Happy Birthday Mom!

Mom and her girls

Today is my Mom's 51st Birthday! I knew I couldn't top last years birthday because last year we threw a HUGE surprise party for her and had almost 30 people there, so I resorted to Olive Garden for lunch. She and I had a yummy lunch and then she went on a date with Dad this afternoon. Yesterday we went to Mimmie's for a day of the world famous cheeseburgers and chicken scratch, a favorite game of our family. Chicken scratch is played with dominoes and is such a fun game! If you haven't ever played it, you should look it up! I must say I won the game so I got the first place prize, perfume that smells oh so good, compliments of Katie's discount at Victoria's Secret! The family is also celebrating Mom's birthday Sunday evening after church. So Mom gets to celebrate all week, but that's ok because "its her birthday!" We have a tradition in the Woody family that on your birthday everyone has to do whatever you want, and if they protest, all you have to say is "its my birthday!" and they have to do it (within reason of course!). This has been obnoxious at times, but it sure is fun when it is your birthday!

I am so grateful that my Mom was born 51 years ago, otherwise I wouldn't be here and neither would Addie... ha! I have the best Mom in the world and couldn't imagine life without her. She always brightens my day, she is my best girlfriend, the one I can run to with anything. She pampers me, loves me even when I am so grouchy I don't love myself, and is always there for me. I always knew Mom loved me, but I didn't really realize the depth of her love until I had Addie. Now I see how I love Addie and I finally know what she has meant all these years when she talked about a mothers love. Being a mom has given me a deeper appreciation for all that my mom has done for me over the years and has made me realize what a rotten kid I was at times! When I was little I didn't understand why mom would beg us to let her take "just a 5 minute nap" and within 2 minutes we'd be fighting and waking her up. How did she put up with us??? Then again, Mom is very in control of herself (probably due to having 3 rotten kids). Mom has such a strong will power she hasn't had a soft drink in like 15 years I believe and can go without eating a single morsel of sugar for weeks, even months! Obviously that trait didn't get passed on to me as my idea of will power is not eating the whole batch of cookies at once...

I hope I can be as good of a Mom to Addie as my Mom is and was to us kids. I have uncountable fond memories of her telling us stories of "upside down world" or the "hole in the tree", taking us on bike rides to the library, or picnics on the mountain, and yes even fond memories of the scary stories she'd tell us over a single lit candle! Mom always played with us and was always home when we were. I loved coming home every afternoon and mom would always ask us how our day was, she'd help us with homework and stayed up countless nights until the wee hours of the mornings helping us with our school projects, writing poems for us or quizzing us on our studies, only to be up again the next morning at 5:30 to start another day. Whenever we were sick, Mom would be there to hold my hair, wipe my face, warm up a blanket for me, or just hold me while I moaned. Even this past Christmas Mom was here taking care of me every day while I was sick, even if it was just to hold Addie so I could sleep.

I don't we could have had a better childhood. My mom is absolutely beautiful, inside and out and I think she's the hottest 51 year old Mama I've ever seen! I hope you have a wonderful year Mom and I love you dearly! (and maybe next year I'll let you win at chicken scratch!)

Four Generations!

Hot Momma Monday a day late!

So I am jumping on this bandwagon that Cari started and I want to lose about 17 pounds. Married life has made me rounder than I would like. I went to Mom's today and was looking at some pictures of me from 2004 and 2005 and I was SKINNY!!! Granted I only had Addie 12 weeks ago, but I want to be back to where I was then and 17 pounds should do it. I miss the days when anything looked good on me and I didn't have to worry about covering up a muffin top or having a roll around my waist when I sat down.

I have been taking daily walks with Mom. She walks the pups and I push Addie in the stroller and we walk for an hour (about 4 miles). So far I feel skinnier but my weight hasn't really moved and its been 3 weeks. I love having Mom as my walking partner because she comes to me, making it almost impossible to come up with a reason to skip out on exercise for the day. We have girl time, she exercises my puppies, and we are getting back in shape all at the same time! So apparently if I want to lose weight I am going to have to break down and cut back on my eating. Yesterday I was doing okay until my sweet tooth hit and mom being the sweet one she is baked me chocolate chip cookies.... YIKES! I ate 4!!!!!!! So for dinner I had tilapia, green beans and opted for french bread (3 fat grams) vs. Texas toast (9 fat grams). I didn't eat all of the bread so my dinner was healthy! Woohoo for me!

