It's an Elmo party!

No no, I didn't have an Elmo themed party for my birthday, bummer! That would have been pretty sweet. Actually, today is Garrett, Taryn and Brooke's 2nd birthday, they are the dear triplets that I nanny for on the weekend.
They invited Addison and I over today for their Elmo birthday party! We were 2 of only 4 exclusive guests there so we felt pretty special! Addison was so excited to be included in her friends special day and I am so thankful that she has such wonderful friends, 2 surrogate sisters and a brother really. They have grown up together and I look forward to watching them grow together in the future.
Ok enough sentimental stuff ;) The kids all had lunch together, opened presents (Addison was VERY helpful with this), ran around in their matching Elmo shirts and ate a delicious Elmo cake! It was a wonderful day had by all!

Just arriving, the party can start!

The girls lovin their Elmo balloons

Lunch time at the birthday house!



Pretty much the cutest shirt ever "A is for Addison"

All the kids in their letter Elmo shirts...LOVE!

Coloring

An amazing cake made by our wedding cake maker Kelsee!

The little vultures super excited about Elmo...After they ate the cake Brooke walked around patting her belly and saying Elmo hahaha

Eating Elmo Cake from her Elmo plate :D

New experiences

The end of last week was even busier than the beginning! Thursday we went to Addison's friend Savannah's house for a potluck playdate and Addison got to try a "bounce house" for the first time. I was really surprised when she was petrified of it. I thought it would be right up her alley but I think it was a little intimidating for her. She preferred to push the dolly stroller around and carry around her friend Noah's spiderman lunch box :)
Friday morning we went to the mall with Ashley and my two godsons Kaelam and Tyner. We did a little shopping before Addison and Kaelam spotted the play area and then it was all over. Kaelam is 2 and Addison has grown up playing with him so he is pretty excited that she runs around and interacts now :) They had fun chasing eachother and going down the slide. Friday afternoon we visited Lisa (I used to nanny for her twins) and we got to meet the new addition to their family, baby Ryder. He was exactly a week old and slept in my arms the whole visit, I miss that smell of a new baby and an innocence that only a newborn has. He is perfect and we are so thrilled for their family! After that we went to visit the other triplet kiddos that I used to watch and at 3 1/2 all three girls are cute as buttons! The girls got a trampoline for Christmas and after the bounce house incident I was wary of letting Addison try it but this time I went in with her and I have never heard that little girl laugh SO hard. I was bouncing her and Alli around and she was belly laughing. Adorable! I think we may need to add that to our backyard when we landscape, fun for the whole family! After draggin her out of there, Addison played dress up with the girls and was litterally bouncing of the walls she was having so much fun. I think the triplets were a bit overwhelmed with this baby coming in and touchnig all of their toys but they were very sweet to her and included her in their play :)
This week is a bit more low key, only a few playdates and hopefully some relaxing!

This dolly stroller is the coolest!

Where am I?

Get me out of here mom!

Spiderman lunchbox, she was pretty much obsessed

Loved exploring the stairs

Sliding down the play area slide...this whole area is made of all recycled materials!

Dressup with Sami and Alli! Looking fabulous girls! Alli is accesorizing with a Packers hat...couldn't break it to her that they lost!

Playing with her friend Taryn...matching pants and all!

Wearing her friends platform sandals...we will have to get her a pair of her own this summer!

Riding her friends motorized Mack Truck, honking the obnoxious horn was her favorite part...of course

Hi mommy! Don't you love my new Roxy sweatshirt!?

My two lovies

Playing in the front yard with Daddy, since our entire back yard is dirt and dog poopies right now :-/

Socialite

I have been busy all week busing Addison to her social obligations, now I know how soccer moms feel! Monday we had a park playdate with a friend of mine from school, Tuesday was a playdate at the San Tan Mall play area and then lunch with all of our play friends and today we had a lovely afternoon at the park with my girlfriend Jessica.
Biggest news of the week is that none of Addison's play shoes fit anymore so we went over to Kohls and picked her out a brand new pair of kickass Vans, biggest shocker was that she is a size 6! I absolutely cannot believe it, they were sitting next to her previous play shoes and absolutely dwarfed them :( Addison is quite proud of her new kicks and wants to wear them ALL day...reminds me of when I was a kid and would constantly wear my new shoes until my parents forced me to take them off...My mom and I still laugh about when I was 5 and my grandpa bought me new shoes and I slept with them the first few nights haha :)
Addison's newest tricks:
-Running away from me whenever we are out in public, she is usually laughing so hard that she falls over and I can catch up to her but it is seriously tiring!
-Every animal is "doggie," we are trying to start deciphering between the different animals with her but she doesn't quite get it yet
-She pretty much has to watch a DVD while she rides in the car now, I have created a MONSTER!
-She is starting to play with her little friends, SO cute
-Goes down slides all by herself and lands on her feet!

We also joined the library yesterday and Addison had a blast exploring the kids area, as did I as that is where they hide the Harry Potter audiobooks :D

Riding in style, even at the grocery store!


Fun with friends @ San Tan

Check out these new shoes!

Poser!

Doing her homework at the library haha

A little privacy mom!

Park playtime with Auntie Jessica!

Happy 2010!!!

Addison had QUITE the New Years celebration with her homies yesterday! We went to a playgroup party entitled "Countdown til Noon" The babies played and then we dressed them up in beads, crowns and hats and counted down the new year at noon, it was so super cute. Shout out to Grandma Laura who made her the super awesome shirt she is wearing in the pictures! Addison's favorite part of the day was the celebratory cupcakes at the end, she ate almost the entire thing and kept saying "num num num num!"
I was so proud of Addison too as there was a new mommy and 2 month old baby who joined the group and Addison was so gentle and fascinated with the little guy, it was so cute! She is going to make a wonderful big sister someday! Much love and Happy New Year from Arizona!



On our way to the P-A-R-T-Y

Just walked in and already found her new favorite toy

Playing trucks with her friend Noah

Playing so gently with baby Austin

New Years Princess!

Her senior picture haha!!!

The group! We are on the bottom right :)