Adyson's 1st Butterfly Party!

The weekend before Chris left we had Adyson's big butterfly first B-Day party!

We had so much fun with a few of our family and friends!

Everything was lime green, hot pink, and had wings! Including the birthday girl and her big sister :) ...

The Decor...

The favors and Pinata bags...

For food we had Adyson's favorite!... Pizza and fruit! We also had salad!

Adyson with a mouthful of pizza :) ...

The Cake Table...


What Adyson was really excited about!...

I made a butterfly pinata!...

Adyson's turn with the pinata...

McKenna's turn at the pinata...

We didn't have too many older kids there... so I made Derek do the official breaking of the pinata :) It didn't take long!

My Grandad and Granny made it down for the party and it was my Granny's 77th Birthday! So I made her a little cake! The cake had 2 turtles on it since she collects turtles! We sang happy birthday to her and she made a wish!...

Then we sang happy birthday to Adyson!...

We opened presents before Adyson ate her cake!... She was spoiled rotten by grandparents and friends! Thanks to everyone for sending or bringing gifts to our little butterfly!

Of course McKenna was always right there to "help!"

McKenna even got to open a present of her own from Great grandad and granny! She was in heaven!

Adyson (or really McKenna) opening her gift from mommy and daddy... a water table for our porch! ...

Then it was the big moment that everyone (mommy) was waiting for! The cake smash!...

She giggled through the the whole thing and just kept looking at me like "really? You want me to do this?"

Eating a fondant butterfly :) ...

After a little while she got more into it!...

Last but not least, my friend Jessy took some adorable pics of Adyson after doing a cake smash!...

Thanks Jessy! We love the pics :) Jessy also took most of the pics from the party :)

Thanks to those who helped us celebrate! Happy Birthday Adyson! We love you!!!!!

2.5!

McKenna had her half birthday yesterday. (We love any excuse for cake and a party!) She is now 2.5!

I made her a half birthday cake with a sun on it because she loves suns right now :) When she colors that's what she wants to draw and in church she makes me draw sun, after sun, after sun... after sun.


The candle was a trick candle... so she was blowing REALLY REALLY hard! It was quite humorous :)


Then the girls talked to Chris on skype while they caked!


Everyday I can't believe how old McKenna acts! Chris and I just look at each other and ask "When did she grow up?!"

Some things about McKenna...

She speaks pretty clear to me, but some things she says a little funny! Just a couple are...

Meme = McKenna
Assyn = Adyson
Anga = Angel
flyfly = Butterfly
I hold you = Hold me
Moothee = smoothie
Fafa = Waffle
Pita = Pizza


McKenna knows she has to share her toys with Adyson, so she always makes sure Adyson has a toy, but it is always her least favorite item. for example, there is a princess that has purple hair. McKenna doesn't like this princess so when she's playing with the princesses she always gives that one to Adyson.

She loves to brush her teeth, color, sing, sweep, run around like a crazy person, and play with my fondant (which she calls playdough!)

She asks a zillion, million questions all day long. For example... when she watched bambi... Where the mommy? Where the mommy? Where the mommy? Where the mommy? Where the mommy? Where the mommy? Where the mommy? Where the mommy? Where the mommy? Where the mommy? get the picture? Since the right answer isn't usually good enough for her, finally I just have to make up a story about where she is... then she'll stop asking.

The other day we were kicking a ball back and forth. When I kicked it to her it hit her and she put me in time out. She also said, "Time out, do you hear me?"

She repeats everything we say... dangerous huh! Including "Oh my gosh" in a very high pitched voice, and "ah crap." Horrible... I know.

She loves to dance during disney movies with her daddy, and if he isn't home, she'll take mommy!

She gives what she calls "princess kisses." She holds your head with both of her hands and gives you a REALLY long kiss... maybe these disney movies aren't such a good idea!

Loves to swim! She has no fear of the water and as long as she has her wings on she is good :)

She loves nursery more than anything!


She is such a sweetie and we love her more than anything! She is such a good big sister and we wouldn't trade her for anything!

My Adyson

1 year ago today I was a mess. I had scheduled my c-section for August 12th... and I was in shock that that day was already here. How could it be? Didn't I just find out I was pregnant like... yesterday? I remember being in panic mode. I was so nervous for everything. I was nervous for the surgery, and the recovery while having an 18 month old. I was so nervous about being a good mom to 2 babies! McKenna had all of me. I wanted each of my babies to have ALL of me. We still didn't even have anywhere close to a name picked out. The night before I remember sitting with my mother in law and Chris as we went through the name book and I made a list of names on a sticky note to bring to the hospital!

