Then I have to go back to work :(
Oh well...I'm too busy enjoying my baby to worry about that right now!
Adele went over to Laureli's today while I took Will bowling. I think everyone had a blast! Laureli skipped her morning nap because she was so busy playing with Adele, and I didn't even have Angelia try to put Adele down for a nap because I knew that would be a losing battle! (I guess we'll have to schedule all of our playdates for the morning from now on, since when I had them both in the afternoon they just took turns napping...) Adele wasn't at all fussy when I picked her up, so I can only assume that she had so much fun she forgot to get sleepy. When we got home, Adele ate lunch and took a 2 hour nap...yay!
One of Adele's favorite things to say is "Ada". It sure sounds like she's saying her own name, but I don't think that's what she means most of the time. Sometimes it means Dada, and others it means "What's that" (Something I've realized that I say A LOT during the day). Today Adele said a new "word" (...or something that sounded kind of like a couple of words at least.) In addition to asking "what's that" throughout the day, we go "looking" for things, and when we find them, I say, "There it is". One of Adele's favorite things to "find" is the picture of Daddy in the piano room. She can look through the banister on the stairs and see the picture (we often wave to "Daddy" when going upstairs). Today as we were headed up the stairs, Adele pointed to the picture and said "eah is". The "is" part was very clear. What a smart little girl!
Speaking of smart, Adele has learned some of the figures in her nativity set. She definitely knows Mary, and sometimes she knows Baby Jesus. She also seems to know the cow, but gets it confused with the goat sometimes. All night tonight, we would ask her to find Mary and she'd go right over to Mary and pick her up! We do talk about the Christmas story several times a day, and she holds the figures from my "real" nativity set as well as the ones from her own. It's so cool to watch her recognize the figures! It really makes me wonder just how much she understands about the world!
Well, that's all for now. I hope I start feeling better soon so I can enjoy my last few days at home with my little girl!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
New Hangout
Adele was playing in the kitchen today and found a cool new place to hang out:
She played in there for quite a while before I opened the other door.
Can you guess what we did when she finally came out?
She played in there for quite a while before I opened the other door.
Can you guess what we did when she finally came out?
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
First Haircut
It had to be done. Adele's hair was in her eyes, and she doesn't keep her barettes in long enough for them to do any good. I cut her hair while she sat on my lap facing away from me, so it's a little crooked, but it'll grow out! Daddy got some cute pictures of the process!
Bye bye rat tail:
She was pretty well behaved for me (she liked chewing on the comb!):
It's not nearly as short as it looks in this picture, but it's not in her eyes anymore, either!
By the way, I need to thank Tisha for bringing up haircuts on the phone tonight. Daddy overheard my part of the conversation and for some reason decided that we might as well go ahead and cut it!
Bye bye rat tail:
She was pretty well behaved for me (she liked chewing on the comb!):
It's not nearly as short as it looks in this picture, but it's not in her eyes anymore, either!
By the way, I need to thank Tisha for bringing up haircuts on the phone tonight. Daddy overheard my part of the conversation and for some reason decided that we might as well go ahead and cut it!
More Thanksgiving Pictures
These are from Tim and Laura's:
Tim and Laura found adorable onesies for James and Adele. His said, "Good things come in small packages" and Adele's said "All Mommy wants for Christmas is a silent night". Too cute. Too bad we couldn't get both kiddos to look at the camera at the same time:
James helps Daddy with his video editing:
Sitting with Grandpa:
Both babies watched Daddy load up our car:
Tim and Laura found adorable onesies for James and Adele. His said, "Good things come in small packages" and Adele's said "All Mommy wants for Christmas is a silent night". Too cute. Too bad we couldn't get both kiddos to look at the camera at the same time:
James helps Daddy with his video editing:
Sitting with Grandpa:
Both babies watched Daddy load up our car:
Thanksgiving Pictures
As promised...
These are from Memaw and Gramps' house, and are not in order:
"What's my Daddy doing?"
"Helping" Memaw prepare dinner:
Snuggling with Aunt Katie and her bottle:
"Hmm, what's in THIS cupboard?"
