H: We had a moment

So, American Idol obviously makes it known to the world that when you have a "moment" it's really good..so this weekend I'm glad to say "we had a moment" :) Here's our story...

The last week was pretty crazy around the Hopkins house. Last Friday Addy had to go to the dr and she was diagnosed with strep throat/scarlet fever. She was fine in a few days, but it was still really scary and I'm sure horrible for her. This Friday rolls around and once again she is holding her mouth, not eating and having a low grade fever, ALL of the signs from last week's episode. Jamey kept her home Friday and I had planned to go to Monroeville after work on Friday so I stayed true to the plan and after I got off and relieved Jamey so he could go to work :( we set off. She slept the whole way and we got there and basically went straight to bed. Saturday her dr. (Dr. Sooooooong as she calls him..haha) called in a different antibiotic and she seems to feel a lot better today. We had a great visit down in LA. Rhiannon and I went and saw Amy and Laney for the first time. Laney is such a doll and I'm super glad I finally got to see those 2! In the mean time, Ashlee, mom and Addison bought everything available in Wal-Mart! That child is so spoiled, BUT I know for sure that the Wal-Mart trip made a lot of people happy that day...so why not? While we were in Monroeville a few different funny things happened that I wanted to share. Addy and I were going to bed Friday night and she had hardly talked all day until this point. She was talking about everything and I just couldn't tell her to stop! She was telling me all about what we were "going to do in the morning!" In a really familiar voice! Then she just looked at me and said "I love you mommy" and gave me a big kiss! wow...MOMENT. The next day Ashlee, Addy and I were in Ashlee's room and for the 1st time, Addy looked at my little curio in the corner and said "BARBIES!!!!" Ashlee and I just looked at each other and we knew we were thinking the same thing. That was the 1st time, out of all of the times she has been in that room, that she has noticed the barbies! ....MOMENT. I feel like she's growing up so fast.. it's so hard to understand what that saying means until you have a child..or maybe a niece or nephew because I think they realize it as well! :)

What a sweet face!! See her "boo-boo's" from the scarlet fever?