Addy's 1st Birthday Party!

Of course we were excited to throw Addy her 1st birthday party and much like her 1-month party...her Dad just couldn't resist!! This time the non-resistance party item was a bouncey turtle, which was so large we almost had to put it up in the neighbors yard. Oh and based on the size of the turtle the rental company threw in a snow cone machine to top it off...I'm pretty sure Vinh was drooling the entire time! In between drooling he managed to take over 400 pictures from the day...hence why it's taken me this long to update the blog...I have the attention span of a 1 year old and just picked out a few to share...ENJOY (we sure did!) :)

Will it fit? (Vinh supervising the set-up of Mr. Turtle)

Addy & Daddy enjoying the first bounces...check out the head on Mr. Turtle!

Mr. Turtle was just so kissable!

Addy had a blast bouncing around...literally, she didn't care how many times she fell down and rolled around!

Her favorite position...try this bouncing around!

Pre-birthday cake outfit


Family and friends singing "Happy Birthday"...and Addy just watching us all going..."you guys are crazy"!!

This frosting stuff is merely coincidental as Addy wasn't that interested in eating the cake or frosting...it just "happened" to get all over her! (hence the bath water was blue/green when we quickly washed her off!)

New House Pictures

Addy & Daddy with the house in the background

Addy loves the big open soccer field that is our backyard!

Here's a pic from the house looking onto the soccer field

Addy admiring the view from the 3rd floor bonus room

Daddy & Addy on the landing to the 3rd floor

Baby Wang #2's room (note the garage backing up to the window...we're already planning for sneakouts...pretty sure Vinh will still have the video montior going when the kids are teenagers!)

Big sister Addy's room

Front of the house...come on in!

Kitchen...Addy standing on "the island"

Daddy & Addy in the greatroom

We're still here!

I've had a blog update on my "to do list" for quite some time! Instead I live vicariously through all of you, my friends/family, that are regular updaters!! You're an inspiration :) As much as I love the pictures posted...I have to apologize b/c I'm only going to put my posting up and hopefully pictures will soon follow :)

There's so much to catch-up on and of course so little time. Where to start...to add to our craziness of life with selling our current home, building a new home, keeping up with an almost 1 year old, work, school (the list could go on)...we're managing all of this amidst my 24-7 nausea and tiredness...yep, I'm pregnant :) I'm almost done with the first trimester which I'm hoping means the nausea and tiredness will subside. We are REALLY excited about the baby and Addy has absolutely NO idea what's going to be hitting her. She is learning to say "baby" and I think it's clear as mud :) We're due January 30th so Miss Addison will be a whole 18 months! Vinh, of course, has been amazing letting me sleep in and take naps as much as possible...he's such a great Dad & Husband!

The new house is coming along...it seems SO fast at times...but I think that's just because we're patiently (anxiously) awaiting the sale of our current home. We have the electrical walk through on Tuesday and have been in the house quite a few times throughout the process. It's amazing to be able to see where all the plumbing is running through the walls...never thought about that before. With baby on the way it makes me even more anxious to be able to get into the new house some time in November and be able to settle in somewhat before baby comes. Along with that I'm ready to be done keeping a clean house 24-7 in case of a showing...it's amazing just how quickly it gets messy...Addy may have a little something to do with that!

We hope everyone is having a great summer!

Twins Game

We finally got to our first Twins Game this season in the new stadium! We actually got a 2-for-1 as we got to see the last innings of the prior night's game and then the actual game. We've been hearing from lots of people how great it is to watch baseball outdoors...and we would have to agree. My team at work had our company suite for the night. The suites are amazing (oh and the dessert cart was only the kicker!) as we could get both the outdoor seating feel and indoor space for Ms. Addison to roam and play. Addy LOVED the excitement of the game which made her Dad pretty excited as he's been a life long Twins fan and hoping she follows in his tracks :) We thought of Grandma Jeanie, Great Grandma Connie & Great Grandpa Jack during the game, too...as we knew they were glued to their TVs/Radios watching/listening to their favorite team, too!!

Mother's Day Weekend at Ruttger's

We had another great year at Ruttger's for Mother's Day weekend. Besides the fact that Vinh got the stomach bug on Friday night, the fact that it snowed enough to cover the ground and cars when we woke up on Saturday, and the fact that I got the stomach bug on Mother's Day...the weekend was a lot of fun relaxing and enjoying being together with great friends! The Quan's, Ruska's, Oejler's, Johnson's, Omang's and Eisenmenger's were able to make it this year. The guys golfed on Saturday afternoon...after the snow had melted...that' true MN dedication!

They had a harpist at the Mother's Day Brunch...Addy loved Grandpa Gary's beard!

It was a great 1st Mother's Day...I can honestly say it's the best job I've ever had :) Addy has been an amazing addition to our family and we are having more and more fun everyday!

Ime's Preschool Graduation

Our niece Ime graduated from preschool last night. Addy and I were at ECFE class in the same building so we snuck in and caught the last song and the official certificate hand-off. It was SO cute!!!

Meeting Ms. Cecilia!

We got to meet the newest Roth family addition, Ms. Cecilia Anna! What a cutie she is :) Addy can't wait until she can crawl after her and chase her around. It was amazing to me just how big Addy was compared to CeCe...it seems like just yesterday she was that size. It was so great catching up with Maria and Eric as we don't get to see them as much as we'd like to. They are doing great and are absolute naturals at the whole thing!! We can't wait for our next playdate guys :) Congrats!!