Happy Halloween!!!!!

Winter Park Fall Festival

I took Addison and Aunt Nicki up to the Winter Park Fall Festival and we met some of my friends with their kiddos up there and we had a BLAST!!!! Addison got to ride a train, a pony, a "woo woo" truck (firetruck), play games, bob for duckies, jump in a bounce house, pet furry little animals at the petting zoo, pet a croccidile and sooooo much more. She also had her first taste of cotton candy and had her very own snow cone, huge mess but sooo worth it, she loved it all. It was such a fun day and we can't wait to do it again next year.









Aunt Nicki and Addison in their matching panda bo bo jammies--thanks Grandma Dee!!!!

Can You Tell I'm Getting Excited????

Pumpkin Patch With Creed and Asher

More pictures in our photo gallery (link on the right) or just click here!

Fall Fun Day

Addison and I had a lot of fun today!! I dressed he rup in her halloween costume and took a ton of pictures. After that we went to a pumpkin patch, played around, took some pictures, picked out some pumpkins and ran around the patch. Then we went to Michaels to get some stuff to decorate the little pumpkins, Lord knows I wasn't about to carve those things. We got home, ate some luch, took a nap, I did some cleaning and then she woke up and we decorated our pumpkins, and of course took some more pictures. So...here are a couple for your viewing enjoyment and you can click here to go to our photo gallery to see all 100 or so more. ENJOY!!!!!! Happy Fall!!!

Baby Boy Scrapbook Pages

Ok so I got a little excited with all my pictures so far of my little BOY and I decided to start his scrapbook and I'm doing it all digital, so here is what I have done so far!!!

Quick Binky Update

Ok, so I better not be posting any more of these because it is getting really old. Anyways, we are doing MUCH better now. Naptimes and bedtimes are a little bit easier, maybe because we've jus gotten used to a little whining/crying, but she's only crying for about 10-20 minutes now. No more peeing though, the last time she did it we disciplined her and told her sternly that it was not acceptable and she was not to do it again and she hasn't. We were at the doctors office this week and I asked the doctor about it and she said that because Addison is so smart it will take her a little bit longer than the average kid because they have kind of forgotten about it by now, so she said to just give it time and to not give in. So I guess a little bit more time won't kill us all, maybe.

Some More Baby/Belly Photos

The L-O-N-G Awaited Ultrasound!!!!!

I was a little shocked just because I am so scared of boys but Wes was BEYOND excited!!!!! Boys are just so wild and crazy and dirty and they're just BOYS!!!! But...I am so looking forward to discovering the mother-son bond that EVERYONE talks about. I can't wait for all the cuddles and kisses and if he's anything like his Daddy he will be a momma's boy FOREVER!!!!!!!! No, we have not come up with a name yet, we have some ideas, not really, but we just really hadn't thought of many boy names because girl names are just way more fun to come up with than boy names because they are so blah and boring!! Just kidding I'm sure when we see the name, just like Addison's, we will know it's right so until then...

Welcome Baby Ava!!!!!

