Sleepless in Jeffersonville

Yesterday, I took Adalynn to the Dr. to get the first dose of the H1N1 vaccine. I was nervous about getting it for her, but in the end, decided it was better for her to get the vaccine than H1N1. Anyway, she was up almost every 30 minutes last night! I guess this is from the shot. She doesn't really do well with vaccines. So, now we have one crabby baby and a sleepy mommy. Hmm... looks like we may not be up tonight to ring in the new year! Right now, being fast asleep in bed sounds pretty good!

Two Years

I can't believe it's been two years ago today that my wonderful husband and I said "I do." It's been an amazing journey so far, and we have been blessed beyond measure!

Our wedding was the second best day of my life! The first, of course, being when our beautiful daughter was born. I couldn't help but to add a few pictures from December 28, 2007.

Can't wait to see what's in store for the future, but loving every moment of today!

Christmas Fun!

We had such a wonderful Christmas! It's amazing how Adalynn makes our lives so much better! :)

We had 4 different Christmas celebrations to go to! On Christmas Eve, we went to Nick's mom and dad's to celebrate with the Adams'. Then we were off to my Gran's that evening to spend time with my family.

On Christmas morning, we were so thrilled to open Adalynn's presents with her. Here are some pics of our baby's first Christmas morning! (Please note: mommy looks a little rough in the morning!) :)

She loved the bows!

"Hello? Anyone there?"

Ohhh... Elmo!

"What is it daddy?"

"A hooded towel! Just what I've always wanted!" :)

After opening presents from Santa, we went up to my mom and dad's for a delicious breakfast. Nick made his yummy monkey bread! Then, we went to my Mawmaw's for lunch.

Then, we went back to Nick's mom's to celebrate with the other side of his family.

Here's Will! He might be crawling before Adalynn! :)

Uncle Nathan and Aunt Kristin got Addy a really cool toy!

Ho ho ho!

Mommy and Santa baby

Family photo

We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did too! Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy 2010!

Love,

Nick, Cara, and Adalynn

7 Months Old!?!?

It doesn't seem possible, but Adalynn turned 7 months old on Friday! Unfortunately, she's been fighting a cold and just got some vaccinations on Tuesday. So... we've been seeing a lot of grouchy faces lately.




Poor thing, you can tell by her little eyes that she just hasn't been feeling up to par.





That's a little better.

Thankfully, she seems to be doing much better the past couple of days. She's been a little happy buns lately.

Here's whats new with our girl...

*She weighs 21 lb 3 oz and is 28 in long!
*Eating 3 meals of baby food a day.
*Still loves bananas!
*Also likes vanilla apple mixed grain.
*Peaches and sweet potatoes are a no no! They upset her tummy!
*Still no teeth! :)
*Getting very good at sitting!
*Wearing size 4 diapers.
*Clothing her is a challenge. We joke that we need to get her clothes altered because she could really stand size 18 months (and does wear several things in that size), but a lot of times they are too long. So she is mostly wearing size 12 month right now.
*Loves the theme song to Sesame Street. She squeals when it comes on!
*She LOVES Elmo! I think because he is red and has a high pitched voice. Santa may be bringing some Elmo things!
*She is so happy and sweet, but also very thoughtful. She has her thinking face on a lot.
*She has started giving us kisses. I don't really know if she knows what she's doing though. She just presses her mouth up against our face and leaves it there for a while! Too cute!

She is definitely the greatest little blessing of all!

Cookie Baking Extravaganza!!!

My little brother, Mikey spent the night last night! We had a full day of baking ahead of us today. He's a great little helper. We had fun listening to Christmas music and decorating. Adalynn had fun watching us and was very curious about what we were doing. She was a very good little girl.

On the menu was sugar cookies, reese peanut butter cup cookies, and no bakes.

Here's Mikey putting his artistic flair on the sugar cookies. I wanted to roll out the dough and use cookie cutters, but didn't know if Adalynn would give us enough time for all that. We took the easy way out and just rolled up balls. They still look cute though (and taste very yummy!)

I love no bakes!

Even Adalynn got in on the decorating action! Here she is holding 2 paint brushes!

