Whose Toes Are Those?

Too bad I don't have a picture of anyone's toes for you...

This morning, Adele was completely fascinated by Cookie's feet. She stood by the couch (yes, Cookie was up on the furniture) and pulled at Cookie's fur, touched her claws and the pads of her feet, looking up at both of us smiling and laughing. Cookie just put up with her (it helped that I was petting Cookie...plus, she knows that when she allows Adele to maul her, she ends up getting rewarded with treats big time!)

In other news, I'm feeling better...still sick but MUCH better than I was earlier this week. Now it just feels like I have a bad cold, not like my throat is going to explode out of my ears, so I'm making progress! If you ever go to the doctor and they tell you that you have a sinus infection, but won't treat you until you've been sick for two weeks, I definitely recommend Musinex.

Adele and I had a great morning...we actually played since I was feeling so much better, Yay! Aunt Katie gave her a "Little People" nativity set and while she was amused by it for all of two minutes yesterday, today she was much more interested in it. She carried one of the wise men around with her all day.

Ooh..funny story: as I was putting a few ornaments on the tree yesterday, I was wishing that I had a baby friendly Christmas decoration for Adele to play with while she "helped" me (She was grabbing ornaments and handing them to me...kinda scary!). Finally I remembered that I DID have an Adele friendly toy! The Nativity set from Aunt Katie! She gave it to us before Adele was born, and it was tucked away in her closet. So, I took it out, and Adele was pretty interested like I said, for about two minutes. Then she pretty much fussed if I even made her look at one of the pieces!

Anyway....after playing with her nativity set, we had lunch with Jenn. Surprisingly, Adele and Ainsley were BOTH awake this time! (Of course, Ainsley was SUPPOSED to be sleeping....) That's a first, and we have lunch together pretty frequently. At one point, the girls stood together, wrinkling up their noses and smiling at each other. It was so cute! (Aunt Katie: before you ask, Adele was holding onto the couch...but she is working on standing all by herself). We had a nice lunch and played a for bit and then we headed over to Target.

I wore Adele in the sling the whole time at Target and no one said anything about curtains. (Thank Goodness!) She snuggled right up into me the whole time we shopped (a whopping 30 or 40 minutes...). Sometimes she would pat or rub my back, too. It was so sweet! If she didn't get so heavy after a while, I would have stayed at Target for hours just to keep snuggling with her!

When Daddy got home from work, Adele was all smiles for him, too. I think my improved mood helped her be more cheerful too! (and even Daddy said tonight that I've been a trooper and haven't been too whiny since I've been sick!...but I am sick, nonetheless, so it's been hard to keep my energy levels up when playing with Little Miss all day long!) Anyway, as I said, she was all smiles for him. Wrinkley nose smiles. Daddy loves those! She snuggled in to him at one point too (which she almost never does), but was back to wrinkling her nose at him by the time I grabbed the camera.

It was hard to put Miss Adele to bed tonight. She was SO cute all day long, plus tomorrow she'll be 10, yes TEN months old!!! I can't believe it! Do you think she'd stop growing up so fast if I just held on to her really *really* tight???

I know I haven't posted pictures in a while...here's one from Wednesday (I think...):

Miss Crazy Hair Girl!

Shopping!

Well, Adele and I are both feeling under the weather, still but that didn't stop us from going shopping with Jill today! (I figure, if I'm not sick enough for the doctor to give me any medicine, I'm not too sick to shop!)

Adele tried to be a good baby, but like I said, she's not feeling 100% either. I can't really pinpoint what's wrong, but I think her throat might be a little bit sore too. She's been very finicky about what she eats lately, and that's DEFINITELY not like her!

I actually think that if she'd been able to just crawl around the mall, she would have been fine! I did let her crawl a little bit in one of the stores, but that was crazy! She didn't want to crawl to Jill, or to me, so she would have been a huge pain if I'd actually let her crawl around! She went back and forth between the stroller and her sling, and I could usually curb her fussing by changing where she was "riding."

At one point, I stopped to feed her a bottle on one of the little benches outside of a store. Just as we were finishing, a lady came and sat next to us. She seemed pretty crazy, but I didn't mind at first, especially since I knew we were going to get up soon. I got Adele into the sling and suddenly the lady started trying to touch her face (She sits in the sling facing me, like I'm holding her on my hip) I wasn't too fond of that! Eventually we got away and headed into the store.