I am resolving to eat healthier. I plan to cook fish at least once a week and I'm going to cut back on sweets, as hard as it might be. I had another sweet tooth hit later last night so I ate some applesauce, which didn't really cut it, but it helped. If anyone has any low fat/low calorie desserts that they love PLEASE tell me. Sweets are my weakness and is probably where I am going wrong every day.

So, I am going to try to lose a pound every week... My reward for 5 pounds lost will be a really good spa pedicure... oh I can't wait to be a HOT MOMMA!

My little girl is back to normal!

My happy little girl
I LOVE Mylanta! I gave Addie some yesterday once she woke up from her nap and then gave it to her 3 times today and she is back to her normal sweet, happy, charming self! She has napped wonderfully, she slept 9 1/2 hours last night, and is currently asleep. She didn't scream at all today and just fussed a little when she got hungry or needed a diaper change. She was back to the baby I missed!!! I guess I'll continue to give it to her for a few days and then see if I can lay off of it some. I was so worried she was colicky. She is teething now, her little bottom gums are all swollen and she loves it when I rub my fingers on her gums or the paci along her gums. She drools all day long all over my clothes and her shirts are constantly wet, but I don't care as long as she is happy! Also, we made it one full day without a blowout!!! Woohoo!!!! I am so tired of poopy clothes. Anyways, just thought I would let you all know that my little sweetie is back to normal and she and I couldn't be happier!

Oh fussy baby!

I don't know what to do with my sweet little girl! She has been so fussy the last 2 weeks! She cries and cries throughout the day and is only good and calm in the mornings now. I have been giving her mylicon with no luck and she continues to blow out her diapers every day. I have tried to watch what I eat, I haven't changed anything so then I thought that maybe Addie had an ear infection or something because when she would eat she pulls off, screams, then latches back on and repeats the whole thing over and over again. So finally Friday I called the doctor's office and they had no more appointments for the day so we saw Dr. Patz instead of our regular doctor Saturday. He looked in her ears, mouth, felt of her tummy and said that she was fine. Then he asks me with a serious face "Have you tried asking her nicely to not be fussy?" I wanted to smack him! Then he leans down and whispers to Addie "now you don't be fussy when you eat ok?" and said "that should do it". What a dork! He also told me to try some Mylanta so I bought some last night and am going to try it today.

Her weight is up! She weighs about 11 pounds now. She is still sleeping good at night, last night she slept 9 1/2 hours straight! Wonderful! Normally we get about 6-7 hours but she isn't napping during the day so I guess she was exhausted last night. She has started rubbing her eyes when she is sleepy, it is so cute!!! I got a picture of it above. She fussed all through church today so finally I got Jarom from priesthood and we left early. She fell asleep in the car and has been asleep in her car seat for the last hour. Yay! Break for me!

Other than my sweet little girl's tummy troubles, not too much went on last week. Katie went on two of the walks with me and Mom. Mom and I have been trying to go walk every day and usually walk about 4 miles. I am determined to be a hot mamma by summer! Jarom has been working a ton, they are opening a new store 5 minutes from our house that we will work at (yay!) and so they have been over there most evenings working on getting it ready to open. So me and Addie just hang out together in the evenings.

We have been doing a lot of shopping which I am now done with because I needed some clothes for work and I got Addie a few things on clearance for next year. I have to go back to work next Monday, March 3rd. I dread it! I only go back until April 30th and only 20 hours a week with Wednesdays off, but still! I am still nursing Addie so I am going to come home at lunch and nurse her, since work is only 5 minutes away, so she shouldn't ever even have to take a bottle. So hopefully it won't be too bad since I'll only be away 5 hours a day for 4 days a week. First American is now RBC Centura so lots of changes will be going on, and with rates so low, our department is swamped, yuck.

Addie likes to wake up Daddy in the mornings! I put her on him and she pulls his hair and kicks her little feet and and coos at him until he finally turns over and starts talking with her. I got some cute pictures today of it.

If anyone has suggestions for helping Addie's tummy let me know! She does seem to feel momentarily better when I put pressure on it, and the bath calms her down too while she's in it. This is the pits!