She's trying to get Gramps' mustache:
Say "Cheese!"
"I got it!"
She dragged this piano into any nook and cranny she could find:
Playing with one of the new toys that Memaw got her:
Stay tuned for more...
These are from Memaw and Gramps' house, and are not in order:
"What's my Daddy doing?"
"Helping" Memaw prepare dinner:
Snuggling with Aunt Katie and her bottle:
"Hmm, what's in THIS cupboard?"
She's trying to get Gramps' mustache:
Say "Cheese!"
"I got it!"
She dragged this piano into any nook and cranny she could find:
Playing with one of the new toys that Memaw got her:
Stay tuned for more...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Just One Of Those Days...
And I'm glad it's over!
Remember that story, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? Well, I think I could write the sequel after the day we've had!
Things were fine, at first. Adele slept in a little bit, so we got up around 8. Since she had slept in, she was ready for breakfast right away. That's when the trouble started. I had put some yogurt and a jar of baby food into one of her bowls, and set it on the table. Then I started getting my own breakfast ready. I heard a loud crash and turned around to find yogurt and baby food everywhere. All over the floor, her high chair, her PJ's, and even on Cookie! I guess Adele was close enough to the table that she could reach the bowl, and she knocked it right off the table. My bad!
After I got her cleaned up (and fed her a second bowl of the yummy mix), we headed upstairs so I could shower. I have a bunch of toys in our bathroom that she plays with while I shower. She wasn't at all interested in the toys today. She screamed the entire time, which I felt horrible about! As soon as I was dry, we headed downstairs for a change of scenery. What a change! There was garbage all over the downstairs! I had left the garbage can out after cleaning up Adele's mess, and yogurt happens to be Cookie's favorite "people food." She had licked all of the paper towels clean and carried "goodies" (wrappers, dirty kleenex, paper towles, etc) into every room! ARGH! Again, it was my fault because I had meant to take the bag of trash out after cleaning up the breakfast mess, but I must have forgot, and the trash can doesn't have a lid.
I pretended to be mad at Cookie, and made her stay outside while I cleaned the mess, but I couldn't really blame her, could I?
Adele fought her nap. I was taking her to get pictures taken, so I didn't want her to have bags under her eyes, but what could I do? She rested for a few minutes while I printed off coupons for her pictures, but she never slept. Needless to say, she wasn't exactly smiley at her photo shoot. She did take a couple cute pictures, but it was like pulling teeth just to get her to smile. Of course, while we waited for our proofs, she smiled up a storm for the lady at Starbucks, and the other woman at the photo place. (I partly blame our photographer for this one, she clearly had not worked with many babies.)
When we got home, we had yet another surprise waiting for us. Cookie has a football toy that is stuffed with tiny little styrofoam beads. I have had to sew it a few times because the beads find their way out of the seams. It was actually supposed to be put away because it had sprung a new hole, but Adele got to it yesterday and had it mixed in with her toys. I hadn't put it away yet, so Cookie got to it. (Hmm...whose fault do you suppose that was?) Well, there was no repairing it this time. Cookie had basically destroyed it, and it looked like it had snowed in the living room.
Adele basically refused to eat her lunch, aside from some puffs and cheese, but that's nothing new. She took a decent nap and I was able to do some of the cleaning I had actually planned on doing today.
At dinner, Adele was fussy again. I ended up feeding her bananas on my lap because I wanted her to eat SOMETHING. What do you know, she threw up. (Thank goodness for plastic bibs with pockets is all I can say about that!) I guess she wasn't just being fussy afterall. Poor little baby! She had a little fever and just wanted to snuggle. She ended up playing a little with Daddy while I cleaned up, but then went to bed early. She's already fussed twice, and I have a feeling it's going to be a long night. (We don't make her cry when she's sick...)
Surprisingly (to me, at least) despite all of our troubles today, I was able to just laugh everything off.
I know I promised pictures, but it's House and Fringe night so I'm BUSY!!! (Plus, I deserve a little break after the day that I've had!)
Remember that story, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? Well, I think I could write the sequel after the day we've had!
