June happenings

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I can't believe how fast this month has gone! We have been so busy this month the time just flew! I'll update in the form of pictures. Here we go!



 One perk of Cameron working at Milliman is the the Mariner tickets! Every once in a while he'll snag some tickets for us to go. This was our 3rd time going as a family. We had AWESOME seats this time. We were right next to first base. We were even on T.V! The Mariners haven't been doing so hot this season, but we must be their good luck char because they won! We ate nachos and sang "Take me out to the ball game." We felt very American.

 On June 8, we went to Ensign Ranch for our Stake service project. Ensign Ranch is owned by the church here. It's a fun place to visit. While Cameron was helping remove the tree branches, Addie and I went for a walk. We ended up on the edge of the baseball field just playing in the grass.  It was a fun morning. We left at 6am so that we could be there by 8am when it started. We were wrong, it didn't start until about 10am. After the service we drove to Ellensburg to visit our other Gleed cousins.  It was so fun spending time with them. Elizabeth was even home for the summer from BYU.


A few weeks, later we were excited the Johnsons come stay with us! They had been on vacation in Oregon and came up to see Seattle before going home.  After they got here we went to the American Girl store in Lynnwood.  Cameron met us there at the mall after he was done with work and we went out to dinner at the Claim Jumper.  By far the best part about that was they brought out a plate for Ollie and Addie to eat that had turkey, cheese, Mandarin orange`s, and applesauce.  Yum! Not only that, but it was FREE! Best restaurant ever!!!
The next day we made homemade bow and arrows. I did that once with them and I guess they liked it. Ya, I am the coolest aunt ever! Later that morning after we got all packed up, we walked around the temple before catching the bus to downtown Seattle. While in Seattle, we went to the gum wall, Pike Place Market, the Space Needle, and West Lake Center. We had so much fun and walked a lot! My favorite part of that trip was
1. Evan sticking his gum to a string of gum at the gum wall. GROSS!!
2. The crazy half naked man that Georgia and I saw talking to himself and doing a Nacho Libre move.
3. Eliza singing Book of Mormon Stories at the top of her lungs on the bus home.
 
 
   
That night we went to Newcastle Beach for a BBQ dinner. We love that park because it has a lot of grass area, a playground, and a sandy beach.  We had fun playing and eating hot dogs and hamburgers. Eliza even made a new friend. We were sad to see them go on Saturday morning, but sure had fun while they were here.
 

That Saturday morning Cameron was gone with his 11 year old scouts. When he got back he surprised Addie and I with a ferry ride to Southworth. We'd never been there and so it was quite the adventure. We just parked our car in West Seattle, walked onto the ferry, walked to the beach and waited for the ferry to come back. It was relaxing and fun being together as a family.


  


Our next exciting thing was our trip to Utah! Our sweet little Jessica was being sealed to Jamie and Theron. We are so lucky Cameron had a few vacation days so he could join us. We flew out Friday June 21st at 7am.  We didn't want to pay for parking at the airport so I figured out a way that we could drive to the Renton Park and Ride and catch the 560 bus that goes straight to the airport.  Even though it was very early, everything that morning was going according to planned until we got out to find our bus bay. With about 7 min before our bus was scheduled to come we discovered that where we were there were only 2 bus bays and our bus wasn't coming to either of those bays. We asked a lady if there were any more that we perhaps couldn't see and she told us that we needed to go to the transit center which was 10 min down the road.  Knowing we didn't have 10 minutes we jumped back in the car with the intent just to drive to the airport.  While waiting at the stop light, Cameron and his eagle eyes spotted a bus stop where our 560 was going to stop. We hurried and parked in some random grocery store parking lot and ran to the stop where the bus came less than a minute after we got there.  We got on the bus and hoped like heck our car would be there when we got back.  The flight was good. Addie was great and fell asleep right before we took off.  When we got to Utah, we rented a car from Hertz and took off for Sandy where we were planning on getting the ultrasound to find out the gender of our next baby.



We to to the Fetal studio at about 11:45 only to find out they weren't doing that walk-ins that week since the guy that usually does the ultrasounds was on vacation.  The next available appointment was at 3:45. We had nothing to do for all those hours so we just walked around the mall, got lunch, went to the Jordan River Temple, the Oquirrh Mountain temple, Walmart, and back to the mall to walk around some more. I got my ring cleaned, Addie played on the play place, we through pennies into the fountain, and just walked around. Finally, it was time to go get the ultrasound. This time around I was convinced from day one that it was a boy. I just thought my second kid would be a boy and since this pregnancy is a little different from the last I was convinced that it is because it was going to be a boy.  It's always fun to see the ultrasounds to see how much the baby has grown.  The baby was kind of uncooperative in seeing the gender. Its legs were crossed and the umbilical cord was in between it's legs. After coughing and rolling over, we found out that it's a..... you'll find out later in the post.

Mom and Dad, Darci and Joel got a motel room in Bountiful so that we could all be together that night. It was perfect timing to tell everyone what we are having. At the motel they were staying at, the swimming pool had no water in it so we had to go to a different motel to swim.  I had already told Darci what we were having because she and Georgia made this adorable box with balloons so that we could have a creative way to share our secret.  Well, from the pictures and all the pink balloons we are having another GIRL!!!!! Yay! Like I said, Cameron and I were shocked since we both thought it was a boy but we are just as excited that Addie will have a little sister to be best friends with!

