Airplane chaos

So many of you may know the problems we always have when we fly at christmas, but we have never had problems when we flew in the summer time until now.
We had no problem getting to Las vegas from cedar rapids once we got to the airport. Jared was with me to help with the bags and dispite Addi screaming when we first got on the plane she fell asleep during take off and slept the whole flight. Well Jared left us to go back to school and Addi and I flew to california. We spent the weekend in Vegas with my Dad and sibilings. I was suppose to take off at 6:25 on sunday, but recieved a call sunday morning saying my flight was delayed 2 hrs and 15 min. This was a nice surprise I had never been called to say my flight was delayed so I didn't need to be to the airport until 6 pm. My Dad dropped us off and we made it through check in and security with no problems. I got to the gate and they gave me a meal voucher which was another pleasent surprise. We left a little later then was expected but no big deal, Addi fell asleep before we even boarded and slept most of the way. Then the fun began. We started to decend into Santa Maria and I saw it, the dreaded fog. As soon as we started to go back up in the air instead of towards the ground I knew we were in trouble. The piolet got on the intercom and said that it was really foggy but they were going to try to land again. Right then I knew that we were going to be heading back to Vegas (they always try again, but never land). I was right we turned around and went back to Vegas. When we got back to Vegas they told us to get in line and they would take our names and print off voucher for a hotel room. This was a relief because I didn't want to spend the night in an airport with a baby. the first 20 people got a hotel room with a shuttle to that hotel. Well I was in the back of the line because it took me a little longer to get off the plane, so I just got a voucher for $75 towards a hotel room. I didn't know where to go how to get there. How was I suppose to know what hotels still had rooms left and for less than $75. Keep in mind it is almost 2 in the morning. Luckily there was a group of guys and 2 girls that offered to help me. The guys found a a shuttle and found rooms at the excaliber for $71 so we headed over there just to find out that they wouldn't take the voucher. Luckily the guys called the Luxor which is right next door and they said they would take the voucher. By the time I got into a hotel room and the baby to sleep it was 3:30 am and I had to get up at 5:30 am to go caught a shuttle and get back to the airport for my flight that ended up being late any ways. We finally got to california and Addi loved all the attention she got from everyone on our way.

Daddy we miss you!

Daddy we miss you, but we are having a lot of fun with Mama Dodge. I get to meet new people all the time. On sunday Great grandma and grandpa Smith came over I like them. Yesterday we got to meet Liz, Brett, and Brunson. Brunson loved me and kept patting me and he liked to take my socks off and look at my toes.

We got to go shopping with Aunt tee and Aunt baybay before they went to girls camp. On Monday mommy left me with Baybay for half an hour and I cried for her the whole time, it was funny. I know if I continue to refuse the bottle mommy won't be able to leave me anymore.
I love the fans at grandma's house they are very entertaining, and grandma has the coolest thing on her TV it is called playhouse disney and I love to watch Bunny Town even though momm and grandma think it is kinda wierd.

I have also discovered my hands more this week. I know they fit together some how and I push them together as hard as I can to figure out how. I started sleeping for 8 hours at night but then decided that mom was getting to much sleep so last night I woke up a few times so mommy would get less sleep.
Tomorrow mommy and I get to drive down to vegas with Uncle brad (who loves me to death) and spend the weekend with papa Keep and meet aunt Alissa and uncle Mark, and then it is off to California to meet more fun people. Love you daddy I will see you in a couple of weeks.
Love,
Addi

Picture overload

Today we got family pictures done and some of Addi. Here are some of them.

We are out of here!

We are gettin out of Iowa. We found a route to the airport that only takes an hour cross your fingers it is still open tomorrow. Jared will only be able to stay for a week, but I will be gone for a whole month.

FLOOD

(pictures from KCRG.com)

We are having major flooding here in Iowa. It is crazy. In some areas the water is as high as the street signs. Anyone within the 500 year flood plain and even beyond had to evacuate the homes. Luckily we are far enough away from the river that we don't have to leave but we are pretty much stuck. All of the bridges to get to the other side of the river are closed. Jared doesn't have school next week because the University is closed to reserve water and power. We are thinking about just flying home to Utah, but the highway we take to get to the airport is closed and the detour is 4 and a half hours (it usually only take 20-30 min to get to the airport).

