Addison updates

In case you don't have facebook or don't speak with us frequently, let me give you the low-down on Addison's new imaginary friend, Bubba.

Bubba is tiny - "he" fits in her hand, her purse, or a cup and goes with us on most family outings. "He" is also a girl, but she continues to use the pronoun "he". I presume this is due to the majority of her stuffed animals having masculine names, and thus are called "he" all the time. We're working on "She" but haven't made much progress yet. Bubba sits with us at dinner in an invisible booster seat and shares Addison's food. Bubba even took a bath with Addy the last week. Let me tell you how difficult it is to bathe an invisible friend to a 2 year-old's exacting standards! "NO, Mommy! Bubba's over THERE!". Lately, Addison has even given other people their very own Bubba. Last night at a family cookout, Addison gave her Great Aunt Shelley and Great Uncle Dave their very own Bubbas. When Addy delivers a Bubba to you, the fear that the Bubba was flattened always crosses your mind. Not so gentle. It's been an interesting development. I am tickled that her imagination is blossoming so rapidly. She's also started making up songs about things happening in her day. That can be quite entertaining. I hope to get video of her singing sessions soon to share with you all.

Tomorrow is South Wood's community-wide yard sale again. Awesome! We planned to hit up some yard sales, and luckily picked the weekend that the biggest and best yard sale opportunity in Tallahassee is happening. We must have ESP or something.

Oh What a Day!

Saturday was jam-packed for us Browns.

We woke up extra-early and went to the SouthWood Community yard sales. After an hour of driving around, we finally found what we'd been looking for - a new big-wheel bike for Addy. It's awfully beat up, but she loves it and it was only $5. We were thrilled. We spent $14 total for the morning and came away with some neat things. Very successful yard sale venture.

We then hurried over to the civic center to see Stacia's FPCHS cheerleaders compete in the FHSAA Cheer Competition. They ended up placing 4th! Addison loved dancing & watching the girls (and a few guys) jumping and flipping around on stage. It was great to visit with Stacia & see her girls be succsessful. We missed the final round and the awards ceremony, but what we did see was really, really good. Stacia has a great artistic vision for pairing cheer moves with music. Those girls certainly showed that they earned their 4th place finish! They were great!

We drove home and Addison drifted off to sleep. This is highly unusual as she hasn't taken an afternoon nap since December. She slept for about two hours & woke up with a fever. Not really high, but noticeable.

We went to the park with Adam & Seph (Matt's nephews) & Matt's parents. Addison seemed overwhelmed by the number of kids at the park, but miraculously decided to play on the slides and bridges rather than swinging for an hour like usual! Cousin David showed up with Grandma & Grandpa, and that really put Addison at ease. She & David & Adam & Seph played in the slides and ran around for almost two hours! Adam is exactly one week older than Addison, and Seph is 5. David is 9 already! It was hot, but lots of fun.

Then we went off to have dinner at Paulina's with David, Grandma & Grandpa. Yummy. Addison picked at her food. When we got home, her fever was 102. She stayed extremely hot all night (but I didn't measure her temp)...and woke up at 8 with 101.5. Tylenol did nothing for her. Her wonderful Daddy went out at 9AM to get her some Motrin, and since then she's been much cooler. Still grumpy and clearly not feeling her best, but cooler.

We planned to go to the Painted Pony today to paint a pony at their Family Fun Day, but Addy's sickness and the weather are going to prohibit any more fun this weekend.

One week until Fenella is here! And (maybe) Amaly, too! Yea!

Two weeks until our cruise! Whoo hoo!