Rhymes with Osceola...

This was a first for us, well for me. I had to learn the hard way to listen to my elders. How do you ask? Well, when the grandmother of your daughter tells you, "I think that looks like rosceola"; believe her.

Yep, that's right folks. My poor baby girl, who is a week shy from her first bithday, is polka-dotted! Thankfully, it's not serious and she's in a good mood but too bad it's not closer to Halloween. She would've made a great leopard. ;o) Seriously, her pediatrician said it's just a virus and has to run its course. She stayed home today because the doctor said she was probably a little contagious, but tomorrow she's headed back to daycare.

With the exception of the spots, we had a great weekend. It was nice to see everyone and we look forward to driving down there again this weekend for Addison's first bithday party. Wow, seeing that in print makes it even more real. Scary, huh? I still don't think it's sunk in for me yet. I keep thinking about what I was doing a year ago and it seems unreal that I was pregnant. Unreal, simply unreal...

Anyway, driving to and from West will be a lot easier for me now that we turned Addison's car seat around. Woohoo! I can sit in the front seat like a big kid again! Makes me realize that she's growing up soooo fast. Speaking of growing up fast, she's standing all by herself now. Not completely steady enough for steps but she's getting there. Look out Cash!!

Of course I had to attach some pictures from this weekend. Enjoy...

I love these denim shorts!!

I have a feeling this zebra is going to get worn out...

First Pair of Shoes

It is inevitable. Every girl has to have a brand new pair of shoes and Addison received her first pair this weekend. We took advantage of the gorgeous weather on Sunday and went to the Firewheel Mall to the Stride Rite kid shoe store. I think Keith was a little sticker-shocked, but thankfully I'm a coupon-watcher and was able to get $5 off. It took a little bit of coaxing to get her foot measured, but the saleslady was very nice. They even took a picture of her in her new shoes! That's going directly in her baby book. They gave us a little card with our picture and told us that her next fitting will be in November. We left the store and Keith, being blessed with the knack of saying what I'm thinking, said we'll probably be back in two weeks. And let's face it, we probably will.

I was thinking about all the people Hurricane Ike displaced this weekend, I swear we kept the tv on weather the entire time. My prayers go out to them, but they also go out to all the people who are suffering from the allergies Ike stirred up. Addison has been unlucky enough to inherit my allergies and had trouble all weekend. She woke up Saturday morning and her eye was puffy and it watered all day. Sunday was better, but this morning wasn't great. We took advantage of the cooler weather this morning and put pants on Addison along with her new shoes. Please know that the picture above reflects the fact that she woke up about 4:45 am, was cranky, ready to leave, her eyes itched and were watering AND she was about to cry. Oh and both shoes didn't even make it into daycare. Go figure...

Other than the watery eyes we still had a good weekend. Addison is getting really close to walking. We were playing on the floor Saturday and she was standing up next to the couch when she just let go and stood by herself for a few seconds. She looked at me like, "Holy cow, did you see what I just did?" She's also been sharing her pacifier with me lately. She gets a kick out of sucking on it and then giving it to me and then taking it back from me. I never thought I would so readily and happily take a pacifier from someone before. It just warms my heart. Enjoy the pics, I know I did... :o)

Addison before church,

goofing off and


checking her text. Keith is so proud.

Tube D-Day+1

Thank God that is over! Tubes have been inserted, anesthesia has worn off, screaming is done, hearing is better, Addison is much happier. Woohoo!

The ENT was wonderful. Keith and I really liked him and Addison, it seemed, liked him too (well, at least his funny surgery hat). She did really well, but woke up screaming bloody murder. Thankfully, Mom warned me that a small percentage of babies tend to wake up from anesthesia screaming their heads off and to not worry because it wears off. Thank God it wore off exactly 30 minutes after she was put under. Whew, I don't want to go through that again. That freaked me out more than her being put under the anesthesia.

The ENT was glad we had it done too. He said Addison is a tough little girl, that she should have been crying non-stop from the pain her ears were causing. He was surprised she was such a content, happy baby. He also said that her ears were so bad they were causing 40% hearing loss for her. Poor baby...but it's nice to know we have a tough little girl. :o)

I can already tell she's much happier. She seems to smile and laugh a lot more than she used to and she tries to repeat what I say all the time now. Great, now I really have to watch what I say...

Oh yeah! I figured out how to attach pictures to this thing, so I found a recent picture of Addison and hopefully it will show up when I post this. My next goal is to post video.

Until next time...

Labor Day / Tube D-Day

We didn't think we were going to attend Westfest this year, but we caught the polka/pivo bug and hit the crafts tent Saturday. I, of course, wanted to buy all sorts of stuff (mainly for Addison), but Keith just shook his head. Thank goodness because why would Addison need wooden toys when she would just throw them anyway? Besides, I always seem to be in her line of fire. While walking around we chatted with some friends we hadn't seen in a while. It was fun to see all the familiar faces. Who needs high school reunions when you have Westfest, right? All in all, it seemed like a smaller turnout but the weather was nice and I enjoyed it.

OMG, so last week was like a whirlwind! Not only was it a long weekend due to Labor Day but I had a huge event occurring at work that my department was responsible for, Addison had her first "school" pictures AND her pediatrician sent us to an ENT (ear, nose & throat doctor) to see if she needed to get tubes in her ears. AAHHHHHH!!! Talk about a crazy week!

So, that leads me to the current situation. We are in countdown mode. 9 hours until Addison's beautiful, sweet ears get holes drilled, stuff drained, and tubes inserted. Ugh, this parent thing is harder than I thought! (Mom and Dad - quit grinning!) I know she will feel tons better, but geez why does it have to be like someone is ripping your heart out and putting it under anethesia and inserting tubes in it?? Keith seems to think I'm going to need the liquid valium instead of Addison. I think I'll just have an Irish coffee tomorrow instead of plain...

Anyway, please pray for Addison and say a couple extra ones for me so I don't become a crazy basketcase. :o)