Things were fine, at first. Adele slept in a little bit, so we got up around 8. Since she had slept in, she was ready for breakfast right away. That's when the trouble started. I had put some yogurt and a jar of baby food into one of her bowls, and set it on the table. Then I started getting my own breakfast ready. I heard a loud crash and turned around to find yogurt and baby food everywhere. All over the floor, her high chair, her PJ's, and even on Cookie! I guess Adele was close enough to the table that she could reach the bowl, and she knocked it right off the table. My bad!
After I got her cleaned up (and fed her a second bowl of the yummy mix), we headed upstairs so I could shower. I have a bunch of toys in our bathroom that she plays with while I shower. She wasn't at all interested in the toys today. She screamed the entire time, which I felt horrible about! As soon as I was dry, we headed downstairs for a change of scenery. What a change! There was garbage all over the downstairs! I had left the garbage can out after cleaning up Adele's mess, and yogurt happens to be Cookie's favorite "people food." She had licked all of the paper towels clean and carried "goodies" (wrappers, dirty kleenex, paper towles, etc) into every room! ARGH! Again, it was my fault because I had meant to take the bag of trash out after cleaning up the breakfast mess, but I must have forgot, and the trash can doesn't have a lid.
I pretended to be mad at Cookie, and made her stay outside while I cleaned the mess, but I couldn't really blame her, could I?
Adele fought her nap. I was taking her to get pictures taken, so I didn't want her to have bags under her eyes, but what could I do? She rested for a few minutes while I printed off coupons for her pictures, but she never slept. Needless to say, she wasn't exactly smiley at her photo shoot. She did take a couple cute pictures, but it was like pulling teeth just to get her to smile. Of course, while we waited for our proofs, she smiled up a storm for the lady at Starbucks, and the other woman at the photo place. (I partly blame our photographer for this one, she clearly had not worked with many babies.)
When we got home, we had yet another surprise waiting for us. Cookie has a football toy that is stuffed with tiny little styrofoam beads. I have had to sew it a few times because the beads find their way out of the seams. It was actually supposed to be put away because it had sprung a new hole, but Adele got to it yesterday and had it mixed in with her toys. I hadn't put it away yet, so Cookie got to it. (Hmm...whose fault do you suppose that was?) Well, there was no repairing it this time. Cookie had basically destroyed it, and it looked like it had snowed in the living room.
Adele basically refused to eat her lunch, aside from some puffs and cheese, but that's nothing new. She took a decent nap and I was able to do some of the cleaning I had actually planned on doing today.
At dinner, Adele was fussy again. I ended up feeding her bananas on my lap because I wanted her to eat SOMETHING. What do you know, she threw up. (Thank goodness for plastic bibs with pockets is all I can say about that!) I guess she wasn't just being fussy afterall. Poor little baby! She had a little fever and just wanted to snuggle. She ended up playing a little with Daddy while I cleaned up, but then went to bed early. She's already fussed twice, and I have a feeling it's going to be a long night. (We don't make her cry when she's sick...)
Surprisingly (to me, at least) despite all of our troubles today, I was able to just laugh everything off.
I know I promised pictures, but it's House and Fringe night so I'm BUSY!!! (Plus, I deserve a little break after the day that I've had!)
Monday, December 1, 2008
We're Home!
We arrived home safe and sound yesterday after a crazy but fun Thanksgiving weekend!
Adele got to see all of her relatives in just a few short days! She was such a trooper on this vacation! She is getting to be an old pro at riding in the car! She generally slept for about an hour for each leg of our journey, and spent the other 2-plus hours happily entertaining herself (with the help of whichever parent was sitting in the back with her). That's good, because of our 5 day trip, 4 days were spent driving at least 3 hours...argh!
In Wisconsin, Adele ate got some "just because" presents from Memaw (clothes and toys, fun fun fun!). She looked so cute in her new outfits! She also played with Gramps' silly mustache. She had a blast opening and closing the kitchen cupboards too! She slept well both nights there...yay! And she even took a nap for us!
