Merry Christmas!!

What a happy Christmas Morning face as she checks
out all of the goodies Santa brought!

Trying to "one hand" open the gifts because there was no
way she was letting go of her Mickey toys!

Dr. Adalyn checking Papaw's ears with her Big Bird
ear checker thing?!

Adalyn and Mimi on Christmas morning!

Merry Christmas from the Pugh family!
Adalyn is at the age where she doesn't like getting
her picture taken, which kills me!

The Acton family-Me, Dad, Emma, Patty, Adalyn, and Steph

As usual I could not sleep on Christmas Eve-for some reason I never can! I think that it is just all of the excitement of Christmas morning! Anyways, I finally did fall into a deep sleep around 6am and Adalyn decided she was going to sleep in too! We didn't get up until close to 8:30! I was planning on being out to Mimi and Papaw's by then-Oops!! Jay and I went in to get her and she was kind of grouchy! Growing up Santa always placed the presents under the tree unwrapped and just seeing them for the first time glowing under the lights of the Christmas tree was always a thrill. I wanted Adalyn to have the same experience so I put her down at the end of the hallway and she took off right away running to the tree! "Oh, no! Look Mommy! Look Daddy! Wow!" These were all of the great sounds coming from her as she looked through everything Santa had brought! After opening her gifts from Mommy and Daddy and going through everything, I mean everything that Santa brought; it looked like a tornado had hit our living room!! No time to clean because it was off to Mimi and Papaw's for Christmas biscuits and gravy-Yum!! We loaded up, in our PJ's of course, and was off to Mimi and Papaw's. We ate a great Christmas breakfast, thanks mom, and then opened yet more gifts!! After that we went to Ruby and Gene's-Mamaw and Papaw Hamm's house for yet again, more presents! Adalyn had such a great Christmas!! Thank you all!!

Rounds 1-3 of Christmas and Christmas Eve

Adalyn admiring the plate of cookies and carrots, milk,
and note she left for Santa!

Adalyn decided she needed to try one of the carrots
we left for Santa's reindeer!

Dr. Adalyn caring for her sick baby.
PS-I am really hoping one day she will become
a doctor so I can pull out these pics!

Dr. Adalyn, yet again in new Minnie PJ's, checking her
baby with her stethescope.

Adalyn and her Minnie's sitting on her Princess couch

Check out the Radio Flyer tricycle Grandma and Grandpa
Acton got for Little Miss!!

Princess Mommy checking on her babies!

Adalyn decided she needed to get in the bed with
her babies! What a good Mommy!

Sporting the jewels once again as she cares
for the TWIN babies the Mamaw got for her!

Daddy and Adalyn after visiting Santa!
Adalyn was SO excited to see Santa!

Showin' off the new jewels from Aunt Sheri!

Chatting with Santa!

Wanting to put the new Minnie PJ's on
right away! "Off Mommy, off!!"

Showing off her Minnie PJ's to cousin Emma!!

Since we have such a LARGE family, it seems that we start our "rounds" of Christmas earlier and earlier each year. This year we started out on Sunday with the Jacobs and Acton Christmas, Monday evening it was the Pugh Christmas, and then Christmas Eve it was Christmas time with Grandma and Grandpa Acton. As you can see for the pics Adalyn already has enough stuff to fill an entire room-boy I am dreading having the make room for all of it, but if it makes her happy I am all for it! She is really into Christmas this year and I love it! She was kind of unsure of Santa at first, but then we took her on Monday to see him and she ran right up and sat on his lap! On Christmas Day we will be off to Mimi and Papaw's and then to Ruby and Gene's! Merry Christmas Eve!!

I am finally a Master Teacher!!

Ready for the BIG ceremony!

The happy Pugh Family after graduation!

Proud Master's Teacher with her cute daughter!

The Wonderful group I sent the past 18 months with!

On Saturday, December 13 I earned my Master's degree in Education through IWU. The ceremony was very nice and 7 of the 11 teachers in my cohort attended the graduation. I have become really great friends with them all-we spent pretty much every Saturday together for the past 18 months. Either you come to love one another or hate each other. What a great group of friends!!

Disney on Ice 2008

Donald Duck and Goofy

Daddy and Adalyn enjoying the show!

She was so in to the show the entire time!
Check out the Minnie ears! Of course!

Mickey Mouse to the rescue!

Mommy and Adalyn

What's a show without popcorn?!

All of the Princesses skating together

Due to all of the drama that has been going on the past couple of weeks, I had almost forgot about our Disney on Ice tickets. Even though Adalyn had to go the ortho. doctor on the same day as the show, Jason and I were determined, even though we were both dragging, to take her. She deserved to have some fun due to all she had been through. So, off we went dragging and all. Adalyn had the BEST time. I can't believe that a 1 1/2 year old sat still for a 2 hour show! She was glued!! Every now and then she would say, "Oh no!" or "Ooooo and Awwwww." What a great family fun night!!

