I know this is ridiculous!!!

I know it's been a WHILE! Here I am in need of bullet blogging again. For some reason, I just haven't been overly motivated to blog. Sometimes I wonder if anyone besides my mom and Paul are even reading this and they already know everything that I'm putting on here! Anyway, here goes:

• We had a GREAT week at ICYC!
  
• Followed by a GREAT week in Branson with the Kelsey side of the family. It was nice to spend some time with all of Paul's family. We spent 4 days at theme parks- two at Silver Dollar City and two at Celebration City. Addi is a little daredevil and would ride anything they would let her ride because of her height. She was upset that she couldn't ride one of the roller coasters that turned you completely upside down!! Levi liked all the rides too. We also got to go to the Dixie Stampede which was awesome as usual! Levi was a little ill about having to go (should have left him at home), but it was still fun. Thanks again, Charles and Genie, for the wonderful trip!!
• Then we had one week at home. We enjoyed a nice July 4th at my parent's house with family. Leslie was visiting from California so Addi was super excited about that!
  
• We left on July 5th and spent a week on vacation with my family in Ft. Morgan, AL. It was great too! The kids had never been to the beach and they loved it!! We did some school clothes shopping for Addi (Thanks, Granna!) too. We ate at Lambert's, home of the throwed rolls, and it was delicious. Thanks Mom and Dad for everything!
• I took Lila to the dr. Monday morning. She was scheduled for her 9 month checkup (I can't believe she's that old!), but she was running a fever so we had to postpone the well baby visit for another time. She had an ear infection (I could have told him that before he even looked at her), sinus infection, and a pussy throat...poor baby. She weighed 20 pounds, 4 ounces and was 27 3/4 inches long. She is getting so big!! I looked into the video monitor yesterday morning and she was standing up holding onto the rails (needless to say, Paul spent half the morning lowering her mattress!). She is also getting quite the personality and is not so happy being left alone any more. She also thinks she is quite the comedian!
  
• Levi is still working on his potty training. He has made major progress but still has some work to do. He seems like he's grown two feet in just a couple of months!
  
• Addi is so excited about Kindergarten! She goes on August 13th for her first day of big girl school. She has tons of new clothes and is certain to be quite the fashionista. She already thinks she has Billy lined up to come early on that first morning to do her hair (like he did mine on my first day of K). I have to admit it makes me a little sad. I always said I wouldn't be "one of those crying moms" on the first day, but now I'm not so sure! I know it's time for her to go onto this next step, but I'm going to miss her being here every day, all day!
  
• I haven't done well on my dieting throughout all these vacations and just summer in general...so I'm back with it as of today...pray for me!
  
• I guess that's all for now. I'll try to get some pictures up of the kids soon!
  

Much Needed Update

Where do I start????? I'm so behind that I don't even know what to post first!!!!

• First of all, Paul and I had a good anniversary- we went to Addi's last ballgame of the season. I'm kind of sad ball is over, but the next few weeks are going to be so busy we probably won't miss it!
  
• We had a celebration last Sunday for Mom and Dad in honor of their 30 year anniversary at the church at Sylvan Springs (formerly Maytown). I think they were really surprised!!! Especially since I think I got the dates wrong and the date is actually in July (that means dad had to be hired in June, right?). Oh well, I think they enjoyed it just the same. Everyone pitched in and we got them a plaque and a new lamp post for their front yard.
  
• We had a very nice VBS last week and the kids loved it!
  
• Hannah spent the night with us Thursday night and she is a true Courington girl- a night owl! Even though she stayed up 'til almost 1 a.m. we really enjoyed her visit! She is so sweet and I love her so much!!!
  
• Both of our vans went kaput so we broke down and bought a new vehicle! Yippee!!!! We bought a used 2008 Chevrolet Uplander minivan with only 8000 miles on it. Paul did a good job bargaining and I'm proud of him! We've only had it two days, but I LOVE it!
  
• Some of these bullets may be out of order, but I'm so behind I can't keep up!
• We went last Friday night to Free Friday Flicks to see Bee Movie and we enjoyed that a lot! Jasmine, Alex, the McCuistons, Joseph, Pam, Xander, and Sarah R. went and it was lovely. Lila slept through it and Levi was pretty well behaved. He sat in Ryan's lap with his new friend Ian for the last part of the movie. We may go again Friday.
  
• Now to our most recent "adventure." I was going back to the after hours clinic yesterday because my throat is still hurting. But when I was about half way there, Paul called me and said I needed to come home. Somehow (sigh), Lila fell off my bed and hit her head on the floor! She didn't lose consciousness but she did have a bump and I felt like we needed to have it checked out. So off to Children's Hospital ER. Long story short, she had some soft tissue swelling (aka a bump) and she is fine. It was scary because I wasn't here when it happened to see that she was okay. She was a real trooper and only cried when we had to hold her perfectly still for the cat scan.
  
• I did finally make it to the doctor myself at about ten o'clock last night and got another shot and some allergy medicine. I went to CVS at Greensprings to get my prescriptions filled so I could go ahead and start them and it was after midnight when I left the pharmacy. (In hindsight, I should have just waited until today).
  
• Lila is growing like a weed!!! She weighs over 18 pounds now and has 5 (almost 6) teeth!!! She is still the sweetest baby I have ever known!
• Levi is almost potty-trained!!!! YIPPEE!!! He still has the occasional accident, but for the most part is really doing well!
  
• Addi is- well, she's Addi!! She's really excited about all of our upcoming trips! She is also about to lose one of her top teeth! It's so lose it's hanging lower than the tooth next to it! She may swallow it in her sleep! I guess the tooth fairy better keep some cash on hand!
  
• We leave Sunday to go to Indian Creek Youth Camp for the week! I am excited, but I have a TON of stuff to do and pack for all five of us to go! And it looks like I'm going to be in a cabin for the first time in a while!
  The mailing address to send the kids some mail is:
  

  ICYC

  c/o Campers Name

  7855 Pleasantfield Road

  Oakman, AL 35579

• We get back from camp next Friday and then on Saturday we head to Branson, Missouri for a family vacation with Paul's family! We are excited about that too! This may be my last post for a while....but keep checking back...hopefully I'll have some pictures from all the latest events later!!!
  

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