Chasing Adi

Well it only took a month!

2011-06-28T21:13:00.005-05:00

Aven May going home!

10 days old

She's a very calm girl most of the time:)

Pics with big Sister

1 month ...can't believe how fast it has gone by!

Guess we will have to update the blog name this May!

2010-10-25T08:30:00.003-05:00

I know many have seen the news on Facebook, but can't leave the blogging world out. Here is our big news! Adi is elated:)

Before and After......finally

2010-03-02T19:55:00.011-06:00

Well I would say our kitchen/living remodel is 90% complete so I can finally post before and after pics. We love it! Thanks to my wonderful husband and his patience on a 1938 house!

Before...

After....

Very dingy before....

Love the way it turned out !

Dining with window before-
Now sliding glass door and new ceiling/lighting
A couple during photos....toddlers and construction-can't beat it

Wow a new post....

2009-10-22T12:42:00.003-05:00

Well, as I am looking, it has been 3 months since my last post. But thought the third birthday warranted an update. Mostly posting on Facebook these days, but since not all the family accesses that, will try to update the blog more often!

Adi's 3rd Birthday~ladybugs...ladybugs!!

Josh decorated....

Loving her presents

My brother Robby even got to come in on leave from the Coast Guard!

Park Fun

2009-07-23T15:40:00.006-05:00

Josh's firm designed the park that opened early summer at 41st and Riverside(so we call it daddy's park) Adison has a blast there and I love a nice park being so close! It is a beautiful setting right on the river.

Fountains that you can play or crawl in

Crazy toys

Artificial turf "mountains"

Spinning seat=dizzy dinosaurs

Wet dinosaurs

Water Features & Nice playground for older kids too

Good-bye Crib - Hello bed!

2009-06-25T16:05:00.008-05:00

We finally went to the "big girl" bed this month. All has went great, as I thought it would-I think I was just holding on to my last remnant of babyhood....she loves it though as you can see.

She already makes her own bed!

She did ask us why the dog and cat only had one eye, which cracked us up!

Just can't wait to sleep in it

10 Year Anniversary Cruise!

2009-06-02T21:27:00.008-05:00

Our Ship the Carnival Inspiration~Destination Cayman Islands

Boarded the boat-let the food begin!

Carnival-the fun ship, Josh enjoyed the slide

Enjoying the view

Our tanning area-so great....

Our favorite eating spot-couldn't beat it....and you do eat a lot-I am having chocolate melting cake withdrawls! And I had to run today b/c of it! Oh well vacation right?

A super nice couple we met that were seated at our table, we were so relieved since this was your dinner companion each night~also they too left the little ones at home and were celebrating their anniversary. Thanks for the company Mary Beth & Kevin!

Snuba diving in Grand Cayman-took some getting used to, but then was such a neat thing to be with the fish! And we explored a shipwreck!

Until our next cruise!

Dinosaur Museum

2009-04-16T11:53:00.007-05:00

We went to the Museum of Natural History in Norman a couple of weekends ago and it was a lot of fun for Adison and us~of course there were dinosaurs, so we knew she would enjoy it!

She was amazed at the real size of dinosaurs

Loves lizards too!

Lovely Weather = Fun Times!

2009-03-19T14:16:00.008-05:00

At the Zoo with cousins & Aunt Joyce for Spring Break~

Cautiously approaching a goose in the park!

First OSU Basketball game-Go Pokes!

Holding her Valentine she "made" for Daddy

First corn on the cob experience! Yum!

Catching Up

2009-02-05T20:57:00.004-06:00

First and probably only dusting of snow-72 tomorrow!

Fun with Grandpa and her penguin friend!

Daddy's Girl

2009-02-05T20:08:00.001-06:00

Joyce and her adorable little new one have joined the blog world-go see the new bundle here.... http://churchwells.blogspot.com/

Christmas Pics

2008-12-17T13:57:00.003-06:00

Posing

Tired of posing

She was acting like a opossum here? We have had one on our back deck lately.....

Halloween Dino

2008-11-07T14:51:00.002-06:00

Adi was a dinosaur on Halloween-she was sooooo excited.

Ever seen that dinosaur with a ponytail?

Then of course she had to play as a dinosaur every day before Halloween too, I finally got her down to just wearing the claws around the house.

Random Pics and Funny faces

2008-11-07T14:41:00.006-06:00

The Whole gang

Adi after she stole the neighbor's cat

Scrunch nose

Cute smile

Daddy gave me a lemon

Yummy

But Sour.......

TU Game

2008-11-07T14:37:00.003-06:00

Long overdue on some new posts-so just going to blog away I suppose.
This was us in September at the TU game. Adi loved it, she was pretending to be a cheerleader a lot.

