A Fairy Good time!

We had a spectacular March. We went to Disney, MOSH (museum of science & hirstory), the zoo, a few beach trips, we had lots of visitors and had a fabulous Fairy Birthday Party.

It is hard to believe Addison is already 3 years old! How time flies. She started her big day with a trip to the nail salon with Titi & Mimi to get her nails done which included flowers on a few of them! Then she came home and ate cake, cupcakes, candy and maybe a chicken nugget or PBJ or two! She had 20 friends come over to help her celebrate her birthday. The kids got to dress up as fairies, wings and all. Then after bouncing they "made their own mud" which consisted of a clay pot filled with chocolate pudding "mud", sprinkled rocks on top (oreos) and finished off with worms! The kids took the pots home along with seeds and "Fairy dust" (soil) to plant their own gardens! The weather was not exactly what we hoped for but even with the rain it was a great day. Enjoy the pics!

In the land of fairies where pixies fly and roam, sits a little fairy friend who calls this garden home. Her birthday was here and she's thankful to say that you all shared in the magic of her very special day!!!

Our Not So Little Girl...

This week as I watched Ansley walking around the house I noticed that my little baby is not such a little baby anymore. Her infancy stage is long gone and her baby face is starting to mature into a toddler. My little girls are growing too fast and I don't like it one bit! :) But isn't she beautiful? She fills our lives with such joy & love.

Where the Magic begins...

We finally took Addison to Disney and Epcot for pooping on the potty! It was amazing! Addison could care less about the rides...she just wanted to meet her princesses who she did tell she pooped on the potty! Needless to say they very pleased with her big girl accomplishment!

We had lunch with the princesses at Epcot and that was great. The food was delicious and every princess came to each table for a meet and great. Epcot had a fabulous Nemo section where we spent an entire morning. Ansley was a trooper. She rode in the stroller with a smile on her face both days. We never had any melt downs (except on the carousel, which Addison got kicked off of for not staying on her horse). I would say our first trip to Disney was a huge success but we need about 3 days to just make it through the Magic Kingdom.

FYI..Ansley is officially WALKING!!!!

Creative Imagination

Addison's imagination is evolving at rapid speed and it is extremely entertaining to watch. Some of my favorites include: her "ice skating" on the wood floors, her imaginary friend Casper, randomly screaming and running because a dragon is chasing her or that her closet is now the "dungeon". Oh yea and her waking up EVERYDAY telling me she does not want her human legs, she wants a beautiful pink mermaid tail...thanks Disney!

With this evolving imagination comes the pressure for Charles's and my imagination to grow as well because we are expected, multiple times a day, to think up new stories and songs. Every night when we put her to bed she wants a song about an item in her room. One night it is the fan song, next night the window song, door song, or the monitor song....uh really? They get pretty hard. One night she asked for a "mommy song". So this is what I came up with:

I am a mom, who is the bomb :)
and I have two daughters
Their names are Addison and Ansley
I love them more than candy
I am a mom....

I have two girls
Who love to twirl
and Addy has curls
Ansley loves to wiggle
They both make me giggle
I am a mom....

I love them so
Especially in bows
From their heads down to to their toes
They love to ask why
I kiss them when they cry
I am a mom!

Not horrible right? Anyways...if you have any creative ideas for songs, lay 'em on me! I need all the help I can get (as seen above)!

Addison had a CBC this week, numbers looking good. They recovered from their little January vacation. Platelets 107,000, WBC 8.08, ANC 4201, HGB11.5. Wohoo!!!!

Ansley's 9 month pictures

The last few times we have had pictures scheduled for Ansley the weather has not cooperated and it did not this day either. The sun was shining but the temperature was low and the wind was blowing. Poor Ansley was still getting over her ear infection and did not like cold...I will say she was still cute as pie!







Um...HOLY HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spring has Sprung

Spring has Sprung in the Bond house and so have Ansley's teeth! On Friday Ansley took her first two steps! She is not even 10 months old! She is developing quite a sassy attitude as well. She has this God awful screech she does when she wants something or if something does not go her way. It is so bad I stop and wonder if she is part pterodactyl. :) I am now working diligently on getting her to use her signs for "please", "more" and "all done" instead lieu of screaming. She is using the "more" sign but looks away sheepishly when I tell her to use the "please" one...little booger.



Besides Ansley taking her 1st steps we had another HUGE milestone in our house. Addison FINALLY pooped on the potty. Charles told her when her diapers ran out she was done. No more! Not for pooping or for sleeping in. We cute her off cold turkey...and let me tell you it worked! She has pooped on the potty and has slept in big girl panties ever since. She has only wet the bed once which was totally my fault because I let her have a sip of water before bed. Ding dong, I know! She is getting her big girl bed this week. I will post pics when have it all set up! We did do a tiny weeny bribe to go along with the no more buying diapers thing...we are taking her to Disney World! We have been telling her for months that the princesses don't let little girls in diapers visit the castle. Whatever...it worked! We have our trip planned for March!!! We cannot wait! Most expensive poo EVER but totally worth it!



Addison and I planted some seeds a few weeks ago and after about 4 days they sprouted! I think I was more excited then she was but she makes sure to tell everyone that comes over to check out her Zinnias that she is growing.

Girlie Girl Goes Camping!

Lucky for daddy as you can see from the pictures our Addison was born to camp...not so lucky for mommy! :) I do have to admit it was much more enjoyable than I expected.



Daddy had been promising Addison to take her camping for months. The first time Charles tried to take her it was horrible weather so they put the tent up in her bedroom. There is something magical about a tent to a child. Everytime we drove past trees that looked remotely like a forest she would beg to go camp there.



We finally nailed down a weekend that our friends could go with us and the 4 families set out into the woods for a fun wholesome family camping trip! It was great fun, the kids explored, searched for bugs and of course roasted marshmallows to make smores with! I think Addy ate at least 3 smores while mommy and daddy endulged in just as many if not more.




Addison kept her girlie-ness with her by the way she sat in her campin chair! Fancy Nancy would be so proud of her! Other than Addison waking up at 4:30 ready to play outside it was a very successful camping trip and I did enjoy snuggling in our bed with her! We cant wait till we can take both girls with us, mommy wasn't brave enough to take Ansley too so she had fun with Mimi & Grandaddy!