Jordan Valley Fountains

Today is the last day of my summer vacation and I have made it a point to have a good time! I met up with a friend of mine this morning with our kids at Jordan Valley where they have a fun little water fountain that the kids can play in. April and I have been friends since kindergarten! It was soo nice this morning, in the lower 80s, so perfect for some fun in the sun. The pix look like Addy had a horrible time but she really did have fun. It took her a little while to decide she liked the spraying water but she did unless it got her in the eyes, which I think it did often! When I first put her in the middle of the shooting water she stood up and walked out of it! She is doing sooo well walking in environments besides our home!!! The boys had a blast and I really enjoyed getting to talk with April, a perfect little morning!! Now I get to spend my afternoon getting pampered by getting my hair done :) Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, I still have an hour to decide :)

Addy is really not sure about this yet!
Inching a little closer :)

Better Day

I've had a better day today :) My mood isn't 100% me but I'm much better. This definitely helped :)
Addy's communication skills are blossoming right now. She kept saying Toy Story "sowy" in Addy speak, and pointing to the tv.

She got tired of waiting for me to obey her command so she took off.

She was just heading to do it herself :)

How cute is that little waddle walk???

Hmmm Daddy brought something home for Mommy!

Smelling the sweet flowers. Of course when you ask Addy to smell, she blows :)

Thanks for the pick me up honey, I have REALLY needed a little something!

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Swimming

We went to a pool party the other night and had so much fun! We haven't been able to take Addy swimming during the day, it's just been too hot. Even with her being in the water all of the time she overheats so having a pool party at night was perfect! She had so much fun and she loved playing ball! Cooper and Jake spent most of the night on the diving board :) Jake's getting really good at flipping! This is the first year Cooper has jumped off of the board! We are so proud of him!

This is just a funny. I always hang up Addy's clothes to dry. I put these over her closet and went to get another hanger and had to laugh. Do you think we have a princess on our hands?? We decorated her room princess when she was a baby because my dad always called me princess. He passed away one week after Addy was born. I didn't even know she was born yet! He would have loved this girl and she definitely would have been his princess!!!

DSGO Library Center fun

The kids and I went to Springfield this morning for a little fun at The Library Center with the Down Syndrome Group of the Ozarks. Only three of us showed up but we still had a great time! Addy loved the music time and she did everything that was instructed and followed all of the directions. When they were told to stand up I gave her her walker and she just pushed it out of the way and stood independently :) I know she does this at home but she never has anywhere else :) She did great! I couldn't get in a good spot for pix but you get the idea! Addy also got to see her most favorite person in the world! Mr. Berns, her music teacher at school, was at the library with his precious little girl! Addy was a little confused as to why he was there and not at school, it was quite cute! I wish I could have stayed longer but we were going out to eat (at Red Robin, YUM!) with my mom and to Target for some back to school shopping and get some shampoo for Addy. I was advised to get Paul Mitchell's baby shampoo but they didn't carry it and they recommended Burt's Bees shampoo. We'll try it and see if it helps at all. Addy's poor little head is looking pretty sad. You can't really tell when it's up in a pony tail because some longer hair covers the most bald spot :) I guess if she goes bald we'll just have to get some really cute headbands :) Jake also wants us to pierce her ears too, how cute is he?
Have I mentioned that it's unbearably hot here???

She's so funny :)

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This was in Addy's bed after her nap. The really bad thing about losing hair while you are sleeping is that the hair gets all wound around a Mic-Key button :( didn't get pix of that, was trying too hard to get it all out without it hurting Addy!