(<3 se) can't decide if i had a breakdown or a breakthrough today.

i'm putting this here so i write about today later.

big news! :)

friday night dave and i had a hot date.  i guess it wasnt really that hot, just kid free.  we went and had dinner and then went to target alone!  with no screaming child!  :)  it was nice.  after that we decided to head up to our friends - Frank & Jessie's.  Shortly after we got there, Jess went to the bathroom and came out with a horrified look on her face.  She asked me to come to the other room where she handed me a pregnancy test!  there was a dark line and one other line that was very faint.  "IS that a LINE?"  I thought it was and she didnt have any more tests so off to the store we went.  I decided that I'd buy a box of tests too, just so we could compare lines because I knew I wasnt pregnant. 

We got back to her house (we almost took them at walmart and decided to go home instead) and we headed to the bathroom with our digital tests and plastic cups in tow.  she peed in her cup and got her test started while i peed in my cup and then i got my test started.  we're standing there in the bathroom, both watching the hour glass tick on our tests when all of a sudden... mine gave its result.  "PREGNANT."  I looked at Jess and said "OH MY GOD!"  to which she replied "Oh my god?"  and then i said again, "OH MY GOD!"  and then she looked at my test and screamed "OH MY GOD!!!"  we both started jumping up and down, laughing and squealing and hugging!  a few seconds after we calmed for a minute, we looked at hers and it said "NOT PREGNANT."  while i was sort of bummed that we wouldnt be pregnant together, we still did another rounds of OMG, jumping, laughing, squealing and hugging!  after we calmed down, we went out to tell the guys.  they both were ecstatic with the results!  :) 

i'm very excited!  i'm calling tomorrow to get an appointment with the OB.  if i have calculated everything right, my due date should be sometime in July of 2010. 

the exhaustion i had with addison hasnt kicked in yet, but i'm sure it will come.  for now, i'm off to bed! :)

today

today i found this in my shoe:

my sister

my sister stayed over night last night. she had clinicals today at the hospital, had to be there at 630AM! insane! i'm so glad she stayed here rather than drive from CR, pay for parking and have to wait around for the bus. having her here is much, much better.

i was thinking this morning about how she's grown and changed from "my little sister" to "my little but adult sister." i love that i have a good enough memory to remember when she gave herself that first haircut, the time that we caught her kissing a boy behind the couch, and the time that she stuck that carrot up her nose. now those, of course, are really memorable things, but what i like about memorable things is that i even remember how i felt then. i remember being so upset when she cut her hair, being a little scared catching her kissing that boy behind the couch and i remember thinking it was pretty funny when she stuck that carrot up her nose.

we've made a lot of memories, my sister and i. i am so so so glad that she is a positive part of my life, that i can be completely myself around her and not have to worry that she will be a fast fading friend. anyway i guess what i'm trying to spit out is that i love having my sister so much and i sometimes feel that i dont let her know how much i appreciate her. so i guess this is me saying - callie - i love you and appreciate you SO much! and i should also say thank you to my parents, who gave me a really, really great gift on june 8th, 1990.

we're alive!

goodbye summer, hello fall. seems like i forgot about the blog all summer and sure enough when it gets cold again, i remember. :) its probably not a matter of remembering, but a matter of having more time when its cold? who knows.

our summer was pretty good. not too exciting but exciting enough. in june we just had addy & mommy adventures - which i sometimes do miss. we went out to des moines this month for BFF Logan's birthday party. she had a really good time being his passenger in his power wheels. i'll never forget that big smile on her face! someday its possible that they'll go through the stage of hating their childhood memories together, and then maybe someday they'll reminice about them and OMG what if they fell in love?!

july brought us the 4th of july, which we spent at my parents house. we played dress up, she had a few truck rides. we didnt go to the parade or watch fireworks... shh, she's not old enough to beg to go yet! :) later on in july she peed in the big girl potty for the first time. i also started my own in home daycare this month. Emma joined us for our adventures!

