Addie is One!

I'm suppose to be writing my novel...suppose to be. However my brain is on an endless skip loop, like a record with a scratch. I need about 10-15 more pages and I'm finished. However I write in pieces and I'm having a hard time pulling the last few together. <sigh> Instead I figured I'd write a bit about my darling little girl!
Today was Addie's Birthday! The little darling turned one and seemed to know it. Other than the regular battle of the naps she was as happy as a clam all day! These last few days have been rather busy for my trying to pull it all together. There were tutu's and crowns to make. Cakes to be baked and copious amounts of glitter to be swept and mopped up 5 times over. Needless to say we have still not unpacked a thing from the forth of July!
Today I decorated the cakes. Addie had a pink rose cake with a cookie 1 on top. (I didn't want to risk her eating a candle.) and for the adults I make a chocolate cake covered with modeling chocolate. It was my first attempt and there should have been more icing and a second batch of milk chocolate but I ran both out of time and money so I figured it would have to do. I don't know why I haven't used modeling chocolate earlier. I think I want to marry it. Marry it and have little chocolate babies. Not really but still. It was a dream to work with, very similar to clay which I worked with very well in the past. I can't wait to see what kind of doors it opens!
We had family and friends over (those who could make it that is and those who are far away from us we missed you dearly!) Addie got lots of sweet presents and oh so many that make noise! Off switches can be lovely things. Addie was in heaven with all the new toys and the endless attention. She basks in attention. We set her down and waited for her to smash her cake but she sat there and daintily picked off the frosting piece by piece. I tried to get her to smash her hands in it but she just looked at me like "Mommy what are you doing? Look how pretty I'm eating" and continued to pick at the icing so we just stripped her down and gave her cake in her high chair all cut up.
She had a lovely day and I can't believe that it has been a whole year since our little munchkin decided to join our family! Happy birthday Addie love, here's to many more!

M.I.A in the best possible way

Wow so I don't think I have posted anything on this Blog in ages. There are any number of reasons but I suppose the first and foremost is that being a mom keeps you busy and when you do have free time...well there are so many other things I want to do like...I dunno. Eating lol.

All jokes aside I've actually been spending time writing my novel. I'm at 260 pages and it's really starting to come together. It's rough and unpolished but I have whole chapters and it's starting to get exciting. It's become my obsession that I work on every spare moment I have. Blogs are great fun but difficult for me personally to maintain. I don't know if anyone else has this problem. My awesome cousin...Cousin-in-law? Jessie is a whiz at it! There is always awesome pictures and quirky fun stories that I can completely relate with. Maybe Addie is to young for anything mind blowing but I think some of my best stories go along the lines of "Addie has a tooth!" or "She's climbing in the cupboards now! Lucky for us all the bottom ones are empty!" Which is fine for me. I'm happy enough as it all goes but heaven forbid....trying to write a story to make that scenario entertaining is something beyond me.

So it anyone is reading this to find out what is going on with our lovely family here it is. We are in our lovely apartment that I'm fair in love with. Addie is finally!  getting her first tooth and took her first step on the 22 of may. She doesn't walk willing though. She get's mad when we try to make her but she loves to climb everything! She is in 12 month clothes now and is the cutest baby ever. She normally is super obedient and happy but when she wants something bad enough....gosh dang she has sass!

William has finally got consistent work. He works in a woodworking shop three days a week, does a big brother program which gives him about 20 hours a week. They are both flexible and good working conditions which is heaven sent for us! He starts working for the Shakespeare Festival week after next which will leave him crazy busy at 45-50 hours a week.  He as always is that happy, hard working nerd I fell in love with. He's informed me that nothing else interesting has happened but he is rather excited to go to the Nelson family reunion as am I!

As I said earlier I have been working on my book which is coming along quite nicely. I chopped my hair all off mostly because I like looking nice with as little effort as possible and Addie was mistaking my hair for repunzles which was very uncomfortable. I like it alot actually. I sometimes miss my long hair but I figure...I never have time to actually do anything with it. I have been working on various other projects to. Sewing, artwork etc. My family sometimes will ask if there was a reason I'm making something...say a scale replica of the house in UP out of paper. I really don't have a reason. Mostly I get an idea and it seems to swallow me whole. It's all I can think about and it won't rest until I finish it. I think I was made to make things. Cakes, art, sewing, music, photos. I love it all :)

We are happily spending our days outside in the warmth as much as possible, watching copious amounts of disney movies and singing broadway song altogether to much. We couldn't be happier and love you all!