One Hot Mama

Addison had her first photo shoot at 6 weeks old. Of course, my sweet, laid back baby grew a couple of horns for the day! She was having none of it! The poor child cried almost the entire 2 hours the poor lady was at our home. Needless to say, this little momma was sweating to death trying to get this child to 'just get one good picture'. Well, they did turn out better that I expected and the big girls did a great job for the camera. Here are a few of the pics.

Welcome to the World!

Addison Faith arrived into the world on October 16, 2008. It was a great day. My c-section went easy as did my recovery. I enjoyed staying in the hospital for three days and having people take care of me!!! The only bad part about the hospital stay is that I had a terrible reaction to the pain meds and was itching my skin to death. I think I made claw marks all over my body. At the end of the stay, Addison was jaundice. So, the day we arrived home, there was no welcoming committee with this one. Just the poor guy that brought the bili lights that the baby had to sleep under. She hated the lights and hated even more the poor lady that came to prick her heel every now and then to check her levels. Her jaundice was finally cleared up after I had to stop nursing her for 3 days and be on formula. Thankfully, she switched right back to nursing as soon as she was better.
Before the baby, Audrey was NOT excited about this new addition. So, I was pretty anxious to see her reaction after the birth. Well, at first she was stand-offish and didn't want people telling her to 'hold the baby'. She did warm to the idea and quickly fell in love. Ahhh. Makes Momma's heart melt.
Here are a few pics from October.

This is me trying to smile before leaving for the hospital. Way too early! Proud Daddy! Proud sister.
Swollen Mama!


Peeking at their new 'doll'.

They liked Mommy's cool bed with all the buttons. My Daddy with his 10th grandchild. (8th granddaughter)
Meme and Addison.
Proud Papa Pumphrey.


Poor baby under her bili lights.

Nana and proud cousin Madeline!

Audrey dressed up as Ariel and Ava was TinkerBell. Check out the wig!!!!Baby's first Halloween and didn't even know it!
We went to Waco for cousin Alli's bday party and got to meet my new niece, Anna Helen. She was born one week before Addison. They will be great playmates!
Addison was imposing on Anna's space! Aren't they adorable?

September

The girls and I spent a weekend in Sherman at my parents and were able to go see my nephew, Jacob, play in the band during halftime. I am so proud of him. He is doing a great job in school this year and is a great drummer. Isn't he cute?We all went to the big Oklahoma State Fair and this is my niece Madeline. We watched High School Musical on Ice and the girls loved it, especially Ava.Here the darlings are at the show. Audrey was kind of over it by intermission, but Ava was very into the romance between Gabriella and Troy. Yes, she is only 4!!!!! Scary!!!!!This pic makes Daddy very proud of his two little Sooner fans! They do occasionally cheer for the Baylor Bears, but unfortunately, there is not much to cheer for!We went to the neighborhood park and enjoyed the nice weather, well they did. Prego Mommy sat on the bench and enjoyed the view! Miss Hannah Montana wouldn't take her gymnastics clothes off for the rest of the day. Here is one of the drama queens many poses.Yeah, Meme and Papa came to visit. The girls loved having them in town. Papa was very good at swinging them and tickling their feet. My baby lost her first tooth. It was very loose and I was very paranoid it was going to come out when Chad wasn't with me. I don't do very well with blood!!! Of course, we were driving down the road and out it came, with very little blood!!! Thank the Lord!!!!!



Lazy Mommy finally got the roller skates out the girls got for their birthdays, back in June. Thankfully, Papa showed up and helped the girls. I was worn out. Audrey was able to move around on them, Ava, not so much. But, don't they look cute?
Madeline turned 5 on Oct. 7 and she had an Ariel party. Ariel showed up to the party and played games, did the girls makeup, and had a dance party. It was so much fun! Audrey was the oldest girl there and kind of ruined it for everyone. They were all sitting and eating cake and were talking about Ariel after she left. Audrey said, "You know that wasn't really Ariel?" The girls were stunned. She continued, "How could she be when she drove away in a car." AHHHH!!!! My daughter the skeptic, just like her father.



The birthday girl and Audrey.

The girls are posing by the pumpkins and scarecrows that we picked out. They look great in this pic, but the big scarecrow has now slowly doubled over and won't stay upright. Just another stubborn thing in my life!!!!
The girls giving the baby some love. If Audrey looks forced, she is. She never wants to do things when we want her to. Imagine that! Ava, on the other hand, kisses my belly at least 5 times a day.
Ava's school took a field trip to a pumpkin patch and here she is with her friend, Savannah. I went with her on the field trip because I didn't want her to ride the church van. Little did I know that it was out in the middle of nowhere, 15 miles from civilization. I kind of became nervous about going into labor out in the sticks. I was picturing a Little House on the Prairie delivery. Luckily, all went well. Besides me walking more in one day than I had in 9 months!!!!
She loved feeding the goats. She would get really mad if one was being greedy and refused to feed it. It was funny.
She got to ride this cute little pony and then she went on a hay ride and went through a corn maze. When we got home that afternoon, we didn't move for 2 hours. We were pooped!!!!

She was very proud of the pumpkin that she picked out.

Well, now we are just counting down until Thursday, October 16. It has been a VERY long 9 months. I began with terrible morning sickness, fatigue, depression,food aversions, etc. I started feeling great around 4 months and then began feeling bad again around 8 months. Now, I'm just ready to meet the new love in my life. My two girls mean the world to me and hope I can learn to balance everything with ease. (yeah right!) Chad has been so great throughout this roller coaster. He is amazing. He is always there for me when I need him and he is a wonderful father to our girls. I'm so lucky to have him. Anyway, as soon as life resembles some normalcy, I will post some new pics of our family!!!! God is good!