Isobel Ruth Phillips

Lindsey and Alan's baby girl was born on Monday May 15th! As you can see she is beautiful and absolutely perfect. I can't wait to hold my new little niece and neither can Ammon. I was looking at a picture of her on the computer and he walked in and said, "Oh what a cute baby!" The other day he also said, "thank you for Lindsey's new baby" in his prayers and he was talking to my mom on the phone and asked if he could talk to the baby.
The birth of little Isobel was pretty exciting. Jody and I were just getting into bed Saturday night (which was the 13 of May) when I heard the phone rang. I made Jody run downstairs and get it because I thought it could be Lindsey. Lindsey told me that she had been having contractions for 2 hours and asked if she should wake up my mom. It was 6 a.m. in London. Well all day Sunday I was getting texts messages and phone calls from London eagerly learning of Lindsey's progress or should I say lack there of. We had to drive to Vacaville that night to stay the night with my Aunt before we left for Georgia the next day. I finally got a text message Sunday night around midnight from Alan who told me she had been born at 6:40 a.m. Happy day!!! Poor Lindsey didn't have the best experience and was in labor for almost 27 hours. But baby and mummy are healthy and happy!

So Much To Say!!!

Yes I am still alive and more importantly still blogging! I was in Georgia for 9 days and just returned Tuesday night. We had a wonderful time there. We went to the Atlanta Aquarium, the Atlanta Zoo, Braves game, swimming, shopping and spent lots of time with our family. A lot happened while we were gone. Babies were born, my baby seemed to grow up, the temperature reached 80* in McKinleyville, Ammon started using the potty a lot more and a new American Idol was named. So I will spend the next few posts going into detail about these events.
Ammon seems to have a thing with wearing odd items. Though it was a hot 90 degrees outside and he barely got into the water, Ammon was wearing these goggles all day! He also loves to wear a life jacket around the house and toilet paper rolls around his arms (I'll explain later about those). He loves to play make believe. I will devote a whole post to this subject!!!! Jody and his brother Jeff are into jujitsu right now and are constantly practicing moves on each other. So I made them do a "macho" pose for me. Jody taught me the "choke hold" and I must say it really works! My little baby Cohen is growing up so quickly but we are enjoying and loving every minute of it!

Sweet Sienna

Isn't she to die for? Sienna Lee Henry is the newest edition to our family. My sister, Kasey, had her a month ago and even though I haven't seen or held her in person these pictures make my heart yearn for a girl of my own. I want a girl so badly (though I love my boys) that my mom is afraid that I might go into a deep depression if I don't have one next time.
So we are heading to Georgia on Monday to visit Jody's family. I am excited to leave what Jody calls, "the lone and dreary world" (McKinleyville) and hopefully get into some warm weather. But I really can't complain. We did have record breaking amounts of rain this year but the old saying held true, "April showers bring May flowers." (Although it should be changed to Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, and April showers bring May flowers.) Nevertheless we are happy to go spend time with our family in Georgia. Luckily I can honestly say that I love my in laws.

Our Team

So that last picture of Ammon was a little scary. Here are some recent family pics of the four of us. You're all probably wondering why the blog is called "Team Edmondson." Well, whenever Jody and I play games, whether its card games or sports and we are on the same team and winning, Jody will give me high five and say,"Team Edmondson."

Rules to follow when blogging

Rule #1: Don't ignore your 2 year old that is potty training.......
Okay so I was busy typing that last post and got so involved that I tuned out my son Ammon who is potty training and might I add, doing a wonderful job. I vaguely remember him saying, "mom will you help me?" As I was frantically adding the picture to the post with Cohen crying in the background. I finally stopped to check in on him and found the bathroom floor and counter covered in water. I proceeded to look at the toilet (Chris don't read unless you want to start gagging) to find Ammon's feces all over it. I guess he had gone #2 in his potty chair and was deciding to flush it down the toilet himself. I usually do this part for him. Luckily it wasn't as big of a mess to clean up as I thought it was going to be. I couldn't get after Ammon because hey he did go #2 in the toilet and was just trying to dispose of it.
Ammon is hilarious right now he just says the funniest things. Yesterday we were going to play over at a friends house and he was putting on his shoes. He said, "yummy, my shoes smell really good. Smell my shoes mom." I of course declined the offer. He then said, "yum, my shoes smell like chips." Last week he had just finished going #1 in the potty and was running around naked. He was opening and closing DVD cases and all of the sudden screamed really loudly. He had closed his little man part in a DVD case. He was crying and screaming, "don't touch it mom!" Well he eventually calmed down and made me put a band aid on it. This is something he will never live down.

Chris not an American Idol?

Okay so I was in major shock last night when Chris Daughtry was kicked off of American Idol! The only consoling part was that my favorite judge, Simon Cowell (whom I recently found out my sister Lindsey wants to name her first born son after), looked just as shocked. The problem is that Katherine McPhee, although an excellent singer, seems to get stage fright. Taylor can only sing one genre, and though he is brilliant when he sings that genre, it could get old and I just don't see my self buying his music. Lastly Elliot does have a great voice but he just doesn't move me and doesn't look like an American Idol. Chris on the other hand has been good this whole season. I can honestly say that he hasn't had a single performance I haven't loved. From country to Elvis to Rod Stewart to Queen he is brilliant and the true American Idol. I am mostly upset because he deserves the title but know that he, as well as former contestant Kellie Pickler, will be making major bucks over the next few years even without the title!!! I know I sound crazy and obsessed right now but remember I love reality TV (maybe a little too much). MSN writer Craig Bernam said it perfect http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/realitytv?GT1=7703. Chris your my American Idol!
p.s. I hear that some major rock group is suppose to offer him a lead singer role in their band. Rumors have been that it could be the rock band Fuel.