If you happy and you know it.....

....you do not do this!!!

Yes, this is what we do sometimes here at the Matlock house. This is Addison after her daddy leaves. It must really stink being with Momma all day. He left her and I think she thought she was going with him, so here she is trying to go out the door.

Snow

and lots of it! We have not seen this much snow in a long time. We have enjoyed seeing it snow, however we are all ready for it to go away already! Warm up!! I think Jon is even getting tired of being at home. He is glad however that his test was delayed by a day. That made everyone so happy that we went out again for snow time. Addison had a rough start but she came to love it! She liked eating the snow!

Table Manners

Addison enjoys breakfast, lunch and dinner. She also enjoys every snack in between.....today she enjoyed a few noodles and chicken. She enjoys her meals, but that does not mean she is lady-like about it.......

We are patiently waiting for it to warm up here in TN. I have been searching for things for Addison and me to do, that are free or cheap. That seems to be hard to find around here. And we both really need to get out of the house. We enjoy going to the park and we just discovered story time at the library. She is growing so fast and she is so ready to explore! So as soon as it warms up we will be jogging and swinging at the park. But until then we are packing a few things up and trying to get organized. Because it looks like mid summer we are moving again. If you did not know us you would think we love moving!!! HA! We are moving to Gadsden AL. We are excited to be moving even closer to family. It bothered me the first thoughts of moving again but I have accepted every move as an adventure and I believe I will continue to do that for as many moves as we can move.

Other than that we are doing great, no one is sick and Jon is studying away.

Out on the Town

That's what we call it when we go out to eat here in the big town of Tazewell. Yeap we went to eat at Long John Silvers!!! It was so much fun for Addison, she thought the whole trip was great! (Don't tell her that she really did not eat fish she ate chicken that somewhat resembled fish....) She has really turned into a great eater. She ate all of our chicken on both of our plates with a few fries. Jon and I left thinking why did we do that to our taste buds....but Addison left very satisfied!

Goofy girl, tonight when I put her to bed she was "reading" her Bible. She did not want to put it down so I put her in the bed with it and told her not to eat it. I have been watching the baby monitor and that girl is still reading it. I may sneak in when she is asleep and take it......I just peeked in on her and she is holding it so sweetly as she sleeps.

Take a walk in a Momma's Shoes

So this morning as I sipped my coffee and watched Addison playing in the floor, I thought of that Suave commercial. You know the one where the mom with the lovely hair but the crazy music is playing and she has kids all around her. I guess the theme is, pretty hair no matter what you do. Well sometimes I feel like my life is that commercial, but with out the pretty hair. The reason I thought that was I noticed Addison being quiet, and that can only mean one of two things. It could mean she is taking care of some personal matters, or it could mean she is doing something she knows Mommy would not approve of. Such as climb out of her high chair, or climb into the garbage can (which she tries daily) or climb on top of various boxes. Now you wonder how does she do that while you are right there? Well she is fast, very very fast......I was right, I turned around to find her standing on a box. I tried to grab my camera and catch her big smile, but I was too late....she had already moved on to better things by the time I got the camera. But that better thing was not much better for Momma. Here is the picture.

We did go to the park again today while we waited on Daddy to meet us for lunch. She loves to swing, I was unable to get a good smile because the sun was blinding her....

Oh Dear......

Oh dear....That is what I have been thinking a lot lately. It seems as though every time I turn around someone in this house is sick again! It all started on our drive home from AL. Yes that was weeks ago..So it started with a cough and ended with, well, you may not want to know.

But in the meantime Addison has still maintained her appetite for playtime. She may not want to eat, but give her a good toy and she is happy!

Everyone in the Matlock house has been sick, but we think we are past the rough stuff. When babies are sick it can really stress parents out! It amazes me everyday what one learns from being a parent. The tiny worries you never noticed as a kid, that your parents hid so well. Now I find myself worrying, "what is this? should it be this color?" but the whole time I am secretly worrying I still manage to tell her, "Its ok, Momma's here." I guess it is almost like the little story we tell our Children about Santa, we want them to believe that there is all wonderfulness out there but in reality life can be scary. Maybe as parents we are not good at hiding these little things as we hope we are, maybe our babies just over look our imperfection's and allow us to be perfect in their tiny eyes. So I guess while we are trying to hide how scary life is they are just trying to discover how unscary it can be.

With love, sorry it took me so long. It has been a rough couple of weeks. I know as Momma of this house I am ready for a break from sickness, from winter, from anything stressful!!

(She is playing with her Vtech toy, she has figured out if she uses her foot she can watch it on the tv better.....smarty pants!)

Happy Birthday

Today is our sweet baby's first birthday! We both are in awe of how much she has added to us as people and as a family. We love her so much and we are so thankful for her beautiful little presence in our lives. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our little Princess.

First night at home. Wow, Mommy was swollen...


Addison at one Month old. We took her out with Memaw Crawford and Orson and Alisha......


First plan ride as a family. (Addison was about 3 Months old)


First Mother's Day. (about 4 months old)



First Christmas together as a family. (11 Months)



We have enjoyed her so so much, we cant imagine life with out her now.