Summer Hat

I found this pattern yesterday while on the internet.  I thought it was pretty much adorable and thought I would give it a try.  First of all, it says to get 1/8 of a yard of fabric.  It was enough to do the lining, but you had to get more to make the ribbon.  It was not enough for the outside.  I was like 8 inches short, so instead of going back to Joanns for the third time I had to get a tad bit creative.  This made the whole process take a little longer.  If any one makes this hat I highly suggest you buy a little bit more fabric.  This is the result

Oh I love it!  It does look a little funny when Addi is wearing it though.  It said it would fit up to 2T but it looks a bit small. 

It is also reversible!

I made this hat because Cotton Days is coming up and we will be at the parade and the park, in the sun all day.  Hopefully she wears it.  I have a sad feeling that instead of on her head it will be in her hands most of the time.

In other news, Addi is crawling!  During our little photo shoot she decided she wanted the video camera and crawled right over to it.  She is still a little clumsy but it is so fun to watch.  She will be 9 months old in two days and I still can not believe how big she is getting.

Zions

This week was National Park Week which equals free admission to the National Park’s.  When we started out the day did not look promising.  It was windy and looked like rain; but once we got there it was amazing.  When we did make it Addison was still asleep.  We decided to continue the drive and let her keep sleeping,we drove to through the tunnel (which I am sure that has a name but do not know it). I used to be fearless, well maybe not fearless but…. On the way up to the tunnel I could not stand looking over the edge.  Once we got into the tunnel I felt like I could not breathe.  It was a tad bit ridiculous and I was annoyed.  Apparently my list of things I am afraid of now include tunnels and heights.  When we got back to the park we snagged a sweet parking spot and unloaded.  Addison had an little sunhat but after the 10th time of picking it up (the socks were often thrown out of the stroller too) I gave up.  She did look cute the 7 minutes she had it on.

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For some unknown reason the area near the visitor center was covered in caterpillars.  It was gross. On some benches you could not see that actual bench surface, it just looked like a mass of wiggling black things.  This little guy was apparently not invited to the party.  This little girl was trying to feed it a leaf by telling it how yummy it was.  She was cute!

We road the bus up to the top of the canyon.  Addi kept us and the people around us thoroughly entertained. 

We were short on time so we were only able to do a small trail.  We walked along the river to were the Narrows trail begins.  We were able to see some great scenery.

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Addi was great the entire trip.  She was happy and never cried.  We were lucky!

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Addi has this new annoying habit where she attacks peoples faces, especially glasses.  We need to stop this habit before I loose an earlobe (apparently earrings are also exciting to pull on).

After all the fun Addison was completely tuckered out.

Easter

Easter was fun this year.  We dyed eggs on Friday.  I always buy the snazzy egg dying kits and they never work out.  You think that I would learn. 

This is what they were supposed to look like:

After a whole lot of work and glue everywhere we ended up with this one semi, shiny egg.

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Addi loved pulling all the eggs out of her Easter basket.  Thanks to all the Grandparents that filled her basket!

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We had to head up to Salt Lake right after church.  We spent the afternoon at temple square.  It was a little rainy and cold but it was fun.  I have not been to the visitor center for awhile so it was nice to see the new exhibits. 

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We were able to go to the roof of the conference center.  It was pretty cool.  The second we were done it started raining.  Perfect timing to end the tour but then we had to get to our car which was all the way at Gateway.  I placed Will’s jacket over Addi so the wind and rain would not blow in her face.  She did not enjoy this at all and lifted up the jacket the entire way to the car.

The Enemy is Mobile

My dearest child can now sit herself up.  Any moment she is going to start crawling.  I have an excessive amount of homework to do this weekend.  I set her on the floor with toys scattered around.  I sat my self on the floor and set up a homework station.  Little homework was done.  I spent the entire day stopping her from tearing down the entertainment center, getting stuck behind the couch, attacking my books and laptop and ripping out the cords to the surround sound.  We must do seriously do something to this house.  It is 0% baby friendly.  Now that she can get her self in the seated position she can pull herself up to stand.  This is generally what I find when I attempt to put her down for a nap.  Apparently she has not learned how to sit back down again.

Finally Done!

I have been working on this woven rug since November.  It was supposed to be my Mom’s Christmas present.  She finally got it yesterday.  Yep, I am super slow.

To make this rug you get bags and bags of t-shirts and proceed to cut them into one inch strips and weave them together.  This was my weaving corner (I feel like a hoarder when I look at this picture).

Addi is probably sad to see the rug leave.  She loved to play with all the strips of material.

So I was reading someone's blog awhile ago, or maybe it was an article, not really sure; anyways it was talking about how people represent them self different on their blog then they are in real life.  They only show the happy, fun, perfect things that go on. Only great pictures with everyone smiling, only happy thoughts.  They said that this is a major flaw in blogs.  People say they use them as a journal for their family.  But what family is full of smiling and giggles. Anyways, I have decided to start being more real on my blog.  Showing the good the bad and the ugly of my family.  So in an attempt to do this here is my hair when I fall asleep with it wet.  This is not really a grand attempt at trying to be more real but hey it’s a start. 

Spring is Here

I love spring.  The sun is shining, warm enough to lay outside with a book and get a tan but not hot enough to get completely drenched with sweat the minute you step outside.  I also love spring because Addison gets to wear the cutest outfits.  Lots of shorts and skirts.  My Mom’s gave Addi this adorable spring dress and I love it!

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A Trip to Monticello

Last weekend my Aunt was headed to Monticello.  Me and Addison decided to tag along.  It was cold freezing there.  I had packed the stroller in hopes that we could go walking with my mom; if we had attempted it I am certain we would have blown away.  My parents recently got a new puppy.  Tess is a mix of a rat terrier and a jack Russell (I think).  Addison was super excited when she saw her.  Amazingly Tess was really good with Addi.  Addi would pull on her ears and tug on her legs put Tess did not mind at all.  I am glad they got along so well together. It was a tad tricky making sure that they were not chewing each others toys!

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Lately I have started reading again.  In the past I had not had much time (really I still don’t have too much time; I just procrastinate homework!).  The two latest books that I have loved are Chains  and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society.  Both of these books are historical fiction.  I have decided this is the genre that I like the most.  I spent quite some time snuggled up with Tess reading and reading.  I wanted to take Tess home with me.  She is so snuggly and little.

While I was reading Addison was constantly entertaining everyone around.  She is so goofy and such a personality. 

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I love going home.  I love my family, the food, the laughing and just not having to worry about a thing.  I wish they lived closer.  Next door would be spectacular! 

A bit about the Addison: she can now pull herself up to her knees using the coffee table, she rolls around like a crazy girl, she can scoot around when she wants, she can lift her whole body off the ground but no crawling yet!  (also no teeth, which slightly saddens me, baby teeth are so cute)