Welcome to our crazy family Addisyn

I would like you to meet

ADDISYN LOUISE DWELLEY

November 19, 2009

6lbs. 14oz. 19 1/2 in.

Mommy and baby are home and well. Addisyn is a great addition to our family. The kids are in love with their new baby sister. Jonathan loves to hold her. Everytime he kisses her he has to tapher tiny nose. I think it is sweet. Katelyn wants to hold her 24-7 and loves to help. Braden everytime he sees her says "I love you baby Addisyn" Daddy loves her new baby girl and doesn't want to leave her. Mommy is just happy she is such a good girl.

As soon as we got home I had to pack the two older kids for their trip with grandma. My mom and Pat are spending Thanksgiving in Utah with Kevin and Missa. Joanthan and Katelyn are going along with them. As much as I am going to miss my two oldest it is going to be nice to have the week with our two youngest.

Our home part 1

Things are slowly getting together with the help of my Family :) My mom was great at getting my boxes out of the house and cleaning a few weekends ago. It was a huge help. We painted the kids beds. Got them set up in the bedrooms (they had been sleeping on the floor for a week) and got their dressers in. I painted the family room (big No No) I paid for it later and decided I shouldn't really be doing that at 8 months prego. Then Ryan and Denise came to help paint a bit more this last weekend. I think we did more playing than painting but we got most of our vaulted ceiling done which was a huge help. It may have never gotten done. There was no way I was going to do it. So the last few days I have been putting up pictures and stuff to make it look more like a home. I still have a lot to do but money is tight and the baby is going to be here soon so I figured I should post something now or I may never :) So here is our humble home. Candace and Wendy you will see by the pictures I am in need of your decorating skills. I'm thinking a California trip is needed :) This is only the down stairs. It is the cleanest. I will try and get part 2 soon.

I had to put the picture of Matt and Ryan painting. Matt was so scared. I was laughing and he was peeing his pants (Braden thought he really did)

The front of the house

Our Entry (I am putting a mirror above the table)

1/2 bath right at the entry

Our Empty Living room (all out of $$$$) Someday it will have a couch :)

Formal dinning room (thank goodness for family furniture the hutch is my Great-Grandma Pellegrino's)

Kitchen view from family room

Family room view from kitchen

First Day of school

Jonathan is now a first grader. The only thing I really don't like is that he is in a K-1 class. He has the same teacher as last year (love her) He was put in this class because we are leaving in October. Jonathan was excited to get to see his friends. He was a little upset that I didn't give him money for lunch. I packed it for him. So we decided on 2 days a week he can eat at the cafeteria. We are up by 6:30 every morning He has been doing very well. I am not a morning person but Jonathan is even more than I am. Just ask Ryan :) We'll see how next week goes. So here are a few pictures from his first day.

Matt's week is not complete unless we go see the house. So this is strictly because Matt likes me to update the blog with house pictures. I know you are most likely getting board of these pictures. Update on the house we are just waiting to get out of under writing so they can release the flooring and do a major cleaning so we can do our walk through and sign the paperwork. I am really stressing about the backyard. We have no idea what to do and know whatever we do is going to cost an arm and a leg. All our money is going to buying the house, we are broke :) Buying a house is a slow stressful process.

Thumbusters

We are trying something with our 4 year old soon to be 5. She has a very bad habit of sucking her thumb. Wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't pushing her front teeth out. She is such a cute little girl and teeth are expensive to fix. So, I went on line and got these thumbusters. We will see how it works wish her luck. She wants to stop but it is really hard for her.

Matt went to Lake Elsinore for a guys wakeboarding trip. His cousin's Keith and Ryan and our Brother in-law's Jonathan and Ryan. I think they had a good time. No pictures though. But, they did stop by the house and take pictures. Here are a few. Matt can't go a week without seeing the progress. We were excited to see what had been done in a week.

It is getting closer........

I haven't been really good with pictures of the kids when we go out. I will try and do better :) However I have been taking lots of pictures of our new home. It is now the home stretch with the house. We are so excited with the progress. This last visit to the house the kids were finally able to go inside and see everything. Until now they have only been able to see the house from the outside. So this was a treat for us all. Now on to the pictures.....

All the cement is down I like the driveway, it's not Matt's favorite. :) At least I am happy. That's all that matters right???

Here is Katelyn and Jonathan standing at our front door ready for their first walk into the house. Braden had just woken up and wouldn't stand by the door. He is hiding behind the pillar.

This is our kitchen. They have the granite down. I love it. We are very happy with the color. I love my kitchen :)


Our formal dinning room. We don't really like the light but we can replace it later.


The boys in their new room. Jonathan is so excited. Braden just loves looking out the windows.

Katelyn and the babies room. Look at that happy little girl.

Katelyn wanted to take a picture of me so here is me in my new Master bath in the tub. I can not wait to soak in it :)

Katelyn taken a shower in her dad's shower :)

Backyard from our bedroom windows. We love the size but now we have to figure out what to do with it :)

So that's it for now our humble home is on its way . They have all the light switches, plugs, smoke detectors and air conditioning covers in. Molding is all up and painted. We just need the the bathrooms done, kitchen appliances flooring and a really good cleaning and we should be on our way. My last picture is for Katie. I hope you can see. Katelyn took a picture of me and Matt in the kitchen. One of the only belly shots I have right now sorry Katie.

Our Big 3 year old....

Braden turned 3 the beginning of August. He is to cute. I would ask him what he wanted for his birthday and his response would always be Cake and candles. We didn't do anything big just a small family get together the day of his birthday.Here are some pictures from that day.

Blowing out his candles. I wish we had a picture of his face when we sang to him. He was so excited.

My mom got him a hampster to replace the one that died a few months back. This one is a good one cause it bites when they try to pick her up. So she stays in the cage most of the time :)

I still can not believe my baby is 3 he always puts a smile on my face even when I am trying to be mad. This is one of my new favorite pictures of him. I took a picture of Katelyn cause we curled her hair so braden wanted on of him too this is how it turned out.

He has his mommy's problem his cheeks get in the way and his eyes get squished shut. So I told him to try and open his eyes. This is how it turned out. My little guy is so cute.Hope this puts a smile on your face like it does to mine. Until the next post :)

What have we been doing??????

July has been full of activities. My blog has been the last thing on my list. We had a busy 4th of July weekend Friday as a family and Saturday with our friends. Then we had a week to get all cleaned up and ready for family to come help us get ready for Denise and Ryan's wedding. Then a few days of play and wedding set up. Finally the wedding and now family is all gone and we can get back to normal.
Well, some what normal. In the middle of all the mess my grandpa had a stroke and had to be put in the hospital. He isn't doing very well. We think this may be a slow end of a great life for him. He is in a rehabilitation center but are not sure his body will let him. He is 85 and had a great life. My kids love him. I am so grateful they were able to know their great grandpa Milt. So enough of the sad. Denise's wedding was beautiful. If was a great sealing and super fun party after. I love when all the family gets together. I didn't get to spend to much time with them but something is better than nothing. so enjoy the little pictures I have right now. I will post more when I get them.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I know I really don't have many pictures from the wedding. I was busy making sure things went well for Denise and Ryan. My mom is getting a disk ready so I will do more pictures later.

Really quick here are some updated pictures of our house things are moving along very quickly.

Master Bathroom

Playroom

From kitchen looking into the family room