Holy Guacamole....and Lots of "Ketch-UP!!!"

Ok....so I did say in previous blogs that I was going to try to blog at least once a week...but as you can see....I haven't upheld that promise. Things have been so busy!!!! But today is a "me" day so I am getting caught up! I took Addie to daycare for a bit and Don is off at work...and the house is quiet!!! WHOOHOO!!!!

Valentine's Day!

Addie loved Valentine's Day! She especially love the balloon that one of my students got me...she played with that thing forever!!! She tried to put it in her mouth, but of course that failed! Eventually we had to say "goodbye" to the balloon!

So, here are some pictures of my Angel Baby on V-Day!!!

Who doesn't love slobber kisses?

These eyes....are what melts our hearts!!
(love the outfit Aunt Tiffany!)

Look who learned to hold their own bottle!


Addie Claire is growing up! She has learned to hold her own bottle! Which makes me sad...but don't worry she still likes us to hold it most of the time...which is fine with me! I still like getting her to sleep.....and so does her daddy!


Addie in her "big" girl stroller!


Addie loves to be outside! She likes to look around at everything and I think she just enjoys the fresh air...which is a good thing since we take her almost everyday when Don and I go walk! She just loves it!!!:) These pictures were taken the first time that she rode in her big girl stoller...which is just adorable! She kicks her legs and "talks" while we push her! She still likes her other stoller at the moment because we can hook all kinds of toys to it to keep her entertained on our 3 mile walk!

Holy Guacamole....and Ketchup!
Miss Addie Claire has a new favorite food....Guacamole! The other day we went to our favorite Mexican Restuarant and she just kept reaching for the bowl...she I gave her some and she LOVED it!! I was so surprised....but again, that is the only thing that I wanted to eat when I was pregnant....well that and cupcakes! :)
She also is a big fan of ketchup!! I can see her now when she gets older dipping her little chicken nuggets in ketchup. LOL!

A Mi Rachito special....I think she should be on the Menu!

Addie's New Ride

Addison got a new "car" for Chistmas from Aunt Tiffany and Uncle Tim. We just thought that she was big enough for it, so we broke it out of the box. She loves it....she sits on it like a pro! Daddy pushes her around on it....but sometimes she falls off...which scares mommy to death! She laughes and gets back on! She loves to look at it from a far too!

We like to call this her "Charlotte" face!!!

How precious is she??

A Day in the Yard!

Addison helped Mommy and Daddy rake the leaves this past weekend! She loves being outside and she loves playing in the leaves!!! She wanted to keep playing but mean mommy made her get out!!! She will be a big help when she gets older!!! :)

So....here is the month of February!!! I will do better next time I promise!!! Aunt Charlotte....hope you love the picture of Addison that we say looks just like you!!!

Addie's New Ears!

Addie Claire on the morning of her procedure. 2.3.09

Well, today was the big day - the day that we have been waiting for, for a long time!!! Addie's TUBE Day! I am happy to say that she is the proud owner of a brand new set of tubes! This morning we left the house at about 6:15am and headed to Little Rock to have the procedure done. To my surprise my little Angel Baby was wonderful!!! I was so worried about her not having anything to eat or drink after midnight - but after THREE jars of food, yes I said THREE, and a 6 oz. bottle at 11:30pm she was set. She woke up in a good mood and played with mommy and daddy! She did get a little fussy in the car....but since I am such a great singer....LOL....I got her calm. She loves the song...."There was a girl, who liked to play and Addie was her nameo!" Go figure! Anyways, we got there and there were like 20 babies waiting for tubes too! At that very moment I realized that I had gone into the WRONG profession!! Since our little Virginia Abbott(see previous blogs) is so nosey, she was not even thinking about a bottle, she was worried about what every other baby in the room was doing. Finally about 7:20am we got called to the back, where Addie got to sit in a little hospital bed in my lap. :( Cute but sad at the same time! The nurses were all over her...and she ate that up! Finally, they took her back....and I did better than I thought I would. Honestly, it only took about 5 minutes and it was all done. At first, I saw the nurse that took her back come out and I had this horrible thought that something was wrong.....but NO, they were done. Don and I went back, bottle in hand, and I could hear my precious Angel Baby crying from outside.....of course, I was on a mission to get my baby girl. I went straight in and got her....and shoved that bottle in her mouth. Poor baby was starving! The Dr. was talking, but if someone gave me a million dollars to repeat what he said, I couldn't because I was too concerned about her....that's what daddy's are for! :) Finally, she realized what was going on and was really upset....screaming and fighting.....and of course....I couldn't do anything to calm her down. Apparently this is normal and you just have to let them fight the drugs off! :( So, I lost it....crying just as much as she was...and poor Don, he didn't know who to console! After about three minutes, little Virginia heard another baby cry and was all about trying to figure out where they were! We were in recovery for about 5 - 10 minutes and we got to go home! She feel asleep on the way and slept for about 30 minutes when we got home. Daddy went to work and Mommy got to spend the day with the precious baby! She ate a little more when she got up and played for just a little bit and was ready to snuggle with Mommy....she took about a two hour nap with mommy....which was nice!!! :) This afternoon, she was pretty much herself, complete Mama's girl, which I know one day will change so I should enjoy it while I can....but her little ears are bothering her a little, but again they say that is normal!