Crazy days

2008-10-16T13:06:00.004-05:00

Well it has been a hectic month, but I think it will be slowing down with the cold weather making it's appearance. In the meantime, Adi turned 2 and we had her party at the house again-a couple

shots from that..........she is getting big so fast! Yes-she adores dinosaurs!

Fun Outside

2008-09-04T12:11:00.001-05:00

Adi was in love with the ladybug her and daddy found

Enjoying a park downtown

Our little monkey

Trip to the Zoo

2008-08-14T15:35:00.003-05:00

Well we decided to go to the zoo again, we went 6 months ago-but so much changes in toddler life in that amount of time. Adi really loved it this time and I would say it is now a favorite of hers.

This bird exhibit-Featherfest, I think? was so cool-the birds would land on you to eat which Adi had a blast with.

I guess I did too!

This exhibit goes until October I believe, I will be sure to go back.

Grandparents are fun!

2008-08-14T15:14:00.004-05:00

Adi loves going to my parents house-they have tons of dogs, cats, sometimes turtles and many other things from time to time and to top it all off a big swimming pool. She loves getting spoiled there!

The cat's are pretty used to her now

Swimming with Grandpa

Trademark look

Back from Camp

2008-08-14T09:03:00.003-05:00

Well we survived camp and a great time was had by all. The whole Chesney clan got to go this year, so it was so nice for all the little ones to see their aunts and uncles and mimi and papa for a whole week. After a hot start, the weather at the end of the week was gorgeous and we enjoyed swimming, basketball,volleyball, horseback riding and great teaching all week.

Adi was getting quite bored on our drive to camp-and yes Adison loves frogs, snakes, dinosaurs. .

Looking for fish at the lake

Enjoying the water

So peaceful

She enjoyed a ride around the pasture, but was ready to get off "Squanto"-love the little jockey look though!

She was cherishing her water balloon

Adding a deck

2008-07-31T15:40:00.005-05:00

I guess I am getting all my posts in before camp and the land of no technology! I love that about it though!

Well I was super excited about this latest project because ever since we removed our bay window and put in a sliding door-it has been just a drop down out of the house-no porch or steps. These are the before and after pics of our new back deck! Thanks again to Uncle Brad for helping us out!

Before

During

Almost finished-we have since stained it a orange brown color that we love and we are going to put an open top on it where the posts come up. Lots of landscaping still needed to!

Adi already enjoying it!

Mole in a Hole

2008-07-31T09:13:00.002-05:00

Adi discovered the deck post holes Josh had dug and decided she was a mole-it was quite humorous as she sometimes has an obsession about being a mole ever since we saw one when we were walking. Oh and hope to post before and after pics of this latest deck project soon too!

Fun with Fireworks

2008-07-31T08:52:00.003-05:00

This was Adi's first year she was able to stay up to watch the fireworks(barely made it). We live right by the Arkansas river bridge where they have a big display each year, so it is so nice to just walk down the way to see them.

All ready to go to see the fireworks

Finally, here they are-but don't let the pic fool you-she was not very interested in the fireworks much to my suprise. Oh well it was a fun time!

Silver Dollar City

2008-07-11T15:14:00.005-05:00

We did not get many pictures of Silver Dollar City because she was so busy exploring everything, but our trip to Branson went well-was a very nice getaway. Here is one at Silver Dollar City and Branson Landing.

She liked the fountains

She was having fun-I promise!

In memory of my Grandmother

2008-07-09T15:26:00.004-05:00

My Grandmother passed away Monday, she was a remarkable lady and will be greatly missed. What a comfort to know she is with Jesus now. In memory and with Love.

Summer Happenings

2008-06-13T08:00:00.005-05:00

The Aquarium

Jenks Riverwalk

Ice Cream

Fun with cousins

Backyard Play

Tag I'm it

2008-06-12T13:38:00.004-05:00

Well, like the others it takes a while to think of random facts about me. But Shawna tagged me and I will attempt to comply. .

Random things about me:

1. I am a Sci-Fi fan. It started with Star Trek in my teens-Star Trek Next Generation for any fellow fans who know there are almost a dozen different Star Treks that you can be a fan of-each with their own avid following. I would not consider myself a trekie though! I loved X-files as well and was quite sad to see it go.

2. I love old fashioned movies and books(i.e. Hallmark movies, Anne of Green Gables, Little House on the Prarie, Christian period romances) Much to Josh's dismay I am afraid, but I just love going back in time and realizing how much easier we have it today and what our past generations went through-yet also yearn for that simpleness.

3. I-opposite of Shawna- do not particularly love the newborn stage. I would probably have many kids already if they started in toddler form. I just love this stage I am in with Adison.

