addy, 1 year ago OR rough day, must remember

today was a very rough day for the mama of this house. the emotional & hormonal roller coaster that is pregnancy struck me hard! addy & i both ended up crying throughout most of the morning, sort of feeding off of each other in certain ways. of course, i feel so guilty that i spent the morning crying, which made addy feel sad that she would then cry. then i would gain control of the waterworks & addy would be fine for a short while, then she would throw another stupendous tantrum for 10 minutes or more & i would again feel like a terrible mama & would cry again...it was pretty miserable around here!

thankfully, wes came home for lunch & gave me a pep talk & helped addy get some energy out (i tried to play outside with her this morning; after being outside only 5 minutes i was sweating so bad i had to change clothes & was getting a little lightheaded...i decided we needed to stay inside until the humidity lowers & my patience is a bit higher). then he put her down for an early nap, which she welcomed b/c she was exhausted (crying does that to a lady!).

while she was napping in the afternoon i was looking at pictures from a year ago. it is so amazing to me how much she has changed. then there are the pictures that have her current 'look'--a bit mischievous & sweet all at once. i know a year from now i'll look at pictures & probably laugh at the rough days & thank my lucky stars that i'm not pregnant (at least i better not be pregnant a year from now!!!). and it all starts again with j2... so here's some pics of addy in late july, early august 2007. there are some pics of wes & i also. it is also nice to look at pics of me almost a year after being pregnant with addy; they give me hope that i can lose this weight again!

ALSO: if another blogger could please tell me how to get the text above the pictures, i would greatly appreciate that! i am just not so computer savvy, but i know i'm not computer dumb...