Where's the Brain?

Ok, for those of you who are old enough to remember "Where's the beef" this is for you. So lately I am wondering what happened to my brain. Before my sweet Addyson came along, I was pretty good at remembering things. Now my brain is what seems like mush. Here is how my mushy brain was working yesterday.

So, I need to go to the store and I am going 90 to nothing in my Mommy brain, how can I get to the store and back in time for our morning nap. It is 9am at this point and nap time is at 10am. I can do it, I know I can, just like Thomas:) So, I load up baby and the dogs, because I feel terrible that they never get to go on walks anymore, but they can at least ride to the store, right?

We get to Walmart and I am 3/4 the way through my list. I took a list, so I could get in and out. I can be home by nap time, I am supper Mom. Well as I am checking things off the list I hear over the intercom in WM, "will the owner of a black Nissan Sentra with plate numbers blah, blah, blah return to your car please. I think to my self, self I think that is our car. What to do, what to do? Addyson is all strapped into her grocery cart seat with that cover thing that keeps the bugs off her, that also takes an act of congress to get straight. She is happy, we are all most done, and it's almost nap time. Ugh. I proceed to the customer service lady and ask, Me: "do I really need to go to my car? Can I take my unpaid grocery's out to the car with me, I promise I won't steal them. Clerck: No it is against store policy, but I'll watch the cart and baby for you while you check things out. Me: No, thanks I got the baby if you got the cart."

I get to the car and there are two women at my car. They tell me they can't get into there car because my dog wants to eat them. Mind you this is a 30 pound mut, far from vicious. I apologize profusely and proceed to roll up the window a little. I know they would have jacked me if not for the baby in my arms. While at the car I decide to change Addys diaper and then go back in and finish shopping. Mind you it is about 10am, so supper mom missed nap time, but at least there are grocery's, almost.

After all is cleaned up I go to find the keys that I swore were on the seat by my lovely daughter. Nope. Ok so they are in her bag. Nope. Ok so I check 3 more times in her bag. BIG Nope. Now I am frantically looking under seats, under babys, under dogs, EVERYWHERE. No where are my keys to be found. UGH! Do I call the hubby, the auntie, triple A. What to do? Look in the bag ONE more time, Nope. Then as all hope is almost lost, I see a twinkle of light, could it be the keys? Please God, PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE God let it be the keys. And it was, and where were they............................................... no other than in the ignition.

Lord, please help me find my brain:)

1 Samuel 1:27-28

"I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord." Our journey to Addyson has been a long one. We prayed and prayed and prayed for her as I am sure most of us have done when it comes to our kiddos. On April 19th we had our baby dedication at church. This is where we stand up with our family in our church and vow to raise our child in the ways of the Lord. I was reminded of how I am like a fair whether fan when it comes to my walk with Christ. I tend to seek Him in the valleys but when I think all well, I am not so eager to find the time to be with Him. I want to be an example of Christ to Addyson, to be that Mom that walks the talk and to encourage her to love the Lord with all her heart. I was also reminded at our dedication that she is first and foremost Gods child that has been placed in our hearts and arms for safe keeping for the short time we are here. This is only our temporary home and we are here to prepare for our forever home with Christ. It is my prayer that we all aspire to be the parents that God has called us to be, that we lay our children down at His feet everyday, and seek Him in all that we do, and that our children will see Christ in us. Thank you again and again God for our precious gift in Addyson.

How, long, wide, high, and deep

I know Easter was a couple weeks ago, but Praise God still that He is risen indeed. My friend Shanita from work put it best that Easter is a man made holiday and that we should recognize and be thankful for our Lord's Resurrection daily. So this is my note of thanks to our precious Father above for His ultimate sacrifice for me/us, so that we could be called His children. And it is my prayer that at Easter and always that you my friends and family know and experience "how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ" for us, that he lay down His life for ME/US. Praise Him, Praise Him, Praise Him! This was our first Easter with Addyson and boy was she pretty in her little Easter dress. Easter day was also my Granny's b-day so we loaded up the baby and the dogs and don't forget Mr. bunny head cake. We had a wonderful day with family rejoicing in our salvation, celebrating our Granny, and being thankful for our Addyson.




