Dux

I can't believe I haven't put DUX in our family blog.  We recently bought, yes bought, a chocolate lab for Addyson. We picked him out in February and in March he came to live with us. He is a big guy. I am pretty sure he is 70 lbs. He is almost seven months old.

Baby Dux

She picked... and he became DUX

 

 

 

Dux @ Four-Five

Months

Our Home

I've finally have internet to keep up with my blog instead of my iphone.  We love our little house. When I say little its only 1200 square feet, with a huge yard. We want to one day build a shop/garage. Eventually that would be where we would gather if we had a big gathering. (Thanks to Darcy and Gerry for the idea!)

Here are pictures of our house. We still have some updating, to make it ours, and our yard is HORRIBLE. See Peck use to just be one big river here, once it all dried up, it eventually just has a small creek running through it. So our yards are rocky, and we're going to have to landscape this fall or early spring.

This is our Laundry Room

Other View of the Laundry Room.

This is the view from the Laundry Room into our Kitchen

Our Appliances.

Addyson's Room from the Hallway

Some of Addy's Room

Her Room.

Addyson in the spare Bathroom - Yes, we just

went ahead and decorated it for her, we rarly

have vistors

 

Our Tiny Hallway, three doors to three rooms.

Little Living Area..

Master Bathroom, I eventually want to put a bathtub, and shower

in this room instead of just a shower.

                                                Our Bedroom is a huge room, probably the biggest

Paco sleeps in our room...

Another View...

Spare room

                                                               

 

Front Enterance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front of our little house.........

Our lawn.

Our Yard. Its sad looking we know!

Our little Road. Peck is so TiNy!

I forgot to water these shurbs. So they are barely living.

Our Cute Welcome Sign

Gate we want to continue putting around our Yard

                                                                DUX in the back

Come over anytime. Welcome.

Addyson's Third Birthday!

I can't believe I have a three year old. Addyson loves princess anything, so we decided to just go with an overall theme of princess. I had to make her cake because it was over memorial weekend and everything was closed. In Idaho, they all seem to close down and go out camping. We had a small turn out, which Addyson was just excited for her new horses that she got from her grandma and my aunt Gina. She also got her first archery bow and arrow. She tells me she is going to shoot a deer with her bow and arrow. I wonder where she gets that from. She loves to twirl and watch her pony shows, and princess movies. She loves her puppy DUX and tried to love on Paco. She tried dance class one day and was to shy. She has a smile that would melt your heart. Loves to eat. I think she gets that from me. She says the funniest little things. One time she said that she doesn't want a sister she wants a brother. Maybe one day. She loves going to play at the park across our new house, and her place set she calls her play house. Camping is fun for her because she can play anywhere without getting into to much trouble. Addyson is a little swim baby. She just loves swimming, I am glad we live closer to the Clearwater River where she can swim and float in  her little boat. She has a big heart, but she has issues with sharing when we are around certain kids. I can't believe how much she loves her horses. She wants a real one. My once five pound baby is now a big 28 pounds. We haven't got to go to her three year appointment yet because her Doctor has been out of town.

                                            Addyson enjoying her ice cream at mcdonalds

Birthday Cake I made Addyson

 

Some Décor at the Orofino Park

The Birthday Girl

 

Food

 

Some Décor...

It made it to the park in one piece.

Addyson and her friend Emma

Emma's sister Ella

She was a tired girl after her birthday

Addyson is three!

We are still alive

It has been super busy I haven't been keeping up with my blog. Lot of things have came and gone from our lives. 

January 23rd our chocolate boy, Dux, became part of this world. 

February we got to pick him out and he was the only pup that would cuddle up to Addy girl so we knew he was part of our family.  Because many of our family members were disappearing from our lives before we could even blink. 

March 6, we got to bring Dux home. Right before Easter. Addyson has fallen on love with him. As for us we felt like we had a newborn again. He would wake us every three hours to play and go potty. Easter came and we had not been around Josh's parents since December. They invited us to their house for dinner, which we appreciated. I felt a weird vibe being there. Previously we haven't been getting along via text messages. None of this was ever brought face to face. My poor daughter doesn't have her grandparents there all the time. I feel like its my fault, which maybe it is, but I try to fix it. Our life is so busy. But when you feel you are being pushed to your limit with things what do you do? Addyson was so fun though this Easter aside from everything going on in our family. We took her to an Easter egg hunt in Lewiston at pioneer park where a church puts it on. I love singing songs about the one who loves us no matter our faults. And she was able to get her some candy eggs. It was strange not doing it with grandma pat. Later we put a beautiful arrangement of flowers on her grave.  Addyson also became fully potty trained ( she still has accidents once in a while ) 

April came and we finally found a house we wanted to call our home. Three bedrooms. Two bathrooms. Huge yard. They are leaving a 50 inch screen tv, table and chair set, and a 1800 wooden play set, and a stand up freezer,  I almost forgot.  All these things are in really good condition. I will never forget the feeling of exhaustion after looking at 13 homes. Now we are just waiting for the sign date and we will be home owners in July (end of this month).  Josh and I decided to purchase tickets to Hawaii to see his long time friend Dereck and his wife Angelica. We it to meet their son, Josiah. As much as my stomach was turning and my mind going crazy that I was going to leave Addyson because we weren't able to purchase a ticket for her, my mom kept her and took her to daycare. With the house coming through and now we booked a trip I was very stressed. 

May ended up being our busy month like it has been for the last five years. Out anniversary was celebrated durning a weekday and that following day we flew out to Hawaii. The plan ride was long. Once we got there we went to navy base, pearl harbor, and we got to live the military life all over again. Their NEX was huge! I was blown away. And there were all sorts of ships, even some from Japan. We went into the mountains, went to a popular mexican place for food and drinks, got some Hawaiian style food. I think my margarita made me tipsy. I hardly ever drink, so one and done. We went shopping, beach hopping, driving around the island, hiking, Pearl Harbor memorial, and a luau. We enjoyed it aside from the stress. Addyson turned three the 23rd. She had a good day with Josh, I had to work but we celebrated when we all went to dinner and bought her new bikes. Princess bike to be exact. She had a princess themed birthday party. Not many people came because f it being a holiday weekend. Josh's parents didn't come either. Which really was more hard on us because Addy will know one day all this and the what if it's still happening. It's like I am in protective mode. I won't write the huge fight on my blog, but it's silly and very childish. But she didn't even realize it though because she was happy with her princess stuff and horses. I forgot to mention how much she lives horses. And Lisa got her a bear bow she says I am like Merida, aka Brave, it's so fun.  

June. I have been waiting for June. The weather has been hot. We have been camping a lot. Addy loves throwing sticks in the water for Dux. He is a good swimmer. He learned from Gpa Wes' dogs when he stayed with them in may when we went to Hawaii. Or maybe when he was 6 weeks old walking in the pasture he fell in the creek and had no choice until Josh caught him. 

I hope things start slowing down. We have been busy with work, house stuff, and family time, and crisis. 

Trying to make my no mean, NO!

Addyson has been a brat lately! She is so bossy and likes to tell me how it is gonna be sometimes. Drives me crazy. I am resorting to taking away movies and toys shortly but Josh believes in a spanking and time out and at some points I do to but I always think is this child abuse!?! He says shut up dad! And no!!! No is on everything. But I am sure this is just one of those things where a sibling would and is needed . I'm like no to that idea because I can't even handle one attitude! I hope I am not always the soft one in this parenting I feel like I am but maybe she will grow out of it and see it isn't that bad ;)