Our Thursday

I am worn out! Me and Addi had a very busy, but very fun day today! Luckily, we never do anything before Addi's morning nap, so that gives me a chance to prepare for the day, do housework, and just play with Addi. After she wakes up from her nap, I feed her, change her and then we are out the door! I'm sure things will settle down soon, but as of right now, we are two busy girls!
Addi has started making this face whenever she is done eating, or if she doesn't like what your trying to feed her! It really cracks me up! This was today after I tried to get her to eat some pumpkin and pears. It sounded good, but Addi hated it!


Such a stinker!
After I got her cleaned up, we went over to Sarah's house to play with Weston! He is such a sweetie pie, and him and Addi had a blast! As always, Addi was the aggressive one and tried to baby raptor Weston and even bit him on the booty at one point, but Weston kept up with her and wouldn't let her boss him around!



Sarah was eating a Clif bar at one point and Addi and Weston crawled over to her and were begging for a bite! They both kept reaching and then grunting for more bites! It was hilarious!
I wish we could have stayed longer, but me and Addi had a little stop to make at the RMDH to drop off a few items for the auction we have collected.
On the way, Addi was fussing so I handed her, her little cup full of puffs and crunchies, but it has the flexible lid so they can stick their hands in and pull them out. Addi only successfully got puffs one time before, but she figured it out! I could hear her eating them and smelled the dorito-y smell of the crunchies.

She made such a mess in Emily's office and kept trying to get into EVERYTHING!

Addi was so friendly to everyone there and I think has a lot of new fans! :)
Poor little thing fell asleep in the car on the way home. I wanted to just leave the car running and take a little nap with her!

I unsuccessfully tried to move her carseat in without waking her, but I couldn't even lift the car seat out of the car! We are driving Jeanette's car this week and it's a Tahoe, so to lift a massive child, in a car seat, out of a Tahoe was too much for my puny muscles! Since she had been asleep, I tried to rock her, but she was awake! So we ate some pears and momma had a little snack too!

Addi kept making the funniest faces, she was so animated today!



We just played at the kitchen table till Skip-ma and Emma came in. We are still doing some last minute things to get ready for Mur and Granddad's anniversary celebration this weekend, so we all went out to run a few errands!
But first, we were changing Addi's diaper, and I thought her front tooth was coming in so Skipper started checking and yes indeed there was a tooth, but it was on her upper right gum! I couldn't believe it! She had been chewing on her finger and yesterday when she was nursing, it kinda hurt, but I thought she was just pulling. Now I know! I can't believe she finally has a tooth! Me and Sarah were just talking today about how weird it was that she didn't have teeth yet! Haha!

This is the best picture we could get, she doesn't like you trying to touch it, so she clamps her mouth shut!
When Daddy came home he couldn't wait to see her new tooth!

Josh and Skipper went to a 70's theme fundraiser tonight for the cancer society. This was as "70's" as they got! Josh is wearing an old tie and Skipper is wearing some of my gold jewelry!

For dinner me, Emma and Kyle had chicken enchiladas from A Second Helping. Skipper brought them and I have been dying to try them! They were so good! I had her bring me two so we could have them next week too! :)

Note to self: CLEAN OVEN. Haha!
After dinner and after Addi was in bed, Emma and I decided to give Dixie a little trim! Her hair has gotten so long it's in her eyes, so I just trimmed up around her face. But now, it looks like she has a tiny head and her body looks huge! Poor Dixie, I should just leave it to the professionals!
Tomorrow we are in for a day of packing, cleaning (I hate leaving a dirty house), and traveling to Texarkana! I can't wait for the big party on Saturday!

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The Week So Far

It's been pretty busy around here lately, we've been getting ready for Mur and Granddad's big anniversary celebration this weekend. I can't wait to see what all Laura has put together, it's going to be amazing!
I'm lucky Addi does so well in the car, because I've felt like we've just been on the go so much lately. She loves being out and about and going into stores and seeing new faces. On Monday, Rhen was here so we went to go eat lunch with Josh! Addi always loves to go see her Daddy during the day. She did so good at lunch! I think it was because Josh held her until we got our food so while we ate, Addi ate her snacks. Usually we just set her down and by the time our food arrives, Addi is done and wants out of her highchair. It seems silly that we would not do it the other way, but sometimes you just have to find things out for yourself!

After lunch, we went to the mall to find Rhen a white dress to wear this weekend. Addi had lots of fun looking at herself in the mirrors, but then she pooped and it smelled so strong we actually had to leave. Addi was getting restless anyways, but seriously it was nasty!

Tuesday morning Addi tried cut up fresh peaches for the first time and loved them! I found several in her high chair so she didn't eat as many as I thought she had, but she still ate quite a bit!

Addi and I have a little routine in the mornings. After her breakfast, I set her on the floor and let her open this cabinet and play with my silicone baking pans while I unload the dishwasher or fold clothes. Addi found a metal baking pan and thoroughly enjoyed banging it against the floor!

