Happy 3rd Birthday Addison!!!

Addison Brianne Corbin
I’m 3 years old!

July 17th, 2009

Things I like to do…
Squish bugs, ride in the truck, go to the “big shopping”, swing, swim, go on walks in the stroller, play monsters with dad and “help” him fix things.

I like to eat…
Chickens, juice packs, noodles, the chocolate out of E.L. Fudge cookies.

Things I always say…
““Go away!” “Mom, Mama, Mommy, Mama, Mom, Mommy”
“Let’s see what else is on” “It’s a scary mannequin”

A few of my favorite things…
Anything silky, my spider-man underwear, taking bubble baths, being lightly tickled, my helicopter book, singing songs.

I love to watch…
Scooby-Doo, Sponge-Bob, Monster House, Bolt, Dragon Tales, Spiderman

I’m really good at…
Going potty, doing puzzles, counting, giving loves, and running away.

Things I really hate…
Having my hair done, going to time-out, brushing my teeth, going to the nursery at church.


Wow, I can't believe she is already 3 years old! I remember when she was first born, I never thought I would survive 3 months, let alone years. She has been so much fun to have around our house. Addison makes us laugh (and sometimes cry) every day! While we were up at Fish Lake last week, we were talking about how we went 4 years married with no kids how that seems so long ago because we've filled these past 3 years with so many fun memories! I could fill pages up with all of the funny things she says and does.

I took her to her 3 year "well- child" check up on the 22nd and she passed it with flying colors! I was prepping her on the ride over to the Dr. with certain questions...colors.....counting.....boy vs. girl..... When I asked her, "Are you a boy or a girl?" I was expecting her to say, "boy!", but instead I got the answer " I'm a yellow spiderman!" I was like, oh, no! , we're going to fail this appointment! But luckily, Dr. Clark didn't ask that!
Here's some fun pictures of her over the past 3 years!

Just call me Betty Crocker!!!

Addison will be 3 years old on the 17th of this month...HOLY COW!!!! Anyway, we usually do the whole "family-get-together-at-our-house" thing, but this year, we'll be on our annual Fish Lake camping trip during her birthday. So we're celebrating it with the WHOLE family this Sunday, the 12th, at our house so everyone can come to her party. (Plus, I don't even want to try to bake a cake in a trailer oven and expect it to look good.)

It's no secret that Addison is going through what I like to call a "phase" where she thinks she is a boy, loves spider-man, wears little boy's briefs, hates her hair done, plays in the mud, and wants to shoot guns. Since her gifts this year include....a spider-man bike, spider-man baseball and glove, and a spider-man movie (nothing I picked out, mind you...)I was drawing the line at a spider-man cake. I decided I was going to make sure her cake was super girly, frilly, poofy and PINK just to remind her, and the rest of us, that SHE IS A GIRL!!!

So I thought to myself, "Self, if you knew how to bake, you could actually make a cake". Normally, I consider myself pretty creative and crafty. I can make all kinds of gifts, crafts, and decor for my house, but I don't pretend that I can bake. I mean, I think in the 7 years I've been married, I've made two cakes. Any wedding presents that were given to me that had to do with baking something, are still in a box somewhere in my basement. I'd rather buy it than bake it. In fact, the white frosting that has been sitting in my basement expired in Spring of '07. I guess that is what they mean by rotating your food storage.

So I call up my sister Lindsey and between the two of us, we decide to take upon us the grueling task of making a "GIRL" cake. Can I tell you....7 HOURS LATER....$46 LATER ..... 2 ANGRY HUSBANDS LATER, We finally finished! We had no idea what we were doing because we each had a different "vision" of what this masterpiece was going to end up looking like. I originally wanted to make some super cute cupcakes (in a cupcake tin that has never been used). But then after googling and shopping all day, we kind of originated away from that idea and came up with THIS....along with a few other exciting moments in our day.

One of many Dr. Pepper's...


I haven't used my mixer enough to know that I only have one beater...


My amazing frosting skills...





Um...we're not quite sure what it was supposed to turn out as....but it IS pink and NOT spider-man!


What happens when you ignore the kids for too long, they wet your couch!