Looking Back

I was looking back at all of the pictures I've saved on my computer and am thinking that our little baby D is growing up so quickly. In less than a week she is going to be some one's big sister. She is going to be the one Addy looks up to and the one Addy will go to for advise on clothes and boys and whatever else little girls talk about!

I think it is crazy how things in life happen in seconds that can change your life for ever. :)

But as I was looking at all of my pictures I picked out the ones I LOVE! Trust me there were a ton to go through, but these are the ones that I look at over and over again. And In less than a week I will have two babies in my pictures and our life will have twice the enjoyment in it! So before everything gets a little hectic around here I'd like to share (in my opinion) some of the cutest/funniest/candid pictures of Dorian over the year...(they are in no order either).

A New Hole

Last of the Swim Days

Thank you Aunt Linda (Niles' Aunt) for the bathing suit!!

We Love it!! Can't wait for Dorian to where it next year!

Our new Swing!

Last weekend the Guerra Family threw us a wonderful baby shower for Addeline!!! Together along with 'the shop' (the people Niles works with) they got us a new swing!!! She made us an AWESOME enchilada dinner with home made rice and beans...YUM YUM!!! And we had a really nice dinner!

The swing is awesome, we love it!!! It starts off as an infant seat and then converts to an infant swing. When Addeline grows out of the swing it will convert to a toddler rocking chair. But since we already have a toddler...Dorian can use it too!!! Really cool idea and very thoughtful of everyone to come together and get us a new swing!!!

We love it and can't thank you all enough for the support you've given our family!!! Thank you,
Thank You, Thank you!!!

p.s...No one was hurt putting the swing together and/or testing it out. It did however take awhile to set up because of our AWESOME little helper!!!! The pictures say it all!!! ha ha ha

Addy Update

I went to the doctors today and this is what they had to say about our dear Addeline's progress:

Addeline has completely dropped down in position!

I'm slightly dilated and cervix is VERY soft!

She estimates that Addy will come in the next 7 days!

If she doesn't come they will induce me on September 5th!

Her heart beat is excellent and movement is great too!

So all in all....a great check up!

Wow, I am super anxious for her to come....AHHHH!!! I want her to get here like today!!! :)

Finally Finished!!!

The room is finally finished!!! And even though I am moving in two months...I still put up letters for Addy and made the room how I wanted it! ha ha We've done a lot of work to the upstairs and the project is COMPLETE!!!

We used to have the spare bed set up for guests, and realized that people don't really visit us that often so I made the final call and we took it down! (we still have room for you mom when you come, promise, the mattress is still upstairs so you have a place to sleep!) Walmart had their back to college sale, and it just so happened that it all was lime green and purple. I bought everything they had and went to town re-decorating!

Addy's letters just got finished a couple of days ago. I tried to get the same letters Dorian had, but as luck may have it they are completely sold out EVERYWHERE! (Thank you again to my family who searched high and low for them in several different states! You all rock) I special ordered them off of E-Bay and they arrived last week. It took me two days to paint them, and yesterday we hung them up!!!

The room is ready and all we are waiting on is Addeline to come home!!! We can't wait!!! We are waiting anxiously and impatiently!!!

Recent Updates

So the last couple of days have been kind of interesting around here!!! I'll try to fill you all in!!!

1. Niles has been accepted into the Flight Engineering program through the Air Force. He will begin his school for his new job on December 1st!!! Yay!!!

2. Because Niles is going to be in school for a few months and we are for sure moving to another air force base once he is finished...I am going to move home to DuBois PA! My mom is letting me stay with her while Niles is in school!!! So back to PA I will go!!!

3. Dorian had her one year check up today and has grown sooo much!!! She is 31 inches long and Weighs 23 pounds and 1 ounce!!! She is very tall for her age!!

4. Addy will be here for sure on September 5th! (or earlier if she so decides!) They have a planned induction for Addy to come on Labor day weekend! So wish us luck!!!

5. I am officially done with work!! I do not have to go back to work at Chili's EVER again, unless I chose to, but that will probably never happen! ha ha ha

So all great things to come in the next couple of months. We have put our house up for sale in hopes that it will sell quickly. Only a few people have looked at it so far, but maybe we will get lucky one day! I will keep you all posted on anything new that happens!!! Thanks to the families for all your help and support right now...you all rock!! :)

My One Year Old

"The Cake"

Niles and I had a birthday cookout for Dorian this past weekend. It was a blast! A lot of people showed up, we had great food, and a lot of fun!

BUT!!! The Cake on the other hand that I had ordered for Dorian was UGLY!!! So here is what happened, almost a month in advance I ordered this cake from a lady who owns her own bakery. She has the best cakes in town and only makes a certain amount of things a day and I made sure that we got our order in for her party to have that "special cake".

She asked me what the theme was for her party and I replied that we were going to try to do a Little Mermaid theme with red and green as the colors and I wanted a mermaid on the cake. She told me she couldn't do and Identical mermaid to the movie because of copyright laws (which I totally understand) but she would be more than happy to draw a mermaid on the cake for me.

Now if someone OFFERS to draw me something, and If that person owns their on cake business, I assumed that she was a great artist and that it was going to be an awesome mermaid.

Well I had Niles pick up the cake the day of the party, as I was getting things picked up around the house for when everyone came over that night. She showed him the cake before he payed for it and of course he didn't know whether to say something to her or not, so he paid for it and brought it home for me to look at! I took one look at it and was instantly shocked!!!!!! Niles knew that I was not going to be happy with it, and the cake ended up being the joke of the night!!! It was hideous!!! The woman has no artistic ability what so ever!!!

I'm not saying that the cake was bad in any way, because it was one of the best cakes I've ever eaten...BUT I'll never ask her to draw anything but the standard flowers from here on out!!! And well Dorian this is a first birthday party that we will never forget and we will never let you forget when you are older!!! Because as the picture shows...you had a really ugly first birthday cake! ha ha ha