I feel like I blink and a week disappears!  Since Addie has joined our family time seems to fly even faster than before.  Also, our new building that our church has been working on for a few years it just weeks away from being complete.  Adam is on the Building Committee and I am involved in some ministries that will be starting with the new building in January so we seem to have one happy but busy family these days. Days like today where the only thing on our to-do list was grocery shopping are so very rare.  It has been a nice day though!

Adam is a WONDERFUL dad and husband.  Today he helped out alot with cleaning the house while I was grocery shopping and being on kid duty so I could take a nap.  We celebrated 5 years of marriage last month.  I never thought I'd still be falling in love with my husband on a DAILY basis after 5 years of marriage.  He really is the most perfect man for me.  I miss him so much every day when he leaves for work and I look so forward to when he comes home.  I just really enjoy him and he makes me laugh so much. 

Isaac is talking all the time now.  He just spoke his first full sentence the other day.  We were driving and I had to stop while several geese crossed the road.   I came to a complete stop and whipped out my cell phone to take a picture real quick.  As soon as I was done Isaac punched the air with his fist and said "Good job, Mommy!"  It was so cute and I just burst out laughing.

We have had some struggles with obedience lately.  We have been working really hard on it though and he is getting better at obeying the first time.  God is so faithful to allow us to see the results of consistency immediately to encourage us to continue to work hard at training our children!  He still loves his Car toys above all else.  We also started a new "game".  It is a Baby Leap Frog Backyardigans DVD that encourages decisions, teaches about animals, dancing and the alphabet.  He asks to play it every day and we pull out to do it together but then as it starts he gets all shy and picks and chooses what he'll participate in  He does love the froggy best though because you get to hop all over the living room like a frog!  The monkey who beats his chest while saying "ooo-ooo-ooo" is his second favorite!  He loves to count, likes to listen to music and LOVES his Puggles class.  Puggles is part of our Awana program at church on Wednesday nights.  He learns so much about God there and he retains so much of what they teach.  I am always suprised at his retention since he just turned two!

Addie-girl is 15 weeks old now!  She is still not sleeping through the night. Isaac was sleeping 11 hours at a stretch at night time.  She tends to get up 1-2 times a night.  She has slept through the night a few times and even did it twice in a row last week.  Her sleep schedule for 15 weeks now has me very exhuasted all the time.  She doesn't nap for longer than 1 hr at a time during the day so naps are pretty much out of the question.....20 minute naps don't help me these days.  I end up waking up more tired and grumpy then when I first laid down. 

She tends to eat every 2.5 hrs.  At one point she was able to go every 3 hours but her body is like clock work!  Once it's been 2.5 hrs if she's not feeding she goes from being very happy and content to angry and miserable.  But she is a good feeder and is normally finished in 15 minutes.

We haven't started cereal yet.  I've been debating starting it within a week or two.  I know Isaac slept alot better once he started cereal.

Well, I need to get to bed.  Here are a few pics of my munchkins!  I am so thankful they love each other!

Wow, the past 7 weeks have passed in a blur!  Too much has happened to go into detail so I'll keep it short and simple.

Was awfully sick for about 4 weeks.  Double ear infection, Double pink eye (twice), sinus infection, sore throat, ears filled with fluid so half death.  This is not a fun thing to have with a 3 week old.  Let me tell you.  Thankfully I have AWESOME friends who brought me medicine, took my kids at a moments notice and made me homemade very YUMMY chicken soup.  Adam was awesome and helped out soo much with the kids, trying to let me sleep.  He even took nightime feedings so that I could try to rest a bit more.  Man, I looove him!

My new news is I get to be the manager of the cafe my church is going to be setting up.  I am sooo excited.  It is a chance for me to use my brain again!  :)  I am loving it.  We are in the "research" phase right now.  Researching our legal responsibilities, contacting the health dept, looking at what kind of displays we want to use for our food, what kind of food, how much does it cost, banking, signs, etc.  It is fun but time consuming.  I feel bad becaus with all the appts I have these days with this alone I feel like I need a sitter all the time.  Last week I needed a sitter every single day.  Thankfully though sometimes I am able to just bring the kids.  I am thankful that Isaac is so well behaved when I take him places.  I am always surprised at how he is able to (at times) control all of his energy!  :)

Addie is doing great!  I can't believe she is 2 days short of being 9 weeks old.  Where does the time go?  She is getting a regular routine down more and more every day!  She is awake for about an hour and 15 minutes in between her naps.  Her naps used to be 2-3 hours each but she is cutting those a bit shorter now that she is almost sleeping through the night.  Just last night she slept from 10:30pm after her last feeding and woke up at 5:30 this morning.  My body just doesn't know what to do with that much sleep so I have up, wide awake since then.  Wow, the house is VERY quiet right now except for the sound of the coffee brewing!  J  She started smiling and cooing around 7 weeks.  It is so adorable.  She is such a cutie!  My little angel!!!

