RUB-A-DUB-DUB...

TONIGHT WAS MS. ADDISON'S FIRST BATH....IT WAS AWSOME!!!

IT TAKES 2 TO MAKE A THING GO RIGHT!!

NOT A TEAR THE WHOLE TIME!

AND WE'RE SPENT!!

Swinger!!!

BY REQUEST...MS. ADDISON'S FIRST SWING ADVENTURE!

Update!!!

I WILL LET THE PICTURES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES...

ALL IS WELL (VERY WELL IN FACT) AND MOMMY AND BABY....DADDY TOO, ARE DOING GREAT!

At 8:12 am we...

9 lbs. 6 oz.

21 1/4 inches long

head full of hair

cute as hell!

we are doing great!!!

moms and dads doing great!!!

OH AND BY THE WAY...

IF YOU GUYS ARE NOT BUSY FRIDAY MAYBE WE COULD ALL GRAB A BITE TO EAT....OH WAIT A MINUTE I HAVE PLANS....I'M BECOMING A DAD!!!!!

UMMM...A FEW WEEKS BACK MY MOM BOUGHT US A BELLY CAST. THATS ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY REGARDING THE BELLY CAST BECAUSE IN ALL HONESTY, IT BAFFLED US A BIT. BUT TRUTH BE TOLD...IT WAS A GOOD TIME AND LEFT US WITH ONE OF OUR MOST TREASURED PIECES OF PREGGO MEMORABILIA.

THE DOCTOR IS IN!!!!!

Parental advice...

I WOULD NOT SAY BY ANY MEANS I AM FREAKING OUT...BUT I AM A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT HOW I AM GOING TO FAIR AS A NEW DAD. I HAVE NOT CHANGED HARDLY ANY DIAPERS IN MY LIFE SANS THE TIMES JOSH GOT WELL SEASONED AT THE BARS IN SAVANNAH AND CAME HOME IN DESPERATE NEED OF A NEW PAIR OF TROUSERS. I HAVE NEVER WARMED A BOTTLE, NEVER GIVEN ANOTHER HUMAN BEING A BATH...WELL UNLESS THE JOSH THING COUNTS...AND HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO SQUEEZE MILK FROM MY BREAST! I AM CURRENTLY READING UP ON THESE THINGS AND HAVE BEEN ASSURED BY MANY A FOLK THAT ONCE THE TIME COMES, INSTINCT WILL KICK IN...AND THAT I REALLY DO BELIEVE, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU OUT THERE HAVE ANY ADVICE ON BECOMING A NEW PARENT (NOT YOU MOM, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU THINK)

4-D...SHMORE-D!

SO WE WENT TO GET OUR 3-D/4-D ULTRASOUND A FEW WEEKS BACK (OK MAYBE IT WAS MONTHS...I AM A SLACK MO' FO' WHEN IT COMES TO UPDATES)...IT COST US OUR NEXT BORN AFTER ADDISON AND A TESTICAL (LUCKILY CANDACE NEVER USES HERS) AND WE HARDLY GOT ANY DECENT PHOTOS. FAST FORWARD A FEW WEEKS AND WE ARE AT THE SPECIALIST'S OFFICE (MS. ADDISON HAS A TINY BIT OF WATER ON HER KIDNEYS...BUT IT SEEMS TO BE DOING A-OK) AND THEY GIVE US A 3-D/4-D ULTRASOUND TO CHECK ON THE PROBLEMATIC KIDNEY AND IT ROCKED THE SOCKS OFF THE ONE WE PAID FOR...AND HERE IT IS...

CUTE....CUTE...AND MORE CUTE!!!

FEEL THAT KICK? SHES GONNA' BE A SOCCER PLAYA'!

I FINALLY GOT TO FEEL ADDISON KICK!!!
A FEW DAYS BACK WE WERE LAYING AROUND TALKING ABOUT HOW CANDACE COULD FEEL ADDISON (THATS SO COOL THAT "BABY ARMSTRONG" NOW HAS A NAME) KICK. SHE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW I COULD NOT FEEL IT YET BECAUSE SHE WAS KICKING SO HARD. SO WE SAT AROUND FEELING AND WATCHING CANDACE'S BELLY FOR A FEW MINUTES AND JUST AS WE WERE ABOUT TO GIVE UP....CANDACE'S BELLY JUMPED! AND LET ME TELL YOU IT WAS NO TINY JUMP...MY BABY CAN KICK! AFTER THE INITIAL KICK I PUT MY HAND ON ADDISON'S TEMPORARY HOUSING AND SHE KICKED AGAIN FOR ME! AS OF LAST NIGHT THE KICKS HAVE TURNED INTO MOVING MOTIONS, AS IF ADDY IS SWIMMING AROUND IN THERE!

THE LONGEST ULTRASOUND EVER...

FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAYED UPDATE, BUT YESTERDAY WAS EVENTFUL, TO SAY THE LEAST. SO HERE IS HOW IT WENT DOWN...

AS PLANNED WE WENT FOR THE SHOW-ME-THE-SEX ULTRASOUND (THATS THE MEDICAL TERM USED FOR IT) AND DID NOT KNOW HOW LONG WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TO FIND OUT. IT WAS NOT THE NURSES FAULT THOUGH, IT WAS JUST VERY THOROUGH...MAKING SURE THE BABY WAS DOING WELL, CHECKING FOR ALL 4 HEART CHAMBERS (THEY WERE ALL THERE!!!!) AND SUCH....BUT THAT DID NOT STOP ALL THE NERVOUS ANTICIPATION (SEE PHOTO BELOW)
I AM NOT KIDDING WHEN I SAY I REALLY BELIEVED THAT AT ONE POINT IN TIME DURING THE EXAM, MY MOM WAS GOING TO YELL OUT "WILL YOU JUST FIND THE DAMN GIRL/BOY PARTS!" ANYHOW AFTER WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY OF WAITING, THE PARTS WERE FOUND AND IT IS A BABY.....
THATS RIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS...LET ME BE THE FIRST TO PRESENT TO YOU THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE ARMSTRONG ARMY, MS. ADDISON MARIE ARMSTRONG...
BEAUTIFUL AINT' SHE...JUST LIKE HER PA'!

