Lily Ann's Baptism.

So we decided to get Lily Ann baptized on Christmas Eve since the whole family would be together, minus Luke who is back in Iraq. We had looked all over for a dress for her to wear and were running out of time. Georgia finally found "the dress" it's absolutely beautiful and when I saw it I knew it was the one! Lily Ann did great in church and only fussed for a second while getting baptized and fell asleep for the rest of the service! Here's some pics from Christmas Eve.

Georgia, Jacob, Lily Ann, Me, and Kennie. This is the only pic out of 3 that I have that more than one of us didn't have our eyes closed!

Jacob, Lily Ann, Me, and Rev. Orr!

Erika, Mom, Jacob, Lily Ann, Me, Emily, and Dad!

Becky, Jacob, Lily Ann, Me, and Ben.

Nanny and Lily Ann.. This is my favorite picture of them!!

Vicks Vapor Rub!!

So I got an email a couple of months ago saying that if you are stuffed up to put Vicks Vapor Rub on your feet and cover with socks before you go to bed and it's supposed to help. We have all been sick with the sinus' you know stuffy nose, watery eyes, headaches, coughs,etc. So I decided to give it a try last night becuase I thought I had nothing to loose except some smelly feet! LOL!! So last night before I went to bed I put a thick layer on my feet, put on my comfy socks, and hopped into bed!! Within 20 minutes I felt so much better. I couldn't believe it! Slept like a baby all night long. I wasn't waking up coughing and having to blow my nose every 15 minutes. It was GREAT!! I also must suggest the Advil Cold and Sinus..I swear by this stuff. Usually when something says non-drowsy it knocks me out but this does not. It's a pain in the butt to sign your life away just to get a box (You have to get it behind the Pharmacy counter, give your drivers license, and all that info..I'm surprised they don't fingerprint you...LOL!) but it's so worth it!! So since it is the season for sickness I thought I would let you know that it does work to coat your feet with Vicks, slap on socks, and sleep soundly!

Lily Ann meets Santa.

Well we decided to take Lily Ann tonight to see Santa for the first time! We had all the family there to experience the whole thing and it was great! We decided to dress Lily Ann in my coming home outfit since it is Christmas theme! I can't believe the outfit is 28 years old and still looks so good! She does look like a candy striper or a candy cane but she didn't mind!! LOL! I must say that I was very dissatisfied with the Santa at the mall! He apparently had other things to do because it was apparent that he didn't want to be there! The only really good picture we got of Lily Ann smiling Santa's eyes were closed. Go figure! This is the only pic that I have right now I will upload the other one we got later! By the way it's a picture from my phone so it's not that great!

We have a very busy next couple of days. Lily Ann is getting baptized tomorrow evening at church. All the family will be in town for her special day! We are also very excited for her first Christmas! Please pray for my family as my Grandfather is not doing well! I'm just so happy that he got to meet Lily Ann and so is he! I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! I will post pics from the next few days later!!

Aunt Erika and the stroller mis-hap!!

So Erika, Lily Ann, and I went shopping on Friday afternoon for a Christmas outfit for me since, for some reason, the dryer has shrunk all dress clothes!! Geez, you would think I've had a baby or something! LOL!! Anyways back to this funny story!! Poor Erika just can't seem to do things right with our baby!! So I put Lily Ann in her stroller, you know the ones that you just put the car seat in, and we head to Old Navy. Once in the store Erika wanted to push the stroller, which was her first mistake and mine!! I knew that nothing good would come of Erika having anything to do with my daughter..LOL!! So Erika is talking about how amazing the stroller is and how she should take it off roading with Lily Ann in it! She's pushing it and turning it around and just laughing and for some reason can't get over how well it handles. So then Erika says "I feel weird because Lily Ann won't stop staring at me it's like she's out to get me!" I was laughing so hard because it's Erika and we all know how she can be! So we are headed down the isle looking for clothes and Erika is telling Lily Ann "Stop looking at me! How would you like if I looked at you all the time it would drive you crazy!!" (I'm thinking Erika you do just stare at her all the time!!) She is bent in the stroller talking to Lily Ann while still pushing the stroller! Next thing you know BANG!! She runs my daughter into a clothes rack! Thank God I had her strapped in because as hard as she hit it Lily Ann would have gone flying across Old Navy, she probably would have landed in Target!! HAHHAHA!! I about fell to the floor laughing and the look on Erika's face was Oh Lord, I'm in trouble now!! Erika through her laughing said "I forgot I was pushing the stroller I was trying to tell your daughter not to stare at me and I didn't see the clothes rack!!" Well duh Erika if your head wasn't in the stroller you would have seen the big rack with all the clothes on it, even with her head in the stroller you still couldn't miss the thing, especially with all the bright colors.. But we are talking about Erika!! So after we compose ourselves and bat off the evil looks we continue on our adventure, that's what I now am calling anything we do with Erika! Not even 5 minutes later, BANG!! You have got to be kidding me? Erika seriously I think my child now has whip lash!! This time Erika hit the clothes rack so hard I thought she was going to fly into the stroller with Lily Ann!! Her face looked like a monster just jumped out in front of her! "How could you not see the rack with all the shoes on it? It's right in front of you?" As Erika replies, "I don't think I should be pushing your baby, Erin she wouldn't stop staring at me and I was trying to have a staring contest with her and I don't know who won because I looked away after I hit the rack and I don't know if she looked away first!!?" HAHAHA!! I lost it!! She was as serious as a heart attack!! If I ever wanted to fall to the floor laughing this was it!! Needless to say I then took over the stroller from that point on!!

