Sunday, March 6, 2011

Just Catching up...

I like to post as many pictures on my blog because I feel that one day my kiddos will look back at this versus flipping through pages of pictures, but I admit sometimes I get a little carried away. I just had to attach some picture of Britann and Addie Blaire from the past 2 months. Britann is changing so much everyday now and I am trying to journal all these changes just like I did for Addie.
Britann and her great grandmother, Nikki

and great grandfather, Pop

Addie Blaire loves to feed Britann. We just started at about 5 months giving her a little rice cereal with applesauce (she wouldn't take it otherwise) she is also trying at lunch time some sort of green vegetables.
She is making great strides in her motion this month as well. She is rolling over all the time now. She can even roll over and keep rolling over several times now. Actually today she rolled right off the couch with Lashonda. She is a quick one.

Just had to show of that cute little heart!
Valentine's day 2011
Addie Blaire thought it was pretty cool. I got us a bottle of grape juice and we toasted each other for Valentine's day. Addie toasted everyone she knew I think. She thought that was pretty cool. She even toasted her "dearest friends" as she so sweetly called it! Priceless Valentine's memories. Mitch and I did get away for one of our 1st dinners without the kiddos the next night.
I got the cutest outfits from our friends Natalie and Travis and the girls looked so precious in them. I know you guys read the blog so thanks again for the precious gifts. Addie isn't always excited these days to get her picture taken so I have to have a little bribery for these pictures.
My little ballerina, she loves her new leotard from Aunt T, we have worn it several weeks in a row now. I can't wait for this spring's recital, I know she has improved so much this year and I can't wait for all the grandparents to see too!
Addie Blaire loves our bed at the condo. She gets right in the middle of it and wants to watch her movies. I think she likes it so much because when we are there the whole family sleeps together in our bed. She really likes sleeping with mommy and daddy!
Pajama day at school, it was "p" week!
Lashonda, Britann and Gavin's babysitter has been doing a great job of grabbing my camera and taking some pictures for me of the kiddos. I am so grateful for that because she has caught some really cute moments of the two of them that I would otherwise miss out on.
That tongue, she loves it!
How precious is that face. Lashonda sent me this on my phone one day and I couldn't get home fast enough that day to kiss those sweet cheeks!
My sweet babies and their big ole bows, I can't help myself!
This is just the most precious outfit, thanks Laura Beth!

Silly girl.

We got to babysit Addie's cousin Katie Ella and the girls had so much fun.
This sweet girl is 5 months old now and she is making great strides. She is taking 5 bottles a day with 6 ounces now and she was somewhere around 13 lbs I think. She is now eating rice cereal and some green vegetables. She is just starting to sleep in her own bed as of a week ago. She sleeps most of the night in her bed but usually ends up with mommy sometime in the middle of the night. She loves having her light up mobile on and the sound machine while she sleeps. She also loves to still be somewhat swaddled while she sleeps. She has the sweetest little laugh and is beginning to really develop her personality more everyday. She also loves her big sis. She watches Addie all the time and just follows her around the room. She is sitting up some on her own but not for long. I'm sure it won't be long though.

Baby Lila

Baby Lila was born on February 9, 2011. It is actually my dad's birthday which is pretty cool!! I had been stressing out wanting to be there for Terri and there had been some changes because she was going to get induced and then on that Tuesday the 8th they rescheduled it because the weather was supposed to be bad on Wednesday and Terri wanted to go into labor naturally. So I stayed home and about 8 that night I got the call. She was in labor!! She didn't really know what to tell me so I was stressing out because I didn't want to get snowed in in Little Rock but if I didn't go that night I wouldn't make it. So Britann and I loaded up the car about 11 pm that night and met my parents in ARkadelphia. I let Addie Blaire stay home with her daddy because it was going to be a little too much at the hospital and I figured Addie would be a little bored just hanging out there all day. My parents and I arrived at the hospital about 1:30am and Britann was wide awake!! We got to visit with Terri and then went to the waiting room to take a nap and watched as the snow came in. It snowed and snowed so needless to say we were there for a couple of days. Baby Lila made her appearance about 12 pm on Wednesday the 9th. It was my dad's birthday so he got to spend it at the hospital with his new grandbaby. I did tell him though that he can't favor this one just because she choice to arrive on his birthday!! We ended up getting a hotel room in town and got to spend the next two days at the hospital visiting. Little Brit was such a trooper she and I slept in the waiting room together in a chair and then I made her a pallet to play on in the waiting room. I was so thankful to get to be there with my sister at such a special time in her life and was also missing my little girl like crazy. Addie and daddy had fun though without us and I was so excited to get to her on Friday.


Beautiful little Lila with all her gorgeous jet black hair!! Now I have a precious niece and nephew I feel so lucky!




































Brit sleeping in the waiting room and just hanging out!



































Aunt Jilly holding Lila for the 1st time!




































Addie Blaire was dying to meet Lila so after a weekend in Hot Springs we spent last Sunday with her. I love that Addie has on her big sis shirt because she was acting like such the mother hen to the two little ones!