So Many Differences

I can't believe how many differences there are in my two children. I wonder sometimes if they are even related! Everyone tells me different things like, "Well one is a boy and one a girl" or "It's a second child thing." I have no idea what itis. When Addison was 10 months old you could sit her somewhere and she really wouldn't get into anything, Stone however is into everything BAD! His favorite thing to get in is the dog food. He is constantly in it! Of course every time I get on him, he just looks at me smiles and keeps on playing in it. Of course on the other hand, I have Addison who has become a DRAMA QUEEN! She cries over everything! And when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING! Sometimes I wish I could give her back and get another child, but of course I love her and she will say the sweetest and funniest thing!

Addison at 10 months old (January 2008)

Stone at 10 months old (March 2010)

Such sweet kiddies and I love them so much!!

Hectic Times

Well, I'm going to try to be better about blogging and get back into it! These are hectic times around here lately. Tim and I are both trying to get our students ready for TCAP. There doesn't seem like there is enough time in the school year to squeeze everything in. I'm just ready for the test to be over and behind us! Only 1 1/2 weeks left until then!

Tim and I both applied for the assistant principal pool. We both were accepted into the pool and now we are having to wait to see if we get any interviews. I'm really hoping that we get interviews. I really would like to get a job as assistant principal even though I do love my job at Sycamore.

As for the kiddies, they have been great and into everything! Addy's birthday party was a success. We had it at Build-A-Bear this year and the girls loved it. I am now preparing for Stone's 1st birthday party. The theme is going to be Mickey Mouse. I'm going to try to be crafty and do a lot myself, but we will see. I want it to be cute, but I don't know if I'm going to have time to do it all.

Fall has arrived!

Sorry I haven't written in a while, but its been very busy around the Strickland household. Stone is almost 5 months! He has been growing fast! He has made an awesome addition to our family. Addy loves him and loves to show him off. He has begun to roll over. He can get from his back to belly, but then gets stuck. And he has such a temper that he becomes really mad and screams until someone comes and turns him back over. Of course he flips right back over!! Stone has also begun on solids. He has been eating cereal for about 2 or 3 weeksnow. We have tried apples, bananas, peas, and squash. He really doesn't like the vegetables, but he is starting to get used to them. As for Addy, she hasstarted gymnastics and dance. We have gymnastics on Mondays. She goes with two of her friends from Martha's. She really enjoys it even though she hates the balance beam! I guess she got her mama's fear of heights! She has dance on Tuesdays. She has ballet and tap shoes. She gets so excited to go to dance!

As for the grown-ups in the house, Tim is still in grad school finishing up. He will be done in May and have his administration degree. So his

time is spent doing two kinds of school work. I have a wonderful class this year, of course still waiting to get an interview for assistant principal somewhere! Maybe next year will be my year! We have Fall Break in one more week and we are really ready for it! I plan on taking the kids to the zoo and taking Addy to the Children's Museum. I also am planning on trying to start looking for Addy a preschool for next year. I can't believe my baby will be starting preschool next year! Time sure is flying by! Hopefully I will have pictures from fall break on here and let everyone see what's been going on.

I will let you all enjoy some pictures that we got made a couple of weekends ago.

The Pink Princess Room: The Final Product

We finally got everything finished in Addy's room this past weekend. She calls it her "pink" room. Of course she loves it! Here are some pictures of it. I also have included some pics of Stone's room, but everything is not quite finished and we have all of his stuff packed in there right now. So please over look the clutter!

2 weeks and counting!

Well we are only 2 weeks away from Stone's arrival! We have been very busy around here trying to get ready. I realized quickly that, unlike with Addy, I don't have as much time during the week to get things done so most things have to be done on the weekend. Nursery is still not exactly finished yet so I can't post any pics quite yet. We have to put our glider back together and put a couple of things up in the attic. I finally got most of the things up in Addy's new room. I finally finished painting her letters so my plan is to get those up this weekend.

I haven't been getting much sleep here lately which of course has led to me getting sick this week. Luckily I have the best mom and dad that have come to get Addy and take her to GiGi and Granddaddy's until Monday. Addy was extremely excited to see them.

Tim has his last class of the semester this weekend. I know he is ready to be finished at least for a month! I'm excited that I get to rest quite a bit this weekend since both Addy and Tim will be gone. I know I need as much as I can get because I have a feeling Stone is going to be keeping me up alot! :)

We have scheduled my c-section for May 11th at 12:00. I don't think I will go into labor before then. My last doctor's appointment was yesterday and I had not dilated or he had not dropped at all so it really doesn't look like he wants to come any time soon! He and Addy are two peas in a pod!

