New Obsession...

Have you tried PINKBERRY yet?? I've only been twice... but this stuff is awesome! They just have one flavor of yogurt, that is sort of sweet and tart and then you pick your toppings... I highly recommend fresh strawberries and Cap'n Crunch- a self claimed 'regular' told my friend about it, and it's very good. I had heard a lot of hype about Pinkberry and I think it's as delicious as they say (okay, what I heard was that it's as addicting as heroine, which I cannot vouch for). Side note, as I was searching for a picture from PB, I found all these articles saying Pinkberry is being sued because they won't disclose their ingredients, and it may not be frozen yogurt and/or that healthy- bummer, it may not be as healthy as they claim, but it's still yummy and a great change from Golden Spoon! They have locations here at The Spectrum, The District and Fashion Island.

It's hard to be a baby sometimes!

The last couple weeks have been event filled for us... Addison had a bout with the stomach flu which led to two pediatrician visits and a night in the E.R. (poor kid, they had to give her a catheter to take a urine sample for some testing and then they gave her a shot to stop the vomiting). After the flu, something got off kilter and the girl didn't poop for five days, and we got to experience the joy of baby suppositories... tmi? I know, oh well I wish I didn't know about it either! As soon as we were past the poop sitch, we were hit with teething (two cute little guys on the bottom are peeking through)! Between all this and the transition from the bassinet to the big girl crib in her own room, and a bit of a growth spurt we have been getting up every hour and a half to two hours at night. WOW, talk about the cranky monster stopping by the Calls... and his mean cousin NO SLEEP. I'm painfully tired! BTW, does anyone else get really angry when their husbands say they are tired?? I mean, he's allowed to be tired, I just don't think he should ever tell ME about it :).
So imagine my delight at her four month check up this week when her Dr. told me to start feeding her rice cereal and baby food twice a day. I felt like it was Christmas Day and I was a kid... my gifts? The prospect of sleeping 8 hours or more and nursing less... YEEHAW! Giddy with what was to come, we went directly from his office to the closest Target where we bought all kinds of cute little bowls and spoons, along with cereal and every flavor of 1st stage baby food Gerber is putting out. Well, we don't always get what we want, now do we? Here are some fun facts I've been faced with:

*She doesn't like the food
*She doesn't like a spoon being put in her mouth
*She knows how to close her mouth, turn her head and bat her hands at the spoon making it darn near impossible to get anything in
*She doesn't sleep more!!!!!
*She doesn't nurse less!!!!
*My laundry loads just tripled, bringing food into the mix (though I'm getting smart, and stripping her down to her diaper during feeding time)
*One last fun fact... she doesn't like the food in her mouth, but she likes it even less when it ends up in her nose!
Okay, today is day four and the process is getting a little better each day. Even given all this, as I upload these cute pics of her eating I am just enamored, I LOVE this girl more than words!

The goods....

Peaches... not a hit!
But at least I'm cute

Now the applesauce... I'm not saying I like it,

but it's better than peaches and bananas!
Question: Are the shots more traumatic for the Mom or the baby??

UTAH

Addison and I spent three weeks in Utah, (Lyndon was there for five of those days, then he came back home to work- thanks babe, somebody's gotta bring home a paycheck) hanging out with family and friends- we had a blast. We got to hang out with everyone and do things we miss out on living far away...birthday parties, Sunday dinners, watching riding lessons, going out to eat, hanging out inside on cold days, manicures and lunch dates with the nieces, making fun stuff at Grandma's with all her supplies, dinner dates and shopping with girlfriends, a Laurel class reunion, Kiddie Kandids shots with the cousins, and overall LOTS of cuddles for Addison from everyone. We did not get to experience the sweet Spring season we had hoped for, instead we got SNOW...uh, Addi and I hate snow! Oh well, the trip was great all the same, a few pics are below. We already miss everyone alot, and Addison is bored without all the excitement of grandparents, cousins and dogs!
My sis and her three kiddo's drove back home with us and stayed a few days- what fun! The trek back was anything but fun however... calling ourselves the 'crazy train' was an understatement with a four month old baby, a two year old, a five year old and a ten year old. We had more stopping time than drive time, not to mention the two youngest coming down with the stomach flu which grounded us in St. George for a whole day. Whew, were we glad to finally pull into Irvine bleary eyed at 5am! Wish my sis lived closer, life is much more fun when she is around :).

Mimi's birthday lunch
Riding lessons- Kortney, English style riding
Gracie, with her horse Gochute Billy the Kid
Grandma, Uncle Tony, Ella (please note the helmet over the face), and Addison
Ella, my Ella....Happy Birthday! Trying on her new shades
Addi clearly loves Chuck E. Cheese (I think she may
sense how many dirty germs are on that ride and it drove her to tears)
Kort and Auntie, both in braids
Grandpa, aka GRUMPaw
Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum
Gracie, Auntie, Addi and Kortney

Addi sees her first dinosaur
Addison sat up by herself here!
Yup, look close... Gracie is 'nursing' her doll :)
The DooDawe gang... Kimberley, Ella, Kortney and Grace