Bean Monster

Adelaide picked out her clothes today and I thought she looked so adorable and colorful. She is such a silly girl at dinner time.

35 Weeks

Mama's weight - 167  (up 21 lbs from pre-prego weight)
Fundus Height - 35 cm (perfect!)
Baby's heart rate - 130's
My bloodpressure, labs and everything else look perfect!
Mama is feeling good, but very tired all of the time. Adelaide will NOT nap, so mama doesn't either.
Highlight - next week is our home visit with the midwives!!!

Also - sweet girl is moving around SO MUCH. She never changes position, but really loves to stretch her feet and knees out as far as she can. I swear one day she is going to poke right through my skin!

Rocking chair song

Adelaide was rocking her Tigger, Pigglet, AND her frog prince.

Knitting

Here is a little hat and booties that I knitted for our sweet baby girl. I also knitted up some mittens to match, but they weren't done when I took the photo. I have tried so many bootie patterns, and am happy that I finally found one I actually like!

Adelaide wrote her name!

Adelaide and Phoenix

Don't they look like twins?

Twinkle, Twinkle

Adelaide's favorite restaurant has an accordian player. That's why it's her favorite restaurant! Her granny and grandpa took us out to dinner for her birthday and she got to sing along.

Sweet Family pictures

There is nothing I love more than pictures of us all together! Here we are, Myles, Adelaide, Me, BABY in the belly, and my dad.

What's with the accent?

3rd Birthday Party!

Adelaide actually had a HUGE party, but we didn't really get any pictures of it =( It was a bit crazy and overwhelming...and next year I really need to remember that smaller is better. Either way, it was a blast and we are so lucky to have so many friends and amazing families who had to travel so far to come celebrate with us! Adelaide always feels so special on her birthday, and that's because she gets so much love. How blessed we are!

Adelaide got to pick out her cake. She choose Rapunzel of course!

Laurie and Grandpa Jerry watching her open her pin the tail on the donkey game from Laurie

After the party she got a special gift from Granny, a dollhouse!

She looked like a little princess in her fancy birthday dress

Here is "take two" of her blowing out the candles. The first time we all sang to her, but she was overwhelmed and broke down in tears!! Later she told me it was because SHE forgot to sing (maybe because we started singing without her and she felt left out??) Or maybe because we had her standing on a chair in front of everyone, and neither Myles and I were there with her....so after she calmed down she wanted to blow the candles again, but this time with no birthday song.

Birthday

Adelaide is SPOILED by all of her family out of town!

                                           

                               She woke up to a whole bunch of balloons and a party hat on her pooh bear

                                          

We went to Janzen Beach to the Carosel, just like last year

And after dinner she got to eat some cake!

Adelaide at THREE!

Where does the time go? My baby is such a big girl now, and changes every single day. First off,  here are her stats at 3 years old:

Height - 37 inches (50th percentile)
Weight - 30 lbs (50th percentile)
Her big head is 49.9 cm (75th percentile!!!) So she has a big head!!! No wonder she's so smart =)

Adealide is so full of energy and so happy. She never stops talking and is really into pretending that she is differnt animals and characters. Right now her very favorite things are Tigger (and anything Pooh related). She is also very into Disney's Tangled movie and all of the characters. She often times pretends that her other toys are the characters from the movie. She still really likes to dress up as well. She is getting better at playing independently and can keep herself busy for quite a while sometimes. She really loves to color and draw. She can recognize all of her letters (upper and most lowercase) and numbers up to 12 or so. She loves to practice writing letters. We have little workbooks that we work in where she can trace the letter and then write it herself.

She loves to bounce and jump on two feet. Right now she is taking a dance class, which is the highlight of her week. She really loves to dance! She is also very outgoing and confident. The shy little girl she used to be is a thing of the past, and now she will sing and talk to any and everyone that gives her attention.

She has stayed with her friend Jacory for a few hours twice now, and doesn't even flintch when I say goodbye. I think she would love to be going to preschool at this point, however that is not financially possible. She also like to practice sewing on her sewing cards, and LOVES to do puzzels. She is getting very good at them.

Overall she is such a happy and outgoing child. I can really tell that all of the work and attachment parenting that Myles and I have practiced is paying off. She is confident and secure, and such a little sunshine. I can't wait to see her as a big sister. I know she will be the best big sister that anyone could ever be!

Adelaide and our beautiful Fall Maple

Brandon and Amy

Some friends come and go in our lives. Others will be there forever. My sweet friends came to visit and it felt so good to see them. My friend Brandon and his sister Amy came to see us, along with Brandon's girlfriend Nicole. Even though it's been probably 10 years since I've seen Brandon, and 5 or 6 for Amy..it didn't feel like it at all. I love them so much and am so glad I have them in my life, even if they both live far away. I feel like they know a "me" that a lot of other people don't. They knew me in high school, in my 20's when I was in San Diego, and now they get to meet my family and see me pregnant too. It was rainy the whole time they were here, but it was okay, we still got out to see the beautiful fall colors of Portland.

I took them to Multnomah Falls. Look at the crazy Orb on my belly right where the baby is!

Amy and Adelaide at the playground at Mt. Tabor

Dance Creatively

Adelaide has been taking a dance class that she LOVES! She is so happy in there, and always sad when it's over. She is also really in love with her little tutu, which is actually a bathing suite, but she knows no difference.

And the "FREEZE dance"

Varied Thrush

Can you spot the little bird that we saw sitting in the tree out our window? He was very VERY beautiful. According to our bird book he is a Varied Thrush...common but elusive in the wet forest of the northwest.

Adelaide the Midwife

Adelaide really likes to help the midwives when we go to our appointments. She listens to the baby with the stethoscope, measures my belly, and puts the jelly on for the Doppler and pushes the button so we can hear our sweet baby's heartbeat. She is so gentle and interested. She also loves to play with the baby doll they have there and the placenta that attaches to it. I hope I get to see her face when she sees a REAL placenta =)

Play - Doh man

Look at this little man Adelaide made all by herself =)

Dia de los muertos

Tonight I made an alter to honor the many people that I've lost in my life. In that alter I included 3 candles, one for the past, one for the present, and one for the future. Today I had an appointment with Tami Kent. It was very powerful and empowering. I might write about it in the future, but for now I will add a blessing from her book. I celebrate this blessing and included it in my day of the dead ritual tonight. I sure have a lot of guardian angels out there!
Great Grandma Alice
Grandma Lynn
Grandpa Brune
Grandma White
Auntie Dawn
Uncle Lynnie
Aunt Inger
Brandon Silvera
Ben Lorosingal
Bruce Finney
Uncle Bill (whom I can't find a photo but I'm honoring you too)
And all of those unnamed or forgotten....I honor and celebrate the path you have left.

Ancestor Blessing

I call on the women and men of my mother line.
I call on the women and men of my father line.
I call on the lineages of those who have supported my journey in this life.
I call on the spirits of this land.
Bring your strength, your beauty, your dreams, your joy to me - the one who now carries on the work of our lineage.
Bring energy and light to my life so that I may do this work of transforming wounds, nurturing hope, celebrating joy, and sharing love;
I am building the structures and sowing the seeds of a bountiful life for myself and for all who will come after me.
Know that your life and energy, all of your steps, were a blessing.
May you rest in peace, held by spirit.
The light that you carried lives on.
I honor you, ancestors.
I give thanks for you.
I ask for your blessing, your energy, to flow- like a sacred river- through my body and life.

Skidamarink - silly girl

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