Grandpa Dan blessed Addysin on Sunday. He did a really good job! She did well too for everything that was going on! We had a dinner afterwards so everone could visit then had cake and ice cream for Justy's Birthday. I can't believe she is 9! It's crazy to think that when Addysin is 9 Justy will be 18. Time goes by fast!

This is now one of my favorite pictures. We had an appointment to have her pictures taken that day but she got a cold so we cancelled the appointment and took a few at home instead. This was after we were done and got her out of her dress. Apparently we wore her out!!!

My Office Is Done!!!!

When we moved, my office got scattered in the basement. When the work upstairs was done, and all the little things going wrong slowed down, Nute started working on my office. He has spent the last week down there working his butt off and it is finally done!!! He did a really good job on it. I had to do payroll tonight and although not everything is put away, it was nice to have a place to go and spread papers out and see what I was doing! I was so used to packing things back and forth from downstairs to get things done, I went down to get some info off of some paperwork and decided to put the new room to use! I can't wait to get everything put away and have a place to do all my work!!! (I guess the putting things away is my job since he has moved on to finishing the weight room!!!) Thanks babe, the office turned out awesome!!!!

First Anniversary

Today is our anniversary. We went to dinner Saturday night to celebrate. It is the first time we have been alone since Addysin was born. I can't believe a year went by that fast. It was a pretty hectic year with selling a house, buying a house, remodeling a house, living in a camper.....O yeah and being pregnant through it all! We made some good memories and some bad (that I am sure we will be able to laugh at one day). Memories that we will share with our daughter. It was a crazy year but probably one of the best years of my life. Thanks Babe, for all you do for me!!!

All Dressed Up....No Place To Go!

When I found this costume I thought it was a lamb and had to have it. When we got home and really looked at it we noticed it had long ears and a cotton tail!!! (Probably a bunny not a lamb.) It was still cute so we put it on her and took her to Grandma and Grandpa's. It only lasted an hour, and she never woke up long enough to even know she was there but she sure was cute!!!! The Kitty onesie is from a family friend. It's the first thing I have put on her that wasn't pink! We had to add a little red bow to make it complete!

For 9 months people warned me of the sleep deprevation that was going to go along with having a new baby but nobody prepared me for this. Addysin has Acid Reflux and colic. We thought we would bring her home, she would sleep in her bassinet, swing in her swing, play on a blanket on the floor. Then we were introduced to the world of AR and Colic. It has been one hell of an eye opener! She has to be at 30 degrees all the time. Her bassinet is too low, her crib is too low, her swing is too low, even her car seat is too low. So she sleeps on an AR pillow (in the picture) These things are well worth the money. They have a sling to hold her on there and then it holds her 30 degrees to slow the acid from coming up. She also has a chair that holds her at the same angle and rocks. She has to eat at 30 degrees and be kept up for a half an hour after she eats. She has to eat smaller amounts more frequently. About 2 oz every 2 hours. So that means by the time she eats, stays up for 30 mins, then falls back to sleep we only have about an hour before we start over. (If we are lucky). It isn't so bad in the day time but this routine at night is horrid. She and I are rooming in the living room so that Daddy can get some sleep to go to work in the mornings. Someone told us that catnip tea would help with the colic. It is good for the digestive system and also relaxes her so she can sleep. The other night I gave her her tea and we went to bed. Next thing knew it was 6:00 a.m. and I was panicked! At first I thought that I had forgot to wake up and feed her so I was running around the house counting dirty bottles. I only found 2. One I knew was out of the diaper bag from our trip to Grandma's and the other was from our 11:00 feeding. So I finally came to the conclusion that we had slept 6 hours. I was so excited I wanted to call everyone!! And I did but I waited until later. I don't think any of them would have appreciated a 6 am phone call!!!! It was short lived though. The next night she never shut her eyes!! So what I have learned from all of this is that everyone will tell you of things that help or didn't help. TRY THEM ALL. About the time we gave up and decided not to try anything else we found the catnip tea. When we were ready to give up again, we found the AR pillow....both life savers!

Awww isn't she cute when she is sleeping? As most of you know, we waited a long time for our little Addysin Jae. She was born September 5th @ 9:11 am. She weighed 6 lbs 15 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. She is the center of our world. She is the first grandchild on Daddy's side so Grandpa Kelly and Grandma Sherry are pretty proud. She is changing every day! It's hard to believe it has been 7 weeks already, although they have been 7 sleepless weeks! Grandma Marva came for the first week, and every weekend after that, or I would be a complete wreck. Thanks Mom!!! I know the day will come that we forget about the all nighters, and the screaming ,and the not knowing what to do for her, but as for now that is the story of our lives. We still love her no matter what we have to go through to get her through this and wouldn't trade her for anything in the world!