Poor Aunt Erika!! LOL!!

So yesterday Lily Ann and I ventured up to Fayetteville so Erika could clean my teeth and to get my hair done, since I didn't get a chance to get it done before I left Florida! So last night after we got home from a wonderful dinner with the girls, Sarah, Sara, and Courtney, I had yet to set up Lily Ann's packnplay. Not to mention that we were about an hour off our schedule plus she was hungry and when she is hungry she has to let the whole world know!! LOL! So Erika and I decided that I would feed her the first half of her bottle then she would do the second half while I set up her bed. So I get through feeding her and then Erika says:"Hand her over, I'll burp her!" and I said:"Don't worry I'll do it!" but she was so adamant about burping her so I handed her over! As soon as Erika put her up on her shoulder Lily Ann let out the biggest wettest burp I think I had ever heard! The look on Erika's face was priceless! Erika looks at me and says:"That's how it's done!" well I knew that she was going to projectile from the way the burp was and I sat back and waited for it! God, I wish I had my camera because what happened next is only seen in movies!! All of a sudden there was another little burp and then the flood gates opened up! I mean spit up everywhere and Erika couldn't move she was soooo shocked! I about fell off the couch laughing so hard! Well lil miss Lily Ann wasn't done with her yet! She spit up more and she hadn't spit it out yet! Erika turns to look at her and Lily Ann does the same with Erika! All of a sudden out of now where Lily Ann coughs at the same time Erika goes to say something to here!! SPLAT!! She spits all over Erika's face and in her mouth!! HAHAHAHA!! I have never seen Erika's eyes get so big and turn ghostly white! I don't know if it was the spit up or she really turned white!! Erika turns to look at my,gagging mind you, and her face looked like someone had taken a paint brush full of white paint and just splattered it all over her face!! I feared for my daughters life at this point, I could just see Erika dropping her and running off!! I have never seen Erika move so fast in my life, running for her life towards the toilet. She couldn't even speak because she had a mouth full! I lost it and couldn't stop laughing then Lily Ann decided to chime in as well!! I could hear Erika in the bathroom yelling and trying to brush her teeth and filling her mouth with mouthwash to get the taste out! If she would have stood still long enough I could have got the best picture ever! We have been joking with Erika that Lily Ann was going to throw up in her mouth because Erika will pick her up and hold her above her head after she has eating! Well now she really did!! Poor Poor Aunt Erika.. Needless to say I think she is done feeding my child!!

Lily Ann's weigh in!!

Well so Lily Ann was supposed to go back to the doctor on this past Monday for a weight check up since she had only gained the 4 ounces over a month. So I've really noticed how she has really started to put on the weight. Her little legs are turning into chubby baby legs and her belly looks like she drinks a 12 pack of beer everyday!! LOL!! So I just know that she has actually gained weight and we have been trying to find a scale that we can weigh her on to find out! As many times as we have visited the hospital to visit my Grandfather you would have thought that we would remember to get her weighed but we always forget. So today Erika, Lily Ann, and I were up visiting my Mom and the ladies she works with, we were all talking about how we should get her weighed and I was saying how I need to get her on a scale that weighs pounds and ounces. Well I'm sitting there and then all of a sudden a light goes off in my head and I start laughing as I'm looking at my mother and say "Don't you guys have a postage machine in here the tells you the weight of items that you are shipping?" Mom laughing at me says "Yes, but it's very small and we can't lay her on it!" To which I respond "Well she can stand on it.Let's try it and see what it says!" So we proceed to the workroom and Mom turns on the machine as we are both laughing hysterically. I place Lily Ann up on the little scale, which is the size of a picture frame that holds a wallet. She puts her first foot down and for some reason keeps moving her other leg. We finally get her to stand up as I'm holding on to her. (By the way she loves to stand and is very good at it, of course with help!) By this point we are laughing so hard we can't see.. Finally Mom says "For some reason it's not giving the weight but if you want we can ship her First Class for $1.17" I lost it and couldn't stop laughing! I wonder how much insurance would be?? We have been laughing about it all day!! When Jacob called to check in on us I was telling him about it and I don't think I have ever heard him laugh so hard in my life! He said that we can ship her to him!! LOL!!

Here's some pics that Mom took of her the other day as I was giving her a bath!! Which she absolutely loves!!

Lily Ann meeting her Grandpa B and Uncle Matt!