TICKETS ON SALE NOW...

THATS RIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...AFTER WEEKS OF NOT UPDATING THE BLOG, I DROP THE BOMB ON YOU GUYS...TOMORROW IS THE DAY WE FIND OUT IF WE ARE HAVING A BOY OR A GIRL!!!! I WON'T BE ABLE TO SLEEP TONIGHT, SO IF YOU GET BORED JUST GIVE ME A BUZZ! CANDACE IS NOW THINKING IT IS GOING TO BE A BOY (ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE WE HAVE TALKED TO). I, HOWEVER, THINK THAT WE BEST START PAINTING THE TOWN PINK, NOT THAT I PREFER ONE TO THE OTHER. ANYONE UP FOR A BET? (I NEED VIDEO GAME/DVD/MUSIC MONEY NOW THAT WE ARE ON A "BABY" BUDGET)

A FEW WEEKS (COULD HAVE BEEN MONTHS) I (SAM) WAS HEADED INTO TALLAHASSEE AND WAS PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING. NOW I COULD EASILY TURN THIS INTO A RANT AND RAVE ABOUT HOW COPS SHOULD HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN PULL ME OVER FOR GOING 7 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT AND WHAT NOT....BUT HOW COULD YOU BE MAD AT THE FLORIDA STATE PATROL WHEN THEY OFFER CLASSES LIKE THE ONE LISTED IN THE MAILER I RECIEVED (CLICK ABOVE PICTURE) A FEW DAYS LATER! OH YOU CRAZY STATE TROOPERS! SEE KIDS, BREAKING THE LAW CAN BE FUN!
(ON A SIDE NOTE, I DID NOT ATTEND THE CLASS...I DON'T FIND RULE BREAKING FUNNY!)

THIS BLOG IS STARTING TO STINK...

SO I GET TO WORK THIS MORNING AND I AM GREETED WITH A PACKAGE FROM NONE OTHER THAN DEBORAH (SPELLING IS INTENTIONAL) J. HILL. IT WAS NOT TICKING (FROM WHAT I COULD HEAR) SO I DECIDED IT WAS SAFE TO OPEN. UPON OPENING IT, I WAS GREETED WITH THE GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN*....WALTER THE FARTING DOG (AS WELL AS WALTER HIMSELF IN THE FORM OF A STUFFED ANIMAL THAT FARTS WHEN SQUEEZED!). AFTER SHOWING OFF WALTER'S BOOK AND HIS ABILITY TO FART-PROPELL HIMSELF INTO FLIGHT (WELL WALTER TOOK CARE OF THE SOUND EFFECTS AND I HELPED LIFT HIM IN THE AIR), PARKER HERE AT THE OFFICE ASKED WHAT NAME WE HAD CHOSEN TO TEACH OUR CHILD WHEN HE OR SHE PASSES GAS, BECAUSE SOME PARENTS BELIEVE THAT SAYING HE OR SHE "FARTED" MIGHT NOT BE AS SOCIABLY ACCEPTABLE AS TERMS SUCH AS POOTERING AND ROOT-TOOT-TOOTING. I DON'T HONESTLY REMEMBER HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MY MOM ABOUT THE NAMING OF FARTS, JUST THAT IF I DIDN'T STOP THEM WHEN THEY HAPPENED, I WOULD GET OLDER AND NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THEM (DAMN I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO HER!!!). SO I ASK YOU, THE READER....WHAT DO YOU CALL YOUR FARTS?

*THOSE WHO KNOW ME CAN ATTEST THAT MY GREATEST LIST IS NOT BASED NUMERICALLY, SUCH AS GREATEST, THEN 2ND GREATEST, BUT RATHER ON WHAT IS NEWEST...ITS A PRODUCT OF ADD!!

By request...

Boo!

SO TONIGHT WE WENT TO THE BOOK STORE TO PICK OUT BABY'S 1ST READ. CANDACE PICKED OUT SOME CRAPPY BOOK (BUT DID NOT REALIZE IT WAS CRAPPY UNTIL WE GOT HOME) AND I PICKED OUT....THE GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN!

ARMSTRONG BABY FOR DUMMIES...

POOR PICKLES AND ICE CREAM...

DON'T LAUGH TACO BELL...YOUR NEXT!

WEEK 12/13...

DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK (DOCTOR OR NURSE). WE ARE AROUND WEEK 12 AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED. WE HAVE SWEATED IT OUT WAITING FOR THIS PAST VISIT AND NOT ONLY DID WE GET THE GOOD NEWS THAT THE "LITTLE CAMPER" LOOKS WELL....WE ALSO GOT FINGERS AND ARMS......AND A SKULL!

IN THE BEGINNING...

(WEEK 7)
WELL WE ARE IN WEEK 12 NOW, BUT WE THOUGHT IT BEST TO REWIND A BIT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED BABY'S FIRST MUG SHOT!

AND SO IT BEGINS...

WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT NOT EVERYONE CARES TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH THE DELICIOUSLY ADDICTIVE MYSPACE..WE HAVE DECIDED TO CREATE A BLOG!
(DON'T WORRY MOM, IT'S NOT IMPERATIVE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT A BLOG IS...JUST THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO GET TO IT!)