This one's for DADDY!

Micah is in Ohio for a conference and has been gone the entire weekend. We've kept busy with Memaw and Epa but we still missed daddy!


Here she is before church this morning. Just as expected, the piggy tails were out when we picked her up in the nursery afterwards.


Addie decided to write on mommy and herself this evening in the bathtub.

I think I know why they call this phase "the terrible twos". Addie has been doing everything exactly opposite of what I ask. If I ask her to hand me her cup, she throws it. If I ask her to stay in our yard, she runs onto the neighbor's porch. It's been quite a challenge trying to be stern with her and let her know that it's not a game to disobey mommy. Meanwhile, she is laughing the entire time!!! Ugh!!!

She's also saying some of the cutest things....
Last week, in the car, we had a conversation that went like this:

A: Mommy, I hurt my pants.
Me: You hurt your pants? Or your pants hurt you?
A: Yes.
Me: Where does it hurt?
A: My belly button.
Me: (thinking that she is probably about ready to out grow her 18 M skirt) Can you unbutton your pants?
A: I can't!!!
M: (coaching her through it.)
A: That's better!

I later learned that she didn't unbutton her pants at all, but that the snap was chaffing up against her tummy. What a funny conversation!

She'll also tell me that someone who's sad in a book, or movie, "needs a binkie" or "Her needs her mommy."


Noah, Kaden, & Addie at the zoo. We get together every Tuesday with several other friends. This is the best shot we could get on this playdate.

These pics are from a couple weekends ago:




Me, Micah, & Addie riding the train in T-town.


Addie riding the carousel. Memaw is riding the horse beside her.


Addie and Epa went for another ride on the train!

MK Website

I have set up a website for my Mary Kay business. So now, if any of you are DYING to get something and just haven't had time to let me know... you can get what you want 24/7!

www.marykay.com/bethellenhunt

Also-if you aren't wanting to host a party at your house, you can host one online & get free stuff if your friends buy within a 24 hour period.

Just some FYI....

School's out for Summer!

*** Kudos to Carrie and Wendy! I resized these two photos and it took less than 5 seconds for it to upload. Your expertise has given me my life back!!!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!




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Our sweet little girl is all TALK nowadays. She's seriously holding real conversations with us. Unbelievable....how fast things change!

We did absolutely nothing this weekend and it was wonderful. Things have been so crazy lately with showers & "outings". So we just had a lazy weekend, playing outside, going out to eat, getting ice cream, & watching movies. That about sums up our last few days.

Some Addieisms to share:

• "So what's going on here?" she asks her daddy while he was on the computer.
• She loves to stack blocks and make huge towers (with her tongue out, of course).
• She likes to put felt pieces from her felt board on our shoulders. This is really fun and entertains her for quite some time.
• Addie still loves to pour water so we ended up getting her a water table. So far, it's been a great buy. It keeps her occupied while I water the plants.
• Which leads me to another thing she loves to do now...water our plants with the new spray hose nozzle. She loves to make the dogs (and her mommy) run like the dickens.
• She has our neighbors (all of them) wrapped around her fingers. They love to come out and visit her and think she's the best little person. She's very good at remembering all their names and loves to wave to them across the street.
  
• Addie stalls BIG time when it comes to bed now.

Kaylee & Lucas are still such sweetie pies. They don't make the blog as much as they should....I love them to pieces.


Kaylee helped me one afternoon when I was cleaning out my car. She decided to take a break. Eating cheerios & goldfish off the floorboard of the car is EXHAUSTING!

BTW: I don't believe anyone would still blog if you had to put up with my stupid internet connection. I've been trying to upload for over an hour now and still have only 3 pictures that uploaded successfully. We know it's not just our computer b/c we use Micah's new laptop and it's still slow. It must be something with our wiring. I'm so bummed b/c we have some great videos and sweet pictures, but it takes hours to upload them!

Don't Laugh

BUT...I'm now a Mary Kay Consultant. I never thought in a million years I would do this. I sold CUTCO one summer in college and HATED it. However, my neighbor invited me to a facial party and I loved their skin care products. I just so happened to be in the market for needing some...and voila...It was there right before my eyes. I started to think..."Wouldn't it be great if I got to buy Mary Kay 1/2 off & make some money this summer too?" (my PAT job does not continue through the summer). I caved BIG TIME! I now have a huge inventory of Mary Kay products & am hoping to make my "investment" money back & possibly a profit, if things go my way.

SO....if anyone would love to help me out and let me do a "facial" or have a group of girls over for a party...Please give me a ring!!! I just so happen to be swimming in MK products! PS- there's also a skin care line for men too!

Okay, that's the last I will talk about it. I promise I won't be a bother to anyone...just wanted to get that tidbit of info out in case any of my fabulous friends are interested.

On to the pictures...and maybe a video:


Addie got a hold of a bottle of lotion downstairs while I was cooking dinner. This is how we found her.