Okay so I'm a horrible person because I completely forgot to post about when Lily Ann met her Grandpa B and Uncle Matt!! My mind has been out of whack every since we arrived last week! LOL!! This should have been posted earlier in the week, but like I said my mind is lost in la la land! I didn't even take pictures until Thursday night when we were over visiting! So the pics you see are from Thursday night.

I took Lily Ann over to see them Sunday after we got back from Ozark visiting PawPaw. It was so nice to see the way that her Grandpa B just loves her. She already has him wrapped around her little finger. He would sit in the rocking chair with her and then as soon as she would make a peep he would get up and walk around with her! She just loves to watch him and she just smiles every time he talks to her! Another really neat thing is they have a crib that is over 50 years old, and if I remember right it was Jacob's Uncle's crib,(Don't hold me to it) All four boys also slept in the crib. You can see it in the pictures! Lily Ann also loves to watch her Uncle Matt.. Her little eyes just follow him where ever he goes.. She's always looking for him! Here are some pics!

Poor fussy baby!!

I consider myself to be such a lucky person especially with Jacob's work schedule! Man are we really missing him today! Lily Ann has been fussy all day long! No matter if she is held or not! I finally had to put her down in her packnplay and walk away because she was so tired and wouldn't sleep. She finally cried herself to sleep in less than 5 minutes. I stood outside the door until she did! LOL!! I wanted to go in and pick her up but I knew better. It was by far the hardest thing I've had to do! So I decided to hop in the shower while she was napping. 10 minutes later she was crying again so I went in and put her passy back in and she stopped crying and then looked up at me and spit it out and started crying again! So what do you think I did next? I put it back in and the same thing happened again!! LOL!! After the third time I put it back in and made a dash for the door because I knew I would be playing the game all day if I didn't. She once again cried for less than 5 minutes and was out like a light! 10 minutes later she started crying again so I stuck my head in and her eyes were closed while crying so I knew she was ok. I came up to the living room and got online to check my email,now mind you I had told my dad earlier that we need to let her cry because I can't be doing this all day long, next thing you know the crying stopped and then here comes my dad carrying Lily Ann into the living room saying I can't stand to hear her cry!! Go figure! All that work for nothing but I guess that's what Grandparents are for right?

I usually have Lily Ann to myself for 48 hours straight while Jacob is on duty and every other weekend, which he usually gets to come home at least one night on the weekends when he's on duty. It's so nice to have his work schedule and he's such a big help. My Mom, Dad, and sisters have been helping out a lot too but there's just something that is comforting knowing that he's there! Tuesday can not get here quick enough! LOL! I'm not complaining by any means because I know that I have it easy, I'm just stressed and I know that she is feeding off of my emotions! I have faith that when she wakes up everything will be better, oh yeah and Grandma will be home from work!! HAHAHA!! I think I'm going to invest in a shock collar for my dad and every time he goes to the door to get her I'm going to shock him!! LOL!!

Lily Ann meeting her PawPaw and Aunt Erika!

Well Lily Ann and I finally made it to Arkansas on Saturday night! We flew out of Tampa at noon and arrived in Little Rock a little after six! It was a very long day to say the least. Lily Ann is now considered "that baby" on the plane. Traveling alone with a 2 1/2 month old is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, and I'm not lying! She did awesome on our flight from Tampa to Charlotte so I decided to grab something to eat in the airport and as soon as I got my food and sat down all of the sudden out of no where something evil took over my baby girl! LOL! She apparently wanted to eat right then and there and I couldn't get her bottle to her quick enough. Everyone was looking at me like I was some crazy mother. Non the less she ate and by the time she was done I wasn't hungry anymore! On the flight from Charlotte to Little Rock was a whole other story! We sat on the runway for about 20 minutes and then all of a sudden the evil attacked her again! HAHAHA!! The poor guy next to me was so sweet. I'm holding a screaming baby and trying to make a bottle so I said to him here hold this bottle while I mix everything. LOL! HE was such a good sport. Lily Ann ate and went to sleep for the whole flight except for the last 10 minutes when we were descending. Her ears were bothering her so I gave her a bottle with a little water which seemed to help! I couldn't get to Emily and Erika quick enough to pass her off! I was totally exhausted and so was she! Erika hadn't ever met Lily Ann before and it was love at first sight! We all went and ate dinner fed the baby and left for Fort Smith! We finally got home at 11 pm. Lily Ann and I had been traveling for 16 hours total and we needed bed! My hats go off to any parent traveling alone with a child!!

On Sunday morning we got up and headed to Ozark to see my grandfather, PawPaw! He has been waiting to meet Lily Ann! He has been really sick for a few weeks and all he wanted was to finally see her! We took the boppy so he would be able to hold her. She would just stare at him and grin and he couldn't do anything but smile back at her! She finally fell asleep in his arms and it was the sweetest thing ever! Lily Ann loves her PawPaw!! Here are some pics that we took. I've also added a pic of Lily Ann and Aunt Erika. I have the pic of when they first met but it's on my camera and my cord is back in Florida!! So I'll add those pics next week when Jacob gets here!

Lily Ann meeting her PawPaw for the first time!

Lily Ann loves her Aunt Erika!!