randomness

so i think it has come down to this. i'm so busy with school and work, so phone pictures is what i am resorting to.


granny played pretty pretty princess with us one night. i enjoyed seeing her in the jewels! it snowed the first time this year, and my mom snapped a pic before she took addison to school. she was ready for the snow. we went to see beauty and the beast in 3d. of course popcorn was involved. addison and i both loved it {and maegen did too! she went with us :)} my mom got some chocolate covered fruit, so addison and i had it for dessert a few nights. addison really liked the bananas. we built towers at my grandmothers house, and took turns laying down and having a tower built on our head. addison really enjoyed knocking the towers down. and lastly, a few weeks worth of balloons. a ballerina, hula monkey, and elephant. wonder what she'll get this week?

the first week

last week was my first full week of everything.

i started my internship on monday {i'm working monday, wednesday, and friday}.

and had my monday night class for the first time.

i started my first grad classes on wednesday and thursday.

and the whole week wore me out.

we did a lot of training at my internship. there are 4 tax interns in total. i'm really glad there are other interns so i don't feel like i'm the only one. the other girl tax intern has never done any tax stuff before {like me}, so we're in the same boat. the other 2 guys have, so they know more of what they're doing. but hopefully the training will just stay in my brain and i'll get the hang of it!

we moved to our desks on friday afternoon, so yesterday we started doing practice tax returns all by ourselves. luckily i'm close to the other tax people, so i was able to ask lots questions {and i have lots!}

my first grad classes went really well. wednesday night is a tax class taught by my favorite teacher, so i'm actually excited about that. and thursday is audit, which i don't like. but i had the teacher last semester and he's really nice, so hopefully it won't be too bad.

i also have friends in both classes, so that makes it a lot better.

the biggest adjustment i've had to make is not seeing addison very much. since i have 3 night classes, it means i'm not seeing her before she goes to bed those 3 nights. i missed her a lot last week and i know that will continue. grad classes are only 10 weeks, so once they're over i'll get to see her 2 more nights a week, which will be much better. i know this is for the best and will definitely be worth it in the end.

i'm officially becoming a big girl.

an ogre and a panda

a few days after christmas, we took addison back to opryland to see the christmas shrektacular. it was a free event. it was first come, first serve as far as seating went. it was really crowded when we got there {which was 30 minutes early}, but we got a good place for the kiddos to see.

not only was shrek there, but kung fu panda was there too! addison was so excited and she sang and danced the whole time. she'd answer when they asked questions and everything. it was so cute!





i'm all about the free kid events!! although you could spend $50 a person to have your picture taken when the characters. um, no thanks.

merry madagascar ice

a few weeks ago, we took addison to see the ice exhibit at opryland.

the theme was madagascar, which addison loves.

i had never been before, so didn't know how cold it was going to be. i had always seen people wearing those ridiculous coats, but i didn't know if they were really necessary.

well, they are. i had thick socks, my boots, my northface, gloves, and a scarf. and the coat. and i was still a little chilly.





addison was so cute in her big blue coat.



she got to go down the slide too. she loved that. she went down at least 3 times.






we had a lot of fun! it's definitely something we will try to do every year!

addison's birthday

so, addison's party was over a month ago. and i'm just now getting around to blogging about it. oops.

anyway, addison's birthday was exhausting. i'm not going to lie.

but it was great. she had a blast and that's all that matters.

we rented a bouncy house. the weather forecast looked awesome about a week before the party, but then it changed and showed that it was supposed to rain all day. i was worried we wouldn't be able to do the bouncy house, but the rain let up right before the party and it was perfect! {just a bit muddy}





i was a little preoccupied with everything else, so i was the worst picture taker ever. i feel horrible and wish i had actually taken some. oh well.

we had goldfish, gummies, pretzels, and capri suns for the kids. my mom made salsa and i made rotel for the grown ups. but i'm pretty sure some grown ups dipped into the kid snacks :)

i also made cake pops for dessert. we got cupcakes from publix too {i love publix}.

i made a little addison banner with paper doilies. i used the left over scrapbook paper from the letters to cover the clothes pins. clever, huh?


a nice blurry picture of me, addison, and her daddy.


and the birthday girl's candle.


i was really surprised at the number of people that came to the party. i invited all of the kids in her class, but only 1 rsvp'ed. i was scared that only 1 would show up, but 3 did. it was great! addison had so much fun playing with them. a lot of friends and family came too. it was a great birthday!!

i'm promising myself to be better about pictures next year.