Proud Parents

November 7, 2008: All of these pictures are from the day Addison was born. Each picture is of the first time each person held her. I hope you enjoy...

Addison and Papaw Rick

Addison and Aunt Rachel

Addison and Mamaw Peggy

Addison and Papaw Jerry

Addison, Uncle Bubby and Cousin Cody

Addison and Uncle Bubby

Addison and Aunt Brooke

Addison and Uncle Keith

Addison and Mamaw Greta

Ricky cutting the cord.

The first time she laid next to me-everyone else got to hold her before I did... :(

The first time Ricky held her.

7 lbs. 10 ozs.

Right before we had her.

Proud Parents...

Preggo Pics

37 weeks

October 25, 2008

July 17, 2008

22 weeks

The morning I delivered- 39 weeks

November 7,2008

38 weeks
October 29, 2008

28 weeks

August 26,2008

The things our child does...

OK, so I know I haven't posted in a few days, but I keep telling Ricky he needs to update my pictures. I've pretty much given up on him... so I decided to start from the beginning and put Addison's newborn pictures on our blog. But before I do, there are a few stories I'd like to share.

Last Friday, January 23rd, was Addison's 2 month doctor's appointment. Yes, I know, she's almost 3 months old, but I'm not the one that does the scheduling. Mom was watching Addison Friday and Dad took off work because Mom also had my nephew, Jerrick. Jerrick is 5 weeks older than Addison (needless to say, they had their hands full). I had to work, but I took off at 1:00 to be with her. Her appointment was at 1:30. Ricky can't take off work, but her next appointment is scheduled so that Daddy can be with her (she gets her shots then too-don't worry!!) So here we are at the doctor's office...Mom, Dad, Little Jerrick, Addison, and myself. 2 diaper bags, 2 car seats, 2 happy babies (but not for long). Addison was weighed. She weighs 11 pds 8 ozs and she's 23 1/4 long. Her head was 15 inchs (I think). The doctor said everything was wonderful. She was in the 75th percentile for height, weight, and her head measurement.

After Addison was checked the nurse came in to give her her shots. She had 4 shots (2 in each leg) and one orally. As soon as the oral medicine hit her tongue she started squalling-it was HORRIBLE!! I mean like death squalls. So here I am trying to console her (she's on the table, I'm hanging over her). I'm crying, she's crying, Dad and Jerrick are in the hall so they don't have to see- but I guarantee they heard, and Mom's got her head turned asking, "Is it over??" She cried for about another minute, but then she was ok. She fell asleep right afterwards and slept most of the evening. Ricky wanted to go to the car show at the Civic Center, but Dr. Winnings advised me that wouldn't be such a great idea-THANK YOU!!! :) Friday evening she did wake up around 9:00 and was pretty fussy, but we gave her the Tylenol like we were told and she turned out ok.

Saturday was pretty much a clean the house day. We have recently moved-another reason I haven't blogged as much as I'd like. The house has been a disaster and I can't handle it!! So Saturday Ricky and I cleaned. It looks SOOO much better now. All that's left is the kitchen and the baby's bathroom. Saturday afternoon we went with Ricky's parents to look at some property in Lincoln County :). Saturday night we went to Bob Evan's and to my brother and sister-n-laws to watch a movie.

Sunday was church and Ricky's aunt's birthday party at his grandparents.

Monday night, January 26th was bath night for Addison (she gets a bath more than once a week, but this bath was special...LOL I only put the exact date so that when I look back at this blog...I can remember.) So here I am bathing little Addison and there she is grinning like opossum. Next thing I know she starts grunting. Great, I know what's happening, but I have no idea what to do! So I start screaming for Ricky. He's like, what's wrong? Then he looks in the bath water and realizes that his gracious daughter had pooped in her water...her clean water! So we wrap her up in a towel, empty out her bathtub, clean it, and re-bathe her! It was SOOO funny! :)

Tuesday was American Idol (Ricky never misses it). I took off work because the roads were really bad here and I don't have 4-wheel drive.. :) Mom came up to visit for a while and when she left Ricky came home. Dad came up later that evening to visit Addison (he doesn't get to see her very often) and then Ricky's brother Keith and his girlfriend Chelsie and our friends Jeremy and Jessi came over. We all watched American Idol and just sat around and talked-it was nice! :)

Last night was church again and then we visited with Ricky's parents.

I have pictures to post from my Brother's Birthday Dinner (that was January 22nd) His Birthday is January 20th...Happy Birthday Bubby, but I'll do a blog on that shin dig later!! :)

It seems so long ago...

Ricky and I met through mutual family-I guess. My sister-n-law (Brooke) and Ricky's sister (Rachel) are really good friends. I assume they felt sorry for the two of us and decided we'd make a good match! :) Whatever it was, I'm glad they did it! They made this big plan that Ricky and Rachel would come to my church one Sunday morning so we could see each other-after that, it was history. Ricky told Rachel he wanted to ask me out. Rachel called Brooke and Bubby and told them Ricky wanted to go riding with me that day (motorcycle). Brooke and Bubby called me and asked if I'd go. Of course I'd go, were they crazy???!!!! That motorcycle ride was probably the most boring ride in history. Ricky isn't an outgoing person by any means. He's quiet and it really takes time to get him to even carry a convo with you. Anyone that knows me knows how I gab on and on...so here I am on the back of his bike talking 100 miles a minute and there he is not saying a word. Whatever he did must have been exactly what I was looking for...

So the story goes that we had our first vacation together that Summer. We went to Myrtle Beach during bike week-with my parents, of course. I've posted some pictures of us together at the beach...our first vacation, but surely not our last!

Our Story

The past 9 weeks, 4 days have definitely changed our lives. Addison Rae Pauley was born November 7, 2008 at 2:18 pm. She was 7 lbs 10 ozs and 19 inches long. God blessed us with a beautiful, healthy baby girl and we can't believe how quickly she's growing. It seems like yesterday we were awaiting her arrival and Ricky was listening to me go on about how uncomfortable I was and how I just wanted it all over! It's amazing how time truly does fly by and how smart she is, already. Of course she is our baby girl and we rant and rave every time she does anything new-and I do mean, anything! She was holding her head up at 2 weeks, she's now trying to sit up, she recognizes us, she's laughing and cooing at everything (isn't it funny what parents will do just to see their children laugh?), and she is SO nosey! Every time we uncover her from her car seat, she moves her head back and forth just to see where she is and who she's around (she gets her nosiness from her Daddy). She is starting to sleep through the night, which is a WONDERFUL blessing from God.

I had to start back at work January 5th and it's really been hard for me. I get up at 5:30, get ready, get her dressed and fed, walk out the door at 7:00 and take her to my parents (Mom will never know how much it means that she's keeping Addison and we don't have to put her in daycare). Ricky gets off work at 3:30 so he has to drive from work, to Mom and Dad's, and back to our house. When I get home I have to cook dinner, clean the house, do the laundry, and take care of the baby-it's truly exhausting, but a wonderful part of motherhood!

I do realize that I have so many pictures to add to the blog, but if you'll give me time...I'll get it done! I've added only two pictures, but will continue to add more...I hope you enjoy!!