A is 8 months old!!

So I wrote this like a week or so ago and forgot to post it... oops! 


My baby girl is 8 months old. How is that even possible (I know, I say that so often)? She really is getting to be such a big girl. She's a sweetheart and smiles ALL the time. It's awesome and adorable.

I'm not sure how much she weighs, but I'm betting she's at least 20 lbs... at least. Maybe like 21 lbs. I know I used to measure Caleb, but I lost my measuring tape... well, it's probably packed up somewhere.

Adelaide, sometimes I call her Addie Mae... cute, huh? And perfect for the south. Sometimes, and lately, I call her Adelaidealaidalou (or sometimes just Adelaidealaidalou).

Remember how she learned to pull herself up and climb stairs and crawl all before she turned 7 months old? Well, now she is a master stair climber and cruises all over the place (you know, she stands up and holds onto furniture to walk around). She's tried letting go a couple of times, and lasts for .357 seconds before she either grabs whatever furniture she was holding or falls to the ground. She's a brave one, an adventurer and a determined little baby.

She has tried new foods this month. She likes potatoes, and mango and peaches, and banana of course. She's not a big fan of applesauce, but does like pears and peas, and sweet potatoes. She loves bread or pizza crust. And she loves to eat- though she still doesn't eat like three meals a day or anything... she usually just eats one meal a day and a snack- sometimes more just depends on the day and what she's in the mood for. If I'm around, she'd just rather nurse. When she's hungry, she says, "numnumnum" it's super cute and helpful. :)

Speaking of things she says, she's been saying "mamamama". I forgot to mention that last post- but now she says, "dadadada" and "ga" and she likes to yell "DAH! DAH!" So funny! She says, "bababa" and "nka"
She's quite the talker. She is super friendly and loves it when people talk to her. She smiles to say hi. It's sweet. Sometimes when I am talking, she will just stare and watch my mouth move. I love it and I will keep talking just so she keeps staring. I love that you can tell she's trying to figure out how language works.

If you mention "daddy" at all, she gets super excited. She loves her brother Caleb and they've sort of started playing together. She will chase him and they both have a good time with that.

She wants to be a big kid and tries to do what Caleb does already- this is a problem because one, she's still very much a baby and two, Caleb doesn't like when she follows him or tries to play with his toys or even looks at his toys for that matter. :)

She's pretty good with her pincer grip and can (and does) pick up small items.

She can mash up food in her mouth pretty well, too... and she doesn't have a single tooth yet.

Her sleeping pattern has been off lately, though last night she slept until 6:30, nursed and then slept until like 9:30-10.  But she's been restless a lot of nights. She still sleeps in a lot though and on mornings when she doesn't sleep in, she takes a morning nap at 9, which is nice.

She loves to be outside and loves to be on the ground. She just wants to climb and crawl and play.

She loves the theme song to Star Wars. Caleb has been requesting that and they both just love to dance to it. It's pretty awesome.

I guess that's about it. She's such a little ball of sunshine. Seriously, we love this girl to pieces. :)

I think she's the cutest.

This picture seriously cracks me up! 

I know... it's blurry, but I love the photo anyway. :) 

7 Months!!

My little baby girl Adelaide turned seven months old yesterday! 7 months since she's been born. It would be unbelievable if she wasn't so big and wasn't so mobile. She had her six month appointment late (because I missed her appointment before and the next earliest appointment I could get for her was on the 23rd) and she weighed 19 lbs and 2 oz. and was 27 inches long. My big girl. She is wearing a lot of sized 9 month clothes- especially sleepers or pants because she's kind of long.

This past month Adelaide:
- recognizes her name for sure.
- Loves Caleb, like loves him- like even if he hits her, she smiles.
- Her eyes light up when her daddy comes home. Super cute. She just loves him, too.
- I'm pretty sure she recognizes the words, "feed", "eat", "milk" and "kisses".
- I can't stop kissing her cheeks. I think she's gonna have to live with that until high school, maybe even college.
- She has the best smile.
- She still laughs like an old lady or deep in her throat... not a real hearty, belly laugh.
- She crawls like a pro. She started army crawling at about 6 1/2 months, then about a week later, was up on her hands and knees and now, you should see her go.
- She dances to music.
- She can pull herself up on things and never sits still anymore. She's such an active baby.
- She has tried bananas, pears, applesauce, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes. Within the last week, she's really started enjoying food more, so now eats some solids at least once a day.
- She doesn't sleep through the night, but there are some nights where she'll get pretty close and sleep until 4 or 5. Other nights she's super restless and up a lot.
- She loves her bouncy swing thing (like a johnny jump up).
- She loves splashing in the bath tub.
- She loves going for walks outside.
- She loves looking at herself in the mirror.
- She's teething, but no teeth yet.
- Her hair looks a little reddish when it gets wet.
- She rubs her eyes when she gets really tired.
- She puts everything in her mouth.
- I'm realizing that my house is not currently babyproof. ha.
- She's the friendliest baby and smiles at everyone and if you're having a bad day, holding her is sure to melt the bad away.

Life's good with this sweet baby around. We sure do love her around her. I still take less photos and videos these days, but I'm working on and she still has plenty of pictures to document her life... so enjoy!

And not to take away from all of her amazing accomplishments this month, but today for the first time, Caleb pee pee'd in the potty!! Woohoo! I praised him with all my might. I was so excited for him. Then he said, "Mama again?" I told him if he had to go again, he could try. So he pushed. Then he said, "Mama help?" So cute! I explained to him that I couldn't help him, that it was something that he had to do himself. I love my babies.

