I think she feed her about half the sandwich that I made her. At least it didn't go to waste.
How can you argue with a girl who has this cute of face. I was going to tell her, "No, we can't feed the dog this type of food." but when she looked at me like this I was done. I thought her smile was so cute, I almost asked her if she wanted me to head straight into the kitchen and make her another grilled cheese sandwich so she could feed it to Riley.
After I asked her, "What she was doing?" She crawled away like I was nobody and started playing with the envelope on the other side of the living room. I guess she thought it would be OK to crawl to the other side and play with it over there.
I did take it away so she wouldn't tear it apart but when I left to go put it back in the TV stand she was already on the move headed towards the kitchen to take everything out of our pantry
When I was sitting on the couch Emmerson brought this book over to me to read to her and Addyson. I'm not sure why but Addy isn't into us reading to her that much we keep trying but by page 3 she is grabbing the book and throwing it onto the ground. In this picture I think she's grabbing onto Emmerson saying, "YOU BROUGHT MY DAD A BOOK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME."
Jeff brought out the kiddie pool for the kids to sit in and play. I have to say this pool is like the mac-daddy of all pools. It has this little slide and when you hook up the water hose to it, the giraffe spits water out of it's nose. Can't get any better than that!!
I'm also not exactly sure why but Addyson starts to bawl any time a man try's to hold her, in fact is some cases all the guy has to do is look at her and she will start to cry. She is ok with Grandpa Jim and myself but for any other guy she is a wreck!! Don't get me wrong I think this will be a great defensive tactic when she gets older (I actually hope she continues to do this until she is 30 years old) but sometimes its a little to much. With that said when Jeff went to her I started to laugh because I thought to myself, "He's in for a big surprise." but it must of been his magical touch or something because she didn't even think about crying. He picked her up, held onto her and even helped her down the slide, it was pretty impressive.
We want to say a big THANKS to the Dubois's for having us over and for a great dinner. The BBQ shrimp appetizer where to die for.
Here is Kristi and Addy coming down the big slide. I some how cut my lip on a piece of paper but don't worry I was able to gather up enough strength to take a picture although with all the blood running out of my body, my trigger finger was a little slow. I have recovered from the incident but for a moment I thought I was going to die.
They also had a dog jumping contest. I was hoping to get a chocolate lab so I could lie to you all and say that I taught Riley a new trick but during the short time that we were there I didn't see one that looked like her. It was pretty interesting. I believe this height was at 5 feet 2 inches. I have no clue if that is any good or not but it looked pretty impressive to me.
CAUTION!!! I don't want to gross out anybody so if you just got done eating your lunch you might not want to look below. The funniest part of the whole day is when we got back to our cars. Kristi smelled Addyson because something didn't smell right. Right when Kristi did that Lori said, "I think it's my kid." Kristi turned and said, "I think it's mine as well." While Kristi was getting out the diapers she thought the aroma was still a little strong that's when I noticed Addyson left mom a nice little treat for her on her shirt. All I can say is as soon as we got home I never seen Kristi run for the shower as fast as I did ever before. We then gave Addyson a bath and everything was AOK. I'm just GLAD that I wasn't holding her.
Here she is after falling asleep.
I do have to say, "Thank God for Baby Orajel."
I also have to say I love this machine. It plays music. makes bubbles, and the fish swims back n forth. With out this machine I don't think she would of gotten asleep. I also love that it comes with a remote so you can shut it off with out even going in her room and reaching over her. Nice job Fisher Price.
I'm not sure why but Addy LOVES to wave. It seems like every time I pick her up she starts to wave. She'll wave at the window, the TV, Riley, really anything. The only thing is when you want her to do it she won't. (You guys know how that goes.)
"Addyson, I think we turn right up here down Water Lane. I mean we just passed Pizza Dr. and Cereal St. It has to be up here because if we hit Vegetable Avenue we went to far." "Andrew, For the last time if you can't find Chip Place I will take over. Don't forget I do have a steering wheel on my side as well." "Hey there it is right next to Milk Circle." "Good Job, now get out and get my door."
On one of our walks we decided to head up the mountain to see some of the beautiful homes and cabins and when I say "HEAD UP THE MOUNTAIN" I mean "STRAIGHT UP THE MOUNTAIN." you can't really tell in this picture but it was a good hike. I'm just happy I didn't agree with Kristi when she suggested just carrying the kids in the back packs because if I did I think I would still be up trying to regain consciousness.
I have to say one of the high lights of the weekend for me was when Lori cooked us breakfast. She made these awesome sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits with hashbrowns. It can't get any better than that. (It's really too bad that you accidently forgot your sausage patties up at the condo because we didn't. Now they are in our freezer for us to enjoy. If you want we will trade them back to you for your bubble machine.)
