize until I looked through all of our pictures how much we've done. Here's what we've been up to, in reverse order....

Movie Night
What?? This isn't how YOUR family watches movies? Well when your family is also Plutonium Home Media Solutions, you get some sweet hook ups :)

Waaaay better than the drive-in

Shower for Whitney and baby Tristan

Addie was "helping" Whit by handing her tissue paper and saying "bank you" to herself each time. Hee hee.....love this girl.

Awe cute baby Mia

Kacey made adorable decorations

Ashley and I made giraffe cupcakes :)

Dinosaur Park

Lizzie and Addie are cute little friends. They had fun at the park and Lizzie was nice enough to share her treats, so of course she won Addie over.

Yummy
Only picture I took from the "SYTYCD" finale

Charlotte's Blessing

Confessions of a Momaholic....

So, due to changing circumstances and this blasted economy, I started working again yesterday. It is a very strange and surreal thing for me. I haven't worked 2 days in a row since the day I had Addie. Until the last 4 months, I had only left her here and there for a couple of hours with her daddy or family so I could show houses. Unfortunately, right now, the part time real esate just isn't enough for us. I needed something that was a steady paycheck.


So I put on some dress pants and heels and started to work again. I am only working part time, 4 days a week, so I don't feel completely overwhelmed at the moment. It has been a hard past week though as we've made these decisions. I kind of felt like I was giving into this stupid 2-income society or giving up on what was most important to me or something.....not sure what it is about being a mom, but the guilt of leaving my child even for a few hours a day has been a hard pill to swallow. It is really strange because I've never looked down on, or thought less of any woman I know who does the same thing. So what's my problem??? LOL, I honestly don't know.......


I know that Jed and I have always planned on and prepared for me to be home with our kids. I have always known and believed that my divine role is to be a mother. I know I am still a mother, and that Addie will be just fine with her daddy or family for a few hours a day. The real question here is, will I be okay with it??


I sure hope that I will be, because I know that this is what I need to do right now to help my family and I do feel good about it. I just miss the morning cuddle time with my baby girl, since she wakes not long before I leave. I am happy that 2 of the hours I'm gone, she's napping, so I am not "missing out" on anything. (Except my decompress/blogging/chill/cleaning/getting things done time) We can't have it all though right? So for now, I'll work for my baby and family and just enjoy every moment of this that I have!

Because the one thing I do know is that I LOVE ,LOVE, LOVE being a MOM!