august came and went. we went out to des moines to the state fair, we went to the amana colonies, and of course, Jeffrey's birthday! i cannot believe that he is 1 already. it seems like babies grow too fast for me! it seems like just yesterday he was a little guy... now he seems so grown up!

september. ah september! the month of various seasons! we dug out the coats this month, which in turn had addison asking for her hat. she didnt really need her stocking cap already but she insisted. which to be honest - i'm okay with this! i love the fact that she wants to wear something, and its even better when its something that will become a necessity as it gets colder out. we had labor day, a geocaching event and lots of playtime outside this month. Emma and Addison have a lot of fun together in our backyard! i'm so glad that i have it to share with her! we hid our first geocache this month which was an experience for us! you learn that not all people are as kind as you think they are, that your opinion is obviously not the same as others, and that sometimes you just have to take things with a grain of salt and move on!

and now onto october! its definitely fall outside and we've already had our "first" snow. it didnt stick of course but it was still snowing! Addy wasnt quite aware of what it was but the cats were very interested and couldnt stop looking out the windows! Addison, Emma and I have been on a few adventures so far this month. Early in the month we went to the mall on a rainy day and utilized their play equipment! both of the girls had a lot of fun. we also stopped at the childrens museum that day and got to see some fish and a turtle. Addy insisted that they were frogs! she kept yelling "ReREre!" at them - which is her little voice saying "RIBBIT!" it was pretty cute. Our weekends have been spent geocaching this month. it seems like perfect weather for it because its not too hot. we've been at a lot of parks with play equipment and i've been finding it a little hard to let go and let addy climb the big toys and go down the BIG slides! it amazes me what she is doing now versus a year ago. we've hidden 3 more caches this month, taking things not so personally is hard, but we havent had too many issues! lastly so far for this month: the pumpkin patch today! the first thing that happened after we got out of the van was Emma falling down in the mud! she was so excited that she tripped over her own feet. :( she was still excited after she fell though - she fell in MUD! fun! :)

and some cute sayings from Addison:
Mommy: Are you okay Addy!? Addison: I'M FINE!
Mommy: Say love you, pop-pop, bye bye! Addison: Lub you poppa buh bye!
Mommy: Who is that? (pointing to grandma) Addison: GR!
Mommy: Trick or Treat! Addison: Tick Teat!! (LOL)
And lastly... Addison: BUH BYE! BUH BYE!

october:

september:

august:


july:


june:

corn on the cob

i'm a little behind. seems like we've been going somewhere everyday! i love the company but miss being at home. :) the last two days we were able to see family from out of town. i love seeing them! carol is quite hilarious. :)

rabbits attacked my garden. i finally took major action when they ate off my beautiful spinach. i've updated the garden to having a fence all the way around, including the strawberry bed. i also obtained a bobble head owl from a friend and he's watching over intently. i also bought some spray, but so far its rained or been extremely windy since i got it so i havent done that yet. so far so good though, the ornery little thing will just sit outside our fence now, on his back feet, rubbing his hands together. i'm sure he's drooling too. jerk!

and now for what everyone looks forward to... pictures!

addy's first corn on the cob!

first 4 wheeler ride with pop pop

the owl!

the garden (again), story time & adventures with Myles, Frankie & Jeffrey!

we had a really great day today! got up early enough to check things out in the garden - its become my new obsession. after that we headed to our weekly story time with Melanie & Andrew. from there we headed up to CR to have a play date with our friends & cousins - Myles, Frankie & Jeffrey! addy out ate them all - eating two hot dogs! thats definitely my girl! :) unfortunately i forgot to take pictures this time of our play date, so you're left with pix from the garden and story time today.

and thanks to steph who helped me identify some things that were growing in the garden! i felt a lot more comfortable weeding when i knew what were weeds! :)

story time! shakin' her sillies out!

this shed will be the bane of my existence.

my birdy house!

onions

spinach

carrots

romaine lettuce

cilantro!

cucumbers i think!

or is it zuchinni?

my favorite.

oregano

new: green peppers

potatoes

tomatoes