4. I love e-baying and Name Brand Clothing, especially shopping the local NBC store and buying something for like $5 and selling it for $80 on ebay. That is the great deals you get at NBC- you can make quite a profit from it and I get great satisfaction from such great bargains.

5. I love baking desserts, I like to try new ones weekly-which is usually not good on the waistline, but I like desserts usually just one time- when they are warm from the oven. So I usually just partake once and Josh's waistline suffers I am afraid, because he has a major sweet tooth.

6. I seem to be obsessed with polka dots lately, I was noticing that all 5 of adison's swimsuits have dots on them and I decorated her nursery with them and they are on my shower curtain and pillows and sheets. The funny thing is I am just noticing all the polka dots I have picked out.

7. We are going to Silver Dollar City for 3 days for Josh's 31st birthday, Adison's first real trip where she will actually notice she went somewhere for fun, I hope all goes well and we have fun!

I tag:
Abbey
April
Marianna
Jenica
Kari
Michelle
Rachel M
I know some of you are already tagged-but I only know so many bloggers! So I guess mine is just a reminder.

Family Fun

2008-06-05T14:31:00.008-05:00

Let me just tell you if you want some free entertainment for toddlers, this landmark in Catoosa is the place to go-my parents took her there and she talks non stop about visiting the "BIG blue whale"

peeking out

It has a ladder and deck inside where you can climb up and walk through it.

With Grandpa

My brother Robby, who is in the Coast Guard in San Diego came down for a visit- he had not seen Adi since she was 3 months old-so it was a really neat time.

Fun at the Zoo

2008-05-22T11:09:00.004-05:00

Trip to the zoo last weekend,
she loves rabbits-obviously. . . .

The goats were fun too

There was one penguin that really liked us,
he was diving and dancing right by us.

Under Remodel

2008-05-01T14:09:00.006-05:00

Well we have had a long couple of months redoing our kitchen, and since it looks like we probably have a couple more months........ Thought I would post some pictures of progress. We started with the lovely white painted plywood cabinets, with not one drawer in the whole kitchen and also some cabinet doors were gone when we bought house-adds character right? But the pics show before, during demolition, the u-haul of Ikea cabinets(which my husband has mastered putting together by the way). Also just friday we got granite counters installed and Josh put in our sink, faucet and dishwasher-Thank goodness! I am dependent upon these luxuries it seems. We still have more cabinets to install,flooring, sheetrock, electrical and lighting to go- but I can already tell it will be so worth it!

Crazy toddler

2008-04-24T10:34:00.004-05:00

These days are full of energy with the little one, I can't believe how fast she is
growing and that she is jumping and climbing all over everything. It makes for fun days!

All smiles

Having fun with cousin Kami

Outside, our favorite place to be right now!

Daddy's girl at church

Rainy Days

2008-04-03T10:20:00.006-05:00

Well it has been a wet spring so far, but Adison has not been too bothered. I just told her she was a frog and she took it quite literally, pretending to be one in her frog raincoat.

2008-04-03T10:06:00.007-05:00

Adison experienced 2 "firsts" this past month- Incredible Pizza and Bounce U. These are 2 local places with fun things to do inside for the kids. We had a fun time, I can't believe she is old enough to do these things!

Funny Pics

2008-03-13T16:04:00.009-05:00

Adison loves to go to the park in this weather- her favorite thing being this "duck" as she calls it.

And of course the tunnel

goofy faces are the big thing too

A more serious one

Our neighbor has a big pile of dirt on his lawn right now, it is a big hit with the kids!

Some photos for family

2008-02-21T15:54:00.006-06:00

A rare moment of stillness

The girl loves her books

More pig tails!

We graduated to the booster seat this week, such a big girl

Valentine's Hibachi Dinner

2008-02-21T09:57:00.002-06:00

We made Valentines a date night with another couple and their kids at the local Hibachi Steak house- Adison had a great time as did the rest of us.

Again, Adison captivated by the fire!

She loves fried rice

Candid Shots

2008-02-10T22:21:00.000-06:00

Some happier shots from the weekend!

Bath tub mishap

2008-02-10T20:40:00.000-06:00

Every night we let Adison watch her bath fill up and throw what toys she wants in there. Well tonight while I was getting her towel and everything, a rubber band evidently fell into the tub. This is what happened when she tried to get it. I heard her whine and I ran in and she had fallen in with all her clothes. Can't take your eye off this one for a second!

Amazed by Snow

2008-02-01T13:14:00.000-06:00

New Blogger

2008-01-31T12:29:00.001-06:00

Just letting everyone know my sister-in-law, Abbey, just started her blog. Get to keep up with her cute gang now! Visit her here http://keepnupwiththecoxs.blogspot.com/

Deep Sleep

2008-01-30T08:33:00.000-06:00

Guess she has outgrown sleeping sideways in the crib!

