To my daughter, on the eve of our family changing. Addisyn, Tomorrow, we will welcome your baby brother.  You are so excited to be a big sister, and you understand as well as a 21-month-old can what that means.  For the last almost two years, you have been my every waking moment, my every dreaming thought, my total personal agenda, and my best little friend.  You have brought so much joy to our lives, and have given your father and I feelings of happiness that we never knew existed.  You are quite simply the most amazing little creation I’ve ever met.  Though you won’t remember our time together as a simply a…

Soon after Addisyn was born we purchased a Buick Enclave as my new mommy ride. We instantly fell in love with the third row seating, extra space for strollers, toys, the pup, and all those millions of things new parents end up carrying around. (Where does this stuff come from?!)  It was only fitting that with the impending arrival of Josiah, that we upgraded Justin to an appropriate daddy ride. After looking at SUVs for months, we finally decided on the new Honda Pilot for Justin.  When we arrived at the dealership to test drive and choose the model we wanted, I sat Addisyn in the front seat while we looked over…

Christmas 2015 has came and sadly gone! We had an amazing Christmas season and were sad to pack up all the lights and trees that Addy was so infatuated with.  She still asks me daily, “Where’s the Christmas tree?!” It was a busy and great season for us. Addy got visits from several family members and Nana and Papa stayed a week with us. I may or may not have decided with less than three weeks left of this pregnancy that I wanted to fully re-do our downstairs front living room to create a first floor play room, and also install the kitchen island that we had been thinking over since…