After her morning nap, we headed to Searcy to run a couple of errands. Our first stop was to run by the hospital to see Skip-ma real quick!

Addi was looking pretty fabulous yesterday with her pink zebra dress and pink cheetah paci! Our next stop was to go by A Second Helping to pick up dinner! This is the neatest place, she has refrigerated casseroles that you go and pick up and then bake yourself. It's perfect for busy days! We had the manicotti and it was DELICIOUS!!! I'm going to have Skipper pick me up the enchiladas on Thursday!
We went out to Scott's house after that to drop off some fabric for Fran. I bought some gorgeous fabric last week and I'm a little scared to sew with it because it's more expensive than I usually buy and I'm terrified I'm going to mess it up, so I'm leaving it with the professional! Addi and Aunt Rhen had ALOT of fun playing! They had a game going where Rhen would toss her onto this big pile of pillows. Addi LOVED it! She was laughing so hard!


Addi got pretty tired after awhile.

We went home after that and I didn't have to think about what to make for dinner! Yay! Addi decided she didn't want to go to bed right at 7 last night so Kyle and Josh convinced me to bring her downstairs and they would play with her while I ran to the mall. When I came back Josh had gotten her down so it was nice to just sit and relax! While at the mall I picked up a little bday present for myself. Ha!

I love it! Josh said it looked like a 14 year old's phone. :(
Today I am going to try and tackle my to do list that has now reached two pages. Eek.

Just some videos

I wanted to post some videos of Addi lately for y'all to see. One is of her playing with Daddy's credit card, oh boy! One is of her taking steps(assisted) for the first time. One is me reading her peek a who, her favorite book. And one is of her eating the noodles! I need to start taking more videos, I realized there aren't many!
Happy Tuesday!

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Tyler Weekend!

This past weekend, we went to Tyler, Texas for Josh's cousin Keri's graduation. I was a little worried about how Addi would do with the traveling and the sleeping, but she did great! Me and Skipper left Thursday afternoon around noon. I had held Addi off of her morning nap so she would sleep in the car, and she slept all the way to Texarkana! I fed her a bottle and some mangos in the car and we played till she got kinda restless. We were needing a bathroom break and some ice cream anyways so we pulled over at Braum's, one of the best little fast food places. It's so neat because they have little grocery stores inside of them, I wish there was one in Little Rock! Addi was happy to get out of the car and look around. We decided we were hungry also so we got cheeseburgers AND ice cream! Ha! I fed Addi some of my ice cream and she LOVED it, I think she got a brain freeze at one point, because she made the weirdest face and was pulling at her face. Whoops.



We got back in the car and about 30 minutes from Laura's house, Addi started to get a little restless. Luckily we had puffs and peek a who so Addi was okay.

We pulled up to Laura's house and I was AMAZED at how beautiful it was! To give you an idea of how grand this house is, we pulled up to a gate and then drove up to the house. It's incredible!

Anyways, Addi was so glad to get out of the car and we let her crawl around and burn off some energy while Laura gave us a tour. We have noticed lately that Addi LOVES boys. It's really funny, so she was all about Clint. She reached for him and just lit up when he came into the room, hilarious!

We are not ready to deal with that yet Addi! We went to eat dinner after that at this great Italian place. Addi was being a toot towards the end, but I couldn't blame her because I knew she was tired and just annoyed still with being in the car for that long! We went home and put her to bed. She did pretty good that night sleeping in her pack n' play, she only woke up once about 2 and then slept till 8:30. Laura was so hospitable and put a changing pad, rocker and a coffeemaker in our room.
On Friday, Skipper got her bridal pictures made! They are so beautiful and she had a lot of fun taking them. I got the privilege of driving a mule out to Laura's field and dropping Skipper off so her dress wouldn't get dirty. The photographer got some cute pics of me driving her out there too. We ate lunch at this cute place called Newk's that had sweet tea made with splenda! Where is this in Arkansas?!! That afternoon we just relaxed and waited on the other's to get there. Addi missed her afternoon nap so I put her down for bed at 6:30! She slept till 8:15 the next morning! Holy cow! I couldn't believe she slept that long, let alone in her pack n' play! The only bad thing was I woke up at 5:30 and didn't go back to sleep right away. :(
The next morning was Keri's graduation and me and Addi decided to stay behind since it was at her naptime and we had heard the traffic was going to be horrible. We met everybody later for lunch at this great Mexican restaurant.

When we got back from lunch we ate some cake and watched Keri open her presents. Then we went swimming!

Addi had fun, but she was ready for a nap. While she was asleep we had a lot of fun playing in the pool. When Addi woke up we went inside and gave her a little snack. Her hair was so crazy and we gave her a mohawk!

We started getting ready for dinner after that, and Addi wore her A&M dress for Rhen!

