Birthday Party

Adelaide's birthday party was a blast! It always comes in like a tornado and is over before I know what happened, but it was so fun! I have honestly never seen Adelaide so happy, and she is a happy kid! Her granny and grandpa Jerry came up from California, and so did my dad, Grandpa Karl. She was SO EXCITED to have them all here in her house. It was just amazing to watch. It was a great mix of kids and families, and our grown up friends. Adelaide has such a special group of people that love and care about her, and I feel so happy about that. We had good food, and I warmed up some pear cider to drink, but my favorite part of the party was when we sang happy birthday. Adelaide stood up on a chair and held my hand, and I have never seen her face look so adorable. It was a mix of fear, and pride when she heard us all sing her name. I really wish I had a picture of that face, it was one of those moments I will always Carry with me.

Football (in jammies)

2 years old

Height - 34.5 inches %75
Weight - 25.5 pounds %50
Head - 19 inches %75

Adelaide talks non stop. If she isn't talking than she is singing. If she is in her room or playing alone in the living room she is still talking to her toys, the cat, me, or herself I guess. She will remember a song after only hearing it once, and really likes to sing now. Her favorite songs at the moment are Mary had a little Lamb, and Skip to my Lou. This morning I taught her "you better watch out, you better not cry....Santa Claus is coming to town" and she has been singing it all day. I only sang it to her once! OH - and Three Blind Mice. She loves that one too - and of course "Happy Birthday" is on the top of her list right now.

She is still a bit clumsy (like her mommy)but practices walking on her tip toes, backwards, etc. She still gets on her knees or butt to come down the stairs, and still is very cautious when going up the stairs. She likes to be upside down and also to thinks it's fun to crawl and walk on her knees (while we are grocery shopping...not very convenient!) She can throw and kick well, and is getting better all of the time. Her daddy got her a little football and a big girl soccer ball for her birthday. She loves to throw her football and then roll around on the floor like she has seen on TV. She thinks that is how to play football. It's really cute.

She loves to color and draw. She can make big circles and straight lines. Most of the time it's scribbles, although if she is drawing a face you can tell that she is putting the features in the correct spot, even though they are scribbles. She also really loves to play with the nesting dolls, and other tiny little toys. Her stuffed frog is still her favorite toy, and she loves to dress him and other dolls up. Actually she loves to take their clothes OFF and then make ME dress them up.

She is no longer napping, unless she is VERY sleepy and really needs one. She seems to do fine without, just a bit crazy at the end of the day, but then goes to bed early very easily.

Adelaide also had her first dental appointment which was really fun. The dentist office is just for children and had all kinds of fun things for her to play with. She got to ride on the chair, they gave her a balloon, a bath toy, toothbrush and toothpaste AND sent her a card to say thank you for coming in. Her teeth look good, which is a relief! We will go every 6 months so they can have a look, and so she gets used to being there. Right now she is getting her two year molars, so she is and will be teething for a little while.

November around the House

Bumblebee in the leaves

Alisha Junior

Jai and Adelaide

One of Adelaide's favorite little friends is going to be coming over once a week for us to take care of him! This is Jai. He is about a week older than Adelaide. He's so sweet and smart, I think Adelaide has fun with him because they are really on the same level. I love to watch their friendship grow. They were making eachother laugh the whole time, it was awesome.

Buddha and his buddy

Adelaide spent almost an hour today playing with Buddha outside in the yard. I tried hard to stay out of her sight, because I think I distract her. She was really interested in picking up leaves and crunching them in her hands. She was investigating the rocks and gravel, dirt and plants. She was talking to Buddha the whole time, and he happily followed her around and listened to her. I'm so glad that she is being raised to love and respect animals the way both Myles and I do.

Halloweenie

Mama lesson #5478458 - Wait until it gets closer to Halloween to start decorating and surrounding ourselves with scary ghosts, scary witches, scary skeletons etc... because now that Halloween is over, Adelaide is pointing out "scary Santa" and "scary motorcycle" etc. Poor little girl, everything is scary to her now. Even the skeleton that's been living in our fish tank and blowing bubbles long before she was even born. Even Santa...what have I done?! Halloween was really REALLY fun this year. Adelaide had several costumes to choose from, but decided on the red dragon that her friend Judah gave to her when we were in Chico last time. She loves LOVES that dragon costume. Everyone thought she was a boy, but I don't think she cared. We started the weekend carving our pumpkins. It was a quick job, but fun for Adelaide. She wanted to play with the knifes (not good)and I felt bad in the end because she was calling them "mama's pumpkin" and "daddy's pumpkin". So does that mean that she didn't have her own pumpkin? Maybe we should have carved three...

The next day was Halloween. First we went to check out Mississippi Ave. It was okay. There were a few kids in costumes, but one was dressed as a "scary pirate", so we could only stay for a while. Then we moved on to the Kennedy School which was really busy and FULL of people in costumes. We saw several really scary ones, and Adelaide ended up in my arms with her eyes closed really tight and pressed into my neck, so we decided to leave there as well. Maybe next year will be better. More courage. Later we went to our good friends house. They live in a neighborhood where people actually go trick or treating (not as "up and coming" as our hood) and we thought it would be fun to see other trick or treaters. It was fun...AND we got to see baby Frances Bean - we LOVE HER! Trick or treating was really fun. Adelaide was nervous at first, and has no idea what candy is...but figured out how to quietly say "trick or treat" when the door opens, and then get something fun to put in her little skeleton bag. She is so precious it kills me. I can't wait for next year!!!

Jammin

Myles and Adelaide have a new band - and she is no longer afraid of the harmonica.

Play- doh

Hazel

Hazel is our new friend that Adelaide and I are taking care of once a week. She is really sweet, and her and Adelaide get along very well. She is about 4 months younger, but a tough cookie and keeps up with Adelaide great! They were both running and screaming while they chased bubbles, but by the time Myles came out with the camera it turned into Adelaide being a crazy girl. She is the one in the pink hat running around screaming.Hazel was ready for a break!

Play Dates

We met up with our friends from our birth class again. I think now that winter is here we might be meeting up more often so that we all have an excuse to get out of the house - or at least I hope!

Here is Adelaide holding baby Parker! His brother Elliot didn't come today, but Adelaide got to hold his baby brother for the picture. Jai was helping her keep him up!
Here is a picture that was taken of some of the same kids this summer. I just got them from one of the other mamas, but thought they were too cute not to post.

Mothers Milk

At Jenny's wedding about a year ago. One of my favorite pictures of all time.