Addy seems to be recovered from her illness and felt good enough to sport a brand new outfit from Grammie in Texas. Their 12 hour visit (sigh) was wonderful but we are looking forward to them coming and staying for at least 2 weeks (or a month!).

Our little AddyBatty is back!! And boy did we miss her... She is just so full of joy and smiles that it almost killed us to see her without either for a week. Rotavirus is no joke as we have learned. St George has a wonderful Pediatric unit that really got her back to herself with fluids and tests and such. Her little arms and feet are bruised where they had to take blood samples and where Kanab doctors kept trying to get an IV in. Addy was amazingly tough throughout the whole ordeal and we are so proud of her.

Just a walking update. HURRY Grammy & Grampa! She's just about got it down!

Wonderful Mother's Day

I spent the day with my two favorite people! It started by opening cards from Addyson and one from Daron. Then we had a really good breakfast on the way to Zion National Park. We took the shuttle to the trail head (which happened to be the very last stop and a 35 minute ride) Addy started to get a bit impatient but held it together! Then we let her walk around a little before we put her in the back pack. She liked the back pack since she sits so high! She likes to look down on everyone. ha. I carried her because I wanted to burn the extra calories. Daron said that everyone would call him a lazy Dad but sucked it up for me! We did meet a couple from St. George that asked why I was carrying Addy and I gave them the whole calorie/exercise story. We met that couple because they alerted us that a squirrel had crawled in our backpack while we were sitting down by the water! The squirrels at the park are very tame and a bit chubby. Daron and I were laughing that they probably have squirrel meeting about the risks of heart disease and how "billy bob" the squirrel met an untimely death due to eating junk food from the tourist. I wonder if I should start a group for them? Ha. Daron and I ended the day by having a cool very overpriced beer in Springdale and some horribly over priced and not very good Mexican food. Luckily, the company was fabulous and Addy was exhausted and slept through the whole meal. We got a great photo of her! We are looking forward to Grandma and Grandpa Texas coming in a little over a week! Yippeee!

Addy blowing a kiss





First ride in "big girl" car seat



Addy and the chickens

This almost brings a tear to my eye as it shows me a moment in time that I know will not last very long. Addy loves loves loves to hold our hand and just walk. Through the back yard, down the street, down stairs, through the house...It doesn't matter as long as she has a good grip on a finger or two. She is so precious!
 

The Chickens have landed! I repeat, The Chickens have landed!!
Quite the eventful Saturday as we went and caught some wild chickens for our "Save a chicken" project. The whole family including Mommy, Addy, Zeena, Bendy, and the Goldfish turned out to welcome our new buddies. Zeena seems to be the most disturbed by their presence, but hopefully she'll warm up to them at some point.