These are a few of her favorite things........

Boy oh boy does time fly! I can't believe it's almost time to start planning Addison's 3rd birthday party! I'm so excited this year because it will be our 1st birthday party at her house!! Our sweet baby girl is growing up so fast and we are so proud and so excited to see the next steps of her life. Here are a few of the things that she loves most right now. Of course we're missing a few people and things, but I wanted to share these! :)


She LOVES bubbles!
She LOVES being a cute little girl, and those cowboy boots!

She LOVES shapes...this is one of her favorite dresses now (thanks Lucy goosey)

She LOVES her mommy!

and her daddy!! What a daddy's girl!!
and her Lucy goosey!!

Addy LOVES school...thank goodness! We are so blessed to have such sweet people spending most of the day with her. She loves Ms. Yarler (Laura)

Hummm

This weekend Addy and I were playing in her room like we always do and she said "Look mommy, I drew a wheel" Or at least that's what I thought she said. I then asked her to let me see and this is what she showed me...

I said "What is that again??" she said "a WHALE!" I was blown away... I mean she is only 2!!!!!! that's probably better than I could do! haha


Then we continued to play with her new toy the Easter Bunny brought her and she amazed me once again... What a smart girl!!! We are SO proud of her!!

New Neighbors

Spring is here, Spring is here, It's the best time of the year!!! Addison's bird house finally has residents! A couple of birds have started a nest and Addison quickly pointed that out to daddy! Over the last few days we have watched the nest grow and grow. The Birdkins have quite a chirp around 6:30 AM and I'm not sure how great that's going to work out.. ha! I'll keep you updated on the status of this new family to be....

"OHHH, HOW CUTE!!!!" Says Addy!

What a gorgeous Easter weekend we had. Addison was looking just as gorgeous in her Easter dress so we decided to have a little photo shoot...we're way over due anyway! I, of course, love every one of them and couldn't decide which ones to put up, SO I put up all of them! :)

Sunny Days!

This week has been amazing!! The weather has been beautiful and I'm positive that it played a huge factor in the great week. Super dad Jamey put up Addison's new play set ... in about a day Seriously! I attempted to help towards the end of the project, but it always works out better when I'm just there for moral support! :) The whole area looks fantastic...he has done such a great job in our yard. Addison has been SO happy this week too because every day after school she has gotten to swing on her very own swing and slide down her slide and play in her clubhouse! She has told us for weeks that she "can't wait for her playground" and she would say "I'm SO excited!!" Seeing her play on the playground makes me realize even more how fast she is growing up and changing. I was pushing her in the swing one day and she said "mommy, push me high!" Me- "addy I'm pushing you high Addy- "no mommy, that's not high, that's very slow and I'm a big girl!" OK!

That is one blessed little girl, she has the most loving family that she could ever ask for! In the same sense, we are more than blessed to have her!! Here's a look at our past week enjoying the sunny days!

LOVING IT!

Daddy pushing Addison and Tina swinging on the "big swing"

Standing over the fire pit that daddy made....hands in pockets of course!

The week goes by so fast!!

I have so many "drafts" in my blogspot these days! It seems like by the time I get around to finishing it, it's already 2 weeks past due! I wanted to post pictures these but I'm going to keep the blogging short. Enjoy! :)

Halee, Jayden, Lucy and Addy at Jayden's birthday party!

What a sweet girl!

Peace!

Mommy found a good deal on bows!

Green baby on St. Patrick's day

Jayden's party was SO fun! Addy had her 1st gymnastics experience...and her 1st real nose bleed!! Poor thing~ We were doing front rolls on the wedge (which she loved and did really well!) and she got spooked and walk right off the side of the wedge, falling onto the spring floor FACE 1st! She was a real trooper though.. she cried a little but I think it mostly scared her. She made a full recovery and was right back at it!

We had a moment

So, American Idol obviously makes it known to the world that when you have a "moment" it's really good..so this weekend I'm glad to say "we had a moment" :) Here's our story...

The last week was pretty crazy around the Hopkins house. Last Friday Addy had to go to the dr and she was diagnosed with strep throat/scarlet fever. She was fine in a few days, but it was still really scary and I'm sure horrible for her. This Friday rolls around and once again she is holding her mouth, not eating and having a low grade fever, ALL of the signs from last week's episode. Jamey kept her home Friday and I had planned to go to Monroeville after work on Friday so I stayed true to the plan and after I got off and relieved Jamey so he could go to work :( we set off. She slept the whole way and we got there and basically went straight to bed. Saturday her dr. (Dr. Sooooooong as she calls him..haha) called in a different antibiotic and she seems to feel a lot better today. We had a great visit down in LA. Rhiannon and I went and saw Amy and Laney for the first time. Laney is such a doll and I'm super glad I finally got to see those 2! In the mean time, Ashlee, mom and Addison bought everything available in Wal-Mart! That child is so spoiled, BUT I know for sure that the Wal-Mart trip made a lot of people happy that day...so why not? While we were in Monroeville a few different funny things happened that I wanted to share. Addy and I were going to bed Friday night and she had hardly talked all day until this point. She was talking about everything and I just couldn't tell her to stop! She was telling me all about what we were "going to do in the morning!" In a really familiar voice! Then she just looked at me and said "I love you mommy" and gave me a big kiss! wow...MOMENT. The next day Ashlee, Addy and I were in Ashlee's room and for the 1st time, Addy looked at my little curio in the corner and said "BARBIES!!!!" Ashlee and I just looked at each other and we knew we were thinking the same thing. That was the 1st time, out of all of the times she has been in that room, that she has noticed the barbies! ....MOMENT. I feel like she's growing up so fast.. it's so hard to understand what that saying means until you have a child..or maybe a niece or nephew because I think they realize it as well! :)

What a sweet face!! See her "boo-boo's" from the scarlet fever?

Little hippie chick! Peace!!

Sweet, happy, beautiful... the list goes on and on!

The Barbie moment! :)

Addy & Mommy time....

GO TIGERS!!!!!

Granddaddy with his girls!

Addy & sissy
Grammy & Addy

Hello Spring, Is that you?

Well, it might not be spring just yet but we enjoyed the weekend just the same. Sunday was one of the best days I have had in a really long time. We played outside all day!! It was so fun to see Addison play and enjoy the sunshine. She rode on every outside toy that she has and I even caught a ride in the Mustang! I am so anxious to have this beautiful weather on a daily basis.

I forgot to add this one from my previous post!! We bought the best things at Cracker Barrel, rocking chairs! :)

Here we are relaxing on the porch! This is where you will find me every day, once the weather warms up!

enjoying the SUNSHINE!
Addy and sister all ready to go!