taming the wild beast

Adalynn's hair definitely takes after mine! It's always frizzy, dry, and curly/wavy. Luckily, she will always be cute no matter what her hair looks like! :)

This evening, we went and got Christmas pictures taken. JC Penney did them, and we were very pleased! They turned out great! Plus, we got Christmas cards and a bunch of sheets for a very reasonable price.

Before the pictures, I was faced with the task of "taming the wild beast" aka... Adalynn's hair.

Here are some before pics.






The back.




:)

Bows are useless, she gets them out in half a second. It did look cute though after a bath and "deep conditioning treatment" as we call it around here! She was a VERY good girl and did a great job modeling for the camera!

I will share our Christmas pictures as soon as I get them! :)

Thanksgiving Break

The day after Thanksgiving, we went to Nick's mom and dad's for dinner. We were sooo excited because his cousin, Amelia and her boyfriend, Ryan were in town. They live in Memphis. We had a great night visiting.

I have been switching back and forth between 2 memory cards so I think I have misplaced some pics somewhere. I don't know how I didn't get any pictures of Amelia, Adalynn, and Ryan because they were having a ball all night. I will be stealing some off her Facebook soon! Luckily, we will be seeing them again at Christmas (along with her mom, dad, and brother, Ben! Yay!)

I did get some pictures of Adalynn and Oliver at least!

Ollie looking JUST like his daddy here!

Okay... so this is probably one of the cutest things I've ever seen. Addy and Oliver LOVE each other! They are always trying to give each other kisses!

Awwww!!!!! I swear, they do it on their own! One of these days, I guess we'll have to

tell them they're cousins! :)

Thanksgiving

I'm a little late on this, but we had a great Thanksgiving and hope you did too!

We kicked off our Thanksgiving by watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the morning and checking out the Black Friday ads.




I love this pic of Addy and daddy in their jammies checking out the bargains! Addy especially loved the Toys R Us ad! :)



Silly girl!

Then, we headed over to Nick's Aunt Kim's for lunch.



Little Miss Addy socializing.

Nick's cousin, Bailey and his Aunt Lesley. Bailey was the flower girl in our wedding! Can't believe how big she is getting!

Sweet Oliver playing with his new tractor.

Something caught Addy and Ollie's attention.

Mommy and Addy Cakers.

After lunch, we headed over to my parents' house to spend Thanksgiving with my whole fam! I have no idea how we managed to spend over 4 hours there and not snap one single pic, but we did! :( At any rate, we had a great time eating and playing games. There is never a dull moment when you get the whole Whitis gang together!

Nick and I feel truly blessed for our wonderful families! We have so much to be thankful for!

Getting Better

Good news! We had a good night last night. Adalynn slept pretty peacefully, and I didn't hear anymore wheezing! Those breathing treatments really work! This morning, the doctor said she looked and sounded MUCH better. Her oxygen levels are now in the normal range. We will continue the breathing treatment. Plus, the antibiotic will fight off the rest of the infection (and lingering ear infection that she still has!) Nick and I are just so thankful that she is doing better. We will be taking it easy for a few days, and then hopefully our girl will be 100%! Thanks everyone for the thoughts and prayers!

Crazy Day

Today, Adalynn turned 18 months old! I cannot believe how fast the past year and a half has flown. This is such a fun age!

Unfortunately, her 18 month birthday wasn't the best. For starters, I had a doctor's appointment. Nick was sweet enough to take off work to go with me and my wonderful grandma came to watch Adalynn. I have been dealing with a cyst for a while. It recently became infected and very painful. Unfortunately, it is looking like it may take surgery to remove it. It doesn't sound too major, but may require a day or two in the hospital. It is on my urinary tract. That sounds kind of scary, but hopefully, it's not as bad as it sounds.

After we got home from my appointment, my grandma was very concerned about how bad Adalynn was wheezing. She has had a cough and runny nose for a couple of days, but nothing major. After listening to her for a few minutes, we were worried too. She was really struggling to breathe. Even though she already had a Dr. appointment tomorrow morning for her 18 month check-up, I didn't feel safe waiting. We called and the Dr. told us to come right away.

When we got there, her oxygen levels were low. The nurse practitioner was very concerned about her labored breathing. They put her on a breathing treatment. This was tough. Adalynn was NOT a fan! She fought us and screamed the whole time. That girl is strong! They assured us that it's ok that she's crying. It's just going in deeper.

After her treatment, she was extremely upset still. Her wheezing did clear up a little bit, but got worse a few minutes later. Her oxygen levels were still low. They told us that she would probably be admitted to Kosair. As you can imagine, Nick and I were very concerned.

Dr. Nassim ended up coming in to take a look at her. She said that she was going to go ahead and send us home with a breathing treatment to give every 4 hours and an antibiotic. She said that even though she is very sick, she will be much more comfortable at home and be able to rest more. She wasn't sure yet if she has pneumonia or a bad respiratory infection. Luckily, her RSV test was negative. If her breathing worsens, we will go to Kosair tonight. If everything stays the same, in the morning, we will be going back to the Dr. so they can see how she's doing.

Adalynn is peacefully sleeping next to me on the couch right now. She's all propped up. Her breathing sounds a little better. This momma won't be sleeping tonight because I feel like I can't take my eyes off her. Please pray for our little Addy Cakers. Hopefully, she will make a speedy recovery!

first night away

This past Saturday, Nick and I spent our first night away from Adalynn. He actually had been away several nights for business trips and Air Force duty... it was my first night away from her though. Nick's company had overbooked rooms at the Downtown Marriott for the Breeder's Cup. So... we got a room for free!

My mom and Uncle Mikey came to our house to stay the night with Addy! They had a fun slumber party and Addy didn't seem to miss us too much! She did wake up at 2 am though. Nana said she was wondering where the heck her mommy and daddy were. She fell asleep shortly after.

We had a fun time eating out and spending time together. A big thanks to my mom for coming over! Addy loves you so much! We have another overnight trip planned for our anniversary in December! Yay for grandparents! :)

Halloween

We spent Halloween with Nick's family at his Aunt Kim's house. It was so cool because the next day was Nick's Grandpa Adams' 80th birthday!



Here's the birthday boy blowing out his candles!



Uncle Corey and Addy



Addy went trick-or-treating as Eeyore! My mom's friend, Juli, gave us this adorable costume!




Eeyore and Oliver couldn't wait to get outside and in on the action!



Here we go! All set with our treat bucket!




Happy buns! Eeyore thinks trick-or-treating is so much fun!




Back shot! LOVE IT!





Eeyore did try to make a break for the street a few times!




Don't worry... mommy reigned her back in.

We definitely loaded up on candy! What a fun Halloween!