Jobs, Princesses, and Drama Queens

Yes yes I am aware that I haven't posted anything of any importance for two months. oops! It's been super busy around the Cordingley household lately.With me back to work and trying to keep up with family, holidays, and being a mom. Things tend to get pushed off to the side with me saying 'I'll do it later'. Things have been great with us. Since our last post, Brock has gotten a full time job paying salary working for a company called HCH. They basically handle all the licensing of the trucks for the big name trucking companies. It's been great having the extra money coming in and has made it so that we are paying down a lot of our debt pretty fast. We still haven't heard much back from Mesa about the forensics job down there other than they are wanting Brock to send more information about him to them. So we are still keeping our fingers crossed.

Addy is growing so fast. She has for sure mastered rolling over and will not stay in one spot for very long. She is also doing this worm kinda crawl thing so I suspect we will be having a crawling toddler here pretty soon. I can already tell that she is going to be a busy little one! She also can't get enough of helping Dad on his computer. She loves to watch him do things on it.
So some recent happenings for us.....

We were finally to the point that one car was no longer feasable for our schedules anymore so we went car shopping the end of May, and found our cute new car.  

It's a Subaru Forester! We love it and it's very fun to drive. It's also nice to have a second car. I didn't know how nice it was to not have to have every minute of every day planned out perfectly so that we could both get the things done that needed to get done, but with only one car. It wasn't too bad when it was just me and Brock. We figured it out pretty well, but now that we added another ingredient to the Cordingley mixture it has made it more difficult with doctors appointments, me working and having to get her to a babysitter, etc.
A month later my dad celebrated his 50th birthday. My mom threw a huge surprise party for him ( not much of a surprise for him, though, because my mom is a bad liar and can't hide things very well) It was fun to see all the family together and to catch up since we have kinda been out of the loop with everything because of having a baby recently. It was weird to think that last year on my dad's birthday we told the family that we were having a baby and now a year later and we have a 6 month old!! That time went by way too fast!
The 4th of July weekend we went up to Brock's mom's side's (that looks funny typed out :S ) family reunion in Park City. It was fun to see all of his family since we don't get to see them very much due to them all living in Idaho. They rented a cabin up there and it was nice to just get away for a little bit. (our new little car got to do some off roading type driving too :) ) Addy had a lot of fun playing with Punkin (that's Brock's mom's "grandma name")  and Papa. 
On the night of the 4th instead of going to fireworks somewhere we climbed up on Brock's parents roof and watched Lagoon/ Farmington, Kaysville, Layton, and Clearfield fireworks as well as all the many people around us that were lighting the new legalized aerial fireworks. I was a little nervous to see how Addy would react to them. I thought the loud banging might scare her, but it was the exact opposite! She loved them and didn't know where to look because they were going off everywhere! I think I may have watched more of her than I did of the fireworks (oops). :)
Addy had her 6 month checkup on the 18th and had to get more vaccinations. She was such a drama queen about it. She cried initially from the pokes, but the second the nurse was done and I picked her up she stopped crying. The nurse was filling out her immunization card and every time she would look up at Addy to say something to her Addy would let out this little dramatic sob basically telling the nurse she had been hurt by her. It was so funny. That day she did fine with her shots too. She got a little grumpier than usual when she was either hungry or was sleepy, but other than that she was a good little baby. She even went and watched dad play his last softball game that evening and sat on a blankey playing with all her toys just chattering and screaming away. She is very vocal and talkative if you weren't aware of that. Her and her dad will even have talking conversations back a forth. It's the cutest thing ever! Her and her dad have a lot of fun together. He can get her to laugh so hard, but every time I try to record it I think she knows, and stops completely or doesn't laugh as hard anymore. Yes a STINKER I say!
Her stats this time were:
length: 25 1/4in                30%
weight: 15 lbs 12 oz         50%
head circ: 45.5 cm            50%

So she's still little bitty, and I love every minute of it :)

I can't believe that the time has gone by this fast!! I was thinking the other day about how 6 months ago I was in the mindset that when I would think about going somewhere I would not picture a baby with me, but now when I think about even running to the grocery store I always picture me with baby in tow now. It's so weird how fast your whole mindset changes when you have a baby. Now pretty much all of my thoughts are solely about her in some way. Like I've said before I wouldn't change any of it for the world.

Her and her daddy talking back and forth with each other having the cutest conversation ever!!

 Her first food experience. She loves big people food!

 She loves pickles! She put it right in her mouth and never made the sour face. :)

 First swim at her cousin Drew's birthday party and Daxton's half birthday party. 

 She thinks it's so funny when her daddy fake sneezes at her

 This is the cutest thing ever! She sat there contently watching Brock for a long time while he did dishes.

 The first time she found her foot, and now I can't keep them out of her mouth.

 First big bath. She loved it! The Bumbo didn't float very well though. 

 We went to the Bee's game with Brock's little brother and his cute girl friend. It was a lot of fun. This is how much Addy liked it ;)

She no longer needs to even wear a bib she's such a clean eater!

Lagoon DAY!!!!