Addie sticks her tongue out whenever she concentrates. Here she is "washing" dishes at the kitchen sink. She's obsessed lately with pouring and playing with water. I'm thinking she needs a water table.


Addie got into my jewelry box too. Here she is trying to put my toe ring on her wrist like a bracelet. Notice the tongue?

Mother's Day

Lucas was being teased by a squirrel in the backyard. The squirrel is on the tree chattering away. Lucas didn't move a muscle for a really long time. Finally, he gave up because I called him to to eat.


Memaw, Addie, Caleb, Toby, & Epa

I haven't blogged in ages b/c we have very slow upload speed and I have no patience. Sorry. Pictures might not be included in this post...depends on how much time I'm willing to give up during posting.

We spent the weekend with my folks and my sister's family. It was really great to see my nephews!!! They are so cute. My sister came in town for a wedding so we got to watch the kids on Saturday night along with my parents.

Addie & Daddy hanging out in the hallway.

Overall, I had a great Mother's Day. It's always nice to be with family and any day with Addie is always entertaining. We went out for brunch on Sunday & went to T-town for a day at the park on Monday.

I've been swamped with work trying to close up my files for the end of the year. I've also been having a difficult time sleeping. I've struggled with insomnia since Addie was 5 mos. old. I'd actually been doing very well until around Easter when it started all over again. I'm very distressed and trying to figure things out. My burning eyes and foggy, muddled thinking is pretty much a normal feeling for me. So...if you see me next and I look like I'm 10 years older and strung out on drugs, now you know why.

Anyway, I'll try not to be so depressing and get to the fun part....Addie Sue.

I truly am so blessed to be her mommy. I know that I have so many things going for me (even if sleeping isn't one of them). I love my job, my family, my neighbors, my dogs. I have many friends who I can trust & enjoy being with.

Miss Addie Sue is quite a character. She talks very well now and has no problem telling you what she wants. She's also doing a little pout thing when she doesn't get her way. She sings songs, dances in circles & loves to swing on her new playground.

Finally, I got pictures to post:

Addie is all dressed up and ready for Mother's day brunch (Addie decided she needed the hat & gloves).


Addie and Toby had fun playing with the water fountains at Memaw's work last Monday.


Addie and Toby with Epa


Addie, Toby & Caleb

NYC

I just got back from visiting my friend Jenny in New York City! Seven girls from college/work went up to visit her before she ties the knot in June. It was so much fun!!! I can't believe how BIG & BUSY New York City is! We managed to squeeze a whole lot in...in such a short weekend!

On top of Jenny's apartment building
Amanda, Cory, Christine, Jenny, Beth, Nikki, Carrie, Kelly

Here's some of my favorite things we did:

Broadway show---"Spring Awakening"
Restaurants-Carmine's, Serendipity, etc.

Top of the Rock "Rockefeller Plaza"
Central Park
Statue of Liberty (drive by) on Statten Ferry

Beauty Bar
Today show...seeing Alicia Keys & Kathy Lee Gifford

The best part was that we all managed to get along great and still enjoy each other even though we all squeezed into a tiny studio apartment. Jenny was a gracious hostess & luckily many of the women had been there before, so it was all very well planned. I'm so grateful that Micah was willing to let me go and took very good care of Addie while I was away.

Although I had a wonderful time...I will not be gone from Addie that long again if I can help it. I missed her so much that I cried every time I called home. I missed Micah too, but he doesn't change as quickly as she does. I swear she's talking so much better than she was when I left. I think she and her daddy bonded while I was gone so it was probably a good thing for all of us.

April Showers

Posting has been hard for me these past two weeks for various reasons...mainly that our Internet service is not up to par. Here's a small portion of what we've been doing these past two weeks.

Addie waiting for her lunch. "Prayer mommy?"


Lucas caught a bird this weekend. It was so sad to see the little thing pecking and fending for his life. All the while, Lucas was wagging his tail and trying to play with it. I wanted to put a stop to it, but Micah reminded me that if I wasn't going to kill & and put it out of it's misery, I might as well let "the circle of life" run it's course.


Addie feeding her baby a bottle. Memaw made her a baby blanket just like a bigger one that she has.


We went to the Children's Peace Pavilion this weekend when my folks came up. We had a great time. I forgot all about it even though I worked there an entire summer. It's free...and fun!
Addie & Daddy

All Things Addie

These pictures are a little late in coming...but, better late than never, right?

Addie went to an egg hunt with my MOPS group at church. She got to decorate a yummy cookie, color a bag to collect her eggs in, & make a mask. She was too good at finding eggs. Each kiddo was allowed to find 10 eggs, but she was on a roll & hard to stop. I finally convinced her to go hide the extra eggs. They'll probably never find them....she was putting them behind the pop machine, in the pocket of chairs, and behind a set of drums!



