i'm mommy, and i'm happy

addie's been on an introduction kick lately.

she talks to any random stranger that happens to our door.

"that's frankie," she'll say pointing up at the little chunck superglued to my hip.

and if our visitor comes in for awhile they usually get a "this is my mommy," thrown in there too.

the other night the missionaries came over for dinner.

half way through our chicken tortilla soup, addie started her introductions.

"that's daddy, and he's happy," she said.

"that's bubba, and he's happy."

"that's frankie, and she's happy."

and on it went.

and you know what?

girlfriend knows what she's talking about, we are happy.

in the roller coaster that is life, we are going up.

or are we going down?

i think the down part is more fun.

whatever it is, we are a happy family.

and i am enjoying every delicious bit of it!

and it's not just because everything is super easy right now.

the sick bug has hit our family and just won't leave.

after 3 weeks of addie being sick with runny nose and off and on fevers, i finally took her to the dr. poor girls got herself a double ear infection.

chris and i spent some time at the er on friday too.

he jammed his finger playing basketball at school, but thankfully it's not broken.

it's still ridiculously cold outside and i just payed a $600 propane bill.

even though we're dreaming of a few fun trips, nothing is concretely in the works.

and we don't have visitors coming for another 2 monthes.

(march is officially grandpa month!)

but we are happy.

so, so, so happy.

and as we have to go through the bad to appreciate the good, i am so appreciating the good!

opposition in all things.

in other news.

matt took his brand new snowboard up to whitetail for a day of snowboarding. he got a rockin' deal through the navy, and had a wonderful time.

christian had his first basketball game on saturday. they won by 10 points and even though chris didn't get any baskets, he played a good game.

alexis had a group of friends over last night to watch some fav movies: baby mama, and the proposal. doesn't get much better.

frankie has achieved my latest goal for her, the wave. the wave is only a hand up, kind of like a queen. but she does it when we're saying hello and goodbye and i call that a wave.

and addie is finally not looking so much like death anymore.

and me?

i'm just mommy, and i'm happy.