So, all is all we had a great day! Glad it is over with and hopefully she will feel better~!

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers and emails from everyone!
Jessica, Don, and Addie Claire

Update on Addie's Ears

Just wanted to update everyone that reads that Miss Addie Claire will be having tubes placed in her ears next week - Feb 3rd. We are to be at the ENTdr at 6:45am and the procedure is to begin at about 7 - 7:15am. "Uncle" Jeff ( Lindsey's husband) reassures us that it will only take a couple of minutes and the procedure will be over with! He says that we will barely make it back out to the waiting room and everything will be done. Everyone says the same thing...so I hope they are all right! The hard thing will be that she can not eat or drink anything after midnight - so no bottles! I think I may wake her up at 11:30 and feed her so this won't be so hard for her and me!!! I am really nervous about my poor little baby but I know that she will feel so much better once everything is over!! 5 ear infections in 7 months is not good!!! So Tuesday is the big day for my little girl! Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers!
This is the 1st blog without pictures! I will post some of our little growing weed soon!

Addison's 1st Basketball Game

About a week ago, I took Addie to her 1st Basketball game. My friend Tammy's daughter plays 5th grade ball at Harmony Grove. My friends Lindsey and Brooke went along to show their support for little Tori. The game was a "nail biter" as Aunt Lindsey would say with a big score of 2 - 3! WOW! Addie loved it though, except when we screamed for the players - that sent her into a total fit but she bounced back quick. She is just like me, very nosey! In fact growing up I was always called Virginia Abbott because my grandma was nosey so now that is what we call Addie...V.A.! I suppose it will be a family tradition passed down for many generations to come!

Addie wore her "this little piggy cheers for the Razorbacks" shirt that I had made for her daddy for Christmas. I know that we were not watching Razorback basketball but it said "cheers" on it so it thought that it was sports event worthy.

Here are some pictures of my precious Angel Baby! She did have a big red bow on with this outfit but pulled it off and threw it on the ground!!! AHHH That girl!

Addie could not take her eyes off of the court or the nice old man behind us that kept talking to her! She is so into people, my little V.A.!

Christmas Catch Up

Catch up Time! Well, things have been really busy around the Pilkington household. I have not been a good blogger since the holidays and I promised that I would get some holidays pictures up! So here they are!!!

Before Christmas I blogged about Addie Claire's two front teeth. Don and I tried to get a picture of them for a long time but we couldn't. Finally she was all smiles one day and we snapped a picture of them with that wide open mouth. **She was not harmed in the taking of this picture.**

Christmas Time at the Pilkingtons

We went to Christmas Eve mass at Marylake like we always do. Here are some pictures from before we left.

Christmas Eve night Santa came and left lots of presents for Addie Claire!

Christmas Morning started at 5:20am and lastest all day! We opened presents together as a family Christmas morning. It was great to see little Addie Claire opening her gifts, of course she loved the paper and bows the best!

Christmas Morning everyone came over for our 1st annual Christmas breakfast. We had lots of yummy food!! :0 Can't wait to do it next year.

Christmas at Grandma and Paw Paw Pilkington's house!

All in all, Christmas was wonderful. We had a lot of fun this year with Addie Claire! I can't believe that it is over - but next year will be a lot of fun! :) We were worn out from our busy day and crashed that night!

Addison Claire ~ 7 months

This morning I was getting Addie Claire ready for daycare and thought that she looked too cute! She loves the remote these days and put one out of commission with all the slober! She was sitting on the floor this morning playing with the remote, her favorite toy, and I thought that it would be the perfect opportunity for a photo shoot! So here is my little princess - 7 months old.