Addy LOVES the pool. Looking pool ready in her fabulous hat she patiently awaits her pool debut! Her first visit was with her Mimi and Father. Then I got to go with Addy and Mimi. It was so cool.























Addy LOVES LOVES LOVES her Aunt Lisa. She immediately took to her (which if any of you know Lisa it is no surprise) and would watch her and grin constantly. Lisa checked her email with Addy and she was thrilled just to be sitting next to her. Look at how her little feet are crossed. What a doll!




























Addy is quite smitten with her Grandpa. In fact, he has been doing pilates with her for the past few weeks. Mimi took some great photos of their training session which deserves a section all its own. So stay tuned for the pilates update.
























Last Saturday we attended Tibetan Chandts and Meditations for Healing with monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery. Following the September 11th tragedy the monks began offering these special healing ceremonies wherever they went on thier Mystical Arts of Tibet Tour. For an extra special touch the animals were invited to come and they performed a special prayer for them.






















Lisa and I had a chance to go to Zion and hike Angels Landing. After an hour and a half of hiking up, up and up we came to the last half mile. The last half mile was a narrow spine with a chain in the middle to hold onto. We were already about 1000 feet up and the last half mile would have taken us up to 1500 feet with no, absolutely no safety railings. Just a sheer drop off. There were tons of tourist doing this, many with out proper shoes and with no or little water. Amazingly enough only 5 people have fallen to their death in the past 10 years. Some man even took his 5 year old girl up there. There were California Condors hanging out on top of the highest point (they look kind of like turkey vultures) and we joked they were waiting for the carnage. Wondering if they were going to have Chinese, American or French cuisine tonight. Lisa and I decided we had too much to live for and turned around! We got a great 3 hour hike without the risk of falling to our death and ruining Lisa's vacation.























Daron, Lisa and I went to Casino night hosted by Best Friends. It was actually pretty cool since they rented authentic tables. Not to toot my own horn but I did pretty well in Texas Hold'em. The pilot for Best Friends, Juliette, is good friends with Lisa and she was a dealer on Casino night. She also came over for dinner one evening and we took a few photos!






















Just Darn Cute photos of Addyson Andrews!

Last weekend we took Addyson to some friends of our's birthday party for their 2 year old little girl, Gabriella. It was a beautiful day at Kanab's City Park which looks like a kid's PARADISE! I can't wait 'til Addy is a little older so we can play in the really cool pool (it is like a water park!) and run around on the grass outside the pool. Addy was an angel the whole time never screaming or crying, just taking in all the action and talking to another little girl about her age(named Meadow I think) about it all... This kid is definitely a keeper!

Bonafide sharpshooter and registered gun toter (Grandpa Nagle) and I went out Sunday morning to tear up some plastic bottles with my grandpa's old 22 rifle. It is the first gun I ever shot and my dad (Grandpa Andrews) came out and fixed it up on his last visit. It's still "true" after 100 years...

We've finally "arrived" in Kanab! Jen is now even more famous as seen here in our local paper, The Southern Utah News! As well, this is Addyson's first mention in any newspaper, but probably not her last. Have a read and you'll be as proud of Jennifer as I am.

Mom, Daron, Addy and I went to the Fourth of July Parade in downtown Kanab. Dad stayed home to eat breakfast and said he would meet us at the parade. Since Dad wasn't there Mom pretended to put her arm around him. We figured he would miss the whole parade but as you can see he made it!





















Mom and I went to St. George to buy clothes, baby stuff and house stuff. We bought Addy all sorts of cool toys and as you can see she looked at us as though she was far too sophisticated for twinkly, buzzing, singing, fluttering toys (or maybe she is wondering how she could be the offspring of two goofy, silly, crazy people)

Mary and Brian (Mom and Dad) made it safely to Kanab! I returned to work last week and it was fun. I am glad I am only working 3 days at the Sanctuary though because I miss Addy! It is great to be back among the animals though! Mom and Dad watched Addy and took her on many many walks. My Dad has her on a strength training program that includes tummy time. Dad is also cleaning up our yard front, back and sides. It is wonderful to get the weeds cut down and hopefully our lawn will turn green instead of brown. Mom played in a golf tournament with Daron and Jon on Saturday. She also took Zumba class two Sundays in a row. Addy and I joined her one Sunday but I was too tired to take the class this past Sunday and stuck with the elliptical machine. Zumba is a Latin dance type workout class and it is hard! Dad and Daron went to the shooting range and tried out his grandfathers 22. Apparently, my Dad is quite the marksman! We walked up to a mexican restaurant for dinner one evening and we thought Daron looked like a rock star in his sunglasses.

Not a lot to add to this post, I just love these pictures of happy Addyson taken by professional photographer and golfer, Jon Dunn. Her eyes are amazing!! Oh, and BTW, I changed the settings so that any of our friends or family viewing the blog can post comments without having to sign up for the whole Blogger account and everything. I think it's a little quicker than emailing. We'll see how that goes...
 
 
 

First Fathers Day Celebration!

