A BIG Surprise!!!!

Well, Cory pulled it off...He and some of the "Beck Girls" organized a surprise birthday party for me on Friday night. Adilyn and I thought we were going to dinner with Ashly, Jacey, and Audrey, and when we got there 8 people that I absolutely love were there waiting to surprise me! It was so much fun. We ate dinner, and then went bowling. It was a great way to celebrate turning 30 - amazing friends, great food, and some good old fashioned rock and bowl! =) I had a great time, and I really appreciate all the effort that everyone put in to make it happen. I will never forget it. It's so great to have friends that you can be real with, and have a great time with! I love all you guys!

Duck in a Cup

I watched Adilyn for 20 minutes this evening while she put a rubber duck in a little cup. She was so determined to make it fit in there. The only problem was that the duck was slightly bigger than the cup, so it made things difficult. She would finally get the duck in the cup, and then proceed to take it out again. Of course, then she would repeat the whole process. She doesn't understand the concept of just dumping the duck out, so she would try to pull it out or sometimes use her newly grown, useful teeth to grab it by its head. It was hilarious to watch her stay so focused on one task for so long! We have a little determined one on our hands! =)

I Love Me Some Spring Break

Spring Break is almost over, even though we didn't go on our normal vacation, it was still an amazing week. Adilyn and I went up to Ft. Worth to visit all the grandparents. We were going to come back to Houston on Tuesday, but Cory got called out of town for work. We really didn't want him to go, but what are you going to do. Addy and I just stayed up there and hung out with everyone in Funky Town. Eating at Central Market and Yogi's (yum!), seeing old friends, going to the park, watching Adilyn play with new toys...It was really nice to sleep in a little and just spend time with family. Back to reality in two short days...

Sick Babies Make Me Sad

Saturday morning I woke up at 5:30am, left my warm bed, my sleeping husband, and baby to go stand outside in the 32 degree weather and work a high school track meet. Believe me, this was not my first choice of things to do on my favorite day of the week. Anyway, it is what it is and that's part of my job. Early in the morning, I got a message from Cory that said Adilyn was grumpy. I called him when I got a chance, and I hear her screaming in the background. He said that she had been grumpy off and on all day. Of course, when I got home she was sweetly sleeping on his chest. When she woke up, she seemed okay, but not her normal happy self. I checked her temperature around 6pm and it was 102.5. I started to panic because I didn't know what was a "bad" temperature. I called my cousin, and she assured me that she was probably okay. I put her to bed, and she whined a few times throughout the night... until 3am that night. She woke up screaming her head off. I went upstairs to rescue her, brought her downstairs, and rocked her back to sleep. She wanted me to hold her all night; I felt so sorry for her. Long story short...Sunday she was okay - again until 3am. Monday morning, I woke her up to feed her before I went to school. When I started to leave, the poor girl woke up screaming again. It was so hard to leave her; I think that it was the first of many mornings that I'm going to be sad when I leave her with someone who isn't me. We took her to the doctor today, and lo and behold...it was another double ear infection. She's getting better, but was still sad tonight. It's the worst thing in the world to have your child hurt and not be able to magically make it better. I realized tonight why some parents "baby" their babies. It's just hard to see them sad. I can totally see the perspective of wanting to make it better for your kids if you can. Of course, many parents go too far with that. I think it's good for kids to feel some sadness, hurt, and disappointment in their lives because things cannot be picture perfect forever...with that being said, if I could have snapped my fingers and made Adilyn's hurt disappear, I would have done it tonight, in a heartbeat.

She's cute, but sneaky...

Tonight we were eating at a Mexican restaurant. One of our waiters came by and said, "Here's a toy for baby." It was a little multi-colored maraca rattle thing. Super cute, I thought, they give the little babies toys to play with. So, Adilyn is going to town shaking it, and we are all clapping for her. She's got drool and snot all over it. She's totally lovin' it...Then, a lady comes over to us and says, "Oh, you found my son's rattle!" She starts to take it away from her, and Adilyn can tell what's coming and doesn't want her to take it. The lady says, "I feel bad taking it from her, she's having so much fun." I tell her not to worry; she'll forget about it. So, she took the new toy out of her hands. The lady felt bad, Adilyn was sad, but life went on...awkward!

Celebrations!

Tuesday was our 7th anniversary and Adilyn's 9 month birthday. I can't believe that it was 7 years ago that we were freezing our booties off on Surfside Beach! It seems like we were just in college (until I look in the mirror and see the wrinkles!) I'm glad that Cory and I had so much time together before we had kids. We had fun traveling, rock climbing, wakeboarding, and all that stuff. But no trip, no climbing experience, no adventure could ever come close to that day 9 months ago when Adilyn joined our little family. She is amazing, and I can't believe that we are lucky enough to get to hang out with her for the rest of our lives.
Cory made us a great pasta dinner to celebrate, and he even bought Adilyn organic baby food pasta for her dinner.

Buck Tooth Girl

Okay, so when I was little I was known as "Bugs Bunny" or whatever other name mean little children could come up with for me. I had huge front teeth. I could barely close my mouth because they were so ridiculously enormous. Thank goodness for orthodonists! Anyway, yesterday Adilyn stuck a fruit puff in her mouth and it got stuck on her top chompers. The little puff is star-shaped, so two of the points stuck down. She looked like a little redneck with some big 'ole buck teeth. Cory and I were laughing hysterically! She thought it was the funniest thing and kept hamming it up for the camera. I hope this isn't a sign that she'll follow in my footsteps and have messed up teeth! =)