The Cast is Off!!

Oh no! I thought I was free!

Victory lap! She was SO happy!

Those are really BIG scissor things!

I think Mimi was more scared of the drill
than Adalyn!

Waiting and wondering for what is
about to happen?!

Well, it has been quite the crazy past couple of weeks around the Pugh Household. Adalyn started running a fever and they were concerned that there could be an infection in her leg. So, off to the doctor we went 2 days in a row. Day 1 blood work and we found out that she had ear infection number 7!! Yes, this is her 3 ear infection in the past 3 1/2-4 weeks, so tubes are in Adalyn's near future!! Day 2 we went to see Dr. Berrios, the ortho doctor and he did x-rays and took off the cast. He did put in in a walking cast and that came off on Monday. We go back to see him on Dec. 29 and we are keeping our fingers crossed that everything is OK and that we can go back to gymnastics. Yes, I am crazy, but I am signing her back up for "jumpy, jumpy." She loves gymnastics and I hate to keep her out of something she loves. The fracture could have happened anywhere so I am not banning gymnastics! I will keep you all updated on the ear tubes situation!

Making Christmas Cookies!

Look at this dough!

Stir, stir, stir!!

Thanks for the help Aunt Sheri!

We went over to Aunt Sheri's on Sunday to make Christmas Cookies! Boy did Adalyn have fun stirring up the dough! How Cute!!

Getting in to things, even in a cast!!

Looking SO innocent!!

What mom? I didn't do anything?!

Thinking it is funny!

This is hard to see, but the entire top
of the table was black!

Note to self: NEVER LEAVE A TODDLER ALONE IN A ROOM WHERE THERE IS A MARKER IN REACH. Why was I such an idiot and let this happen?! Adalyn was in the living room and had gotten juice all over her, the floor, and her blanket. So, I stripped her down to just her diaper, sock, and cast and went to get her some dry clothes. Well, I must have gotten a little side tracked, because I ended up putting in a load of her laundry. I went to check on her and found a DISASTER!! She had found my black marker that I had been grading papers with prior to the juice incident and decided to "color". Boy, did she do a GREAT job! She had black marker every where, as you can see from the pictures. I was very thankful, however, that she managed not to get in on my table runner (just the table), the chair, or the carpet. She is still a wild women even in a cast. Nothing can stop her!!

Adalyn's First Cast!

This was about 15 minutes after the injury?!
She seems to be fine, that is the weird part?!

Acting as if nothing is wrong with her leg?!
How Crazy?!

Her last picture with both of her OWN shoes on!

Waiting for her first cast!

The inside of her cast

Watching every move the cast guy is making!

What a pretty purple cast!

All done! Walking shoe and all!!

Well, I feel like I deserve "Mother of the Year" since Adalyn, only being 1 1/2 years old already has her first cast and to top it all off she injured herself at gymnastics!! To make a long story short, the Adalyn was jumping on the trampoline at gymnastics and fell. She couldn't put pressure or stand on her left leg for some time. After being able to put pressure on it, she was limping. We went to the doctor the next day and they did x-rays. Well, the x-ray people didn't take the correct x-rays and she was still limping, so we were sent to see Dr. Berrios, an Orthopedic Specialist. He is GREAT!! He said that the x-rays's didn't show a break, but with the limping and symptoms we are saying she has, he is pretty sure she has a hair-line fracture. In toddlers, their cartlige and tissue is so thick that hair-line fractures take up to 12 days after the injury to show. He also said that little ones have a very high pain tolerance and can live through the pain and that is why it is hard for us to tell if they are hurt. He wanted to be safe and protect it so she didn't re-injure it before next Friday when we will do x-rays again. So, since she is SUCH the busy little girl, he thought putting a cast on up to her knee would be the best option. She can't take it off where as with a boot she could. If she were to re-injure the fracture she already has then we would be looking at surgery and that is a road I DON'T want to go down!! She did a FABULOUS job while they were putting on her cast! She is such a BIG girl. Everyone commented on how well she did!! I asked her what color she wanted and she said, "Purple" so she has her first purple cast. We go back next Friday to remove the cast and do more x-rays. If the x-rays look good and she isn't limping we are good to go, but if the x-rays show the fracture then she has to have a cast put back on for 4 more weeks-OUCH!! Also, he said that if she is still limping and the x-rays look fine, then he will do an MRI and Bone Scan to see where the problem is. He said that something isn't right and he is determined to fix it. Like I said he is a GREAT doctor!!