The next day was the sealing of Jessie.  We met at the temple at 9:30 am. Grandma and Grandpa Gleed were kind enough to come to Bountiful and watch Addie for us while we in the sealing. It was a beautiful sealing and Jessie did awesome.  We sure are lucky to have her as part of our family! After the sealing we went to Jamie's house for taco salad and to visit.  It was a sunny day and we had so much fun being with family.  At their house, they have a swing and Addie LOVES swings! If it weren't so sunny I would have left her there all day because she loved it. One of the best parts of that day was feeding Oliver a lemon. He was so funny! We gave one to Addie and she actually didn't mind at all! She must be taking after Great Grandpa Gleed since he loves eating lemons.  

After lunch we went to Jeff Clifford's house. Jeff was Cameron's favorite mission companion. We sure like him, he's funny.  We just visited for an hour or so then went back to Layton for a family dinner with all the Gleed cousins.  It was so fun seeing them since it's been about 7 or 8 months since we'd seen them last. 

Sunday morning was interesting.  I was getting ready with Addie sitting by me and when I turned around, Addie was sitting there in a pile of barf.  It was gross! I cleaned her up and we went to church.  During Sacrament meeting she puked 2 more times so we just went home.  That afternoon she'd just puke and nap. Poor girl! This was the first time she'd ever puked in her life.  I don't like seeing her sick but I LOVED how snuggly she was. She never holds still more than 10 seconds so this snuggly Addie was quite the change. Sunday night, we went to West Jordan to see Petrine, then down to Lehi to have dinner with Marni, Evan, Brandon and Heather, and Kayla and Alex.  It was so good seeing them too.  The only bummer was that we found out later that Addie got Marnie, Evan, and Kayla and Alex sick too. Oops! 

Monday morning was a relaxed day since Addie was still feeling yucky.  We were going to go to Logan to see Gram but since Addie was sick, we thought we'd keep the sick with us.  Addie had a fun time playing on the slide with Great Grandpa Gleed.  He's so good with her. She loves him.  That morning before we left Grandma Gleed ha a dentist appointment.  When she was leaving, she accidentally backed into our rental car. That was kind of a bummer, but accidents happen.

We got back to Washington Monday night and our car was still there! What a blessing! We unpacked and went to bed because we were tired and had another fun day planned for Tuesday.
Cameron and I got a gift certificate to the Salish Lodge and Spa.  We invited Jamie and Amelia to come stay with Addie while Cameron and I went for our little overnight adventure. We are so lucky they can fly like they can so that we can have an overnight once in a while. This was actually the first time that I'd been away from Addie overnight.  The lodge was so fancy.  The staff was kind and we loved exploring around it.  Our room was gorgeous! The lodge sits right on Snoqualmie Falls which was stunning. We walked around the falls, went to the gift shop and got some chocolates then went out to dinner at an Gianfranco's which is an Italian place in Snoqualmie.  We had a great talk but when we got back our tummies didn't feel so great.  We both puked and carried on with our night.  We had reservations for both of us to get a foot revitalization massage in the spa.  It was very relaxing.  Oh, and what a small world we live in.  My masseuse was from Logan, Utah. After the spa we just lay around because we both still felt yucky. The next morning we went to breakfast but got our food to go because we still were not interested in eating.  We got our food and went home.
Addie was still sick and barfing and pooping all the time we were gone.  Good thing I have a patient good-hearted sister and niece that would take care of her.  Thanks James and Amelia!!!

That brings us to today.  Addie and I are here just lounging about since she is still sick.  I feel OK, but she's not her crazy self so we're just taking it easy.  We've loved being with family and having fun adventures. Can't wait to see what adventures July brings!

And then there were 4...

Some may call us crazy but we call ourselves crazy blessed. Yes, the Gleed family will be welcoming a new addition December 1, 2013. We haven't told a lot of people yet but I feel that I will have to defend our decision (yes, this was planned) when we do start telling people.  I've included a short clip which pretty much sums up how we feel.  Growing up, Cameron and I both have always wanted to have a lot of kids. In fact, in high school Cameron was voted the most likely to have 10 kids out of his whole class.  We can't disappoint right? (kidding!)  Right now in our lives we have a great living situation and are able to provide spiritually and physically for kids, so why not? Yes, I do admit, being pregnant is extremely hard and takes quite the toll in every way possible.  The thing is, I feel completely ready to do that again. We know there will be hard times, and things won't go as we've planned but just like Elder Anderson said we are having children in faith. We are fully planning on being frustrated by having two kids in diapers and all the other messy things that go along with having two young kids.  However, we have thought and prayed about this decision for months and this is what needs to happen for our family.  There, I've said it and that's that.

