Our baby girl is really sick. She's been battling a cold for a week now, but the last few days it has been in her chest. I took her in last night, and after listening to her lungs, they decided to run a nebulizer treatment. This was the worst! I don't know if it was worse for Addie or for me! I had to hold her tight in my arms and hold that mask on her while she breathed in and out for 7 minutes! She screamed the whole time!! AHHH! But he listened to her lungs after the treatment, said they sounded much better, and sent us home with our very own Nebulizer to be done 4 times a day. I was dreading it last night, but Addie didn't even shed one tear. Whether it was the fact that it felt good to her to breathe in, the fact that we were at home and not in a small white room, or the fact that Elmo was on TV during the treatment... I was just thankful! She did well with it this morning too. Last night was rough- I 'got' to hold her all night. She'd sleep for 20 minutes, cry for 20, sleep, cry... I just felt so bad for her. It was a long night. So, keep us in your prayers. I took the rest of the week off of school, so I can stay home with her. I wish I could take it all away...

We had a play date yesterday with Amber and Liam. In the second pic, Liam was giving Addie kisses just before she tried to scrape off his face. Yikes! She'll learn to love him ;)

I know she's almost 7 months now, but these were Addison's 6 month pictures. They were Christmas presents for the family, so I didn't want to post them before Christmas. Happy New Year everyone!!

Christmas with the Larsons! Here is the traditional "Top-of-the-stairs" picture :)


I love my dad!


Addie got spoiled!


Lots of books-


Phil and Kylee


Jeff and Guitar Hero- which we played a lot!!


My girlie on Christmas Day morning.

We celebrated Christmas with the Sorbels last night. Even though it was past Addie's bedtime, she still did really well! She absolutely loved opening her gifts! She especially liked pulling out the tissue paper. Her Auntie Tricia got her lots of cute clothes, including an adorable gold jacket and a green mini-skirt. Yikes! Uncle Aaron got her that Daisy Duck- the bag and Daisy were as big as she was :) She also got clothes and a book from Nana and Grandpa Sorbel. She was very spoiled! We had a great evening.
On a side note... my hubby passed his 3rd CPA test!!! One to go on January 2nd and then it's official! I'm very proud of him :)

Our little candy cane is enjoying her jumparoo!!

Addison taking a bath sitting up all on her own! Other good news... Brandt doesn't have to be in Salt Lake City next week! So he comes home tomorrow for good! YEAH! Thanks for everyone's love and support :) That's all folks...

I had the hardest time saying goodbye to Brandt tonight. We've made it 9 weeks and have only 2 to go, so we're definitely on the home stretch... but tonight was hard. Addie and I are going to stay at my mom's for the next two nights, so hopefully that'll make the week go faster. I'll try and take some pics at my mom's and post.

She loves her toes! See you tomorrow, Daddy!

Me and my girl... just lovin' on her!

6 month appointment today...
20 lbs 5 ounces (95th percentile)
27 1/2 inches (95th percentile)

He he! Gotta love her :)
She's doing a bit better. Back to only waking up once or twice a night, which is good. She's battling a cold- again! So sick of her being sick. Just feel so bad for her! Still teething, but it's better. Amber told us about teething tablets- they are miracles!! Brandt is gone again, but we're definitely on the home stretch of his traveling. 3 weeks left.

That last entry was from Brandt... He's so positive! On a different note, I haven't slept in two nights because of the little girl. I was a little disappointed it wasn't an ear infection, because now what?? I'm assuming it's teeth- or a virus of some sort- or growing pains... Why can't she tell us what's going on? It is amazing though that even though I'm exhausted, a bit crabby, and dreading our evening of "sleep" tonight, I look at her and couldn't love her more! Pray for our night tonight.
-Steph

We thought Addie was sick today, so Daddy brought her to the doctor. Well, she's not sick. We did get a new reading on the chunker though... 20 lbs 2 oz!!! Wow!

We're having a good week. She has been sleeping well, eating well (squash is her favorite veggie!), and has just been fun this week! It was hard to go back to work yesterday after a LONG weekend home with her. Maybe someday I won't have to leave her on a Monday... We'll see where life takes us!

Addie's starting to sit up on her own. It just happened one day! She holds herself up for about 30 seconds... what a big girl!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Ok- so she got a second tooth on the bottom today... not so exciting, like I wrote yesterday. She is in a lot of pain and cried/screamed for most of the evening. I just felt so helpless. The good thing is, it shouldn't last long, right?!

Some pictures from the weekend... Oh, and Addie got her first tooth! It has popped through on the bottom. So exciting :-)

It's amazing how much they change! The top pic is one month and the bottom pic is 5 months. Crazy! It's nice to see she's filling out her face a little... or a lot :)

I never knew a cold could last so long... Today was the worst of it, so hopefully she'll be feeling better tomorrow. She had a fever along with not being able to breathe today. Poor girl- I keep kissing her face telling her to give me the cold. I remember growing up my mom used to say to me when I was sick, "I wish I could take it away from you..." Now I know what she means. I hate seeing Addie sick. She's been pretty pleasant, but just tired of feeling this way. I don't blame her!