We're Back!!

We had a great trip to South Carolina with Jay's mom, Sandy. The last time we were there Addisyn was not even 1. We were able to spend time with both Sandy and Charlie's family. It was about a 13 hr trip total and the kids were great the whole way. We were able to break up the trip by making a pitstop in Nashville at Sarah & Doug's. Addisyn loved every minute of the trip. She was so glad to be with Grandma Sandy and go to South Carolina. None of my grandparents are alive and so it was great for her to spend time with Jay's. They are all so great. We stayed with Sandy's parents and had a blast. Addisyn got to do and eat whatever she wanted; so did I. I hope Grandma Frances was able to find all of her shoes Addi hid. Addisyn had so much fun on the trip playing games with her cousins, chasing and bossing Grandma Frances' cats, feeding the donkeys and goats, and putting on shows for everyone. She is just like Jay. We had a great dinner on Saturday with Sandy's siblings and their families, and a great one with Charlie's family on Sunday. All in all it was a wonderful trip, and we all had a great time. Thank you Sandy for letting us come with you. We love you!!!

South Carolina Trip

Going on vacation

Today the kids and I leave for South Carolina with Jay's mom, Sandy. We will be gone for a week visiting Jay's grandparents and extended family in Charleston. I am so excited for this trip. I am also glad Sandy is willing to brave a 10 hour car ride with 2 kids. I know we'll have a blast. So there won't be any new posts for a week. I plan on taking tons of pictures so check back next week. Adios!

Jay the Hero

We had a very scary incident yesterday that has gotten Jay & I counting our blessings. Jay was outside cleaning the pool and Addisyn came out to go swing. Jay told her it was alright and to go wait for him by the swing. Addisyn either forgot we had a pool or was watching Jay and not paying attention because she fell right in. Jay said all he heard was a splash, looked up, and saw Addi treading water. Jay jumped in and got her out just fine. It was 35 degrees here yesterday and Jay said he's amazed there wasn't thin pieces of ice in the pool. I was in the shower during all this, but my mom and 2 sisters were still here. All they saw happen was Jay flying through the air and into the pool. They ran out, got Addi from Jay, and immediately ran inside and put her in a tub of warm water. Jay met me getting out of the shower and tells me what happened. I ran to Addisyn and she was crying hysterically. It scared her to death. While I was hugging and comforting her she said, " Mom I drowned and daddy saved me." I didn't realize at this exact moment how serious it really was until Jay got out of his hot shower and he started crying while hugging Addi. Addisyn told me she doesn't know how she fell in, she just knows she was swimming in her shoes until daddy rescued her. I didn't get anything accomplished the rest of the day I was so distraught and I didn't even witness the ordeal, maybe that was a blessing. Addisyn has no fear of anything and I think she now has a better respect of the pool. She told me she's not scared of it but she wants to learn how to swim. I'm so glad I worked with her this past year on swimming because I think that helped her know what to do when she fell in. Jay and I have security locks on all of our doors so that Addisyn can't reach them and open the doors to go outside, but we are going to take extra measures to keep her and Bradley safer. We are going to have a company come and install a fence right around the pool so that even when they are outside playing they can't accidentally fall in. We love our daddy, our hero!!!

Happy Birthday Aunt Janna

This weekend my family all came in to town to celebrate my sister Janna's 21st birthday. It was tons of fun. Janna has become a big Elvis fan so we took her to see Graceland on Saturday. It was a really cool place. Addisyn couldn't believe that Elvis was dead, she was so disappointed to find that out. For dinner we ate at the awesome seafood restaurant called The Halfshell. The Alaskan crab legs were awesome and so was the rest of the food there. Then we came back to our house for cake, ice cream, and presents. My mom does this really cool thing on our 21st birthday's. She gives us 21 gifts - one for each year we are and tells us something about that year that we did, liked, or accomplished. It's really cool to hear about our life and what we were doing. It was great reminiscing and learning about Janna.

Last week we had the mission president and his wife over for dinner. Pres. and Sister Bachelor are really awesome. The last time we had them over Addisyn was about Bradley's age, time sure goes fast. Addisyn loved having them over and wants to go back home with them.

Haircuts - the before shots

This weekend I had my mom cut Addisyn and Bradley's hair. Hopefully you can tell from Bradley's picture how desperately he needed it. He has very little hair except for the "wings" above his ears on both sides. For some reason his hair grew exceptionally long there while the rest fell out. He looks so handsome now, and I just had Addisyn's hair trimmed up a little bit. Jay was a nervous wreck the whole time. He remained in the bedroom while the haircuts took place. The last time I had Addi's hair trimmed he almost cried.

He is so handsome!!

I had Bradley's picture made yesterday, and he absolutely loved every minute of it. He was so cute. The photographer was amazed at how well he did for a baby. He talked, played, and basically "hammed" it up, which is not a surprise since his dad is Jay Stubbs. He even rolled over from his back to stomach for the first time there too. He is 4 months old here.