Andy excitedly comes and gets me to see something that he says I will love. I wasn't expecting to see this, but I was pleasantly surprised! He did it in a minute, all while waiting for his toast. I was extremely impressed and took it a step further the next day, on April 1, and told him that I had entered him in the "Minute to Win It" game show. I could tell from his reaction that he was trying to be excited about it, because he could see how excited I was. I told him that they would be calling us in the next day to tell us if he had made it on the show. I let him agonize over the thought for about 5 minutes until I told him "April Fools!" Boy, was he ever relieved! Andy is busy preparing for his orals, composing pieces and getting ready for doctorate school and it appears that "Minute to Win It" was not high on his priority list. :-) Perhaps for the Poyner Family Ghetto Olympics we could adopt some of these games. Poyner's get ready and start training....here comes Andy and his mad skills!!
I love the smiles babies have, you know the gummy smiles before they get teeth.
Since Addy has become so fascinated with animals, especially birds, we decided to make Spring Break "March Animal Madness!" Our first trip was a visit to the poor man's zoo--PetCo. Needless to say, you get what you pay for. (Sorry no pictures of the eventful experience :-) We decided to step it up a notch and take a trip to the Prarie Park Nature Center in Lawrence. Addy wasn't too fond of snakes, which runs in the family. But she didn't mind this little guy....
Personally, I could only stand to be near this guy long enough to take a picture....ahhh. He looks like he's going to snap at any moment and I know I would a wet my pants!!
The below picture is Addy on the move at the Topeka Zoo! Yes, we stepped it up even one more notch for March Animal Madness! We had fun letting Addy run around and she really enjoyed all the free space!
Of course, we had to visit some members of the bird family, namely the DUCKS!
Addy was hoping to turn her frog into Prince Charming with a little kiss!
March Animal Madness was a blast, but now we have to go bigger and better...perhaps the Kansas City Zoo is next!!
"Wow, this place is cool! This is the best kept secret in the church!"
We can't believe that our little baby girl is now 18 months and in nursery. She did so well and enjoyed every bit of it!!! I'm sure it was much more exciting that Sunday School or Elders Quorum, although she did get really good naps in EQ!
"Yay! I'm so happy I got my baby blessing!"
On January 31, Emery Claire was blessed in Oklahoma with her cousin Harrison. It was such a fun weekend with the family. Me and the girls had a blast being snowed in and playing games with the family, while Andy braved the elements and went south to Texas for his doctorate audition at University of North Texas. It was a wonderful weekend between a great audition, time with our family and a beautiful blessing of our sweet baby girl!
Our family celebrating after Emery's baby blessing. Addy had a leaky diaper, so we changed her into her cupcake pj's. Notice the nephew in the background with the light saber--how cool!
I just love little Emery's smile in this picture! Such a happy little girl! Addy must be looking at the nephew with the light saber.
