The Adair Fam

Summer lovin…

Posted by meredith on June 17th, 2009 filed in Family
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had me a blast…

summer lovin…

happened so fast…

i met a boy cute as can be…

i met a girl, crazy for me…

summer days, driften away… to uh, oh, those summer nights…

Audrey’s special time with her Great-Grandmother

Posted by meredith on June 9th, 2009 filed in Family
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Audrey got to spend some time with my Grandmother this weekend on a spur of the moment trip down to Texas so I could go to my 10-year high school reunion. There wasn’t a camera around to capture everything, but the pictures I took at the end were priceless to me. You name it, they did it - read books, played outside, played with play-dough, ate food, took baths, colored… etc! Gotta give my Grandmother major props for keeping up with a 2-year-old!

This was in the morning after Audrey spent the night with Grammy. She was so happy eating her grapes, apples and bagels - and lots of juice! : )

Helping Grammy get some more bagels.

Where Audrey slept - right next to Grammy’s bed! So cute! Grammy said that when she tried to put her to bed the night before (at 9:30pm) Audrey didn’t want anything to do with the pack-n-play! She is much too old for that!! Grammy asked her if she wanted to sleep in Grammy’s bed, and she jumped at the opportunity! After I came home to check on her, I put her back in the pack-n-play, but she woke up and said, “No, I sleep in Gammy’s bed!” Grammy said that when she woke up in the morning, she immediately was asking for Grammy instead of me! I think that made Grammy happy!

Giving kisses!

Lots of love for Grammy!

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I am so thankful that Audrey had this one-on-one time with Grammy! I have such sweet memories of the few times that I got to sleep in Grammy’s bed and hang out with Grammy up in NH when I was little, and it means so much to me for my daughter to get to do the same. Thanks Gram!!

a little of this and that

Posted by meredith on June 4th, 2009 filed in Family
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Here are some random pictures from the last week or so… enjoy!

Teaching the kids the fun of honey suckles. They really got into it! (For those of you who didn’t do this when you were a kid - there is a small drop of honey nectar in the middle of the flower that you can get out when you pull on the stem. It is a lot of work for just a small taste. But it is fun!!)

Working hard! We all got up in the playhouse and ate honey suckles till we ate most of what we could find! Actually it was sort of cold that day, so I made hot chocolate after, so that was a good transition to a new activity!

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One for her wedding video : )

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David went camping last weekend with some guys, so the kids and I had a sleep over. They were so incredibly excited to sleep next to Reagan that I was surprised that they actually slept!! It was really funny because during the middle of the night, I heard Connor say, “Reagan, move!!” And I immediately jumped up thinking that Reagan had made herself comfortable on Connor’s bed, but no-no, Connor had rolled over onto her pillow - accompanied by Lambie and his blanket! Reagan sauntered over to the floor next to her pillow, and slept there until Connor woke up about an hour later and crawled back on his bed! So funny. Needless-to-say, I didn’t get a whole lot of sleep, but they sure enjoyed it!

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The Matchells came over for a BBQ, and the kids had a blast just hanging out. We turned the sprinkler on toward the end of the evening, and they loved it!

Jumping over the water!

The 5 kiddos. Notice Jakin is not sitting on the grass - he didn’t want to get dirty! So funny considering he had just been running around the whole evening in the grass… : )

Just straight up adorable!

Love the expressions. Connor loves Anna, and Anna loves being adored!

Bathtime! The water was pretty dirty, but somehow it did the trick!

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For some reason, when I saw Connor with his hair all messed up, it just reminded me of him in this picture… I love how disheveled he looks in both!

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Connor started swimming lessons this week, and he LOVES it!! David and I were a little nervous that he wasn’t going to like it cause it is a new situation and I wasn’t allowed to watch, but that boy did great!!

Posing with Audrey

Them from very far away. I’m not allowed to be in there while the lessons take place - which totally makes sense. The kids will do a lot better if we aren’t there to distract them or tell them what to do. The pool is kind of on a farm area, so it is actually pretty peaceful out there. You are kind of forced to enjoy nature. The lessons last 30 minutes, so it is just enough time for Audrey and I to walk around the area counting horses, rocks, bugs etc.

This one of Connor’s teachers - Ms. Patti. Connor absolutely adores her and thinks that she is only there for him!! He runs up to her and yells, “Hey!!! I’m here!!!” It is just adorable! After the first lesson when I was asking him how he liked it, he said, “Mommy, after this, can we go to WalMart and buy a big pool!” I guess he liked it!

Weekend with my Mom

Posted by meredith on May 28th, 2009 filed in Family
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This past weekend my Mom came to visit. It was short, but as always, wonderful to have her here! I actually got sick on Friday and half of Saturday, so it was a blessing to have her here to help entertain my very energetic children!! I didn’t snap a whole lot of pictures, but the few that I got are fun.

This is the new way of riding the tractor… Audrey sits in the seat while Connor sits on the hood and steers the wheel and pushes the gas. Basically awesome coordination for Connor and Audrey is just along for the ride! She loves it!

Doesn’t Audrey look way too grown up!?!? Her hair up in a ponytail with a headband and a little tennis outfit. Even the way she is standing! Seriously - way too old!

This was a pretty special hour of our visit… We got to Skype with my Dad from across the world!! It was so good to see him and the kids loved showing Papa all of their new toys, pointing to their owies, singing new songs, counting in English and Spanish, etc. It was wonderful! I think my Mom had a good time talking to my Dad too! : )

Snuggle time with Audrey.

Doing some puzzles with Mimi. Mimi kept putting the pieces in the wrong spot so Audrey would say, “Nope, dis one!”

Audrey put her blanket over her head and called herself a “Princess.” Connor replied, “No, Audrey, you are Mary!” : )

a visit with our cousin!

Posted by meredith on May 25th, 2009 filed in Family
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After Texas, Sarah and her daughter, Sophie, came to visit us for about 4 days. It was such a blast hanging out, and more of a blast watching Sophie and Audrey play together. Sophie is 1.5 months older than Audrey, so naturally, they love the same little girlie things. Simply adorable. Basically the entire weekend was a photo op.

Getting acquainted with the new backyard! This was really our first few times playing on it too since Ron and David put it together! The kids love it!

Synchronized climbing!?! Do you think that is an Olympic event?

Yeah, we made it!! The next day we woke up very early - due to the excitement of my two that their cousin was at our house. I don’t think Sarah and Sophie knew what to do with themselves waking up at 6:15am!!!! But never-the-less, the show must go on!

A breakfast of champions - pancakes, milk and a few strawberries!

We decided sort of last minute to take the kids to the Safari. Of course, you can’t go to an outdoor Safari with grubby clothes on! You gotta look your very best! One thing that was so adorable about Sophie - the minute that she gets out of bed, she has to put her shoes and socks on, bracelets, sunglasses, you name it! So funny! Audrey quickly learned to do the same. : )

Feeding a zebra.

Connor loves to feed the animals. It was a bummer cause we weren’t able to feed the Kangaroos, which is my favorite part!

Checking out the pigs.

From Saturday morning on, David worked on our backyard patio. He extended it out with an assortment of stone. He did a fantastic job! It feels like we have a different house now!

The girls after nap time watching David work

Sophie trying to give Audrey some love. Audrey didn’t want anything to do with it this time! David working away on the stone.

Audrey doing her part with the filler rocks.

Connor taking Sophie for a spin on his John Deer tractor.

I think this is a little out of order, but one of the mornings, the girls had a little dance party with their skirts! The only song Audrey wanted to listen to was, “The wheels go round and round ALL FREW TOWN!!”