Dear Addison & Elliette

Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that


Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up

Never Grow Up -Taylor Swift



My girls, you both are growing too fast for my liking, though I am excited for all the things we'll get to do that we don't get to do now. I love you both so much!

-Mommy

Wow has it been a while or what?

First off, on May 12th I finally set foot into the Atlantic Ocean! We did it as a family which made it even better.
I'm making progress on my list. I'm excited to say that I have a few more causes that I can get involved with. It was disheartening to know I could not attend a run/walk event this year due to location. Next year though, I'm hoping to do at least one!
I'm excited about my summer events, though we'll be away from Jake, but it has to be done. Hoping we get to stay in San Diego after his schooling is over. We find out in October!
Ellie has been up and walking for about a month now. She's loving the freedom! I'm having to chase two of them around the house. Lucky for me, they stick together. I'll be in real trouble when they stop sticking together.
Addy is going through the aftermat of a toe injury. It's not any ol' sissy one either... It's a pretty intense injury... Toe nail ripped up and in half. It's still attached to her toe, but ouch much! She's being pretty good about it. I'm paranoid that the toe nail will rip clean off if I dont have it wrapped up but she could careless what I think, she keeps taking the dressings off of it.
I had a successful day of packing. Now if only the rain would let up so we could put it into storage.
Well I dont know what else to write about. Back to packing and laundry for me.

UPDATE

I dont really know where to start because SO much has happened.
Let's see, since my last update:
Jake has returned home from Haiti
Addy turned 2 1/2
Ellie is up & crusing more
Those are basically the high points.

Still working on that worth while post or maybe I'll break it down into posts... who knows.

Stay tuned

It's been a while

I'm sorry. My computer broke on the 9th.. and is still broken... and  I'd been super busy with cleaning and going to NY and to  Washington D.C.
On the bright side, in all my busy, I have managed to complete 3 more things on my list. I walked everyday for a month, took a picture a day for a month and I drove in 5 different states! I also ate something I never had before. So 1 down and 19 more to go for that thing on my list. Pretty amazing! 
I had a wonderful time on my trip. I'll update about that when I get a chance.
I'm also excited because Jake is going to be coming home soon! I cant wait. When he gets home and we get everything arranged, he'll be taking leave before he has to report to school and we're taking a road trip to Great Lakes! First stopping at D.C  & P.A! 
Amongst that news, it looks like I'm going to be going on a cruise next year! My aunt and her family are flying here next summer and we're having a family reunion of sorts.. and my mother tells me the plan is for a cruise! Better start saving my money now!! 
I'm racking my brain now trying to figure out what else to  update on......... hmm .I guess that is all then.

Walked for 3 hours today

at the mall while I was looking for some boots. I really needed some boots that were decently priced, because I was just going to wear them for my trip and they were probably going to get messed up from the weather. So around the mall we went. Checked nearly every store I could think of that would have boots. No luck. After walking around so much, it was time for lunch. I had a flatbread cold cut trio while Addison had McDonalds. We stopped by the Disney store and bought a Bolt plush and Nemo plush. It was buy one get one free, so it was a pretty good deal. We made our way back to JCPenny and while on the way I thought we'd stop by just one more store. It used to be Limited Too, but now it's called Justice. I just wanted to take a look, didnt think I would find boots in a kid store, but guess what, I did! They were half off too which made it even better.

Picture: 28/31

Walk: 26, 27, 28/31

I'm going to have to chase her soon!

Ellie has been pulling up more and more, I'm sure pretty soon she'll be walking around with Addison getting into all sorts of trouble! She loves standing up but sometimes, she gets into such awkward angles, it's really funny to watch, Went again to Target and got some excercise there. It was a pretty good trip, got a few leggings and tights for the girls for the trip and of course, more food. Going out again tomorrow to continue the search for boots!

Picture: 27/31

Walk: 25/31

Crazy excited

because they're going over to a friend's house to play! Dropped Addison off while I went to get Lumpia and Pancit at this market/ restaurant. Had to wait half an hour for the nice lady to cook the pancit, so Ellie and I walked around the plaza. It was a nice challenging walk, seeing as I had Ellie in her carrier! Enjoyed a nice day with friends :]

Picture: 26/31

Walk: 24/31