She Scoots

Wild Wednesday

Three Cousins

At the park... She was very interested in the bark

The zoo at the library ... She was very curious

We've had some really fun days this week. Adeline can totally scoot. She loves well it's a frustrated love- getting on all four. The frustration comes in when she can't go anywhere. It's so fun to watch her explore. She rocks back and forth trying to figure out what to do next.  She loves her cousins so much. It so fun to see her watch them. She was also in love with the wood chips, and the bunny at the library.

A Few of her Favorite Things

Spin Spin A Letter... She loves it 

         Relaxing watching a Baby Einstein 

               Having those fingers in her mouth                                   

    Getting Stuck when moving backwards

Dirty Face From the sticky ball ... this picture doesn't do the dirty face justice

      From her most favorite sticky/slimy ball

Six Months Old

Adeline is at such a fun stage right now. She is loving to play peek-a-boo she will giggle when her dad does it. She also likes patty cake. She coos and talks a lot still. She can sit up by herself now. She can scoot backwards, and go in circles. She eats rice cereal, and usually likes it a lot. I love the scooting because I'll put her down somewhere, and then look for her she's some where totally different usually stuck under our couch or on something else that go in her way. She loves going on walks, and playing with her toys. She is pulling hair, and eye glasses. She loves to put my hair in her mouth. She also is very interested in faces eyes, nose and mouth mainly. She will stare at your face for a while inspecting it. 

She takes cat naps. Which are confusing because sometimes she seems fully rested and other times she wakes up irritable. So, there are the challenges of this age we are working to teach her to soothe herself to sleep. We've made some progress ... I think I am just learning what works for us and what doesn't. I read so much information about a topic I get confused. So I've read Baby Wise, Healthy Sleep Happy Baby, What to expect the first year (healthy sleep), and researched the Ferber method. She was nursing three times a night... now we are down to one or two if you count the ten o'clock feeding. I've also read a lot about giving the first foods a lot of the information contradicts each other. Some says feed the rice cereal after you nurse. I've read the complete opposite is better. I am sure after the first child I will have figured out what works a bit better, but I now each child is different. Every day is a new adventure. Even though sleep has been a bit of a challenge I love when she is done sleeping. I love getting her out of her bed holding her talking to her, and enjoying her sweet smiles that bring so much joy.

Sick Days

                                                      She's a happy sick girl

                                                  

Adeline has been sick. She has an ear infection, and a nasty barking cough. She is starting to sound a bit better. She was loosing her voice. So, if she cried or tried to coo her voice was gone.It was so sad to hear her try to tell me she was happy by babbling, or trying to scream because she wanted my attention now and for her not to be able to get it out was sad.  She is so stubborn when we try to give her medicine. She pierces her lips together, moves her head back and forth, and tries to swat you with her hands while her feet are kicking. I know some kids like it but to say she doesn't like it is an understatement. Having a sick child is scary. It makes me worry a lot. I remember the first time she was sick. When I took her to the Dr. she was congested, and had a cold but couldn't have anything for it. I felt so sad that my little infant was sick. I was upset with myself because I wasn't sure how she had got it. 

Valentines Day & Congratulations

Love is in the air. Tim always teases me, and says he doesn't believe in Valentines Day. So, we usually have Valentines Week. Each day we try to do something small. This year I haven't been at my best to keep up the usual traditions of the week of Valentines. This year all Tim wanted was for me to make him a carrot cake, but not just any carrot cake. Dianna Boyce made it for us once, and it was a while ago. Tim has not forgotten about it he loved it and although carrot cake is not my favorite I actually really loved this recipe. I am really lucky because even though I haven't been good about Valentines Week. Tim has done some really nice things for me like surprise me and make me lunch, and just a bunch of other thoughtful things he knows I'd appreciate he's been doing. He then says it's Valentines Week. Also a congratulations is in order my mom got married. We are very happy for her. 

5 Months Old

At five months she is such a sweet girl. She is 24 inches and weighs 18 lbs. She is interested in everything around her. She loves to touch, and is always curious about what I am eating. She loves being talked to, and sometimes demands attention. She wants to move so much. She is chewing on everything. My favorite is she tries to get my chin in her mouth. She finds tags on everything to chew on. She still wakes up happy in the morning, and talks our ear off. She has started crying when certain people talk to her. She gives the biggest smiles. When I put her in her bouncy seat she practically tries to sit straight up and not use the back rest. She loves taking baths. If she's fussy I could just take her in the bathroom, and she cheers up a bit. The anticipation of getting a bath is fun for her. She is always turning onto her stomach to sleep. She can roll over both ways, and is getting better at sitting up every day. She loves being outside, and laying on the grass. One of my favorite things is how she touches stuff. We have a tied quilt my mom made, and she loves inspecting the ties with her hands. Her little fingers and her curiosity are so precious.