Yesterday we went to Lagoon. Brock's dad's work had Lagoon day so it was a lot cheaper to get in. We had to go in the middle of the day so that I could get some sleep that morning since it's my week on. We got there at about 2 and it was so hot that we decided to immediately go and see if Lagoona Beach was open to go swimming and cool off. I have to say it was kinda nice to be out in the sun and being with my little family even though there were a gazillion people there! We took Addy in the water and we thought that when we first stepped in that she wouldn't like it because it would be too cold for her, but when we set her in it she loved it!  She loves water though. We went over to the kiddie pool and I went and took her down the little kiddie slide. Unfortunately it got the best of me. I lost my balance after the water at the bottom of the slide kinda whorl pooled  behind me when I got to the bottom and tried to stand up which pushed me forward. I was still holding the baby so I could just fall like you normally would in the water. Instead I fell to my knees....  

Yeah I haven't had scuffed up knees since I was a little kid! I forgot how much it can hurt. 

Addy was having fun and was the most talkative baby there! We had to go get her a sun hat before we went, and all they had were the huge ones! Oh well it's better than nothing. She loved seeing all the people everywhere and was looking at everything. She didn't get fussy at all while there considering how hot it was and how much she hates being hot. She even got to try some of mom's Icee. We couldn't believe how amazing she was with sucking through a straw! It was fun and I'm glad that Brock's dad took us even though he got sick :( 

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Torture for me or her?

So it seems to be a trend that the only time I update on here is when Addy has a milestone of some sort. Yes I think that we can all come to the conclusion that this blog is pretty much about our little princess more than anything else. Who can blame me though I mean look at this face

I love my little girl more than anything in this whole world and it amazes me every day how much more that love grows. Anyway so little Addyson had her 4 month appointment. Yes I know she's 4 MONTHS already! I'm sad to see that my baby is growing up so fast, but I love to watch her grow and explore and learn new things too. So, anyway, we eventually made it to her 4 month appointment (after I completely spaced her original appointment) and everything went really well. Last Wednesday through Saturday she came down with a pretty nasty cold and had already been in to see the Dr twice before her appointment that was scheduled for that following Monday. So at the appointment it was a check up too and the Dr said that she looked great. Unfortunately once the Dr. was done seeing her is when the bad stuff came. She had to get her 4 month booster shots. I felt so terrible, especially since she kept looking over at me with the most sad face. Here are her stats at 4 months:

Length: 24 1/2 in 55%

Weight: 13 lb 10 oz 55%

Head circ: 40.9 cm 50%

So she has definitely come a long way from what she was at when she was first born.

This last fast Sunday she was blessed and it was a beautiful blessing. Everything was a little stressful for me the weeks leading up to it, and the day of but all-in-all it went perfect. I will have to post pictures of her in her dress on the actual day later because I don't have them on my computer, but here is one of her being a model before the big day and of her final finished dress. My mom and I decided that since we couldn't find what we wanted for her blessing dress that we would design it and make it ourselves. I am super pleased with how it turned out, and it was a lot cheaper than if we would have found a dress of that caliber to buy. :)

Yes I sewed little pearl floweretts (sp) onto each of the bunches and I absolutely love how it turned out! :)

She has started to sit up by herself for the most part and interacts well with her toys. She now will play with her rubber ducky in the bath tub, but she prefers to suck on the wash cloth, instead. She loves to sit and talk and sing to who ever will listen to her.

It's the cutest thing in the whole world and I love it. The giggles have started too. We play a game that when ever she gets her diaper changed I will either blow raspberries on her tummy or "eat it" and she starts to giggle even before I get to her tummy because she knows what I'm doing. It's soooo cute! I love my baby girl and I love to see how much she knows who I am and how much she loves me. It's the best feeling to greet her after being away from her and have her face completely light up when she sees that it's me. There is no better feeling than that.

So not only is she interacting with her toys, but she has recently found Kloee as well, and Kloee seems to like that there is another person paying attention to her. I caught the end of one of their interactions. I wish I would have gotten more.

Some other recent happenings was two Fridays ago Papa Simmons took out Jake's kennel and poured a bigger cement pad so that he could extend his shed that he has already to put all of his big toys in. So what does wet cement+cute little chubby feet and hands =? yep we had to of course go put the kids feet in the new cement. We actually put them right by where me and my brothers put our hands back in 1995 when my dad poured the first cement pad for Jake's kennel. It was fun to do and it's a great memory to have. Addy was sick, but she was a big trooper anyway and let mom put her hands and feet in the cement quickly. The part that she most didn't like was washing the cement off since my parents seem to have installed their water heater in China so it takes forever and a day to even get warm water at their house and I didn't want to leave the cement on her skin for too long in case it started to burn her soft little skin so she got her hands and feet washed in cold water :( .

We also on the Saturday of my last week off went to a Bee's game. It was really fun and it was great to finally get outside.

That weekend was also the weekend that I decided to start introducing dairy back into my diet to see how baby would be able to handle it. ANNNNND she did great! So her Mother's Day present to me was that I could start eating dairy again! YAHOOO!

