What we've been doing--March edition

Addison has been pretty busy this March. Her cousins Hannah and JJ came to visit from Casper. These are Brett's sister's kids. They came during their spring break. While they were here, Addison wanted to go to the Aerospace Museum at Hill Airforce Base. Here is a picture of Addison and her cousin Hannah.
Here is a picture of Addison, Hannah and JJ. Addison LOVED having Hannah here. She doesn't get a lot of opportunity to play with girls, so to have one here was great for Addison. Brett and I had to work on the Friday they were here. Kristin kept Addison at the house and she and Hannah played all day (except when Addison was at school). Hannah slept in Addison's room at night--it was a fun sleepover. Addison was very sad to have Hannah leave. She continually asks when Hannah will be back.

In school, Addison has been doing a reading program. She has been doing very well. She reads two books a week and once she reads 14 of them, she gets a coupon for a free pizza. She has been very excited to read and at getting the coupon.

Addison has been working hard at dance to prepare for performing at the Utah Jazz pregame show in April. Addison's dance was also given the opportunity to perform at a local company's 1st birthday celebration. It was a good dress rehersal for when they would have to perform at the Jazz game.

At the birthday celebration, Spiderman came. Addison wasn't able to see him when he initially came, but she wanted to see him after she preformed. Here is a picture of him.



Here is Addison before her performance. She did really well. When I figure out how our camcorder works, I will see about getting video posted. The other picture is her waiting to go out onto the floor to perform.

Addison also started soccer today. I had thought that when we signed her up it was only for the fall. As it turns out, it is for the fall and the spring. So we got a call from her coach last night telling us Addison had a game today. I couldn't believe it. Luckily the game was after Addison's dance performance. She was excited to play.

I had another doctor appointment this week. I am now 18 weeks. I will go in on April 13th to my ultra-sound and we decided to find out what it will be. Addison is excited to come and see the baby while it is still in my tummy.

I am done with my soccer teams and several women in our ward are joining a rec volleyball team. It will be fun to play again. It has been a while.

So, that's about it for March. Addison will have a busy April. She will be performing at the Jazz game, performing in a competition at the University of Utah, and performing at a competition at Roy High School. I will be sure to try and get video and of course pictures. :)

Not much to report....

This week I am 15 weeks.....almost 16!! It feels like it is going SOOOO slow. I am still not feeling so great, but have come to accept it and trying to find ways to deal with it. My doctor gave me Zofran and Phenegran. They help a little, but they are not the miracle drugs I thought they would be. :( I go in for my big ultra-sound on April 13th. That's when they do all the measurements and I think we will find out the sex of the baby. I am a planner....what can I say?

Addison was able to be in a play for school. The Kindergarten classes put on the play for the school and their parents. It was very cute. It was called "Leo the Longhorn". They are also learning about cowboys right now, so they did some songs about cowboys and square danced. Addison was a singer and dancer. She sang several songs and she did the square dance. It is so cute to see her up there. I still have a hard time believing she will be 6 this year! Time goes way too fast. She has started a reading program at school. She brings home a reader 2X a week. She loves reading them to us before bedtime. She has become quite the little reader.

Brett is still at ABC4. He has been looking for a different job, but hasn't found one. I am trying to keep the faith that there is one out there and that our time will come. In the meantime, I am trying to be positive and grateful that we have our jobs in this economy and a way to pay the mortgage and other bills......not to mention, we were able to get pregnant. We sure have been so very blessed.

My mom (from Wyoming) and sister (from Logan) stopped by when I was at work and cleaned my house. It was a huge relief! I have been so tired and sick that all I want to do when I get home is lay down and go to sleep. That's another blessing....my family! They have all been so supportive and helpful during this time.

I have been keeping busy with work and playing some soccer. I believe I have only 3 more games left and then I will be done playing competitive soccer for now. I'll still try to play futsal with the stake and volleyball....and yard work when it starts warming up. Being active keeps my mind off of how sick I am.

We also had Brett's sister Kristin come with her 2 kids, Hannah and Jeramiah (J.J.). It's been nice having them here. Addison is absolutely LOVING having a girl to play with. I wish there were more around for her to play with.

Well, I guess that is all to update as of now. If I ever get really tech-savy, perhaps I will post video....but for now, I will remain tech-challenged. :) Thank you all for your advice, help, support and prayers. We really appreciate it!