Random Family Fun Part 4

Looking like the mom from the Incredibles

Bundled up for a walk

Daddy was being silly!


Grandpas cannot get enough of Addison


Mommy was being silly
"Who put these pants on my head?!"

Addison helping with he laundry


I love Grandma!


Oh Poop! Nasty blowout at Grandpa Fast's Funeral.

What a cute little doll!

Playing with cousin Lucy

Clothes come off better when the buttons are undone

Bear hug!

The End

Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

Random Family Fun Part 3

This should have been in the last post, but we missed it.
This is our living room.

Addison's Blessing Day
Grandma Martin with all her
great grandchildren

Four Generations
Jewel (Jana's mom,) Grandpa Fast,
Grandma Fast, Jana and Addison


Four Generations
Stan (Jana's dad,)Grandma Martin
Jana and Addison


Cousins
Addison, Emzli, and Lucy

The three of us
on her blessing day

After Addison got her shots,
she was a brave girl

Mark comforting Addison the day she had her shots

Addison playing on her exercise mat

Jana reading a story to Addison

Enjoy this set of pictures.

We have one more set for tomorrow.

Random Family Fun Part 2

Here's the next set of pictures, enjoy!

One of many cars we saw at the

Peach Days Car Show, Mark took tons of pictures,

he only got to pick a few to put in this post

Parade of Cars
We missed most of the show but
watched many of the cars leaving

Mark's Dream Car

All tuckered out


Grandpa Martin, Addison and Lucy
He insisted on holding them both


Four Generation
Papou, Yia yia,
Mark, Addison
and Steve (Mark's dad)


Mark and Addison
In her Cowgirl outfit before family pictures
My brother Jason took family pictures
for us and some of Addison
He did a great job

All worn out from playing

Just like mom, she can sleep anywhere

Our new kitchen

Bookcase in Addison's room
These are lots of books from when I was teaching school.
Addison won't lack for books, but I could always use more.

Random Family Fun!

We have lots of pictures to share with everyone, but we don't want to overwhelm you. We will post a few of our favorite pictures with you over the next few days so that you can see what we have been doing.

Addison enjoying her new house First meal at our new house,
Shepard's pie stuffed potatoes, yummy!

Addison hugging my leg...it helped with her gas
Last picture we have of Grandma and Grandpa Fast together
This is when they came to see our house in Brigham

Queen of the Bed(After Mom and Dad get out)
This is what Addison thought about Peach Days;

it was actually pretty good. She woke up when we walked past

the merry-go-round, gave us a funny look but we couldn't get a good picture of it.

Four Generations

Mark, Annette (Mark's mom,)

Grandma Stapley and Addison

Well that's it for now, watch for more to come. We have been trying to post a video on the blog. If any of you have any tips for us, we would love to hear them.

Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone...oh wait, that was the last holiday. We are a little behind, but since Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and Addison's first holiday I decided to share it anyway. Thanks to Tony (Mark's cousin), we are now able to download our pictures to our computer because he got our hard drive to work again.

For Halloween this year we went down to spend sometime with family. We stopped off to visit Karen and her family, we had a good time with some very excited kids. When then went over to my parent's house for a fun halloween party. Growing up in the Martin household we usually had chili dogs before going trick or treating. This year my mom wrapped the hot dogs in roll dough and then cooked them so we didn't need a bun. They turned out to be super cute. I had seen something on Studio 5 that showed how to make Mummy Pizzas, so we made those too. The food was good, but the company was better.

We had fun taking pictures with Addison and Emzli, but missed having Lucy with us. This year I decided to just put Addison in some cute sleepers that I bought before she was born. I loved the stripes on them. She was almost too big for the outfits. Maybe next year I can find a Snow White costume for her so that we can be twins. All in all it was a very fun day...can't wait for next year when she is a little older and can enjoy the fun.

There is a slide show of Halloween pictures below this post, enjoy!!

Two Months Old!

It is hard to believe that our little girl is now two months old and starting to have many milestones in her life.

One very special milestone was when we were able to give her a name and a blessing. This was a very special moment for me as a father because it was an opportunity for me to exercise the priesthood and seek heavenly input as to what things lie forth for the future of our daughter. We blessed her in our old ward and spent that day with many family and friends. She looked very cute in her little blessing dress and it truly was a special day for her.

Another milestone was her 2 month doctors appointment where we found out that she is growing well. She now weigh 10 lbs and 4 oz and is 23 inches long. She did very well meeting her new doctor and she was perfectly content until the doctor started poking and prodding and checking everything out. She even showed great bravery as she received her shots.

Shortly after her doctors appointments she got a new baby gym which brings us great joy as we watch her play. I think that watching a child play brings the child in us out and helps us to remember what things in life are the most important.

We are back!

I am sure that many of you have wondered if we have fallen off the face of the earth. I just want to let you know that we have moved to Brigham City and not fallen off the face of the earth. We decided that it would be best for our family if I moved closer to my work. I have cut my commute in half and get to spend more time with my beautiful wife and daughter.

Life has been good to us since Addison has been home and she is already growing so fast. Tonight she grew out of her car pajamas, which is sad because I think that she would look cute playing with hot wheels while sporting her car pajamas. I guess we will have to keep our eyes open for another pair on our next trip to Carters!

We have not had internet since we moved to our new place so it is nice to have internet that we can "Keep in touch with the outside world"! We look forward to reading your blogs and keeping ours up to date.

Update on Addison

I am sure that many of the people that read our blog probably already know that Jana delivered our beautiful daughter Addison on July 27, 2009 at Alta View Hospital. The delivery went very quick and Jana was able to be discharged the next day after delivering. She did very well and is a great mom. The same day that Addison was born we found out that she had some infection and would need to be transferred to another hospital where she would receive the proper care for her infection. She has been on antibiotics for a little over a week now and should be home in less than a week if everything goes as planned. She has had to have pic lines and IVs so life has not been the funnest for her. In the time that I have spent with my daughter I can tell that she has a strong spirit and will make it through this illness. She has one of the cutest little smirks that we will see more as her health improves. I want to let you know that we appreciate the prayers that have been given on our behalf and know that we have seen those work in the milestones that have already happened. Please keep us in your prayers because we definately need them.

39 Weeks and Counting!!!!

Jana and I wanted to let you know that we have not had our baby yet but are very excited for her arrival. We have been working on getting things ready and this weekend we were able to do some last minute shopping. This week we have completed two very large projects; the crib and the quilt for the crib. The crib has been an ongoing project that I have been working on with both our fathers and we were able to finish painting it yesterday. Now we need to finalize the purchase of a home for the crib and for us. Jana has been able to complete her first quilt with the help of her mother. They have spent many hours together making this cute quilt and pillows....Thanks Jewel. While getting different baby stuff I have discovered a tender-hearted more sensitive side of myself that I did not know about. As we look at baby clothes I see shirts and outfits that make references like " I love my daddy," I feel myself almost tear up. Jana says that I am turning into a softy.

At target we found a cowgirl themed onesie and plush pony and think that it would be cute to get a whole cowgirl outfit. While spending time with her mother Jana found these adorable cowboy boots made for babies and her parents surprised us with them later that evening. We are hoping that we can find a small denim skirt and cowboy hat to go with it. If anyone knows of a good place to get these items let us know. We will let you know when the baby comes!