If only I had known it was my precious Adyson in there! All my worries would have been replaced with calmness and excitement!

The day of the c-section I was so tense, not being able to eat or drink, trying to scramble to make sure everything was ready, clean, and perfect. I just remember wanting to burst out in tears the whole morning.

If only I had known... I was only hours away from meeting my Adyson! Yes, of course I knew I was going to meet the baby in my tummy... but I didn't know my Adyson yet.

Here is the moment I knew my Adyson...

It was pure bliss and definitely love at first sight! :)

She has from day one been our little angel baby. So mellow, easy going, happy, sweet, snuggly, and well... perfect! I always say that the Lord sent me Adyson because He knew I couldn't handle anyone else!

Last night she woke up around 10:00 pm (which is super rare and odd for her) she had a fever and a stuffed nose from 2 teeth that are going to cut through any moment. I just held her with her blanky and she laid her head on my shoulder like she always does. I I just rocked her side to side. We do this all the time. As long as she will keep her little head on my shoulder, I'm complete putty! She can have WHATEVER she wants in those moments! I couldn't help but to let the tears roll. She's so big! I felt like it was me saying goodbye to the baby although I hope she always knows that she is my baby! I tell her as I lay her down to sleep every night "Mama Luvs you... you are my everything, love you baby!'

Just in the last month Adyson Isabelle has grown so much!

• Waving
• clapping!
• She loves folding her arms for prayers!
• Standing... a lot! Any chance she gets she just stands! She wouldn't try to move for a long time, she would just stand!
  
• When she is excited she just giggles and giggles and giggles!
• When we were in UT she refused to nurse any longer, I was sad. I like to nurse up to their birthday but even if I put her in a nursing position she wouldn't even have it! She now drinks out of straws!
• She points at EVERYTHING all the time :)
• She sleeps in the bathroom... yes... the bathroom still. We actually call it Adyson's room though :)
  
• Her favorite song is Old MacDonald had a farm and she always sings at the EIEIO part!
  
• Her favorite animal right now is ducks and she loves to quack at them when she sees them!
  
• Now she is almost walking! She has taken some steps here and there and any day now she is going to be running around like her crazy sister!
  
• She gives the best kisses ever! If she hears the word "bye" she will immediately start to blow kisses and if you ask her for a kiss she'll give you a real big wet one since she always sticks her tongue out!
• She still only has her bottom 2 teeth... she has 2 fangs about to pop through any moment on top though :)
  
• She loves to talk on the phone especially to Daddy! She loves to play with her big sister!

Her year check up stats are:
19.1 lbs. - 25%
30 in. - 75%
Head = 19 - 97%!

So.... She is tall and skinny with lots of brains :) Could you ask for anything more??!
We celebrated her birthday Last Saturday since Daddy is in Tucson! We had a big butterfly party!

So HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to my Adyson Isabelle! Love you Baby!

Fowler Family Pics 2011!

We took family pictures with the Fowler Fam when we were in Utah! Here are just a few of them!...

4 Weeks...

4 weeks is the time that I will be husbandless and a single mom... boo.

Chris started his first rotation last month while we were in Utah and it was great! He carpooled with Kristina who just happened to be on his same rotation! It was an internal med rotation with a hospitalist! He loved the doc he was with and loved being at the hospital. He was home most days by 4 pm and he even had 4 days off during it! I was getting texts like,

"Swim or sink, they've thrown us into the deep end!"
and
"fake it til you make it , right?!"

He was seeing patients who although he was introduced as "student Dr. Fowler" he said, he didn't think they knew they were the first patient he'd seen! He feels like he did great though and it was just so exciting to start to use some of the knowledge he's been shoving into his brain for the last 2 years!

I was thinking how GREAT this 3rd year was going to be...

Then today came... we had been so busy I hadn't had much time to anticipate it coming which is probably a good thing, but Chris will be living in Tucson for a month for his second rotation. It was so hard to say bye to him and I'm totally bummed. I'm still holding out hope he'll be able to make it home sometime in there even though others I've heard haven't.

So... you'll know where the girls and I are this month... sitting home, at the pool, painting toenails, at the mall... all waiting for Daddy to come home!