Hopefully I will keep everyone up to date with baby Stone's arrival. I will let everyone know when he gets here!

This is Addy at her sibling class making a birthday card for Baby Stone!

Busy Times

I'm sorry I haven't written in a while. It has been very busy this past month. The biggest things was Addy turned 3!! We had her birthday party on March 5th at Chuck-e-Cheese. Let me say that it was a birthday we won't ever forget. It all started with the cookie cake incident. I had bought her a cookie cake for her party and picked it up that Friday afternoon. Well, Dave, Lisa, Jonas, and Caleb spent the weekend with us to celebrate Addy's birthday so they came down on Friday night. Addy was WAY too excited about Jonas being here. As we were all talking in the living room, Addy comes in and has icing all over her hands and says something about her cake. Tim and I go in there to find that she had taken the cake off the stove and flipped it over and it was now in several giant pieces. Lucky for us, it still landed in the box and not on the floor. We assume she was trying to show Jonas when the cake was a little too heavy for her and she dropped it. Needless to say I was a little distraught! We pieced it back together and took it to the party anyway! All the kids had a blast as Chuck-E-Cheese for the birthday party. At the end of the party, Addy and I were trying to spend her tokens so we could get ready to leave. All of the sudden (right in the middle of the floor), Addy begins to throw up! Now this is the 1st time we have had to deal with throw up from our child! I lost it! Tim had to take her to get her cleaned up and I went to the bathroom to get myself cleaned up. It was way too stressful for me that day. Of course after Addy comes out of the bathroom, she asks for some cotton candy! Kids! She enjoyed the whole weekend because she got to have a pajama party with Jonas, even though they didn't sleep very well at all!

The next weekend we had our family birthday party at my mom and dad's (GiGi and Grandaddy). We had a princess party and the girls had a ball! She spent most of the next week in Lexington because we were having rooms painted.

We got Addy's "new room" painted and the furniture moved over. Her room was our guest bedroom/office. She now has a pink princess room! We also got Stone's room painted cream, blue, and a stripe of brown. Right now his room is nothing but junk and her toys we haven't moved. Over our Easter break I plan on getting the nursery completely finished. I will have pictures of their rooms when I get everything done this next weekend.

I have being doing well. Stone's really been hurting while he is moving around here lately. I've also become very tired. I have to keep reminding myself the reason I'm tired this time is that I have to chase a 3 year old around too! He seems to being doing great though. I'm a little worried about the schedule he keeps though. He is awake alot from 8 to 11 pm and he always wakes up when I wake up during the middle of the night. Usually during the day I hardly feel him, especially when I'm walking around at school. The only thing I can thing of is the walking puts him to sleep!

Tim has been busy with school and grad school. And I've been busy with school. We have TCAP coming up in two weeks. I know both of us will be glad when its over! I will try to keep everyone update with the Strickland's a little better during the month of April. I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! A lot has been going on here at the Strickland house since my last post. Last Monday we had a big snow here in Collierville. It was very exciting because we got to take Addy outside and build a HUGE snowman. We had so much fun that morning. But of course things had to be ruined by that afternoon when the rain came in!

We are slowly working on getting this ready for Addy's new room. Tim fixed our bedroom closet last weekend while Addy and I were going to Lexington. It was a wonderful surprise for me! Addy got a surprise last weekend too. She got to go home with her Grandmama which she was overjoyed about! I went to pick her up when I went into Lexington for Erin's (my sister-in-law) baby shower.

This weekend has been busy. Saturday Tim and I went to celebrate Valentine's Day at Texas de Brazil. Addy got to go over the the Hauss's house and spend time with Kathy, Emma, and Sydney. She had a blast and we got to spend a few hours without her!

I am slowly getting things together for Addy's birthday party. I can't believe she turns 3 in 3 weeks! It blows my mind how big she has gotten! We are having her party at Chuck E. Cheese which she has not stopped talking about since I told her!

As for baby Stone, I am now officially in my 3rd trimester. We have around 12 weeks before he gets here! It is going by very quickly. I went to the doctor today for a check up and my glucose test. I failed my test, just like I did with Addy so I have to go back Friday for a 3 hour test! Other than that he is growing and doing great! He is a little over 2 pounds and over 14 inches long. He is head down right now and I hope he stays that way for the rest of the time. I start going every 2 weeks now so more doctor's visits!