Bedtime Prayers Video

Baa Baa Blacksheep Video

Had To Post These Pics For Leslie

*Binky Update*

Oh my, my, my, where do I start. At first it was going pretty much ok. A little crying, ok a lot crying at naptime, but not so much at night. Maybe 10-15 minutes at night and then she slept through the entire night without waking up. Also, she never once missed the binky during the day, it was like she never had it EVER!!! I was so proud of her. So the next couple days her naptimes were AWFUL and HEARTBREAKING, she cried and cried and cried and once she FINALLY fell asleep she only slept 45 minutes to an hour, her usual naps are like 3-4 hours! Ok so I guess I will take an hour BUT it takes her about an hour of crying to get to sleep not to mention she PEES in her pants in the meantime. She has NEVER done this. Of course then she cries even harder because she has peed in her panties, so sad!! The nights have not been too bad but they seem to be getting WORSE. It has now been over a week and last night she awoke for the first time in the middle of the night and it took her about an hour and a half to get back to sleep, and she peed again!!!! Oh my gosh! This is HORRIBLE! I don't know what to do. She wants us to read like a hundred books, sing a hundred songs, say her prayers, give a hundred hugs, a sip of milk, a sip of water and she still wants just one more of everything. Wes made the mistake of lying down with her until she fell asleep one night so she ALWAYS begs and pleads and wails for you to "just lay with me pleeeeeeeease"! It is HORRIBLE. Tonight and last night are really the first time she has cried for her "binkies" before she never mentioned them, just cried. Tonight she wailed as we left the room and then of course crawled out of bed and crouched in the space between her bed and nightsand and peed! I really want to give in and let her have it at night and naptime but I feel like if this is only going to last another week we can handle it but I feel like it is getting worse every day!!!! When I go in there and see her crouched beside her bed peeing and crying I just want to cry my eyes out but I think she is just doing it because she knows it gets us back in the room. Anything she can do to get us and keep us in the room is her goal! If this only goes on another couple of days I can live with it but I don't think this will ever end!!! Naptimes are awful because Wes isn't here to help me out so it's just exhausting and unbearable. I keep reading about other peoples experiences online and it seems like almost EVERYONE had these problems for like 2-3 days and it was OVER, what the crap!!!!!!! Addison has just done everything so easy so far in her little life and this is by FAR the hardest thing we have ever gone though and I just don't know what the heck to do. I think I just want someone to tell me it will be alright and will only last another couple of days and I will be fine, so please please someone tell me that!!!!!!

Our Week In Photos

Playing with her friends at the Spalsh Park.

The picture tells it all!!!

Lunch at Chick-Fil-A with face painting and ice cream!!!

Addison painting on her new art easel.

Addison helping daddy do the dishes.

Bye Bye Binkies

Ok, so today was the day we are saying goodbye to our precious binky. I know she is 2and I should have done it a lot longer BUT were doing it now so better late than never. We talked all about it last night that we were going to put all the binkies in a bag and take them next door to baby Asher because she was a baby and babies have binkies not 2 year old big girls. She was so excited and I even told her after we gave them to Asher we would go to Target and get a new toy, this was her favorite part! So when she woke up this morning the first things out of her mouth were, "Mommy we gonna take all my binkies to Asher and then go to Target and get a new toy!", so ok I guess we were ready! We packed them all up and headed over to Ashers. She was so excited to give them to her and she even said bye bye binkies when we left. We headed to the post office, the park, Target and Publix, she never mentioned them once. We came home and ate lunch and I said ok lets go take a nap. She grabbed her new baby (of course you KNOW that was the toy she picked out) and she walked right into her room and layed down. I thought holy crap she's amazing. Closed the door and 2 minutes later she started to cry, and cry, and cry, and cry!!!!! It broke my heart so after about 5 minutes I went in there and sat with her and talked to her about being a big girl. I told her it was ok to cry but that it would be alright and she would survive. So I left again and she cried again. I let it go a little longer, called my mom for a little reassurance (not much help there though-no sympathy for me but tons for her!) and went back in to a completely sobbing butt naked child! I had to laugh but again sat down with her, talked to her laid in bed and read a story and then I left again. She cried off and on for about 10-15 minutes and then QUIET and more QUIET-I think she fell asleep. It has now been about half an hour and she is asleep, not sure how long she will sleep but hey it's a step in the right direction. Tonight, on the other hand, is going to be ROUGH, I just know it because when I am tired and ready for bed I can get really lazy and really cranky so I hope all goes well. Wes will be playing softball late so I think that is a VERY VERY good thing because there is no way he could handle this. He would have given in for the nap 2 minutes into the crying! Hopefully she will have all the crying and screaming done and be asleep by the time he gets home!!! I think I liked potty training WAY better than this. I would rather clean up poopy pants and poop all over the HOUSE rather than listen to my babys heart break because she needs the only thing that has been her main comfort (other than her mommy and daddy) since we brought her home from the hospital!!!! I know it should only last a couple of days but let me tell ya it's ROUGH and my next child will be done with the binky by 6 months old!!!!!!!!!! So pray for me and PLEASE PLEASE pray for Wes because it will be the hardest on him because she is his baby girl and hearing her cry is the worst thing in the entire universe for him!!!! Wish us luck!!!

Here she is getting ready to take the bag of binkies over to Asher's house!!!