We had fun and now have a very large amount of cookies! I'm thankful that the kitchen is now cleaned up and Addy is napping! Time for mommy to relax! :)

Bill-bo

Adalynn has definitely started showing favoritism for some toys over others. Her absolute favorite is one we call Bill-bo. Her daddy started calling it that and it stuck. My mom's friend (and our friend too!), Juli, gave it to Adalynn. It's a hand-me-down from her boys. Here are some pictures of Addy and Bill-bo!

As you can see, he's quite an interesting looking little guy. We think he's supposed to be a bird??? I think that's where Nick got the "Bill" part.

Everywhere Addy goes, Bill-bo goes too! We've been cracking up lately because that thing is clinched in her hand from the time she wakes up until the time she goes to bed. She even falls asleep holding onto him. :)

I don't know if Santa can bring anything that will top Bill-bo!!! It's too funny that out of everything we have bought for her, a hand-me-down will be her fav! :)

It's been a crazy weekend in the Adams' household!

The craziness started Friday night. I was putting laundry away upstairs and Nick was playing with Adalynn downstairs. All of the sudden she started screaming and we couldn't really calm her down. Her daddy is always very good about being gentle with her when they play, but he thought he maybe accidentally hurt her arm when he was lifting her. I noticed that she was holding her left arm funny, and she wasn't reaching for anything with that arm. I gave her some Motrin and we headed for Kosair Children's Hospital.

We were worried that we would have to wait a long time. Surprisingly, they called us back about 5 minutes after we checked in. She had calmed down in the car (thank goodness because we got stuck in traffic). We even wondered if we really needed to be there because she was smiling and laughing at the women working at the front desk. When we took her out of her car seat to get her weighed, she started wailing again and still holding her arm funny.

Our girl weighed 21 lbs 3 oz. Wow! The triage nurse thought that she had something called nursemaid's elbow. She said it's a very quick fix and she would be fine 2 seconds after they put it back into place. I was glad it was something easy, but the thought of them jerking her arm around back into place terrified me!

We were taken to a room (which was basically a bed in the hallway with a curtain). We were given a little yellow gown to put on her. She was not a fan of having her clothes changed. Her dad and I joked that if they knew how loud her cry was, they would have given us our own room. She was disturbing the baby next to us and causing her to cry.

The nurse came in and moved her arm back and forth a couple of times. She cried a little then stopped as soon as she was finished. While we were waiting for the doctor, Adalynn began playing with both arms as if nothing had ever happened. She was back to her normal, happy, playful self!

The doctor was very nice and confirmed that she had nursemaid's elbow, the tendon had been pulled or stretched out of place, but was now back into place. He said some babies and children are very prone to it. Especially a 21 pound almost 7 month old. :) We just have to be extra careful now because after it's happened once, it could easily happen again.

So that was our Friday night excitement. Needless to say, Nick felt absolutely awful! We were both thankful though because we were in and out in 2 hours and Adalynn left perfectly fine.

To top it all off, Adalynn had a little bit of a runny nose Friday, but Saturday, it turned into a full blown cold! Her nose is sooo stuffy. I feel awful because there's not much you can do for a little baby with a cold. We've been running a humidifier non-stop. Mommy and daddy have also caught it so we've all been trying to rest and get healthy. I'm hoping by tomorrow, Addy will feel better. She goes to the Dr. for a checkup.

I'll let you know how that goes!

Ollie and Me

Today we watched our nephew, Oliver, for a few hours. Oliver and Adalynn just love each other. They get into "baby stare downs" which are hilarious to watch.




Adalynn kept rubbing Ollie's head and touching his little hands. So cute! Oliver is going to be 10 months old on Dec. 23rd. He is getting to be such a big boy! He is definitely a little cutie!




We loved having him spend some time with us! Addy enjoyed it too. She is lucky to have two cousins that are so close to her age!

Bubble Girl

We had some fun today with bubbles. Adalynn was completely amazed by them! I can't believe how quickly her motor skills are developing. She was even able to pop a few! :)












Notice how she is holding a red ball? She kept looking at the bubbles then looking at the ball. It's like she was thinking, "These things are similar but those one things keep disappearing!" We are amazed by her everyday! She is learning so many things and soaking everything up!