P.S. Trent and I made Mr. Bunny head, thank you, thank you I know we out did ourselves:) For orders call 555-2323:)

It's official:)

Praise God, Praise God, Praise God!!!!!!! On April 6th 2009 Addyson became ours FOREVER!!! It was made official by Judge Bacus in Wichita Falls. No more home studies, no more anxious waiting. She is ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ours. WooHoo. We absolutely love our adoption agency and all our wonderful social workers, but are glad this part of the waiting is over. It has been such an amazing journey to get to our sweet girl and God has held us close the whole time, never forsaking us. We are so thankful now for what sometimes felt like a dark valley. We have grown so much as a couple and in our walks with Christ. He has taught us so much about patience, grace, perseverance, and strength. We could have NEVER gotten to where we are without our loving Fathers hand on us or without all the love and support of our family and friends. Thank you God for showering your grace on us and thank you friends for loving us through this.

Just a Chillin and Swingin

We love our Einstein Exerciser. Addyson bounces and bounces and bounces. I don't see how she isn't jiggling her brains up she bounces so much. Our bouncy is in our living room next to our foyer. We sometimes leave the front door open to let the sun shine through. We thought it
would be funny to put her shades on to block the sun, well she thought it was funny to, hence the goofy grin. I could just go on and on about how great she is, I hope you guys don't get tired of it, cause we do think she is PRETTY GREAT:)

Thanks to grandma and papa we have a new swing. As you can see she loves it too. There isn't much she doesn't like. She is so fun and we really can't get enough of her.

Peek a Boo

This has been our new game for about a month now. Addyson started playing peek a boo at about 5 months old and has not stopped since. It is just another precious thing that she does.

She gets so excited when she is able to get a hold of a blanket or clothe diaper. She will throw whatever it is over her head and sit perfectly still waiting for us to say "where's Addyson, where did she go, I can't find her, where is she?" Then she will start kicking her feet and sucking in her

breath like she just can't stand it. Then she will finally pull the cloth off her face and grace us with her BIG BEAUTIFUL smile. She is getting more and more fun everyday.

Pretty in Pink

This was our 5 month picture in the chair with her bear. Every month we take a picture of our little love bug in this chair with the bear. We have done it since she was a month old. It is a day we look forward to in the Sellers house every month. We get her all dressed up and start the photo shoot. It is so neat to see how she is growing every month. We usually post all those pics on shutterfly. I just love this little dress, got it at Target and if I do say so my self she is the cutest baby EVER:)

Sad eyes

Addyson got her 1st cold at the end of Feb that lasted 3 weeks. Poor little baby. She was so sad looking, but still wanted to play some everyday when she wasn't sleeping. It started out as a little stuffiness, then the cough. Oh the cough, it lasted the whole 3 weeks. It was the saddest
thing ever. We had moved her out of our room when she was about 1 1/2 old but moved her right back in when she got sick. We had her in the pack-n-play, elevated with pillows, and cranked up the humidifier. We found some great baby style vicks, and vapo bath, the greatest inventions ever. I also found this terrible contraption called baby simply saline.
I say it is terrible, but it works FABULOUSLY. It has a wand connected on it and it sprays saline in her nose under pressure and really helps get the boogies out. I am sure we have scared her for life with the blue bulb syringe. She literally cringed everytime I came at her with it. She went to the docotor twice and to Cooks ER for a horrible nasal swab for possible pertussis. What a crazy time, I had just gone back to work and then she got sick, no pertussia, praise God. Our sweet little sunshine head. She is all better now and doing well, smiling, laughing, and loving life again as are we:)

Going back to work:(

Well I went back to work in Febuary and Oh boy has it been sooooooooooo HARD! I never in a million years imagined being that Mom who would want to stay home. I have always said that
I would always go back to work after we had a child, and that we would take trips and leave our baby at home with family, blah, blah, blah:) I would cry almost everytime I had to leave her.
She is so embedded in my heart that it physically hurts to be away from her. I never dreamed I would love someone so much and would want to be them so very much. Anyhow, it is April now and going to work is getting better, but it is still hard to be away from her for such long shifts. Keep me in your prayer for continued adjustment.

Peas, YUUUCKY

Well we started the dreaded Peas right after Valentines day this year and boy what a day that was. Addyson was so funny. At first as you can see, she grimaced and then she actually gagged. It was sad to see, but funny at the same time. She had been eating rice cereal for about 2-3
weeks and did well with that. She looked at us the whole time like what in the world are you guys doing to me. We got the whole thing on video and just laugh and laugh at her funny reactions to the dreaded peas. She eventually gave in and gave us a beautiful smile. Letting us know that she

still loves us despite the nasty peas. I let her know that I (Hollie) don't like peas either so all is well. However, Daddy LOVES peas. She is still such a joy and blessing to us everyday. Sorry again for not keeping up with our blog, I am trying to do better. We love you all:)