Daron, Addy and I celebrated Darons first fathers day as a father on Sunday. We walked to a local restaurant for breakfast and Addy sat with us in her baby jogger and was a complete angle. It is rare when both parents can eat at the same time! After breakfast Daron hit the golf course for the afternoon and then came home and grilled some steaks, boiled artichoke hearts, grilled corn on the cob and baked potatoes. I know it stinks that he had to cook his own fathers day meal but initially he held Addy and walked me through cleaning and lighting the grill, cleaning the potatoes and preparing the meal in general! Addy wore her Daddy Loves Me shirt in honor of fathers day and was exhausted after her morning out.

Help! ...getting weaker...can't...hold on much longer...The cuteness is just too strong... Must kiss cheek.......

So with Father's Day quickly approaching I just had to post one pic of my baby girl in one of my favorite poses. This is when she is interacting. It is the cutest thing in the world as I'm sure all you parents know. She likes to try to copy noises and facial expressions that we make. If she would, I would sit there doing this for hours! Eventually she loses interest though... Her smile is angelic, and it instantly puts EVERYTHING into perspective. Oh, boy, the deep end is quickly approaching for this unwitting father... I don't care though, she is my pride and joy already! So to all you pops out there join me in having an epic day Sunday whether it's your first one or your 50th! Dads rule!!
Daron

Every time I see a picture of my sister I start humming "Bad Boys Bad Boys Watcha Gonna Do Watcha Gonna Do When Lisa Comes for You?" I must say that since she has joined the force she has had some interesting stories for me! Car chases, Foot chases, Drug busts, Crazy Crazy Crazy people and much more. Addy, Daron and I cannot wait til Aunt Lisa can come and visit us here in Kanab. When Addy gets older Daron wants Aunt Lisa to show her some self defense moves. We don't want her getting picked on in the playground (like her poor mama did!)

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed the previous blog about breasts. It is funny and you should read it if you missed it! Addy loves it when Daron carries her around so she can see whats happening. I had to take a photo of her because she just looked so grown up - just casually kicking back taking in the scene with Dad. The other two shots are of her room. One is her current collection of outfits and the other is our favorite recliner that is really really torn up. I got the old sewing machine out and created a cover for it. Although it is not a professional job by any means I was pretty impressed with my skills!

Breasts - The Real Story

I think that God had two reasons in mind when he created the breast. One was to obviously feed the offspring and the other was to distract women who are pregnant. See when you are pregnant your chest gets larger. I was surprised that just four weeks into my pregnancy my chest was already in full growing gear. Why so soon I thought? Well, looking back I now realize it is a way to divert a women’s attention away from her ever expanding waistline. There are few things that could do this particularly since most women are obsessed (me included) with keeping there middle at a reasonable or smaller than reasonable size.

All women do it when they find out they are pregnant – take one last look in the mirror at their “before” self. This is where the ingeniousness comes in. Women strip down and stand in front of the mirror. They look at their face and their eye slowly works its way down the body however they always end up stopping at their breast and go “Wow, hey” and then they lean forward to enhance their cleavage. “Hmmm” they say and then they turn side ways pushing their shoulders back and sucking in their still present waistline. Next thing you know they are yelling “Hey honey, come look at this” and they visually never make it any lower than their chest. In fact, I recall putting on my sports bra before a work out and TA DOW my sports bra took on a whole different appearance and yes, I had to do it. I grabbed a pencil, stood it straight up (wink, wink) and ran through the house yelling “Honey, look what I can do!” I even bumped my “5 month” belly as I tore around the corner but the possibility of impaling my chin with the pencil was not lost on the fact that I now had a new pencil holder.

You would think eventually the horror of the growing belly would begin to take its toll but that is where maternity tops save the day. One thing I noticed about maternity tops is that they all seem to be low and I mean LOW cut. So when you look in the mirror you focus on the top and not the bottom. Yup, you lean forward and press your arms together asking in a throaty voice “Can I get you another drink?”

Nursing is just enough of a phenomenon to amuse and refocus your attention away from the issues you face after birth. If humans measured catastrophes of the bodies the way humans measure the weather we could categorize the birthing process as “Hurricane Katrina meets a typhoon, earthquake, tornado and tsunami”. Just like any devastating storm it is not the actual storm that is the worst part it is the aftermath. Yes, the horror of the actual event is covered up by adrenaline (and a good epidural if your smart) but the aftershocks are what cause the true terror. Just like seeing sections of New Orleans completely destroyed a new mom soon realizes that certain “regions” of her anatomy may never fully recover. Luckily, the joy of her new “breastesses” are a perfect diversion. Besides, when you really think about it you are married to a butt man, leg man or breast man. Never ever have I heard of a belly man!

I cannot believe that it is already June! I head back to work on June 23rd and I am excited to see all the animals at the Sanctuary. I also feel good about going back because MiMi and Grandpa are coming from Florida for the summer to babysit our little angel. I am excited that they will get to spend so much time with Addy and it will be great to hang out with them! The city pool should be finished soon and they just printed the RULES in the newspaper. No speedos, cut off jeans or bikinis! I guess my dilemma about a one piece or two piece just got settled!

Addyson received a beautiful dress and bonnet from Bill and Trudy Locke. She reminds me of Little Bo Peep who lost her sheep!