Fun title here.

We're back. WHAT?! We are alive. Okay, let's cut right to the chase:

• Matt is still working on the house. He's currently wiring the upstairs lights.
• Addy is almost 1 WHAT?! She was born yesterday. I know. SO remember on April 15th, to file your taxes and wish Addy (And Grandma Cindy) a Happy Birthday. (PS I KNOW tax day is April 17 this year. I don't care.)
• I am still here too.

Here's what we've been up to (since freaking November)

• We had Thanksgiving here in Idaho. It was bomb. The whole Nate (Matt's mom's side) fan-damily together for one BIG gotothechurchhouse she-bang. We ate, threw balls at each other (literally), played Dance Cental (or whatever the h it's called on the Wii) and played cards. It was freaking awesome. Here's a photo replay:

Thank you, Carlee for taking pictures for us! :)

• Christmas was the bomb-dizzle too. Here we are at Grandpa Ed's. Thanks Steve and Cindy for this ADORABLE Christmas outfit!! :)

•  Then we headed down to Vegas:

 

Hockey game with all the friends from the College of Engineering.

Yeah. I know.

 This little man is just too cute for words.

 I know these are terrible, but it didn't hurt her, so shut up.

• A couple of weeks ago, we headed to Salt Lake City cause Matt's sister had her baby! YAY! SO here we are all together! It was a blast, and little Ada Lynn is so stinking cute! We love her so much!

And here are some randoms:

 Daddy was in charge of watching her this night. Surprise

So I could be all awesome and add captions to these, but I know that your imagination will do just fine. P.S. We are not terrible parents, as these pics might cause you to think. HA!

Matt took me down to SLC (again) for the Miranda Lambert (Chris Young and Jerrod Niemann opened for her. Amazing) concert. It was a freaking BLAST!!! He's such a sweet butt. Here are a few pics of that situation:

 At the end of the concert, they all got together and sang. It was awesome.

And here we are at the grocery store.

 Haha

 Per Matt: Don't microwave a hard boiled egg. Or do. Just have a rag handy. :)

I went with some girlfriends to the premier of Hunger Games. It was awesome. We had such a blast:

 Kato was so hotttttt.....

It hit 50 degrees here in Idaho. Which means spring:

 These sandals are so cute I want to die.

 Addy was having such a good time with Grandma.

And that's what we've been up to. It may or may not be another 3 months before we get back at you. So enjoy.

P.S.

I took this pic as I was posting the previous monster post. I'm such a good mom, aren't I? HAHA Don't forget to note all the other toys just behind her. She's so random.

The Surge & other schtuffs.

Well, let's start this shiz out on a light note. Here is Addy May for Halloween:

We went to Boise and strolled down the historic streets. It was sooo fun! The leaves were gorgeous as we walked down the street looking at houses. Here are some of the things we saw:

Addy May loved our stroll.

Aaaaannnndddd the next day we (my mom and I) headed over to St. Luke's for her surgery. I was a wreck. Addy was happy as can be. :) Aren't these baby hospital gowns adorable?!

She was sooooo good! I wasn't allowed to feed her after midnight the night before, and she was pretty okay with that. I just love this little pumpkin.

The surgery went well!! All they had to do was make a little incision to clean out the socket, place the femur bone in the hip socket, and cast her up! She was so groggy afterwards and the breathing tube made her throat really scratchy. It was so sad and pathetic sounding. It nearly killed me. So we headed home towards Blackfoot, and the ride home wasn't too fun for her, but when we got home, she was almost back to her normal self! It took a few days for all the meds to wear off, and the past month has been tough as far as sleeping, but she is doing great! I am so grateful that my mom was able to come up here and be with me for this. I couldn't have done it without her. It also helps that she was in this exact position 23 years ago with me!

Addy May fell asleep after her xray a week later.

Sooo we spent much of November watching football with our family, the Lovelands. And lounging.

In mid-November, we went down to Salt Lake for an eye appointment for Matt. While we were there, we went down to Provo to see Elin play a rugby game. They won! And Addy May was so happy. This is her after the game:

Thanksgiving was awesome. All the Nate's got together for some serious games and food. Addy May was awake for most of the day and in the afternoon, she CRASHED. It was neat to watch Carlee play with her and rock her to sleep. I've got pictures of that somewhere. But I'm too lazy to get up and get my other camera. Maybe I'll update this post in the future. Don't bet on it.

And these are just some other cute pics:

All tuckered out. She was playing too hard.

Addy May & Mommy have matching toesies!

We head over to Boise this week for Addy's final surgery and cast. 6 more weeks people. I will soon be able to squish my baby's legs again!! Wish us luck!

Relief.

Ready for the GREATEST NEWS OF MY ENTIRE LIFE? Well, I think you'll need a little background first. I have PFFD. That's an acronym basically describing my hips. My right femur bone didn't develop correctly and I am missing the neck and head on my femur bone. Without the head, I do not have a normal hip socket. Also, my right femur is shorter than the left. So if you've known me for a while, you know that I often make fun of my short leg and such. Well, I didn't think that this was genetic.

When Addy was born, I thought everything was perfect with her. The doctor came in the next day and told me that they noticed something wrong with her hip. My heart sank. I didn't want my perfect little girl to go through all that I did growing up, and even now. Well, they noticed that her left hip was out of socket. Exactly how I was when I was first born. We went to a specialist that gave her a harness to wear to keep the bone in the socket so the socket could develop correctly. She was diagnosed with hip dysplasia initially. There was still a chance that she could have PFFD too, as they can't really tell the anatomy of the hip until later (5-6 months when the bones start to develop). So for 5.5 months, I have been worried sick that she would have PFFD. We went to the doctor today, and he took an x-ray of her hips. He came back into the room and showed me the x-ray. Her femur bones are developing normally, and she in fact does not have PFFD, but only hip dysplasia. Our prayers were answered. Her condition is not severe, and a simple surgery and a cast for a few months will correct the problem, and then she'll be like any other kid. I bawled as I called Matt and my Mom to tell them the wonderful news. I know that most of you are thinking But she'll need surgery and she'll be in a cast for a few months?! Doesn't think break your heart? The answer is: no. This is such a small hiccup in the span of her life and ours too. She won't remember any of it, and she'll grow up with normal legs and everything will be fine. I think, really, the only people that can really understand why this is such good news are Matt, and my family. They know what I have been through and how hard it was for all of us to deal with. So the fact that Addy May will grow up normally is such a huge blessing.

Hanging out on the exam table, loving life. Her hair cracks me up.

I went to take this picture up close and she spit as soon as I snapped the picture. Notice the lovely spit mark on the camera. Nice. Also, it looks like her cheeks are lop-sided. Weird. They aren't. Hahaha The rest of the day, I didn't get much done. I hung out and played on the floor with this little person til Daddy got home. I couldn't help it.

HELLO McFLY!!

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There's the link again.

My proj.

I have started a fun, new way of documenting the day to day schtuff that goes on around here. I am going to attempt to do a 365 Project. I started a few days ago, and created a completely new blog for this situation. If you care to follow, click here. Enjoy.

P.S. I have a super dooper post about this past weekend in UT at the Stadium of Fire. That will come shortly*. Thanks for your patience.

* - Meaning anytime in the next month.