Birthday Gifts

Addison is really into crafts right now so I bought her a Trolls necklace kit. There are 5 different strings where she can make her own necklace. 

She REALLY wanted to eat out on the deck. We asked what she wanted for her birthday dinner and she said "corn dogs". We were thinking we would order Casey's pizza, but she really wanted corn dogs. So that's what she got! 

I bought her a small kite so we tried that out that night. She thought that was pretty fun. She didn't want to fly it, she just ran around yelling "Get back here kite!!" and then she would laugh. She thought it was so fun. I'm sure people 3 blocks away heard her yelling. 

Our picture at 38 weeks. I was feeling pretty good. I felt better once I stopped trying to do prenatal workouts or walking on the treadmill. Apparently I was trying to do too much, I was getting pretty sore. You can see my dog Bullet in the picture :) Addison enjoys pretending to be a dog. I told her if I had a dog, I would name it Bullet. That's the name my mom had come up with after we named Rocky and JJ, so that was the first name that came to mind. So every stuffed dog or dog toy she has, she tells me it's name is Bullet :) She keeps saying "I wish we could have a dog some day", and I just tell her she has to ask her dad - ha! 

Turning 4 in Quarantine

Addison's 4th birthday was Wednesday, April 22. She was so excited for her birthday this year. Starting April 1, she crossed off a square on our calendar each day. She had a countdown to the big day. If you asked her what she wanted for her birthday, she would tell you "A cake, cupcakes, cookies, a haircut, and the same two balloons she had last year". She really wanted a haircut for her birthday, but she didn't get one (all the hair cut places were closed due to Covid-19!). She has not had her first haircut yet :)

Well, I could fulfill one wish. She could have cupcakes! Yup, we bought a white cake mix and we made our own cupcakes. Addison was SO EXCITED for these cupcakes. 

She probably told me 10 times that day "Today's my birthday and I'm 4 years old" and she probably asked 25 times "Mom, when am I gonna have a cupcake?" She about drove me crazy! And that was before lunch....... 

She got one trick candle, she thought that was pretty funny. We had white frosting, so I let her pick which colors of food coloring she wanted to dye the frosting. She thought that was pretty cool. And then she picked the sprinkles too. She had purple and blue cupcakes. She was so excited we had 20 cupcakes. We didn't eat them all that day, we put some in the freezer. She gets pretty excited when we get one out for her. 

We got a few Trolls items to decorate the kitchen and Ryan blew up a few balloons for her. She loves balloons. Oh yea, and she picked out her hat too. I had a few choices for her but that was what she wore last year (and she remembered) so she wanted it again. It's from our wedding, on the back side it says Happy New Year - ha! 

Stepping Stone Creation

Well, since we are staying home I figured we could catch up on some projects :) Addison got this kit to make her own stepping stone from the Prescott's last year for her birthday. Figured it was the perfect time to do it before the baby came! Addison is totally into "projects" right now. I can make anything a "project" and she's excited! I told her one morning we were going to make this stone and she asked me probably 30 times that day when we were going to do it.

First we had to mix the cement, then pour it into the plastic frame. They provided us with a mix of stones that Addison could put in. And they gave us little letter stencils so we could write in it. And of course we had to put her handprint in it! Growing up, whenever cement was poured at the farm, we would put our handprint and initials in it. It makes me a little sad Addison won't have that 'farm kid memory', but I guess a stepping stone will have to do!

We asked her what else she wanted to write on her stone and she said "Go Cyclones" :) She loved this little project. We put it on the front step and every time we go outside, she checks to see if her hand still fits - ha!

Canceled Trip :(

This was a sad week in March for us. We had to cancel our trip to Florida. We were planning to go with the Prescotts and my parents. But due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, we made the difficult decision to cancel the trip. We were severely disappointed! We had really been looking forward to this trip. Addison was SO EXCITED to go back and practice what she learned in swimming lessons. I was excited to be 34 weeks pregnant and get in the pool to be weightless - haha! And it would have been our last trip before the baby. But we decided we better be safe as we had no idea was in store for the country. 