Aunt Kristin and Uncle Nathan got married!

Hi everyone! This is Addy! Mommy said I could use the computer for a few minutes. I really like to push all of these buttons! I wanted to tell you about November 20th because my Uncle Nathan married my Aunt Kristin that day!

It was REALLY fun! Their wedding was at Silver Street Methodist Church in New Albany and the reception was at the Grand. It was very pretty. We all got dressed up too! Here are some pictures.

This is at the rehearsal. My Papaw played with me a lot there and during the wedding. I LOVE my Papaw!

This is the bride and groom!

I loved the pretty flowers.

I got all dressed up in a purple dress to match mommy and daddy. My fingers tasted especially good that day.

Mommy, Aunt Jenna, and Uncle Mikey were all in the wedding. Uncle Mikey was the best man and gave a very good speech. I missed it though because I was eating. Mommy still heard over the speakers.

Aunt Jenna said we looked like we were all related to Barney. I didn't know who she was talking about though. I guess I haven't met Barney yet. Mommy said I will like him a lot someday. We will see I guess.

This is my favorite picture. Daddy thought mommy looked REALLY pretty and mommy thought daddy was VERY handsome. hee hee!

We all had a lot of fun and the newlyweds are doing great! They are moving into their new house tomorrow!

Pretty Pretty Princess

Baby Claus

Mr. and Mrs. Claus (aka Will and Addy) hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! They are really looking forward to their first Christmas and their mommies couldn't help but bust out the Santa gear!

Happy holidays everyone!

6 Month Update

Judging by how busy things have been lately around here, I better go ahead and do Adalynn's 6 month update right now while I have a few free minutes! I would like to say our little lady is asleep (it's 9:42 pm and she's usually down by 9:00), but that is just not the case tonight. She's entertaining herself with toys in her exersaucer. :)

I would love to share her stats with you, but there is a pretty long story behind why she won't be going to the Dr. for a while... I called a week and a half ago to schedule her 6 month appointment. (I would have just went ahead and scheduled it while I was there for her 4 month, but didn't have my work schedule and it's always rotating.) Get this... the soonest appointment was on December 15th!?! I really had no idea you had to book a checkup so early in advance! Guess I know now! :) So, unfortunately, she will be almost 7 months at her 6 month checkup. Oh well, I'm nothing if not flexible!

Here are a few little fun facts about our precious little girl:

*She is now wearing size 12 month clothes!

*Still nursing well! I've really been struggling to keep my milk supply up. (I'm currently taking 2 different meds so I can keep nursing). This mommy is just not ready to quit yet! I love the special bond we have and would love to make it to 12 months. Fingers crossed that I can keep it up!

*She LOVES her bananas!

*She enjoys watching her Teletubbies DVD.

*She likes to be read to and sang to.

*She usually takes 2 naps a day.

*She loves sitting on daddy's shoulders because she thinks she's big stuff.

*She is wearing size 3 diapers but mommy thinks they are too tight on her legs and could stand 4's.

*Still no teeth! I keep thinking those babies will pop through in the bottom. One of these days they will. I'm really in no hurry for those though! :)

*She is sitting up (wobbly but hey, sitting is sitting.) :)

*She is reaching for EVERYTHING. She wants it ALL!

*She loves her doggy Brinklee, but tends to grab handfuls of her fur and doesn't let go. Brinklee is not quite as amused as Addy is by this.

*Mommy and daddy know how blessed they are to have such a happy, healthy, beautiful little girl. We thank the Lord everyday for her and our family.

Sitting Up

Our girl has started sitting up! Well... sort of! Mommy and daddy keep a hand close by because she is still pretty wobbly. She is doing great though and mommy and daddy are so proud!












As you can see, she doesn't have any pants on in these pictures! A girl's gotta get comfy sometimes when she's at home though! :)

New Photos with Our New Camera!

Grandma Adams



Uh oh! Did I just roll over something in my walker?




Scootin around in the kitchen! I love how she holds on like she's steering it!





Gotta love those cubby cheeks!






Heehee! I'm big stuff now!














Big girl eating in her high chair!



My daddy is so silly!