Addy's b-day party

Her cake that Nana Sue made

the cupcake tower

Nana, Maddie, and Addy

Jenny and Addy

kissing her babydoll

her cupcake

sugar rush!!

pink frosting in her hair, on her way to her bath

Maddie and her doll









Adyson's birthday was on Wednesday, she is now ONE. She is 23 lbs and 9 ounces, 31 1/4 inches long. She got to play hookie from school on Friday and got to leave early on Thursday b/c Mommy had to go home b/c she had a double ear infection and the type B flu. They put me on some great drugs and I feel great now, still don't want to go back to work tomorrow but I have too. So we had her party this Saturday. It went great. She got a babydoll, a raincoat and boots, a blue jean dress, shirt, and jellies, animal magnets for the fridge, a bath toy, a bear, a musical wagon, a striped hoodie with 3 pair of matching pants, and a house with people. She still has presents on the way from Aunt Chanda and Mama and Papa Fuller. Sue made the cake and cupcakes and Addy ate/wore her cupcake and had to have a bath afterwards. It was a great party. Jenny, Joey and thier two boys stayed with us so it was nice talking and hanging out with them as always.

my baby

My baby only has one more day until she is one! It seems like yesterday that I was checking into the hospital. I have mixed emotions, I am glad that she is healthy and growing strong but she is growing too fast!!!

Addy

I wouldn't say that Addy is a sickly child but she is "sick" a lot. But she hardly ever shows it. So we brought the New Years in with Adyson throwing up with a temp, and diarrhea which lasted about 5-6 days. Then she was back to her active self for a couple of days.

We went to The Call (12 hours of fasting and prayer, it was great and Addy slept thru most of it) in Cincinnati last Saturday and stayed with my cousins and she started wheezing and coughing really bad. So we took her to the doctor this Monday and she was put on breathing treatments b/c she has RSV, which has been going around her room at school. She lost her voice yesterday, it so sad to hear her try to cry, it's more like a squeak. We put her to bed last night and she started crying, well rather squeaking so I did the wrong thing and went and got her and took her to bed with me with a bottle. I just couldn't hear her cry like that or I would cry. You wouldn't know that she is sick except the occasional wheezing and coughing, her energy level has not went down.

She has had a few firsts this week. She signed 'more' three times now while eating and she slept on a cot at school. She is going to be moving into the one year old room in 2 weeks so her teachers have started to prepare her with sleeping on a cot. Today was her first day and she did great.

A crying baby

So Adyson is 10 months now and we have almost always put her to bed asleep. So the other day, we were exhuasted from lots of taveling and running around and we put her to bed half asleep. She did not like that and she cried, well more like screamed herself to fell asleep. She cried for 20 minutes, not a sad cry, an angry one, she threw her pacifier at the door but finally fell asleep. We on the other hand laid in bed tense, staring at the ceiling saying do you think she is ok (keep in mind that we can sit up in bed look into the hall into her room and can see her standing in her crib) Kris asked if I had said goodnight, i said yes and then we debated on going in there a million times, should we pick her up or not and how long would we let her cry and is this method a good one for us. Long story short, she fell asleep, was not emotionally hurt, and woke up in a great mood the next day. I put her down tonight and she screamed for 4 minutes and went to sleep, big difference. I just hate that she cries when we put her in her bed awake but she is the child that will keep going and going until she passes out if we let her. I hope next time she just goes to sleep no crying, I can't take it when she cries :-)

Christmas Eve and Day

decorating for Christmas at our house

I love Christmas. I love to decorate and be with family. I love to give presents and feel a little wierd getting gifts. Weird huh? Anyway the pics are us having fun decorating our tree. We have been talking about what traditions we want to have with our kids as they grow up. This year we bought Addy one gift, an ornament, something she will keep forever. We decided that for our children we will fill thier stockings, give them one gift, and have one family gift. The rest of the family can be in charge of spoiling them. I want them to learn from us the real meaning of Christmas. Kris is going to read the story of Jesus' birth and we will let the kids buy gifts for families thru an Angel tree.

I think what brought all the presents talk was money and what are we teaching our children. I have a friend that is struggling right now with money and they really couldn't afford to buy gifts but felt like they had too. We talked about how the family would understand and wouldn't want them to go in debt for a present. If only the grandparents would have known that they can't afford baby food right now. But I degress. I understand how they are feeling, the last four years have been a little stressful after Christmas for us, trying to budget after buying all those gifts for everyone (roughfully 16 people), this is the first year that we aren't feeling that as bad, better planning on our part (shopping for almost everything the day after Thanksgiving), hardly any eating out, along with as little groceries as possible, and not spending what we wanted to spend, keeping it at bay. It helps that we don't get each other gifts too. We tried that one year and realized that we couldn't afford it, so we chose a few to keep, showed each other what we bought (it's the thought that counts right?) and then took back all the presents. Since then Kris has written me poems or made me cards, things that I will cherish always. This year we got Addy, the best gift.

So what has all my rambling been about. Having children change everything. It changes how you see everything and hopefully makes you a better person.

Anyway it's late I'm going to bed!

Christmas in Vevay

We went to my mom's and Henry's the Saturday and Sunday before Christmas. Addy thought unloading all of my mom's kitchen towels out of the drawer was great fun.