This last week off was pretty cool too. Brock and I have decided to once a month chose a new temple to go to a session at since ours is closed for renovations. This last Friday we went to the Jordan River Temple. It was beautiful! I love going to the temple and the peace that it gives me just by being on the temple grounds. The weird thing about the Jordan River temple was that the inside layout was a lot like the Ogden temple so Brock and I felt right at home. The outside is completely different though.

Here's pics for the road...

Well 'til the next milestone.... Thanks for stopping by :)

3 months

So today marks our little Addy's three month mark. She is getting so big and gaining such a little diva personality. She is now saying so many "words". Her and I will have little conversations every day. It's so cute, to me, that she will lay on my lap and sit there squeaking to me and smiling. I never thought that I would say that my fun for the day was me squeaking. I absolutely love how vocal and lively she is. She makes me want to wake up every morning just so that I can see her and be with her. I love every chance that I get to hold her and cuddle her as well as to just plain sit and stare at her. She is getting better at sleeping in her cradle, and will sleep almost the entire night usually waking up around 6 or so in the morning. She doesn't like to sleep, so much, in her boppy anymore which means that mom's back has been a lot better not having to sleep out on the couch with her just so that she will sleep. She for a brief moment loved her new vibrating chair that her aunt Erika let us borrow, but now she doesn't like it so much. She still loves to swing in her swing and play with her birdies on the mobile. She has now discovered the mirror on the mobile and will sit and squeak at herself. It's the cutest thing ever! She also is starting to like rattles and will sit intently for quite a while watching mom or dad shake a rattle watching it move and looking at it's bright colors. She is still having issues with me having any kind of dairy, but it is getting better. I introduced a little bit of milk into my day a couple of weeks ago, and she didn't have massive gas pains like she used to have, but she still had the runs pretty bad. So hopefully soon mom can go back to having dairy when her digestive system can fully handle it. I know that I said this last post, but I never thought I would have been able to love something so much. I will do anything for her.

Speaking of anything... I started back to work last week, and it was the hardest thing that I think I have ever had to do. I was an emotional mess the entire week I was on. I'm sure that the other grave tech (a man) was loving my "emotionalness" and couldn't wait 'till our seven off started just so he could have a break from his crazy coworker. I hate the fact that I have to leave my baby every night. I cried every night driving into work, and my other co-workers learned to not talk about the subject or else they would have a bawling mess on their hands. I definitely have a new found gratefulness to my seven days off now. Also because I am having such a hard time being a working mom I am trying to find everything and anything that will make it so that I can stay home with my baby. Sooo I may have done something that I never thought I would ever do in this life time, but I was recently introduce to the world of Mary Kay by my friend. This girl, Kristin, needed some "faces" so that she could get closer to earning her Mary Kay car. I thought that it would be fun to have a Mary Kay facial done so I went. I didn't realize that this girl was around the same age as me until I arrived at her house. She then started talking to me about the only reason she joined was so that she could be home with her two kids, and still provide an income for her little family so that her husband didn't have to try and do it on his own. This of course intrigued me, but I was thinking that there would be no way I would be able to sell makeup since so many people that I know have given Mary Kay ladies such a bad name because they have been so pushy in past years even thought that's not how it is now with MK. Kristin, then invited me to go and listen to a presentation about Mary Kay and she would give me some free makeup if I went along with it being free dinner. I, of course, liked the word free in there plus it also helped her get closer to earning her car so I thought I would be nice and go. I went and it wasn't bad I just listened and now was more intrigued since there were other girls there that were doing MK to stay home with their kids. I asked any questions that I had and left. My mom went with me and we talked about it on the way home. I started to tell her that I would do it if I knew that I wasn't the sole income and didn't have to carry the health insurance, and that was the extent of me thinking about doing it. I kinda talked to Brock about it, but I still had the same reserved feelings about being the main income etc. I think that Kristin could tell that I was interested so she invited Brock and me to a free MK dinner at Bella's in North Ogden. We went and listened to a speaker talk about how she has made millions of dollars over 17 years of doing MK and how she was just like me in the fact that she never wore make up, wasn't very girly at all, and wanted to find a way to stay home with her kids. The dinner ended and on our way home Brock talked about how he thinks that I would be good at MK and this would be a way that I could stay home with Addy eventually, but if I did it now it would be a way for us to pay for another car. I liked the idea, but was still thinking that I don't want to burn myself out and be working too much with my regular job and then MK on top of that. Well while we were at the dinner Brock got a call about an interview for a forensics job in Mesa, AZ. WAHOO!!! Plus he has also a high possibility of getting a FT job at the place that he works now and with benefits and perks and everything else be making quite a bit of money. With all this I was put at ease about me staying as the main income for a while. SOOOO I decided to do the craziest thing ever and become a MK lady!!!! I know I know I'm super crazy, but with what I've seen so far of it, it's like a glorified relief society, plus I get to dress up and be all pretty and socialize with other women at least once a week. :)

Anywho, so things have been a little crazy for us lately, but I'm grateful for it all. Wow! I never imagined that so many things would happen like this in only three months! I wouldn't change any of it for the world and like I said before I will do anything for my precious little girl even it that means becoming a crazy MK lady :). Here are some videos and recent pictures: