Christmas

We had fun for Christmas. John's parents came over and had breakfast with us, and then watched Addison open her presents. Just an update on the snow thing, yeah, it was white for Christmas day, but the next it reached like 70 and all the snow melted and everything was slushy. It snowed again the next day!

I love her eyes in this shot

Having a tantrum before church

Just a crazy shot.

Jingle Bells

She's a natural Tomkinson! Now I just need to find the music!

It Snowed

I have mixed feelings about the whole snow thing.

1. I HATE to clean my car off in the winter time.
2. It is really stinking cold right now.
3. I have not left the house for 3 days and am running low on milk and other perishables.
4. I am afraid of a repeat of last years ice storm.
5. Kansas weather is crazy, just last Saturday it was in the 60's
6. I have yet to have a White Christmas.
7. It's fun to play in, for about 30 sec. Then your hands freeze even with gloves on and the melted stuff gets in your shoes.
8. It's really pretty, until it gets dirty from all the traffic.
9. I do like to drink hot chocolate and watch a fire burn. We don't have a fireplace though, and who really needs the extra calories.

Ok, maybe I'm just really negative about it. I grew up in Arizona! I never had it snow for Christmas, and you could even go golf if that is your thing. I just really miss the heat. Morgan, If you read this, I will gladly trade you. Gas is just too expensive to heat your house to a non chilly point. I took Addison outside yesterday on our porch and after a min she started to freak out because her hand was freezing. Sorry John, I think we are going to have to veto the whole living in Kansas thing. I am so moving back to AZ someday!

Thanksgiving in Arizona

Ok, so it's been a couple of weeks, get over it. Here are some of the pictures from Thanksgiving at the Riggs. We went there because we love them, and my parents are in Honduras. I figured that would have been way to long of a drive for Addison to live through.

Decorating the tree for FHE
I love the way John bowls, he is so graceful.

Driving the mini van. He loved every minute of it. Our Expedition was in the shop because of the accident still so the dealership was so kind and gave us this to replace it.

Keeping her entertained for 20 hours is harder then you would think

John has been wanting to take the girls bowling ever since they beat him on the Wii

She loves to be out side

This was her favorite toy while we were there. I just love the John smirk!

Trisha, I mean Kristen teaching piano. Yeah, thanks, now she knows how to lift up ours!

John also helped Rusty tile their office. It was great because now he can do our house. We also say Shane and Sam for a little bit and Ed and Rachel's fam. Overall it was a lot of fun and I hope that we can do it again some time.

My Toddler

So, this is my little toddler. She is now by definition one, though she still acts like a big baby sometimes. Oh, and we have been working on the word baby. I watch a 2 month old for about 16 hours a week and so I have been teaching Addison that we have to be gentle with the baby. The other day I found her practising her b sounds so I just kept saying baby over and over again. she is starting to put sounds together and recognize things. Whenever I say "where's Dada" she looks at the front door expecting him to walk in. It is so cute. She is now climbing. I have mixed emotions about this.

Middle of November and my grass is still GREEN

Birthday Girl

Addison is now one year old. Only 17 more to go! Ok, not really but some days I feel that way. She is all over the house, yard and other kids. She only stops to eat(and that is minimal), observe other kids, and when she is forced to crash for a while (sleep). We had lots of fun watching her demolish the traditional 1st birthday cake with a few friends and family. She was more into making a mess then eating. I also got to talk to my mom and dad all the way in Honduras, it was just so exciting to here their voices. I know I don't write them enough and I'm sorry, but I still love you. I just can't get over how much I love this little girl. It has been so much fun having her in our family, and I know she is very loved by all. So Happy Birthday Addison! We love you!

Sleeping in until 10!

Addison's best friends

Arizona

We are going to Arizona for Thanksgiving. That means that anyone who is going to be there and wants to see us needs to let me know. But if you don't want to see us, that's ok, I really don't like you that much anyway!