Donnie & Shannon's Wedding

Addy & Uncle Donnie at the Rehearsal Dinner

















Shannon & the flower girls






















Pre-Ceremony Munchies.... who would've guessed??


















Amy & I were two of three pregnant bridesmaids. I affectionately referred to us as "the marshmallows"


















The Kotynski Women



















Shannon & I























Addy with Auntie Jooge





















Family Picture

















Addy the ham, posing for the camera at the reception. We changed her poofy dress into a more functional white one.



















"The Brudders"


















Tarzan and Jane



















































































































Addy & Daddy
































Everyone loves a pregnant bridesmaid.




























Leaving the Church




















































Family Pictures




















































































Zonked - What a Day!

Growing Family

This year is a year of growth for the Hamstra/Kotynski/Worthington clan. John Michael is scheduled to be born the end of July, Tara is planning on getting married in August, Donnie got married this past weekend and Amy is having a baby in June.... I suppose DD just felt like he wouldn't be doing his part if he didn't participate sooooo he asked Beth to MARRY HIM!!

CONGRATULATIONS! DD orchestrated his proposal so that he could catch part of it on film. Read the whole story here if you're interested. We couldn't be more excited to welcome Beth into our growing family. :)

Pictures of the Addy's debut as a flower girl coming soon!

24.5 weeks and still truckin'

Well folks, to satisfy your requests here is a "belly shot" I also included a picture of my party trick....

Now I'm pregnant


















Now I'm not.


















Just to be clear: I am still pregnant and all is going well! But for whatever reason I can suck my belly in to look like I'm not. It was the same way with Adeline. Weird, I know.

The weather has taken a turn for spring! I'm convinced there is no turning back! We washed the little car we got Addy at a garage sale last year and she tried it out today. She's not that great going forward but she figured out backwards eventually.

Enjoy!

Cindy Crawford?

If you notice a diminish in cute smiles from our gal it might be because her newest reaction to the camera is to pose. Though they aren't the exact poses mommy was hoping for Addy looks pretty pleased with herself that she understands what cameras for and what she's supposed to do for them. Enjoy the beginning of her NOT modeling career! :)

And for those who were curious: the giggles were the result of a silly mommy and gg. While at Potbellies we put the basket our food came in on our heads and then tipped our head forward to let it fall off... an idea that entertained all three of us for at least 15 minutes.

giggle monster

Addy's had a rough week - fevers, teething, red splotches all over her face, neck and shoulders and a hacking cough. But, what's a little sickness, right?? :) Seriously though, it was a bit of a rough week but I think after some of Ernest's mom's incredible cooking our little montster is back to her old happy self. My lifesaver during the week was Elmo. Addy is all about her one, single, garage sale bought VHS Elmo video.

"They" say that babies 12-18 months old are learning how to communicate... and in Addy's case this is right on! One of her new things is to point me in the direction she wants me to bring her (as if I'm her taxi driver). As you can imagine this pointing usually leads to the kitchen and straight to the food. The other day we had a bit of a breakdown when Addy was pointing to leftover pizza for breakfast and I insisted she have her pear instead. Her other new communication method is to sign "thank-you". I think the first time she did this officially is when we left Ernest's mom's house on Saturday night. This was appropriate because while we were there she CHOWED DOWN on some southern fried chicken and homemade macaronni and cheese. She must have been grateful enough to pull out the new sign!

More soon. Hope you enjoy the video as much as I have... I think I've watched it about ten times already. Do your kids ever stop being so cute!?

losing weight???

Everyone keeps telling me Addy is "thining out.

This picture doesn't defend that theory.

Enjoy:






























Do you think curls might follow these waves???

birthday video!

Here is the video, as promised. Check out the previous post for pictures!