Enjoy the photos... p.s., they are not in order... sorry. :)

Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that she can climb stairs already? 

I just love this picture because it shows her wonderful, delicious rolls. 

Who is this baby?

Peek-a-boo!

I know, I already showed this photo... but I just had to end with it. Seriously, this girl truly is a joy. 

Months 5 and 6

I seriously have so much to write about, but there just haven't been enough hours in the day for me to keep up on the blog... and now Adelaide's 6 months old and I never wrote about her 5 months. So another combination post. Lame, I know.

Adelaide turned 5 months on July 4th. She got to see/hear her first fireworks. She did pretty well. It was kind of loud, of course, so Jeff covered her ears while I stayed with Caleb.

She really started chewing on EVERYTHING in the past couple of months. She still has no teeth, which is alright by me, but she must be working on them.

She continues to love her brother. If he comes near her, her eyes light up and she smiles. It's super precious (I know I mention it a lot, but I don't think I'll ever get over it).

I started trying to put her down for naps in her crib. It lasted a couple of days. She would only sleep for about 20 minutes at a time, I'd go in, pat her back and she'd sleep for another 20-30 minutes. But we've been so busy lately that I've not been able to keep it up. Hoping to start back up this week. And get her to sleep on her own at night, too. Wish us luck. :) So far, she continues to sleep better than Caleb did, so I don't think it will be that difficult. We'll see.

Adelaide can roll over from back- to- tummy and from tummy- to- back. Jeff saw her roll over for the first time from her back to her tummy. I didn't believe him at first. Sometimes she'll roll over several times.

She doesn't crawl yet, but she does move backwards and she can push herself around in circles. Everytime I see her move around, the song, "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys gets stuck in my head.

She has tried Twizzlers and grapes courtesy of Jeff. She sneaked a waffle fry and we let her try pears this weekend, which she didn't really like. We're not really in any hurry for her to try eating food and she doesn't really seem all that interested yet, either. So we'll just see when she wants to eat, let her try a few things and go from there.

She refuses bottles. I just did a four-day photography workshop and wasn't always available to nurse (though it worked out that I was available to nurse her quite often) and so I had pumped breastmilk for her to drink when I wasn't available. She refused to drink it though and would hold off until I could feed her, which twice meant that she didn't eat for 5 hours and was starving by the time I could feed her.

Right around 4 1/2 months she discovered her feet and would grab them all of the time. She would also use her feet to grab other objects, like books or stuffed animals.

She enjoyed the pool for the first time right after she turned 5 months old. She loved it.

She took her first trip to Buena Vista and visited with friends and made a new friend.

She also took her first trip to Palmyra, New York. We met a few cast members from the Hill Cummorah Pageant. She got to go to the Sacred Grove. She got her first fever on the trip. :( So sad.

At about 5 1/2 months she started being able to sit up on her own. We then started putting her in the high chair, which made me kind of sad because it meant my baby was growing up.

She also gets up on her knees a lot and rocks back and forth and lunges forward even, sometimes. She loves to get up on her knees and often has red knees because of it. She also does a lot of push-ups. Super cute!

She loves to listen to music and be outside. She loves to ride in her stroller and oftentimes will fall asleep. She also loves to be carried or worn.

She will play on the floor by herself while I do a chore or two, which is nice. Other times she wants to be held, so I'll just wear her while I work on chores.

She puts everything in her mouth.

She says, "mamamama", "nananana" and other sounds. She's quite vocal and has been for awhile.

She's fallen off of the bed twice. The last time was a pretty bad fall and scared me a lot. Jeff said the look on my face was one of a heartbroken mama. I was nervous for days that something must've happened to her when she fell (honestly, still a little nervous as it seems she's been a bit fussier and has had a harder time sleeping since then).

She has her 6 month check up on Tuesday, so I'll update then with her stats, but she's doing fabulously well. She appears to be strong and healthy and happy. We love this girl of ours.

Time for the photos (as usual, there are a ton- so brace yourselves... but in my defense, it's two months worth)... also, I have a couple others that I will add when I find them.:

For some reason the pictures are not in order and I don't have time to re-order them... but I'll try to date them a little.

Just this past week.

The end of June at Caleb's birthday party.

4.5 months

Almost 5 months.

So cute!

I love their interactions.

5 months old- with her grandpa. 

5 months old- getting ready to watch the fireworks.

Pool time with one cool baby girl.

Look at how chill she is.

5 months.

Making a new friend. :)

Just showing off her sitting up skills (and my hand was down ready to catch her should she fall).

Hill Cummorah Pageant in Palmyra, New York.

Sleeping in the Sacred Grove

Taking it all in.

My poor sick baby- her first time with a fever. 

They love each other... sometimes, though, Adelaide doesn't love it when Caleb's is pulling on her.

I love this look she gives him. 

I'm in love with her eyes.

I love this... so sweet. 

Look Ma! I'm sitting up all by myself! :)

One of my favorites.

4 months

4 months

4 months

4 months

I just love the bubbles

Another favorite of her. Yummy!!

A few days before turning 6 months.

Two things about this photo- 1) notice that bump on her head- I asked the doctor about it at C's two-year check up. He said it felt like bone and we'll just keep an eye on it. So weird. 2) She's smiling at Caleb in this photo. She just loves him.