We had a great dinner at this Asian restaurant that was a lot like PF Chang's. I got this really yummy honey chicken and the most amazing fried rice EVER. That night we just hung out and visited. Addi didn't sleep so good that night, she woke up at 4:30 and then was awake for the day at 6:30. I had taken a zyrtec the night before and I was SO drowsy that I didn't know what was going on. Poor Josh took care of Addi until he left for church, we stayed behind because Addi was ready for a nap and I was in no shape to go anywhere. That will be the LAST time I take zyrtec! We ate lunch at TGIFriday's and then hit the road! Addi fell asleep pretty soon after we were in the car and slept for about 2 hours. We stopped at this little roadside market that sold lots of produce, preserves and homemade peach ice cream. It was so good, I almost forgot to save Josh a bite! We got some squash, tomatoes, green tomatoes, okra, new potatoes,and peaches. I even found a little jar of pumpkin butter! It smelled so good!



When we got to Texarkana, we decided Addi needed a little break. We went to Mur and Granddad's and Addi played with Sampson for awhile, she loved him, but I think he was a little scared of her! Rhen rode with us and Josh drove her car. She did such a great job keeping Addi entertained! We did have to pull out all stops at one point because she was so fussy. I let Addi have my "secret weapon", a magazine. I know it sounds weird but Addi loves to rip apart magazines and I don't see any harm in it so I let her have at it! Ha! She went to bed as soon as we got home and slept through the night! We've got a busy week ahead of us so I'm glad I got some sleep! Hope y'all had a good weekend!

Girl's Night Out!

This past Wednesday some of us girl's got together for a night out! I had so much fun and laughed a lot! We started out at one of my favorite restaurants, Yaya's Eurobistro. We had the most delicious bruschetta and yummy cocktails to start us off.

It was a fun dinner for sure and we all ate way too much!


After dinner we headed to the Rave to see Sex and the City 2! I have to say that I LOVED it! Ahhh it was so good. Hilarious and brought a tear to my eye at one point. They really need to put the show back on the air! I wonder if they will make a third one??? We all got outside after the movie and found out we were all wearing super cute shoes so we got a shoe picture!

Mine are the bejeweled thong sandals, LOVE em!
It was also a bittersweet night because this weekend Janelle is moving to Tulsa. I hope to see them this fall when we go on our Fayetteville trip. Anyways, we all had so much fun and we need to have more girl's nights!

We are in Tyler, Texas this weekend for Josh's cousin's graduation. Addi did amazing in the 5 hour car ride, has eaten well, played well and slept well so far! Sister girl slept almost 14 hours last night straight in her pack n' play! Gotta love her! Anyways, we are having a blast and I will do a mega post on Monday of our travels! Have a good weekend!

Adventures in TJ Maxx and a Fish Fry!

Me and Addi had a great day today! I was happy to have my camera back so I could take multiple pictures of my baby girl that all look mostly the same now I look at them! Ha!

Addi helping me unload the dishwasher.


She loves to look out the window and wave at all the cars!
After her nap we headed to Conway to meet Mia for lunch! We ate at one of our favorite places, Mike's Place! Of course we started the meal with these delicious shrimp and cheese fritters, they are soooo good!

Mia gave Addi a bottle once we got there and I think Addi fell in love with her right there! She is instant best friends with anyone who gives her food!

We gave Mia her VERY late birthday presents! Better late than never!

I got this yummy salad and Mia got wonderful shrimp bisque!

After we ate Mia tried to take a picture of me and Addi, but she didn't want to cooperate so this is the best we got!

We went outside and there was this cool fountain so we decided to have another photo shoot there! Addi was fascinated by the water and started giggling when I stuck her little feet in it!


We headed to TJMaxx after our fountain pictures. Once we got there, I had to pee so bad so I ran to the restroom. When I was coming out I nearly went into the men's room by accident! The way they have their bathrooms is very confusing and luckily I saw it before I walked in! Ha!
Addi had a great time shopping. She was waving at Mia and saying "hi!" It was so cute!!!


Addi was pretty worn out after shopping so we headed home. She took a good nap in the car on the way home and momma stopped and got a huge vanilla diet coke from Sonic! Addi and Dixie played some when we got home. Their "game" was Dixie would run under the couch and Addi would crawl and pull on her tail, then Dixie would run around her then run back under the couch. They had a good time.

Once Josh got home we started frying all that fish he caught on his trip. We made fried okra, potatoes and hushpuppies to go with it. Y'all it was seriously good!



Addi wasn't too sure about the hushpuppies!
I cleaned up the kitchen while Josh gave Addi a bath and got her ready for bed. We switch off sometimes, but usually we do both together. Tonight though Addi was pretty tired so we put her to bed early. I heard Josh reading to Addi in this really high pitched voice and I grabbed my camera and got part of it on tape! It was pretty hilarious!

We are watching Glee right now, which oddly enough is Josh's new favorite show! He cracks me up sometimes. Tomorrow we are shopping and running errands with Lila and then that night the girls are going to the movies!!! We are having a girl's night out to see Sex and the City 2 and eat some yummy dinner at Yaya's! I can't wait!
Hope y'all have a great day!