home alone... with two lovely ladies!

so jimmy was in korea recently for his brother's wedding while the girls and i stayed back. we had the option to go with him. but to be honest, i wasn't ready to take ellie on an overseas trip. i know people do it, but i have heard many stories on how hard it is and that it's better to wait until the kids are a little older. so we opted to stay behind and endure being away from daddy for a week and half. it was a little hard and of course we missed him tons. jimmy and i tried to correspond via email daily. phone conversations were tough due to the time difference. i know he missed the girls a lot. i think it might have been harder for him to be away than he thought. so i tried to send pics of them with each email and keep him posted on what we were doing here.

here are some of the photos i took with my phone while he was gone...











big hugs to daddy!




a lot happens here in a week and a half... one of those things unfortunately was addison getting a stomach bug. :( it lasted a week. it was not fun for her or for me. it's always a little stressful when your kids are sick. the poor girl couldn't eat anything. she was pretty miserable. but by day 7, she was finally showing signs of turning around and getting her appetite back. thank God!

another thing that happened while jimmy was gone was that my parents came to visit for a few days. it was great to see them! despite addison's condition, the kids had a great time with them.





she's really into this peace sign thing, huh?!





we also had a birthday party that we went to. one of addison's school friends had a party... the three of us went and had a great time.


they had face painting there.. and surprise, surprise, addison wanted a butterfly painted on her face!



ellie was having fun at the party too! even though it was naptime for her, she hung in there like a champ!


and these are just the girls hanging out at home...












we missed daddy! and we're glad he's home now! :)