Hanging out in Grandma's chair:
"Cheese!"
Yes...they're playing "Doctor"...
The Gropp Clan:
(Minus Cordie, Belle and two little beans)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Thanksgiving, 2009!
We stopped in LaPorte for a few hours before heading up to Aunt DeeDee's wedding. Grandma made a wonderful dinner, and Adele and James had fun playing, as usual!
Hanging out in Grandma's chair:
"Cheese!"
Yes...they're playing "Doctor"...
The Gropp Clan:
(Minus Cordie, Belle and two little beans)
Hanging out in Grandma's chair:
"Cheese!"
Yes...they're playing "Doctor"...
The Gropp Clan:
(Minus Cordie, Belle and two little beans)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Big Girl Haircut!
Adele has had her hair cut a few times, but I've only really had her bangs cut.
Her last haircut was done with the intention that she would wear a clip in her hair, to allow the sides to grow out, and so that her bangs didn't start on the back of her scalp (Seriously!)
Well, right after that haircut, Adele lost ALL interest of keeping any kind of "pretty" in her hair, so she usually just looks like a shaggy ragamuffin.
I decided that with her "starring" role in Aunt Dee Dee's wedding on Saturday it was time for a trim. The stylist convinced me to cut the back of her hair up to even it out, and she really fixed the bangs/sides of her hair as well.
She did have to distract Adele...well, okay...both of us....while she cut the back, but I'm SO glad she did it! I'm not uploading pictures on purpose-you'll have to wait to see Adele's haircut in the wedding pictures! But get ready, Adele looks like a big girl for sure now!
Her last haircut was done with the intention that she would wear a clip in her hair, to allow the sides to grow out, and so that her bangs didn't start on the back of her scalp (Seriously!)
Well, right after that haircut, Adele lost ALL interest of keeping any kind of "pretty" in her hair, so she usually just looks like a shaggy ragamuffin.
I decided that with her "starring" role in Aunt Dee Dee's wedding on Saturday it was time for a trim. The stylist convinced me to cut the back of her hair up to even it out, and she really fixed the bangs/sides of her hair as well.
She did have to distract Adele...well, okay...both of us....while she cut the back, but I'm SO glad she did it! I'm not uploading pictures on purpose-you'll have to wait to see Adele's haircut in the wedding pictures! But get ready, Adele looks like a big girl for sure now!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
The Dress-Up Queen!
I have no idea when these pictures were taken, they were just on the camera when I downloaded the last batch of pictures, but they're CUTE!
And here she is "dressing up" Cookie:
And here she is "dressing up" Cookie:
Grissom Air Museum
Every time we go to LaPorte we pass Grissom. Daddy and I went once when we were dating (a hundred years ago) and we've always talked about taking Adele, but we're always in a hurry to get where we're going, I guess. As we drove back after Halloween, the weather was perfect and it was early in the day, so we stopped:
Monkey See, Monkey Do!
Here I am taking my shoes upstairs:
I know...I have a problem...whether my problem is the shoes, or my failure to bring them upstairs each night is not certain. What I do know is that it was HILLARIOUS when Adele tried the same thing a few days later:
So here's my question...Where did Adele learn THIS?
Yes, that's a hamburger...straight off the grill. No time for a bun or condiments, she wanted BEEF!
I know...I have a problem...whether my problem is the shoes, or my failure to bring them upstairs each night is not certain. What I do know is that it was HILLARIOUS when Adele tried the same thing a few days later:
So here's my question...Where did Adele learn THIS?
Yes, that's a hamburger...straight off the grill. No time for a bun or condiments, she wanted BEEF!
Where were we?
It's been TOO long since I've blogged. I've had plenty of excuses (we were out of town, I couldn't find the camera cord, there was that 24-hour stomach bug that ended up lasting 8!! days, etc) but really there is no "good" reason (Okay, the stomach flu thing sucked!) besides being lazy. Oh, and I pretty much nap when Adele naps now a days too, but I just started my second trimester with "Little Bean" so hopefully I'll have a sudden boost of energy soon!!!
Anyway, enough with the blabbing, here are the pictures!
One afternoon, Daddy and Adele did a little "Halloween" photo shoot in her princess dress:
"Working" at the pumpkin patch at church:
She got a kick out of the "bumpy" one:
I love this one-the pumpkin was "dented" but the way she's holding it makes it look like she's squeezing it out of shape:
"Helping" me move the little ones:
We took her to the zoo for ZooBoo, but kind of missed the trick-or-treat times. It was chilly, and she was mostly scared of all of the Halloween decorations, but we still managed to have fun!
She finally started warming up to the decorations:
We spent Halloween at Tim and Laura's, and the cousins had a fun weekend filled with mostly...sugar!
Aunt Laura is great about having crafts for the kids at each holiday, and this time was no exception. James and Adele got to decorate sugar cookies (and then the grown-ups ate them all!) Fun!
She took her job pretty seriously:
Showing Bapa Grandma's music boxes:
Getting ready to trick-or-treat/Adele's first sucker:
The kids decided that toys were more fun than candy:
The first "official" trick-or-treat house of 2009:
Adele and James rode in the wagon. Thank goodness Daddy came along to pull them!
This is the sucker that I "found" in Adele's mouth after about the 3rd house of trick-or-treating. I meant to feed her a snack before we left (somehow, I don't think the dum dum at Grandma's counted...) but didn't. At least she chose one of her treats that was peanut free!!!
Anyway, enough with the blabbing, here are the pictures!
One afternoon, Daddy and Adele did a little "Halloween" photo shoot in her princess dress:
"Working" at the pumpkin patch at church:
She got a kick out of the "bumpy" one:
I love this one-the pumpkin was "dented" but the way she's holding it makes it look like she's squeezing it out of shape:
"Helping" me move the little ones:
We took her to the zoo for ZooBoo, but kind of missed the trick-or-treat times. It was chilly, and she was mostly scared of all of the Halloween decorations, but we still managed to have fun!
She finally started warming up to the decorations:
We spent Halloween at Tim and Laura's, and the cousins had a fun weekend filled with mostly...sugar!
Aunt Laura is great about having crafts for the kids at each holiday, and this time was no exception. James and Adele got to decorate sugar cookies (and then the grown-ups ate them all!) Fun!
She took her job pretty seriously:
Showing Bapa Grandma's music boxes:
Getting ready to trick-or-treat/Adele's first sucker:
The kids decided that toys were more fun than candy:
The first "official" trick-or-treat house of 2009:
Adele and James rode in the wagon. Thank goodness Daddy came along to pull them!
This is the sucker that I "found" in Adele's mouth after about the 3rd house of trick-or-treating. I meant to feed her a snack before we left (somehow, I don't think the dum dum at Grandma's counted...) but didn't. At least she chose one of her treats that was peanut free!!!
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