BTW: My mom made this sweater for Addie only originally it was a dress about a year ago. CRAZY!

We were planning on going to Branson with Micah's parents over Easter weekend, but delays in the airport caused them to get in a day late, so we stayed home & celebrated with the Wilsons.

Here she is all "dolled up" for church.



The Easter bunny came to visit Addie and spoiled her rotten. She loved the jelly beans the best and pretty much ate NOTHING else all day! We had a great time with Papa & Gigi as well.

Addie is excelling and practicing the art of "getting naked"! She LOVES taking off and putting on her clothes (or anyone else's)!

Here she is getting naked while in time out. I've had chances to see her literally strip down to her birthday suit...but obviously, these are not pictures that are suitable for the blog. Maybe I'll pull them out when she brings home that special someone from college!!! HA HA


In this picture, she is putting on her daddy's shorts.


Micah and I were just talking about how we love Addie's little toddler talk; where all her speech is broken up and telegraphic. It's so cute how she talks! Ex. "Addie fall. Boom. Sidewalk. Addison cry."

Sorry I don't have more posted. Blogger (or, most likely, my computer) is taking forever to upload and I've run out of patience.



GO JAYHAWKS!

I should have been a plumber...

I wish I could post some pics for you, but since we've gotten a new camera, our card reader no longer works. Hopefully, we'll get a new one this weekend and we'll be up and running again.

So... we've had a minor household catastrophe this past week. Our newly remodeled bathroom (13 mos old) was leaking water into our basement and soaking up the floor board above our laundry room. To make a long story short, we had a plumber come out and fix it. 20 minutes & $145 later...everything was sealed and ready to go again. I think the plumber actually felt bad about the outrageous fee, b/c he gave me a "coupon" out of the phone book for $10 off. Anyway, it makes me wish I was a plumber...kind of.

We had a good Easter. Addie did the whole egg hunt thing and got toys in an Easter basket. I'm not so sure she really caught on to the whole "Jesus dying and rising from the dead for our sins" thing, but we tried. :)

I'll post some picture shortly!

Tea in Topeka

We're in Topeka (my hometown) this weekend b/c I met up with a friend of mine for a playdate. We had such a great time catching up while our kids played at the mall.....I didn't get any pictures of the kids though!!! (I hope you did Tracy)

Memaw and Epa had the day off on Friday, so we went to the Kansas Historical Museum to play. We played outside for while, then went inside were she served us tea and plastic fruit.

There was an old prairie doll house that Addie pretended with for a split second before running off to do something else. I took this picture right as she said, "kiss" & pressed the two dolls faces into each other. I think that's hiliarious b/c I remember doing the same thing with my dolls!

Addie got to give the Easter Bunny five and he gave her a sucker! We didn't even ask if she wanted to get on his lap...that would have pushed her over the edge and we would have seen tears galore.

Anyway...we've had a great stay, but we do miss Daddy. We'll see you tomorrow, Micah!

Bed Bugs

So...the "rule" at our house is that Addie can have her binkie when she goes to bed. When she gets out, she leaves her binkie there. HOWEVER, she's totally taking advantage of the verbiage & I think we're going to have to be more specific. Perhaps a better rule would be that she can have her binkie when it's time to go to sleep. You see, she's hanging out in her bed quite a bit now b/c she knows she can have her binkie there.

This morning, I thought we were having a good time playing in the her playroom. I even let her dress me up (see photo below). Then, she disappeared on me. I thought she just went into the family room, but she never came back. I went up to check on her and she was just relaxing in her bed & sucking on her binkie.

Sunday afternoon, she hung out in there too. I decided to crawl in there with her and see what all the hype was. It is a pretty comfy bed...but not worth going to "baby jail".
Maybe I didn't get the full effect b/c I didn't have a binkie.

Anyway...

We got a great deal on an outdoor playgym this week as well. My friend Dana said one of her neighbors was selling theirs, and we were wanting one. We ended up getting it for $125. It could have been $120, but I kept upping the offer even after he said "okay". Obviously, I'm not the best negotiator...but Dana and I had a good laugh at my amazing abilities afterward.


Addie got a new haircut last week and I haven't gotten a chance to get a good shot of it yet. MOstly due to the fact that I never do her hair and also b/c she looks crazy when she wakes up. If I happen to fix it in the morning, it's a mess after her nap. I have to blow dry it and she isn't a big fan. But when it's done, it's really cute. It's a bit stacked in the back and longer on the sides.
You can see it from a side angle in the pic below.

Micah was changing her clothes after church...hence the scantily clad shot.

OH YEAH!!!
Good news! We have purchased a new camera, but we haven't received it yet. I'm really excited to get it in the mail!!! Hopefully, we'll be able to take action shots again.

Hope everyone is doing well. I had a great time yesterday getting to see some old(not old, but longtime) friends from college at Da's baby shower. It was nice to see you all in person instead of through a blog... :)