Finding things to do inside

2008-01-24T14:40:00.000-06:00

Well, the activities to keep Adison busy are far less with this cold weather as I am sure you can all sympathize with- we have found some things to keep us busy but are running out fast. Can't wait for spring!

"Camping Inside"
Chasing our Pets

Christmas time

2007-12-27T10:30:00.001-06:00

She loves these

Mimi and Papa got me a dog!

Her own chair, with Dora no less.

Different ways of playing the piano from Grandma and Grandpa

Surrounded by gifts

Bubbles

2007-12-27T10:27:00.000-06:00

Well the friends who so graciously let us stay at their house for 8 days had a spa tub in their bathroom. Adison just had to try it out with bubbles. Thanks, Jason and Tracy!

ICE STORM AFTERMATH

2007-12-18T11:53:00.000-06:00

Well after 8 days without power, we are happy to be in our own home again. Our power went off at 3am Monday morning and we got back in our house at 7:30 last night. It was one of the hardest hit neighborhoods because our trees are so huge and old. The electric workers had to go into each yard individually to get it going again. We were overjoyed to say the least. Thought we would post some pics while we have access to a computer since I am sure getting internet back up is the least of the city's worries.

Our house

Our street

Pretty Butterfly

2007-11-01T09:09:00.000-05:00

Ready to go!

Very proud of her bucket

Adison loved going to get "nandy" as she calls it from all her friend's houses in the neighborhood. She was a little confused on why we did not let her go in the houses, after all that is what you do when someone opens the door to you-right?

Fall Fun

2007-11-01T08:50:00.000-05:00

Pics of Isabell-she's such a cutie!

2007-10-12T18:12:00.001-05:00

Isabell Ann

2007-10-12T09:51:00.000-05:00

Jeff and Abbey's baby has arrived! She weighed in at 8lbs and 14oz-big girl! Mom and baby are doing fine. Will post pics when we see her!

Tylenol warning & savings

2007-10-11T17:34:00.001-05:00

I just wanted to share info on Tylenol cold and Tylenol cold and cough for infants being withdrawn by Tylenol, It is assumed safe if used in the right dosage but can be dangerous if not. I had this Tylenol on hand for a cold Adison had. Anyways they are giving a coupon for $5 off any of their products at their site.Thought some may find useful since the medicines are always so expensive.Here is the link Tylenol

Delayed Arrival

2007-10-11T14:34:00.000-05:00

Just a quick update on my sister-in-law, Abbey-the hospital is so busy that they did not have room for her to be induced yesterday. But in the exam, the doctor thought baby was large for her size. So, they have scheduled a c-section for tomorrow. Will keep ya posted.

New blogger

2007-10-09T20:10:00.001-05:00

Just wanted to welcome my sister-in-law,Marianna,to the blogging community! I have added her to my links!

Big Cedar Getaway

2007-10-02T13:07:00.001-05:00

We got to go for a weekend away to Big Cedar resort in Missouri this past weekend with our small church group. The weather and scenery were gorgeous, especially the bike ride through Dogwood Canyon and all the natural waterfalls. Here are a few pics:

The Big First Birthday

2007-09-24T10:36:00.001-05:00

In awe

Telling everyone how old she is

Ready for presents

How she decided to ride "inside" her new toy

Her Shopping cart

Adison in her element

2007-09-13T09:28:00.001-05:00

At Cousin Kami's 4th Birthday!

Ready for the game

Walking now or getting into more things!

Riding her "horse" at grandma and grandpas

Daddy's home!

Fun At Camp

2007-08-16T10:31:00.000-05:00

Well, shall I say camp was different this year with a child in tow? We had a fun time though and enjoyed the fellowship and the Bible teaching. Since we survived this year with a 10 month old, I know next year will be all the more fun!

Adi and cousin Kami

Abbey and Kami

Mimi & Adi

Bath Time

Too Cool

Relaxing for a change

First Swim

2007-06-13T20:34:00.000-05:00

It was a little cold, but Adison liked her first pool trip.

To the Zoo

2007-06-13T20:26:00.001-05:00

Adison looking at turtles

Cousin Brayden

A big bear

Happy Bath!

2007-06-13T20:24:00.000-05:00

first trip to riverwalk

2007-06-02T11:03:00.001-05:00

PIGTAILS!

2007-06-02T10:58:00.000-05:00

at work with daddy

2007-05-04T16:00:00.000-05:00

2007-04-28T10:13:00.000-05:00

Her first bagel...

She Missed

2007-04-10T10:27:00.000-05:00

newbies

2007-04-05T09:24:00.000-05:00

I guess we'll jump on this train...