Me and Jarom

How long have you been together? 3 1/2 years

How long did you date? dated 1 1/2 months, engaged 3

How old is he? 24, but his bday is next month!

Who eats more? he does usually but sometimes I can beat him, especially when it comes to sweets!

Who said "I love you" first? Jarom

Who is taller? Jarom by almost a foot

Who sings better? Neither one of us is especially talented in that area, but we enjoy serenading our poor helpless daughter!

Who is smarter? Me of course! No, Jarom and I have different strengths, he is really good at history, public speaking, writing, english, and so good with politics and such where I really enjoy science, math, writing, and just anything with equations and things like that.

Who does the laundry? I do it all...

Who does the dishes? Usually me, but I so enjoy it when he does them!

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are facing the bed I do.

Who pays the bills? I do, I'm a control freak and would die if I ever had a late payment! And if he did it I would ask him about it probably every day...

Who mows the lawn? my dad.... He owns a lawn business now that he's retired and the lady next door hired him so whenever he does her yard, he mows ours too. I love you dad!!! Before that I usually did.

Who cooks dinner? Now that we've had Addie I mostly cook. Sometimes I can convince Jarom to though and boy he can cook! Before I had Addie though, we usually ate out or Jarom would cook.

Who is more stubborn? I probably am. I am very bull headed like my dad, and have really tried to not be so stubborn, but sometimes I just can't help it! I just like things a certain way!

Who kissed who first? Jarom kissed me.

Who asked who out? I guess Jarom did... right after he got home from his mission we saw each other at a fireside and he came up to me after and started talking and then joined me and my friends at one of their houses after and we just started hanging out every day after that... We didn't have an official "first date" until after a few weeks and we went to Taco bell (he was poor) and a movie, haha!!! Jarom really knows how to wine and dine his women! :)

Who is more sensitive? me

Who has more friends? Gosh, I don't know. Jarom has a ton of really good friends that he's known forever but don't live here, but I probably have more that I hang out with than he does due to where they live

Who has more siblings? Jarom by far!

Who wears the pants in the relationship? Hmmm.... it depends on what you are talking about, we have come to really compromise a lot and we make most decisions together.

Who are you tagging? Everyone!

Poop, Puke, & Spittles Galore!

I don't know what has gotten into my little girl, but this past week has been a record breaking week for poops, pukes, and spittles! I normally bathe Addie every other day and she LOVES it but this week she got a bath every day. Addie started Wednesday with this whole mess. I was changing her diaper in bed and was putting the aquaphor on my finger to apply to her little bum when she sneezed and blew poop droplets all over my face and filled up her new diaper... YUK I know! So then Thursday she eats her breakfast and I lay her down on Jarom's pillow so she and I can get a few more hours of sleep before we start our day and she was asleep when all of a sudden she spits up a ton of her breakfast all over her, in her neck crevices, all over Jarom's pillow and just made a huge mess. I got her up, gave her a bath and we finally got a short nap. Then Friday.... oh Friday! As I change her diaper in bed again before our morning nap after breakfast she sneezes again and shoots poop everywhere, all over my comforter, it was dripping off her feet, between her toes, dripping off my arms and hands, it was EVERYWHERE!! So off for another bath. We get her good and clean, go for a 4 mile walk, come back and I'm nursing her while she finishes up a diaper and I feel the back of her all wet... I look and yep, she has blown her diaper up the back. As I take off her clothes I find it is all the way up to her shoulders she gets it on her hands, which then gets on her face... off for the 2nd bath of the day! Then Saturday the same thing happens again with poop up the back and then again happened today! Meanwhile she has been drooling and spitting up constantly! Mom thinks she must be starting to teethe, so she will probably be joining her cousin Avery with the fun process. It was weird because she had less than normal poopy diapers for a day before the whole thing started and I was worried, but now its the opposite! I am tired of doing tons of laundry, but I guess thats just part of being a mommy to a little one.

See her spittle?

Oh so sad after the 2nd bath of the day!
On another note, Jarom and I celebrated Valentines Day by going to Ruth's Chris for dinner. It was very good but SUPER expensive. I went to the chocolate crocodile and picked us up some giant chocolate covered strawberries and a monster croc (chocolate, caramel, and nut covered apple). Yummy! Addie went out to dinner with Gramps and Grandma while Jarom and I went out. Thanks mom and dad!