Isaac absolutely adores his sister.  He often asks to hold her and feels the need to check on her often.  I pray that his adoration of her continues always!

Isaac turned 2 and we had several birthday fun nights for him.  We spent his actual birthday with his best bud Jacob and Jacob's family.  It was a fun time.  One of the memories we are making for our children is having a special cake for each birthday.  This is really important to Adam and so I am stretching my creative talent to do this for him and our kids.  Last year for Isaac's one year I made Rocket from "Little Einsteins".  This year I made Lightening McQueen! 

He got lots and lots of fun Disney Cars toys for his bday.  He is now at almost 30 Cars and I am amazed that he knows the name of every single one.  He also can tell by looking at his pile which one(s) are missing.  He is truly a joy to have around and always so happy and smiley.  I just adore my little boy!

Here is he is running down to open his presents which we put in his Mack tent!

Playing with some bday toys!

My mom used to let us lick the batter whenever she was baking.  Isaac LOVES this!  :)

Adam is still busy with church since we are nearing the completion of our new building.  The next few months will be even busier for him as finishing touches are put on.  It is sooo exciting to see the new things being done to the building every day.  I can't wait for it to be completed and see how God is going to use it to reach those far from Him!

I can't believe Addison is already a week older...really, older by now!  It seems like you wait forever for your baby to get here and then when they do, time just flies!  Adam was able to take a weeks vacation and he has been EXTREMELY helpful around the house.  I am going to miss him terribly when he goes back to work tomorrow!  Really, for many reasons.....but one thing I noticed he was VERY good at (and I let him know this morning) was he was really good with spreading his time.  There were times he was very helpful with housework....whether it was folding laundry, cleaning up from a dinner some kind friend brought us, or just regular cleaning.  But he also had a wonderful way of making each of us (me, Isaac and Addison) feel so special.  SEVERAL times a day he would be real cute or flirty with me, letting me know how much in love with me he was, then there were times where he focused on Isaac, taking him for a walk or reading to him or just playing with him and all his toys.  And then he took time to just chill out and hold his new baby girl.  He helped out with getting both kids ready every morning.  It was W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Addison is such an easy baby.  So far she has had only ONE crying fit!  Tuesday night she just fussed and cried for an hour and a half.  Normally she only cries for 1 of 2 reasons.  Either she has gas she needs to pass or she is hungry.   

She goes down for bed every night into her crib between 10pm and 11pm.  Most nights she gets up once to eat around 3am or so.  Then she gets up anywhere from 5am-7am for her next feeding.  She goes right to sleep in her crib and doesn't cry at all!  We did have 2 nights in a row where she woke up at 1am and then again at 4am but I think that was because Isaac woke up and started banging on his door while crying at 1am and that caused Addison to wake up.  But, normally she doesn't wake up before 3am.  It is so nice to get such long stretches of sleep.  I actually feel no more tired and exhausted then while I was pregnant, so I am thankful for that!

Some days it seems her awake time is VERY minimal.  One or two awake times during the day.  Other days she has 3-4 good solid awake times.  Often if she is having a really good day it seems she sleeps, is awake and then naps, and then starts that cycle again. 

She is currently eating every 2-3 hours.  I attempted to put her on a specific schedule (like every 2.5 hours for feedings) like I did with Isaac but it hasn't worked.  I would spend a long time attempting to wake her up only to have her start eating and then promptly fall back into a sound sleep. I  have learned that if I just wait for her she will wake herself up 2-3 hours after she last ate and it is must less work for me, since I don't need to work at waking her up or keeping her awake!  It feels so good to be flexible with Addison.  I was much less flexible with Isaac and all it really did was just cause more stress for me.

She was a natural at nursing.  She made me feel like a pro she was so good.  And she also took to her pacifier rather quickly.  We don't use it all that much and she doesn't sleep at night with it but it helps for those moments where she seems a little fussy for no apparent reason.  I remember Isaac had a hard time keeping it in his mouth for several months unless we held it in there for him!

So, overall, our first week was more of a success than I ever dreamed possible!  Thank you, Lord!!!!  :)