We were set to leave on March 20. On March 12, ISU announced students would not be returning to campus for classes until the beginning of April. Classes would be online after spring break. Events began canceling at my work. The Big 12 Tournament canceled on Thursday, which meant ISU is still the reigning champ of the tournament - ha! My work announced on March 17 that they encourage employees to work from home if able. Ryan's started working from home March 20. It was a crazy, unknown situation that was very stressful for me at work with shutting down the building to events. At that time in March, we had no idea how the next month(s) would play out. Looking back, my work should have started planning sooner for further out (I would like to know that myself and the building manager did try to push them for better planning, haha). More to come on how this crazy situation affected us :)  

But all our plans were canceled so we had more time to hangout. I was looking forward to a few relaxing weeks prior to the baby. We used Kelly's Disney Plus membership and watched Frozen 2 one night. Addison was pretty excited. I would say I was very disappointed. It wasn't even half as good as the first one. It was hard to follow and the songs were terrible. Glad we didn't buy it or go to the theater! But Addison was happy and I guess that's all that matters....haha! 

I was pretty excited about the pinwheel we found this year for my Grandpa Julius' grave. He would have loved this one. It will be 10 years this summer since he passed. I've thought of him a few times lately, he used to say that all babies look the same and he could never tell if it was a girl or a boy (in conversations about his great grandkids). Ryan and other people have said "all babies look the same" lately and that makes me think of Grandpa and smile. I've also thought of him since I've been at home during the day and Young and the Restless comes on. I quit recording it years ago but I have it on during the day. Don't worry Grandpa, the stories are still repeating themselves and Phyllis (on the show, not Grandma) is still as nasty as ever. He used to get a kick out of Phyllis and her shenanigans - haha! I think my dad is embarrassed that my grandpa watched a soap opera :) 

Well speaking of Grandpa's...... I told Addison that I used to play these games with her Grandpa. We played Hi-Ho Cherry-O and Cootie. Looking back, I wonder if my dad played by the rules on Cootie.....you are supposed to get all the items in order. So you roll until you get a 1 for the body. Then you roll for a 2 for the head. It takes FOREVER that way!! We now play that you pick up whatever item you roll, which means you could have some feet before a body but that's okay :)

And our weekly picture, now listing "Covid-19 Quarantine". We started our quarantine this week. At that time, we never expected it to be June and still in quarantine.......

Making some bunnies

Another one of my many projects..... we made some bunny canvas prints for Easter. We made one for ourselves and one for Grandma Rita. Addison LOVES making these little projects with her footprints. I apparently didn't take a photo of the finished project!

Addison's first time at the Bondurant Public Library. I checked out a few books for her and I. I thought she would be more excited to pick out her own books, she didn't care at all. She sat in the chair and read to "her class" for about 1 minute and then she wanted to try to play on the computers. I realize I should take her back there this summer and teach her how to play the games on the computers! 

Addison was helping Ryan make some green beer on St. Paddy's Day. Wild day at the Lents house :)

Here I was at 33 weeks. I was pretty nervous about going early this time (I didn't). Nolan coming so early last year really gave me some anxiety!

New bed, new room

In the beginning of March, Addison got a new bed and a new room :) This room was our guest bedroom. We had a different bed frame in there, but I wanted one with storage since we didn't have room for dresser in that room. So we picked out a bed and had it delivered. Addison was SO excited! 

And she had no issues giving up her old bed and bedroom to the baby. Maybe that's because she was almost 4 and still sleeping in a toddler bed :) ha!

 She had to crawl in and pretend to be a baby. Then she was climbing on the outside and telling us that she was going to help with the baby when it cries.

She was pretending Scout was a baby and she was reaching in to get him when he was crying. She was showing us how much of a help she can be with the new baby :) Haha!

Do I have to shower??

Well now it's June 1st and I'm still not caught up! But I am at least in March now :) 

So we have had many parenting fails with Addison. This is one. She is almost 4 and terrified of taking a shower. She actually has never taken a shower. We told her she has to learn how to take a shower before we can go back to Florida. There is no tub in Florida and she is too big for the sink - ha! So we were practicing taking a shower because we had a trip scheduled in March. So we told her we would practice wearing swim suits - haha! It looks like it went well from this photo. It was not a smooth event... there were tears. Ha! 

Another night at swimming. We did not master blowing bubbles in the water (another parenting fail for not putting her in lessons sooner). But she is now determined she will learn before our next trip. ha! 

I love that she likes to play baseball :) 

Oh this crazy girl. She told me on this day that she was a White Sox Fan. I need to not leave her alone with her dad - haha! Just kidding :) She just likes this jersey because it has buttons!