Yummy!

Addie in one of her red outfits to celebrate V day

Papa was here this week so we spent some good time with him and Alisha and her family. It was lots of fun to visit with all.

Papa and almost all his little Girls (missing Avery)
And finally, today we took Addie to Big Spring Park after church because it was such a pretty day. When I headed into church it was raining and yucky and when we got out it was a completely clear sky and about 66 degrees outside! The last time we had been to the park was when I was HUGE pregnant, so this time was much more enjoyable.

Addie loved the ducks!

Daddy & Addie admiring each other Here are a few more pictures from the week. Enjoy!

Isn't she sweet holding her little hands together?

Family Time

Addie finally got to meet her papa this week! These are a few pictures from the annual Valentine's dinner party at my Mom's house on Sunday. Dinner was lasagna and was excellent and we had lots of fun!

Papa and Addie

Great Grandma Mimmie with Addie

Then Monday night we had Family Home Evening at Nate & Alisha's house. We had a yummy dinner with grilled porkchops and then Alisha gave the lesson. Addie got to visit with little Kenadie. Kenadie feels like a feather compared to Addie now, its crazy to think Addie was her size only 10 weeks ago!

Best Friends! (even if they don't know it yet.... )

My Little Girl's Growing Up!

Look at those lashes!

So I forgot about finishing this post after I started it a few weeks ago... but better late than never!




We had our 2 month check up at the doctor on Jan. 30th and Addie now weighs 9.13 lbs and is 23 inches long! She is in the 73rd percentile in height and 28th percentile in weight, so she is long and skinny. Dr. Cochran was pleased with her growth and routines and told me to let her sleep 12 hours if she would... yeah right! Addie had a poopy accident on their scales then on their examining table twice, haha... I warned them! Then came the bad part... shots!

Look at those ouchies on her legs...

We had an evil nurse that was too rough with Addie and resulted in blood running everywhere, I was upset and Addie was VERY upset. She wouldn't let me hold Addie until the whole thing was over (other nurses have let me before for heel pricks and such) and kind of pinned Addie down to the table. I dread the next set of shots and am going to ask for a different nurse! It is good to hear she is growing like she should and to have all my little worries answered/appeased.

Cheesing for MomAddie is such a doll and is a pleasure to be around. She loves to "talk" to me and just makes all kinds of noises including but not limited to "oooohhh" "guhh" "uhhh" "ma" "aahhh". It melts my heart when she grins when I peep into her bassinet in the mornings to get her up. She loves to stand up now and is grabbing my hair, face, ears, fingers or whatever she can get her hands on. Grandma Haynie sent us this sweet soft blanket that reminds me of a sheep's fleece that Addie LOVES! She just will stroke it and rub her little hands all over that blanket whenever I put it over her.

It's crazy to think how my life has changed so drastically in just 2 months. Here's to an eternity of these wonderful changes!

Family Pictures

This past Monday we had family/Addie pictures made by Alisha's friend Kim. We were very pleased with how they turned out! Here are some of our favorites:

Oohhh face

Our Little Family
Look how little!
Three's Company
So Sleepy from all the photos!
Best Friends


Our little princess
My little lovebug

Daddy's Little Girl
Tired from all the fussiness

It looks like she's thinking "this stinks!"
I'm over it!
"he went that way!"
Loving Hands
Jarom was so over it by the time we were done, it was like pulling teeth just to get him there but he was a good sport and now look how many precious pictures we have! I love my little family!

Ooohhh...fishies!

I get these neat weekly emails from babycenter.com telling me about what Addie should be doing at this point in time, gives me fun little activities to do with her, tips, etc. Well this weeks activity was to let Addie watch fish swim around in an aquarium to help her with her tracing of objects. So Jarom and I took Addie this evening to Petsmart to see the fishies and Addie loved them! She couldn't stop staring at them and would follow them as they swam around. She held her little head up so high looking at the tanks, it was so sweet! We took her around to see the birds too but the lights in the cages interested her more than the birds themselves and she had absolutely no interest in the cats. Jarom and I contemplated buying an aquarium and fish and all the other things that go with them but decided we both hate fish and would even more hate cleaning the tank, so we resorted to just bringing Addie to the pet store to see them.