Northwest Trek

Mom and Robyn came up to visit us for a week so we started off the week with a trip to Northwest Trek.  We had no idea how cool this place was! It's kind of like a big zoo with a train that goes around.  It was a lot of fun.  We for sure will be going back!

 A little more walking than you do at a zoo but that means the exhibits are a little bit bigger for the animals to roam around in. 

 Ad loves having Aunt Robyn and Grandma here!

We ended the day in the gift shop with a classic sunglasses selfie! 

Book of Mormon

We have been reading the Book of Mormon Stories with Ad every night since she was just a little one.  This past week we finally finished it!  She was so proud of herself. 

A Toddler

I came to the realization this morning as I was getting Ad ready she's not a baby anymore she is a full blown toddler.  I love this stage and I love how much fun we have together, but it's sad to see her grow up so fast. 

 Since we were unable to go to the temple on Saturday Oley and I, as usual, went on the last day of the month.  As we were there Ad had an obsession with playing on the statues.  She has been on a kick since seeing her cousins that she has an imaginary sister.  She ran up to this little statue and hugged her and said, "Mom it's my sister". 

I love that she always has a little song in her heart and wanted to play ring a round the rosies with these statues.

She has so much personality to her.  All of her teachers at school just love the things that she says and that she always has a smile on her face.

She brings so much joy to my life I don't know what I would do without this little spitfire always keeping me on my toes.

Broken Legs

Ad and I were out on the trampoline jumping last night.  As we were bouncing around I bounced her just right and she came down hard.  She started to scream a scream that I know she is hurt so I was super worried that I had hurt her bad.  When I picked her up she settled down a bit but when I went to put her back down she wouldn't bear any weight on her leg.  I took her in the house to examine the damage.  When I took her pants off one of her knees was clearly more swollen than the other.  After many phone calls I decided I should probably take her in to at least get it checked out. 

As we were driving to the doctor she was no longer crying but instead singing "we are going to the doctor, the doctor, the Doctor!"  I was a little concerned that she was not hurting  anymore so thought that this trip may be a waste. 

But since I had hurt her I wanted to make sure I didn't break anything.  When we got there she walked with a little bit of a limp but otherwise seemed fine.  I felt a little foolish even checking in, but I did anyway. 
As we were waiting her turn she was perfectly happy just looking at the books on the table and watching the TV.  After sitting there for 20 minutes and realizing she really probably was okay I decided we would leave.  The next day she was totally fine and the swelling went down almost over night.  

Sick Babies are No Fun

Whenever we go to Idaho we always seem to bring a bug back with us.  This time the bug was worse than usual.  Ad was up all night puking and into the morning.  I stayed home with our little nugget and hoped for the best.  After she got done throwing up she would look at me and say "mom I am so sorry, can I go take a bath and get the germs off".  Poor little girl.
She woke up and came into the room I was working in and asked if she could go to the doctor.

Glad that she had her "best friend" around to keep her happy.  

By the time Oley got home that night she was feeling much better.  Thank Goodness!  I hate to see the little bug so sick.

It was also the night of the Lunar Eclipse. 

We hadn't made it to the temple yet this month so we headed up on Saturday afternoon after we got the housework done.  Ad is such a big helper!

What I should have remembered and I didn't was that it was the night of the General Women's Conference and so the temple closed early.  So instead we spent the evening shopping in Bellevue.  As we were out for dinner a rather large group of people were talking about where they were going to church the next day.  Our little ray of sunshine stood up and started seeing I am a Child of God, for all to hear.
Next we stopped at Old Navy and she found all of us a pair of sunglasses that we needed to wear.  She brings so much joy into our lives. 

 

Oley and Ad were also able to find themselves some new treasures.  They were both so happy!

 Ad has been begging for Frozen shoes but I am not big into character shoes, so we found some flip flops that were on clearance and so we let her have those.  She loves them!

 

After Work

Since Ad's day care is onsite at work it means she gets to spend a whole lot more time with me doing work things.  This past week our cath lab manager was leaving and so we were throwing her a good bye party.  Ad was so excited that she got to go to the party with me.   When I told her it was time to go she was so sad so my co-workers were sure to send her with some cake to brighten her night.  She was in heaven!

The Fair

I love where I work and I especially love the benefits that they provide their employees.  Every year we are given tickets to the Puyallup Fair as well we money for food and rides.  This year since Ad was a little bit older we rode some of the rides. 
At the Idaho Fairs you are allowed to touch all the animals, but here in Washington you are only allowed to touch the animals in the petting barn.  It's kind of odd, but Ad was okay with it!

She loved all the fair food.  She even got to try cotton candy for the first time.

But her favorite part of the fair was the carousel.  It was the only ride that she was tall enough to ride on so she rode once with me and once with Oley. 

NIght Lights

Ever since we moved into this new house Ad has insisted that we keep the bathroom light on so that she has some light in her bedroom at night.  The only problem with that is that our bedroom is angled just right that the light comes in and bothers us all night.  So we told her if she went pee in the potty she could get a night light for her bedroom.  She was ecstatic to plug it in and keep it in her room.

Parks, Friends, and the Sound

It has been beautiful outside this week so we for sure had to take advantage of it.  We have spent time at the park swinging on Ad's favorite swing. 

Ad has also spent lots of time out in our back yard playing with the dogs.  On this particular day Lily was her new best friend as she played outside with her and then shared a snack. 

Friday after work I picked Ad up from the daycare and asked where she wanted to go for a run.  She was determined that we should go running at the beach - ever since our last trip to the beach she has been begging to go back.  Since we had no plans to go to the beach any time soon we instead went and ran along the water front.  She loved throwing rocks into the Sound when we were done. 

 She even found a crab and wanted to bring him home to dad. 

Oley and I wanted to ensure that we were going to be able to endure the bike ride next weekend so we went and rode a different trail this weekend.  Ad is such a trooper on these long bike rides.