The Beaman Crew

Addison had her 4 month check-up yesterday (although she is a little over 4 months old).  She measured 25 inches long and weighed 15 pounds and 4.2 ounces.  Just a growing!  She was supposed to get some shots, but because she had a little cold, they wanted to wait on the shots.  Instead, she had a breathing treatment in the office.  She has had a runny nose for a while, but this morning she started sounding a little wheezy.  She did surprisingly well with the breathing treatment.  It lasted for about 7 minutes.  For the first couple of minutes she kept sticking her tongue out like she was trying to lick the mist that was shooting in her face.  It was funny.  They sent us home with a sample of albuterol to try for a week.  She will have her follow up appointment next Friday and hopefully have her shots then.  Please pray that my little baby will get rid of this rotten cold very soon!  Last night, Adam and I  had our ...

I knew Addison would go hunting with her daddy some day, but I never would have guessed it would be this soon.  As it turns out, she is Adam's good luck charm!  This morning Addison got up around 5:00 AM for a bottle.  Adam got up to feed her and when he tried to lay her back in the crib she was wide awake, just a talking to her daddy.  I swear she already has him wrapped around her little finger.  Adam wanted to go hunting, but didn't want to wake me.  He also couldn't pull himself away from that happy baby face so he decided to bundle her up and take her with him.  Since she was along for the ride, he figured he'd just go down a few paths and hopefully see a big buck.  And that is just what happened!  He went down one path and saw a nice 8-pointer and some does.  He left Addison in the truck, ran a couple hundred yards, laid down and took a shot.  (I'm sure his version of this story would be much longer and detailed).  A...

We got an early snow this year in Eastern NC!  Unfortunately, our little snow angel was not very interested... Adam got her up that morning and fed her.  Then I got up and gave her a bath and got her dressed in her cute little snowflake sweater dress to take a picture of her in her first snow.  Almost immediately after I got her shoes on she started getting a little fussy because it was naptime.  So, she went down for a nap.  By the time she woke up there was just a little snow left, so I attempted to get a picture of her in the snow again.  Well, by the time we got her outside in the sleigh for a picture, it was time for a bottle.  This is her "Give me my milk NOW face".  Needless to say, we did not try again.  Little Stinker  :)

Adam update..... When he's not caring for his precious baby girl, it is pretty safe to say that Adam is picking beans these days. Last Friday, I stopped by the field and rode a few rounds :)  I do love my country boy!!! 

Every year my friends, Elizabeth Liles Radford and Taylor Flowers , throw a big Christmas Party.  We were happy to be able to stop in this year for a little while.  Here are a few pics from the night.  Ofcourse, they are all pictures of children :)  What can I say?  Children are just plain beautiful and fun to photograph!! This is sweet baby Leighton with her daddy, John Roberson : And with her mommy, Caroline Roberson : Leighton was born a couple of months after Addison.  We are planning to join a play date group in January with more than 10 babies, including Leighton.  They meet one Saturday every month.  All the babies I believe are within 5 months of each other.  It is going to be sooooo much fun!  We can hardly wait!  Here is a picture of Anna Kate.  Sweet little Anna Kate is Katie Beddard's little girl.  She is in the play date group too!  As you can see, all of the little ones were dressed to impress!...

This morning, all of us at Contemporary Dental got together for a team picture.  Although I look HUGE, I think this is a cute picture... I brought Addison along because I knew she would get some TLC from my work family... This one looks so sweet...  Addison had fun dancing on the counter with Dr Abdul... She started poking her pouty lips out, but Mrs. Jackie fixed that real quick... Thanks for all the love Contemporary Dental!  

Every year, me, my sister, Mindy, my mom and my dad put our efforts together to create 15-20 "shoeboxes" for Operation Christmas Child. If you have never heard of Operation Christmas Child, I encourage you to go to the website, http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/ to learn how you can join in the fun. This year, we packed 9 little girl boxes and 9 little boy boxes, both in the 5-9 year old category. It is so much fun filling these boxes! We pick up things year-round with Operation Christmas Child in mind. They seem like such small gifts to us, but to those children in need around the world, these boxes are a blessing beyond belief! Here are a few pics of our boxes this year....