Toes to Tongue

Today Adelaide was finally able to get her toes to her mouth! She is very happy to gnaw on anything she can get to her mouth, as her poor teeth are working their way in. She was so happy to be able to grab her feet, she even pulled off her own socks! I love these little marks of her growth and development!

Earth Hour

Last night we celebrated Earth Hour. We turned out our lights at 8:30 pm and kept them off for 60 minutes. This was our "vote" for earth. It was actually really fun. Myles light candles, and he played the guitar and sung to Adelaide. I spent most of the hour on the phone with my dad, but it was still nice to be in the candle light without the distraction of the TV or anything. Adelaide LOVED the candle lights, and so did the kitties!
I read that our city turned out a lot of major lights here as well, including the convention center tower lights and the "Made in Oregon" sign. I hope this is something that keeps growing, until one day we all have our lights off for the hour. I really think of this planet as belonging to Adelaide and her generation now, and we need to try and fix some of what we have ruined, and try not to make things worse.

Buddha loves his baby girl - and she can jump

Adelaide just learned how to jump in her jumper! She usually gets crooked and then just jumps on one leg. It's the cutest thing, she looks like she is doing an Irish Jig. Myles even put on some Flogging Molly so she would have good music to dance to =)

It's another Baby Party!

It was our turn again to have the baby party at our house. This time we invited the dad's too, and a couple other dad's ended up coming. It was nice to have them here, and actually a lot of people showed up. Our little house was packed, but we had a lot of fun. I can't wait until Summer when we can all hang outside. All of the babies are getting so big, and it's great to see the different stages that each of them are at. Sometimes I prefer the smaller gatherings, because they are so much more relaxing and we really have time to talk, but it's also nice to have a bunch of us together sometimes just to see how everyone is doing. I am so glad that we have keep in touch with the others in the class. It's cute to see Adelaide with her little boyfriends!!

Inspiring yet Heart wrenching

Yesterday I found the blog that was written by a girl, who's mother I used to work with. She was diagnosed with a rare form of cervical cancer, and kept a blog from her diagonosis, all the way through her recent death. It was so inspiring to read, yet so sad at the same time. I thought about it all night and didn't get any sleep. It just makes me wonder about doctors and hospitals. I wonder if she would have lived a bit longer and happier, had she not had all of the treatment that she did. I have lost a few close people to cancer, and know that it's one of the scarriest things out there. Here is a link to her blog. If you are going to read it, I reccomend you start at the very oldest post and go from there. She was beautiful, super funny, and seems like such a strong person. There is also a place to donate money to her family for her medical bills etc. It's just one more thing that really makes me enjoy every second that I get with my baby girl.

New Crib!

Adelaide's mattress came so I got her crib all set up! I had bought the cutest bedding set for her, all organic cotton etc...and it was so fun to put it all together. I will have to get a better picture of her room now, as there are curtains and everything to match. It was my last big purchase for now, but I'm so glad I spent the money and got what I wanted. The crib itself is very beautiful as well, my dad got if for us when I was still pregnant. It can turn into a bed later when she gets bigger. Now we just need to work on decorating the walls in her room.

I think she really likes it! She has taken 3 naps in there so far today, and all without any problem! The first time I kept the pad from the swing bed in there, and hung the little toys from it as well, so she would recognize sights and smells from when she napped in the past. She seemed very comfy, and laid there looking at the flowers on the bumpers and trying hard to grab them. It was very cute. I put on the music box and gave her a kiss and her pacifier, and she fell asleep really quickly each time. Now I have removed the pad and she is still fine. The hardest part now will be keeping the cats out of her comfy bed!

Little hands

I just think it's so cute how Adelaide clutches her blankie when she is sleeping. I have been putting her down for naps in this really cool swing bed thing that I got her when she was first born. It bounces and swings so it's really easy to put her to sleep in there. She is getting pretty big for it now, so I have ordered a mattress for her crib and we set it all up in her room, so as soon as the mattress comes I will try to nap her in her own room instead. I don't know if it will be hard for her to sleep in there instead, as this little swing is so cozy and comfy.

18 weeks!

I had skipped a few weeks in my weekly updates of her couch picture...but I'm back at it again, and I feel like she really does look older than the last ones. She is growing so super fast. She just gets cuter and cuter too.

Baby and her Daddy

I am never good at picking the BEST one...so here are a bunch of really cute ones =)

Nothing but giggles

I just love this little girl so so very much. I spend so many hours with her, all of them really. She makes me smile a million times a day. She is always so happy to see me or be held. I never want to put her down. She really runs my world. And then daddy comes home and she gets so excited to see him. She always gets mad if he doesn't come right over and pick her up. She is so full of love, and I am for her. I really don't know what I did before she was born. I never knew anyone could be this happy and so in love with such a little person. She really is my world.

Wrightwood

The day after the wedding we made the drive up to Wrightwood to see my Grandma and my Great-grandma's sister Inez. It was great for Adelaide to meet so much of her family, and we had a great time. She also got to meet one of my dad's best friends in the whole world. It was a good trip and we really got to see a lot for such a quick trip!

Wedding Bells are Ringing

We went to Southern California for Adelaide's Grandpa Don's wedding. It was so much fun because she got to meet her uncle Jeremy, and a whole BUNCH of family from Myles' dad's side. The wedding was beautiful, and we had a lot of fun. Adelaide did a great job the entire time, no problems at all. I think we need to get all of the travelling out of our system now while it's still easy! She slept fine in the hotel, the car, and anywhere else when she got tired. I'm so proud of her!

Grandpa Don and Ming-te

This is Adelaides first time hanging out by the pool. I dipped her toes in but she didn't really like it. Maybe it was too cold?

The wedding in the church. Myles and Jeremy are up there, but it's hard to see much from this picture. There was a floating Jesus - can you see him?

Myles and his brother Jeremy looking good outside the reception

Our family at the wedding

Cutting the cake!

The "kids" table (best table in the house!)

Punki in her dress. I had to put a onsie under it at the end because it got really cold for her. She was so pretty!

Punki's first flight

This was Adelaides first time on an airplane. We were flying down to Long Beach for Myles' fathers wedding. Adelaide did such a great job! She actually started laughing out loud for one of the first times ever when I was kissing her!! I nursed during the take off, and landing, and she did great. I was WAY more nervous about everything than she was.
Here we are in front of the plane after it landed

On the plane right before we took off

At the airport with daddy

Singing voices

Adelaide found her voice! Now she uses it most of the time. Not so sure about the volume control so far. She is still learning!

Daddy and his lil' girl