Someone told me to update my blog so here i am!

Lets see alot has happened since august i Guess i just dont know what ;) I quit my job at the county and I babysit and get to stay home with Addison all day. I love being home but babysitting can be hard at times, but all in all its working out really well. I turned 23 on the 16th of september WOW im getting old haha. but we didnt get any pictures. Ben got me a WII for my birthday and we had some friends over for games and cake ;) STRAWBERRY DELIGHT MMMM! Then just a couple weekends ago ben and i took a vacation without addison for our anniversary. We left Addison with bens mom and went to mesa. We spoiled ourselves and stayed in a hotel for 3 nights. we slept in too late and stayed up too late. ;) we got to spend a little bit of time with some family. we hung out with one of bens very good friends and his wife and had a great time. and last but not least we went to a Jack Johnson concert. It was a blast, we had such a good time.

Update on the Little missy~

Shes growing faster than ever and so is her personality. She just completely full of it. We love her so much and are so glad she chose us to be her parents ;) here are some fun pictures of her.

Im Horrible!

Im so horrible at keeping up with my blog. This has been a crazy summer filled with the crosby reunion, camping at big lake, fourth or july, 24th of july,The Heap Reunion etc....weve had so much fun. Sad news is my grandma passed away the 24th of july week. Its such a blessing for her to finally be pain free but we all miss her so much.

June- The crosby reunion! We had a blast. we went to a beautiful place just outside of showlow and just spent all day friday and all day saturday. we didnt stay the night because its hard in a tent with addison. We had a lot of fun and got to see alot of the family that we dont see very often.


July- For the fourth of July Ben was working so we didnt do much. I watched my niece and nephew calli and tristen for the weekend and we went to the parade in roundvalley with my sister jaime and had lunch at her sister in law audreys house. then we headed back to SJ and that night calli and I and addison went out to lyman and watched fire works with one of my friends who was camping out there. we had a good time.

15th of July- we went to big lake with part of bens family. we drove up on a thursday and stayed the night and by friday afternoon addison had a high fever and we had to go home. it was a huge bummer and we were really dissapointed we missed out on that! I did get a few pictures in the time we were there though!

24th of july- we started off by playing in the volleyball tournament. I think we got third or so. By the end we were so dead beat tired that we didnt care what we got. We always have alot of fun but its alot of playing to do in two days. We went to the ice cream social and had dinner there before hand. Then my sister nikki and her friend sherri and kids came to stay with us for the weekend, they were a blast .We watched the parade with bens family and went out to the camp fire circle with my family. And my favorite part is the the dance. I love country dancing. Ben is so good at it. I suck and he probably hates dancing with me but i always have a great time ;) I of course didnt get as many pictures as i hoped.

NANA- Anyone you ask has nothing but great things to say about our NANA. She was a great woman no doubt about it! we all loved her and miss her so much. Ive had a harder time with it than i thought I would. All the grandkids were able to sing at her funeral. we sang "wind beneath my wings" and "smile" two songs that i found very fitting for her. I think more than anything else Im jealous of the reunion shes having with Papa and uncle george and Most of all my dad! Thats a day that I look forward to in good time after ive fulfilled my life here, but what a great day that will be. I just love this picture of Addison and Nana! its the most recent one i have ;)

Last but not least the Heap reunion- RAIN RAIN RAIN!....ok thats not all but pretty much. Ben and i went up friday morning early and it was a really nice day, we just hung out and enjoyed everyones company, we drove home friday night and came back early saturday morning. Had to be there in time for breakfast. the food and the heap reunion is one of my favorite parts and the fact that the men cook is pretty nice too. It rained most of saturday and then about 7 pm it got really nice so we all sat around the camp fire for a few hours and visited and listened to boyd play the guitar.