I guess two women started walking behind us. Suddenly I hear, "It looks like she's wearing a curtain" and then something about fashion and dressing like Carol Burnett. I was DYING inside! (Remember, I'm wearing Adele in the sling). Finally I turned a corner and they could see Adele. One of them said, "Oh, there's a baby in there!

Jill and I were separated at this point, so I called her so we could find each other. As I was telling her where I was, a guy stopped me and said, "Mrs. G, blah blah blah..." as I was on the phone. I had to say to Jill, "Um...just a minute, I guess someone is trying to talk to me." Did he not see that I was on the phone? It turns out he recognized me from working with a colorguard a few years ago. I guess it was just *that* important to say hi.

Eventually Jill and I found each other, and had a good laugh about my "curtain." At that point, both Adele and I had had enough of crazy shopping for one day!

Sick, Sick, Sick!

Mommy, that is! I am sick enough that I actually went to the doctor today.

I really feel bad for Adele, because she has a dud of a Mommy right now! All I want to do is lay around and whine!

Well, I thought she was going to nap, but I guess I'm wrong....more blogging later, I guess :)

Not That Lazy, After All!

Well, we did finally get out of our PJ's yesterday.

We ran errands and then went swimming at the Y, then I made a huge dinner...well, not really huge, but it took a lot of preparation! I made homemade potato soup. I've been toying with different recipes for...years...and finally I have one that Daddy likes! So, I made a double batch of potato soup, and baked a ham to go with it. Now I have a ham bone to use in a soup in the future, not to mention a ton of leftover ham to eat up!

Adele tried some soup and loved it, but she just kept spitting it out when I tried to feed it to her for lunch today. I didn't even try any ham today, she gobbled it up last night, but apparently has "issues" with leftover meat...she basically refuses to eat leftover meat. She'll spit it out if it's mixed in a casserole, and she won't touch it if I put it on her tray. I used to hate leftover meat too, so maybe she really can tell the difference....hmmm.

Today Adele has had lots of "Daddy Time"...which is about her favorite thing to do on the weekends!

We went to early church, then Daddy and Adele went bumming at Target while I went to a Sunday School class. I liked my class, and they found some necessary items at Target, so it was a good morning for everyone! Adele told me that she just loved shopping with Daddy.

Adele went down for a nap as soon as we got home from church, so Daddy and I ate and then Daddy brought in the Christmas tree. I set the tree up while Adele napped. When Adele woke up, she had more Daddy Time when I put the lights on the tree. She's not all that excited about the tree yet, but we think that once we put the ornaments on she'll like it more.

Out of the blue, Adele got super fussy this afternoon, we're not exactly sure why, but she's napping now, so hopefully she'll be feeling better (read: Less Fussy!!!) when she wakes up.

Grandpa Time!

Grandpa was in town for a conference, so he spent the night here last night. Adele was so cute playing with him...and showing off for him!


He took us out to dinner last night, and Miss Adele was the perfect little baby! We've had a lazy morning so far today. Daddy picked up breakfast burritos from Qdoba, so we ate here and spent time lazing around, rolling around on the foor and reading books. In all honesty, Adele and I are still in our PJ's. (It makes sense for her, since she's currently napping, but I have no excuse!) The weather is miserable, it's cold and rainy. (Fortunately for me, that's how I like it...but I must admit, I guess it is perfect PJ day weather!)



Adele was sick on Thursday, she was running a slight fever and she pretty much pooped all morning long. (Sorry!) At first I though the pooping was related to the peanut she accidentally ate on Wednesday, but the fever changed my mind. I tried to feed her mild foods all day, but she threw up her entire lunch anyway. Thankfully we were outside, so the majority of the mess went into the grass, as opposed to on the carpet! We were supposed to go over to Laureli's for dinner but ended up cancelling...I didn't want her to get Laureli sick, but as it turned out, Laureli already wasn't feeling well.

Friday morning Adele's fever was gone, but she was still sleepy. In fact, she laid her head down on the ground for a one-minute snooze while on her way to read some books:

She perked up quickly and was a real cutie all day. She got to wear a new, sparkly outfit from Aunt Katie, and she just loved all of the "bling":

Silly Girl!

Here are some random "silly" moments with our Ellie Belly (I think they're from Saturday):

Say Cheese!

For you, Aunt Katie: (I apologize, she's eating cheese, not lima beans...)

"Cheese"

"Yum!"


She's signing "more":

"Where did my piece of cheese go?

"Oh, it's in my mouth..."