At Tim and Laura's, Adele had fun playing with one of James' toys (now we know what to get her for Christmas!) She also loved the Christmas tree (and it's ornaments!). She and James had some really cute moments while trying to "share" his toys. I think we have some of them on film, so stay tuned!
She also went to her first parade! There was a "Santa Parade" on Saturday. It was all of 10 minutes long (if that) but that was just about the perfect length for a baby! There were sirens that were a bit too loud for her, but other than that, she enjoyed watching the parade. She really loved the different "characters" (Pooh Bear, and elf, etc) handing out candy!
On Saturday night, we thought it would be fun to give Adele and James their baths together. It was fun for about two minutes, then I washed Adele's hair and it was all over. She cried like she was in pain! She hasn't been that upset at bath time in a long time (...like 6 or 7 months!) We tried to distract her, but she was done for. I guess it didn't help that it was already almost bedtime when we started the bath. (That was mostly my fault...we wanted to give her her medicine before the bath so that she wouldn't get her PJ's all sticky afterward.) Oh well. James didn't mind finishing the bath by himself, and Adele was clean, so that's all that mattered. Maybe next time, babies.
Fortunately she has gotten much better about taking her medicine, thank goodness! I was dreading having to give it to her myself in the mornings after Daddy leaves for work!
Last night Adele didn't sleep all that well, but she paid me back by taking a two hour nap this morning! I was shocked! When I put her down, I immediately started putting up Christmas decorations. I wanted to hurry in case she woke up. Well...the house is now decorated (and dusted, for that matter!). I couldn't believe she slept so long! I'm not expecting another nap like that anytime soon, but it was nice to get some work done while she rested!
Hopefully I'll have some pictures to post later, right now Cookie needs to be brushed...
Adele got to see all of her relatives in just a few short days! She was such a trooper on this vacation! She is getting to be an old pro at riding in the car! She generally slept for about an hour for each leg of our journey, and spent the other 2-plus hours happily entertaining herself (with the help of whichever parent was sitting in the back with her). That's good, because of our 5 day trip, 4 days were spent driving at least 3 hours...argh!
In Wisconsin, Adele ate got some "just because" presents from Memaw (clothes and toys, fun fun fun!). She looked so cute in her new outfits! She also played with Gramps' silly mustache. She had a blast opening and closing the kitchen cupboards too! She slept well both nights there...yay! And she even took a nap for us!
At Tim and Laura's, Adele had fun playing with one of James' toys (now we know what to get her for Christmas!) She also loved the Christmas tree (and it's ornaments!). She and James had some really cute moments while trying to "share" his toys. I think we have some of them on film, so stay tuned!
She also went to her first parade! There was a "Santa Parade" on Saturday. It was all of 10 minutes long (if that) but that was just about the perfect length for a baby! There were sirens that were a bit too loud for her, but other than that, she enjoyed watching the parade. She really loved the different "characters" (Pooh Bear, and elf, etc) handing out candy!
On Saturday night, we thought it would be fun to give Adele and James their baths together. It was fun for about two minutes, then I washed Adele's hair and it was all over. She cried like she was in pain! She hasn't been that upset at bath time in a long time (...like 6 or 7 months!) We tried to distract her, but she was done for. I guess it didn't help that it was already almost bedtime when we started the bath. (That was mostly my fault...we wanted to give her her medicine before the bath so that she wouldn't get her PJ's all sticky afterward.) Oh well. James didn't mind finishing the bath by himself, and Adele was clean, so that's all that mattered. Maybe next time, babies.
Fortunately she has gotten much better about taking her medicine, thank goodness! I was dreading having to give it to her myself in the mornings after Daddy leaves for work!
Last night Adele didn't sleep all that well, but she paid me back by taking a two hour nap this morning! I was shocked! When I put her down, I immediately started putting up Christmas decorations. I wanted to hurry in case she woke up. Well...the house is now decorated (and dusted, for that matter!). I couldn't believe she slept so long! I'm not expecting another nap like that anytime soon, but it was nice to get some work done while she rested!
Hopefully I'll have some pictures to post later, right now Cookie needs to be brushed...
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