ONE LAST THING- Addison finally started walking. The other night I was at my inlaws and we were talking about how addison could walk if she wanted shes just lazy, so I was showing my mother in law how she would walk in between us and she just kept going across the living room...down the hall...etc! and that was it :0 she walks and crawls now but is walking more and more everyday. Its so bittersweet. they grow up so fast! I have a video of her but i cant figure out how to get it on my blog ;(

TWO THINGS THAT MELT MY HEART

This past weekend we headed up to Big Lake with part of Bens family and by friday afternoon Addison had a high fever and was not a happy camper so we ended up going home friday night hoping shed be ok in the morning and we could head back. No such luck, i ended up taking her to the doctor and ben went back to camp and packed up our stuff. then that night Ben was up sick all night. Sunday afternoon my two sick Loves fell asleep. Its the most Melt your heart picture ever. Ben might possibly kill me for putting this up but i couldnt help it. It's the sweetest thing EVER!

PNEMONIA....

My one year old has pnemonia...SERIOUSLY. That has to be the saddest thing ever. a one year old cant tell you they feel like crap or what they want to eat. Its probably the first time ive felt completely helpless as a mom. all i can do is sit big and hope that medicine does its job. all the while with my one year old running a 103 fever two days in a row and when that ends has the worst croupy cough you've ever heard. Then i found a new tooth . SAD SAD DAY. my poor baby. on a lighter note she does seem to be feeling alot better.

Addison Turned 1!

Addison turned one on the 31st of March. We waited until the next weekend and had a little party with the family ine Mesa and with her cousin Lila who turned one a day after her. We had alot of fun. I can't wait until she actually knows its her Birthday.

SEXY CRAZY LOVE

Well so much has happened since i last wrote. valentines day came and went, Ben and I were too busy with the new house to notice it even happened...well lets get real, i noticed, but I let ben pretend to not notice since he was working so hard ;) Addison got a valentines day puppy from her mi mi.(my mom) and she loved it. The next big event was my lifelong friend Kaceys wedding. I totally cried like it was my daughter or something wow how lame am I. She looked beautiful and we all had so much fun. We all headed there either by flight or by car. Janell me and whitney all rode together. the first night there we all went out to a karaoke bar at Kcs request. we dressed her up in a veil and a blinky tiarra and a sash. the bar tender of course couldnt believe we came just for the music. so we sucked the place dry of all thier sprite and grenadine ;) and had a blast. we butchered several songs and a drunk girl even sang us praise by yelling"this is karaoke night you guys suck" so nice of her ;) same girl fell off her chair onto the floor soon after, serves her right haha! That night i determined to get into the hot tub so whitney and I and mandi broke in at about 1 AM it was totally worth it. The next day was kcs wedding. we ate breakfast on the beach which was amazing and then headed back to the hotel for hours of primping. KC looked AMAZING. the wedding was beautiful and they looked so happy. I took tons of pictures and got some pretty decent ones. then we headed to another hotel very close to the reception place. at the reception we had some AMAZING food and cupcakes. everything was beautiful we had a blast. It was the first time i have ever left Addison over night and i was actually just fine. But i was so happy to get home to her. Shes just turned one and I cant believe it. shes growing up way too fast.


My mom and Addison on Valentines Day!



Kacey in her sweet outfit ;) and all of us out on the town for her bachalorette party!

Her wedding was beautiful!

I LOVE this picture so dang cute!


All of us at Kaceys reception/dinner. The food was AWESOME!

Happenings at the Gray house

Well, life at our house has been pretty busy lately. Im working at the County Attorneys office and Ben is spending all his free time working on finishing the house. there have been several late nights for him. Im so fortunate to have such a hard working hubby. The house is getting so close im getting really excited ;) Addison has started to crawl, but id hardling call it crawling she scoots on her stomach. I cant believe that shell be one next month, so crazy how time flies. here are some pictures of recent happenings. First BEN HAD A BIRTHDAY SHOUT HURRAY lol. I threw a surprise party for him with the help of Brindi and Trey Platt and he had no idea. It was alot of fun.


Then Addison and I spent the weekend in Mesa with Janell and we had a blast. Addison made friends with Janells hamster carborator. she totally wanted to touch him, then we taught her how to be a gansta haha! Janell got a skate board with a shirt she bought;)

Kisses from mom! and CRAZY tights!

Addison with Hayes they are almost exactly a month apart. look at both of them making those mean faces ;)