We found out on Easter that we were expecting.  It was such a relief to know for sure. I was pretty confident that I was pregnant since I had been feeling extra tired for a few weeks prior to that. It's not until I see those two little lines when I stop feeling pathetic for always needing a nap.  I love being justified in taking an afternoon nap.  So far this pregnancy is very similar to the first one but different in a few ways. They are the same in that I still feel pretty awesome.  I'm so blessed not to have the dreaded pregnancy where vomiting is the norm. I have never felt like that. (knock on wood) They are different in that I have absolutely no appetite.  Nothing sounds good to eat except sugar, scrambled eggs, and a whopper Jr. from BK. I feel like I need to puke more often but in all 12.5 weeks thus far I haven't. This time around, I do get headaches more frequently but I'm sure that if I'd actually get back to the diet I had (i.e. more vegetables, less sugar, more water) I'd be fine.

We are having a natural childbirth again since Addie's birth was such a wonderful experience. I found a birthing center 4 miles away from our apartment that I love. There are 3 midwifes and they are wonderful. Melody set a pretty high bar for my expectations for being a good midwife and so far the two I've met have exceeded that. They are great. I am lucky to have found such a great place so close. So, that's our news and we are absolutely thrilled.

In other news, ADDIE TURNED ONE!!!!

We love our little Addie May! She is such a joy to be around as you can tell by this adorable picture. The pictures to follow were of her actual birthday. We were so lucky to have Jamie, Theron, Ki, Amelia, and Jessica come for the party. Addie loved having someone else other than me to look at all day. The weather was GORGEOUS! We took full advantage of this and went to Newcastle Beach.  We had so much fun eating Subway sandwiches and playing with the new balls Grandma Parker sent for Miss Addie May. While at the beach she loved crawling down to the waters edge, feeling the cold water then crawling out only to turn around and do it again. She's so funny.  After the beach we came home for dinner and cake and ice cream. It was fun having Grandma and Grandpa Gleed and Quinn come over to celebrate with us.  The party was rainbow themed so I made a rainbow cupcake cake. Addie loved eating the cupcakes. She ate 3 of them.  Addie was so funny opening her presents. She'd rip off a piece, hand it to me, then rip off another. She was so careful in her present opening. 

We are so blessed to have this little lady as part of our family.  She has the funniest facial expressions which you'll see later. She will quickly turn my frown upside down.  Love you Addie May! 

The next item of awesomeness, OUR 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! 

I am such a lucky girl to have married such a wonderful man. I know many people say it, but I say it and actually mean it! We had such a fun evening together. When Cam got home from work he surprised me with gorgeous flowers from Pike Place Market and some Gouda cheese.  He got if for me because I'm always saying it's my favorite.  If I'm being honesty I'd never had some until he brought it home.  I'd just say that because it was a movie line. I got him a movie and ha hat. I also organized all the letters that we'd written while he was on his mission and when we first were dating into a binder. We dropped Addie off at Nic and Haley Willman's house. They are our friends in our ward that live close. (Get this, Cameron and Nic are home teaching companions, as well as both in scouts, and Haley and I are visiting teaching companions and love crafting) They are a great family! They have two little girls. Kinzie age 4 and Abby just turned 4.  The girls love playing with each other so we let them play. We switch off babysitting at least once a week.  Anyway, we dropped Addie off at Abbie's house and we went to dinner at a restaurant called Nine O.  It was pretty good. We mainly enjoyed talking about the past two years and all the things we've done and accomplished. Think about it, we've both graduated, moved a billion times, had a baby and a half, had multiple church callings, went to Mexico...just to name a few.  We have so much fun together.  When Cameron asked my dad if he could marry me my dad said as long as I finished school (check) and as long as he made me laugh everyday. (double check) Cameron makes me feel like I can accomplish anything (except having short young women presidency meetings). He is such a wonderful father. I truly am blessed.  

This month, we had about a 2 week period where the weather was incredible. To take full advantage of this we've been going on walks after dinner as a family. I love this time together. We go exploring new trails by our house and see funny things like this sign. We laughed for a while. This was our first trail we explored. The second time we went walking we parked at the temple. We first walked around the grounds which were gorgeous! After that, we walked on the trail that runs right alongside our stake center.  That night we ended up at Robinswood Park which is where Addie LOVES the swings. This area is so wonderful and has so much to offer.  We are so lucky to live in such a wonderful community where the church is so strong. 

This next part of my blog post is dedicated to the many faces of Addie. She's SUCH A CHEESE! There isn't a day that goes by that I'm nearly in tears because of her mannerisms and silly smiles. She truly lights up my day. Here are just a few of the wacky faces she pulls. 

When Addie was younger she'd sleep on her hands and knees kind of curled up in a ball only face down. I was so nervous about how she was able to breath but somehow she did.  Now it's always in a different position. Addie usually goes to bed at 8 pm every night and sleeps until 7:30-8 the next morning. Before Cameron and I go to bed we go in and check on her. We like to make sure her room is warm enough, that the humidifier is on and working properly, but mostly just to look at her.  I have really come to cherish these few moments every night. I really need this time because there is just something about after a long day of her being quite moody or mischievous that seeing her sleep gives me a renewed sense of commitment to giving her the best possible life. I've said it before and I'll say it again, but I love this little girl so much!  My life is so happy. I wouldn't change a single thing. Isn't that awesome?