Not possible!

I didn't think it was possible, but Addison gets cuter and cuter every day!! How did we get so lucky?

Christmas goes WAY too fast!!!

Every year I start listening to Christmas music in October, buy my new wrapping paper in September and get our tree pretty quick after Thanksgiving. I can't wait for our many stops on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Then before I realize it's Christmas, it's OVER and I'm so depressed that I have to wait a whole year before it gets here again....waaaahhhhh! But, we had a great Christmas and Addie did too. She had fun opening presents and is excited to have new toys. We haven't really bought her any toys and frequently are scolded because we give her measuring cups, spoons or other household objects to play with. So, now she actually has real age appropriate toys to play with...thanks family!!!

Family pic in front of the tree

Addie and mommy

Freeman Family 2008
Addie enjoying a new toy

Family pic and Addie not interested in smiling..

Addie loves her cousin Jaxon!

Wahoo!!! I get to rip it open!!!
Toys???

Yeah!!! Real toys!!!!

Costello Family 2008

Busy, busy, busy

I can't believe it has taken me so long to put an update on this thing. My favorite time of the year is here and I can't wait until Christmas. Here are a few pictures of my quickly growing baby girl. She is already 9 months old!!! She has now officially been out of my belly longer than she was in it. Time sure has flown. I just keep falling more and more in love with her!

Helping with Laundry

She loves to be naked!

Her hair is finally long enough to put in ponies.

Playing at Grammy and Papa's house.

We went to a friend's superhero birthday party. We were from the x-men. Brian was Wolverine, I was Rogue and Addie was night Crawler. Mark was Quailman from the cartoon Doug, and Kristina was the cheerleader from Heros.

The last 2 months

So, I've been a really busy and have been bad about posting new pix. So, you get two posts in one night. I finally downloaded all the pictures from my camera and 270 images later, they are finally on my hard drive. Here are a few moments from the last two months.

My happy girl...

Addie and both of her grandpa's with her "I love grandpa" onesie and her grandpa's with the hats she got them for Father's Day.

Addie started eating food a couple of months ago and is finally liking it. There was a little while we thought this kid wasn't going to like anything but breastmilk!

She also loves her cool walker and loves being outside.

We are very fortunate to live right next door to Brian's sister Kelly and her husband Kevin. They had their baby boy Jaxon in July and the two get to see each other everyday. Addie LOVES it when Jaxon comes over and we sometimes have to keep her from attacking him. She usually screams and gets very excited when Kelly walks in with him. Here they are in their cool coordinating rockband outfits Auntie Kelly got them from Old Navy.

Addie got to spend time with her cousins Jason, Tyler, Josh and Brie!

Back to Normal and Halloween Fun!

So, luckily, I didn't have to stay on the the no sugar diet for too long. After 2 weeks of torture, none of the symptoms had gone away. The doctor did a culture to see if I had a bacterial infection and it came back negative. Nobody knows what's wrong. So, I've been back on sugar for 2 weeks and am not any worse than I was before...yay! For now I am stable and have one sore left and a little bit of burning after I nurse Addie. I guess I will just keep going unless I get worse. But, let me tell you something; our brains NEED sugar!!! I was going absolutely crazy (just ask Brian)!!! I did not handle the no sugar thing very well, and everyone around me knew it. Now I'm back to normal and am actually enjoying eating again.

On a happier note, Addie had her first Halloween and had a great time. She was a ladybug and was so adorable. Brian's Aunt Judy made her costume and it couldn't be cuter. We went to our ward trunk-or-treat party and she LOVED being around all the kids. She had a great time.

Our little ladybug!

Her wings were detachable!

Too cute...

Family pic at the ward activity. Brian was a laker fan and I was tired.

Addie with her cousin Jaxon and Uncle Kevin. Aunt Judy made Jaxon's devil costume too!

What???? NO SUGAR?!?

WARNING....this post is not so rosy, and may gross some of you out. PROCEED WITH CAUTION. Since the end of August I have been dealing with an infection related to breastfeeding called "thrush." Thrush is basically a yeast infection that thrives in warm moist places and commonly happens to babies and moms during breastfeeding. The baby will get small blisters in her mouth and moms will get very sore and painful breasts in the process. Originally I thought Addie was just changing the way she latches on and that's why I was sore, chapped and peeling (can you say ouch?), but then I would get intense burning shooting pains following nursing. So, I decided I should actually go to the doctor to see if anything could be done. Well, Addie had a couple of blisters on each side of her mouth and the chapped, red, painful cuts (along with the burning shooting pains) I had were definitely thrush. So, I learned all about how to get rid of this horrible infection and hoped for the best. Addie and I were both put on medication. I had to throw out over half of the milk supply I had built up in our freezer and couldn't keep and of the milk I would pump at work for more than a day because it was loaded with the infection. Not to mention the fact that I was in excruciating pain EVERY TIME I would feed Addie and pump at work. I was told the infection would be gone in about 4-5 days and that a couple days after that I could start keeping all of my milk again. So, we started the meds and it worked within 3 days for Addie. Me on the other hand is a different story. So here I am 6 weeks later, 3 rounds of medication later and it is still not gone! It is definitely not as bad as it was in the beginning, but my left side can't seem to get rid of it. So, the only way to kick this things is horrible. NO SUGAR OF ANY KIND in my diet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, NO CARBS!!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!! So, I have to stick to this thing for at least 6 weeks but probably more like 2-3 months. Once all my symptoms are gone, I have to do this for at least another month and then I can SLOWLY work sugar and carbs back into my diet. So until then, my plight is vegetables, cheese, meats, eggs, hummus and some raw nuts. The good news is, I will probably lose some weight. I have been doing this for exactly 1 week and have eaten more vegetables this week than I have in the last year. I feel like I'm going to turn green! So next time you have pasta, potatoes or any kind of delicious sugar filled dessert, please savor every bite for me! Hopefully the next few months will fly by! :(

Vacation...yay!!!

We have had the most insane summer of our lives, and we were finally able to get away from it all for Labor Day Weekend. We were lucky enough to spend some time in a condo on the beach in Oceanside with my mom, brother Mark and his wife Kristina. It was our first time going away with a baby and of course we brought WAY too much stuff, but had a great time away from all of our responsibilities. Addie went in the pool and the ocean for the first time and she loved it. Of course we are psycho and documented every moment of being in the water with videos and pictures for your viewing pleasure. Please prepare by putting on sunglasses to shield your eyes from my pasty white skin. Addie already has more color than me and she has never been tan. Lucky girl got her dad's coloring.

Addie's first swimsuit...she's ready for the pool!

Addie loving the water with mom.

All warmed up in her cover-up and towel.


This is what humidity does to her hair as if it wasn't crazy enough.



The Gang at the pool.


Venturing into the pacific


Family pic on the coast...like Brian's scruff?? He's on a strike from shaving.
We couldn't get Addie to look at the camera and we were sick of looking stupid trying to take our own picture so we gave up trying to get her attention.