Addi's past couple of weeks

Addi had a big weekend, she now sleeps in her own room. On thursday Dede was over and Addi did not want to got to sleep. She finally fell a sleep in her carseat when we took Dede home at 9 pm so when we got home I just put her carseat in her crib and she slept for 6 hours in her own room. Then on friday she took a nap in her crib so I decided that maybe I would try to make the switch from the bassinet to the crib. She now sleeps in her crib and she goes to bed between 8 and 9 instead of between 10 and 11, but she only sleeps for 4 hours instead of 6 hours. I don't know if this has to do with being in a crib or if it because she is going to bed earlier. I have also started to let her cry herself to sleep. If she is really tired and being cranky I just put her in her crib and usually she doesn't cry to long before she is a sleep but sometimes it makes her more mad so it is a gamble. Here is what else Addi has been up to and I updated our Memorial weekend post with pictures.
Addi and her puppies.
Addi had fun hanging out with Dede and her cousin Sylvia. We had a so you think you can dance party this last week stay tune for an awesome video.

Addi like to play in her exersaucer while I am cooking or cleaning. She likes the standing position and she stares at herself in the little mirror.
Addi discovered her thumb/fist and now is always sticking it in her mouth. Daddy does not like this and if he catches her sucking on it he takes it out of her mouth.

I set Addi down to pull dinner out of the oven and when I came back it looked like she was on the computer, looks like we have a little blogger on our hands.

Which Disney Princess am I?

You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

I took this quiz twice not really changing any answers but outcomes were completely different. The first time I was 22% Aurora and belle with a few other princesses thrown in there. This time I was 22% Cinderella and Snow white with a few other princess, but no Aurora and belle. This either means that I change from minute to minute or I am the ultimate princess with the best qualities of all the Disney princesses (or it could be all the worst qualities but we will stick with the good quality story).

2 months old

My baby is now 2 months old already. On Friday she had her 2 month check up and shots. She weighs 10.8 lbs (50%) and is 23.5 in (86%) and her head is ~15.5 in (78%) so she is skinny and tall with a big head no wonder she can't always hold her head up. However, she has really strong longs and likes to be standing she pretty much supports herself I just help her with balance and the other day she stood on her own for 5 whole secs. She is starting to roll over. The other day I left her lying on her back on her playmate for a few min while I went to the bathroom and I came back she was on her side. She almost rolled over a few other times as well. Then I read it was easier for them to roll from there stomach to their back so we tried that and she did it twice but she prefers to hang out on her side. This morning I laid her in the middle of the bed again to use the bathroom and when I came back she was on my side of the bed still on her back so either she scooted over in a short amount of time or she rooled over twice so no more leaving her on the bed. Getting her shots on Friday was a traumatic experience. She was a happy while the doctor was checking her out. She showed her how she could stand up and loved the doctor's little light. Then they had me hold her arms above her head and one nurse gave her one shot and the the 2 nurses gave her 2 more shots at the same time. She started crying like I have never heard her cry before it made me start to cry. I got her dressed and held her and she was asleep before we were finished checking out. That night I went out to dinner with some friends because our husbands were all at the father toddler campout, and at 6:45 almost 4 hours since she had Tylenol she woke up and started screaming like she had at the doctor's office in the middle of the restaurant. I gave her more Tylenol changed her diaper and rocked her to sleep. She was fine after that except she woke up every 2 hours all night until I let her sleep with me.

Memorial Weekend

It was nice to have daddy home with us all weekend. Saturday was Addi's first trip to Nauvoo to see the temple. I watched Addi while Jared did initiatorys and we drove around and saw old Nauvoo, then Jared watched her while I did a session and they played with the other kids from our word that we being babysat. Addi loves the song "I love to see the Temple" she smiles every time I sing it. On Sunday we just hung out as a family an I got to take a nap and work on my quilt. There was a crazy tornado just north of us on Sunday that totally destroyed the town of Parkersburg. We had a lightning storm with lots of wind and we lost power all night. I was scared we were going to get a tornado in the middle of the night and not hear the sirens but no tornado and our power was back on by 6 am. On Monday we went to the ward softball game to watch daddy play. Addi was so cute in her little baseball hat, but the bugs were crazy and I got a big bite.
What are we doing here?
I want to play
Daddy and his babies
Softball wears me out.