We just want to say thanks to Matt, Lori, and Andrew for a great weekend. We had a lot of fun and hope we can do it again real soon.
Here is the mural that the moose walks by in the opening of the show. It is the last shot in the opening sequence. After a little research, this is what I found out. The mooses name was Morty. The scenes of Morty walking leisurely about the town were accomplished by fencing in the whole town of Roslyn and letting Morty walk freely through the streets occasionally luring him around with bananas and willow leaves. He was provided by Washington State University, he was an orphan from Alaska, and reportedly received $5,000.00 for that day of work. Morty did have a girl friend named Minnie. In 1994, Morty died at the age of 6 of an illness linked to cobalt and mineral deficiencies. He had at least two off spring, their names are Melody and Matilda.
I have to admit that I didn't watch the show a whole lot but here is the Roslyn Cafe except it was called ROSLYN'S in the show. Matt told me that they taped an 'S on the signs and painted a 'S on the mural changing the name of the restaurant. I am please to tell you that we did eat here and the food was awesome.
Here is the station that Chris Stevens the ex-felon worked at. After a little more research I found out that the production team made the walls on the inside and outside removeable in order to place cameras, lights, and other filming equipment around this set. I guess there is also a bright orange neon "KBHR" sign that was hanging in the window during the show but it not there now.
Here is another angle of the radio station. I guess to black out the reflections in the plate glass windows during filming, large black curtains were placed toward the streets in front of the sets being shot. Cameras and lights were placed in between.
Here is a picture of the radio station I found on the Internet.
I guess Addyson was a little un-easy with Matt's driving ability and skills but don't worry Andrew was there to comfort her by holding her hand and letting her know that everything was going to be AOK!! How cute is this!! As soon as we saw this we had to get a picture of it.
Here we are headed off to the parade. We had to park a little ways away but it wasn't to bad. If you look closely you can see Addyson waving hello/good-bye to me.
Here we are watching the parade as a family. We didn't stay for the whole parade but enough to get our fix.
You wouldn't think that a little girl like Addyson would ever get heavy. I mean she weighs less than 20 pounds...... but after a while you feel your back start to hurt, then your neck, then all of a sudden I find myself looking around for Kristi so I can hand her off before I fall to the ground crying for my mother in pain. Thankfully on this trip Kristi and I took turns holding her while watching the parade although it was only a matter of time until Addy was enjoying the parade from her comfortable stroller.
YA.....My peps drive a Datsun pick-up with flames on the hood. If you look closely you can see a cigarette in her hand and as you can imagine she was just as beautiful as their paint job. I wish we could of gotten a picture of the guy because he looked like a man that had lived a long, tiring, life......I LOVE IT!!
Addyson and Andrew did a GREAT job playing together. They both played very nice with each other and both came home with NO cuts and bruises. I'm not exactly sure why but they loved playing inside Riley's dog kennel. In fact they loved it so much we decide to just place a basket of toys in there with them but as you can see they really didn't need them.
With Riley being such a big dog and a licking machine we decided to put up a child's gate so the kids could play. Of course every ounce in a while Addy and Andrew had to check in to make sure Riley was still there. Here is Andrew running back all excited after giving Riley a treat.
Kristi's mom has this small wagon up in there living room that is usually filled with these little stuffed moose. I'm not sure how it this came about but Andrew and Addy decided that the wagon shouldn't be used for just the decorative moose it should be used for a toy. Here Andrew is giving Addyson a push in their new toy.
The weather was a little chilly up at the pass but we were able to get in a couple of walks why we were there. Here is a picture of the whole gang as we headed out for one of our adventures. As you can see Riley is wondering why we need to stop an take a stupid picture. She's ready to go!!
We would like to say CONGRATULATIONS to Ryan, Ryean Marie, an Kai on the new addition to their family, Mayli Emma Tuomisto. Here are a couple pictures of the beautiful little girl when Kristi went to the hospital to see this bundle of joy for the first time.
As you can see she is as adorable as they come. She was born on July 2nd. She weighed 5lbs 14 1/2 oz. (1 1/2 0z less than Addyson) She measured in at either 19 or 19 1/2 inches long.
Mom, Dad, and big brother Kai are doing great. Kristi , Addyson and I are very excited for their whole family. I can't wait to be able to meet her. I was sick the day Kristi and Addy went to visit her so I thought it wouldn't be a good idea for me not to go to the hospital at this time.
Look at these little feet. AMAZING!! On the other hand I think their about the same size as Kristit's
With Mayli being born we now have another child to add to the gang. Here is Andrew, Addy, and Kai playing in the hospital room. On Addyson behalf I think I can say she is excited to have another girl to play with.