She Swings

Today we went to story time, and to the park. I put Adeline in the swing for the first time, and she was loving it. She was relaxed, comfortable and happy. At first she was relaxed, and then towards the end she was into it more sitting up her hands on the edge of the swing. We went to the park with Haley and Danielle Post what a fun day. I was just going to keep Adeline in her stroller. I didn't even think she might want to swing. I guess I think she's still a little infant. Danielle mentioned they put Haley in the swing when she could sit up. Addie doesn't sit up perfectly yet but she's doing so well. I thought she should be able to swing.  

Who do I look like?

Adeline

Nicole and Santa

One of the conversations we have often is who does Adeline look like. Since she was born I thought she looked just like Tim. I know babies are changing so much it really is hard to say. I can see features of each of us. I think she has Tim's lips, eye color, forehead, and hairline I just can't wait to see her change. When she was born Tim thought she looked like me. His family said she looked just like my mom. My sister and her in-laws thought she looked exactly like Tim. It has been said by his family that she has his ears. I am not really sure what that means, but I think everything about you is sweet. Tim still says she has my nose. I still think she looks mostly like Tim, but I was looking at some baby pictures and thought hey she looks a bit like me. So time will tell who she really looks like.

Adeline & Jacob

                                                             Jacob & Adeline

Jacob is too cute. This is my sister's nephew. He loves Adeline. He says Ad-die so so so cute. We went to his gymnastics class a few Tim's, and have had a play date. After the play date he kept asking his mom where's Addie, and before we got there starting at 8 in the morning where's Addie.  He was playing and then I heard him say, "I love her" it was so sweet. He loves to rub her head. He knows my nursing cover, and has picked it up saying Addies' milk. He is going to be a big brother soon, and he's going to be such a big helper. Aren't kids too cute.

Happy Late Birthday Sister

                Keri and her daughter 

                   Keri & her son Carson

If you don't know my sister you're really missing out. She is pretty much amazing at everything she does. She is the most organized person I've ever met. Her house is ALWAYS clean...even when she's pregnant. I don't know how she does it.  She has three amazing sons. Who she is so patient with.  She is beautiful, and a lot of fun. She is a great cook, and a wonderful aunt and sister. I sure am lucky. A few favorite memories...living in Redondo Beach with her and getting Baskin Robins double scoops. The super fun and amazing bridal shower she planned. As kids Saterday mornings watching wrestling, and making Dutch Babies, going to all of her soccer games. She is talented in many ways...I love her and am glad I live so close. On last favorite thing how she tells stories. She's the best!

Baby Sitters

 

                                         All the photos from our scavenger hunt

Adeline is four month old, and we've left her three times now. Some of you may think I am crazy for one of two reasons why did I wait so long, and on the other hand crazy because I left her so soon. It was once for a sealing, we went to dinner and a movie, and then dinner with friends. We planned a dinner group, and did a scavenger hunt. We had a great time. I am still not sure who won, but I wanted to post some pictures. It's hard for me to leave her. Tim doesn't seem to mind as much. He is more laid back about that. However, he is very protective when other kids are around. He is very concerned, He wants to make sure they don't hurt her. I am not as protective in that sense. I just had a hard time leaving her when she was so small. Now that she refuses to take a bottle it's even harder ... I worry. My sister watched her while we went to our dinner groups her, and Carol (Tim's Mom) had been looking forward to watching her. My sister thinks Adeline is a piece of cake. She took a bath with her cousins. When she cried Mark gave her a new toy, and she was happy. She just sat in her seat all through dinner, and while Keri cleaned up. She was just watching them. Keri had to rock her for ten minutes, and then she was asleep. Beth watched her while we were at the sealing. She said she wined a little, refused the bottle and loved it when she talked to her. She commented on how social she thought she is going to be. I think Adeline might have been a bit tougher for Carol and Jerry when they watched her. They mentioned how she was laughing a lot when she was taking a bath with Lily. After she was crying a lot, and once Jerry finally got her to sleep he didn't want to move at all because he didn't want to wake her up. Here's a Thanks to everyone whose watched Addie!

Smiles & Sunny Days

What's going on in California it's January and about 70 degrees. So we got out Addies shades to block the sun. Yesterday we went for a stroll over to the fish hatchery. Adeline was all smiles. After we had a little photo shoot. Today is such a historical day...the first black president is getting sworn in. Addie, and Tim are sleeping through the first part of it. It really is a moment in history that won't be forgotten no matter what political preference you hold.

Teething, Shots & Sleep

Yesterday Addie got her 4 month shots...it really is so sad. I hate going. My sweet baby girl was in a bit of a funk after that. I think it started a while ago because she has been teething, and in a lot of pain. She really has been a bit crabby. As soon as she would fall asleep she'd sleep four about 15 min. and wake up in pain. She had about an hour of good sleep during the day yesterday. At night she's also waking up more because her teeth are bugging her. I started to train her to sleep, and then I thought she was too small, so I tried again last week...I thought it was failing because she was teething. I still continued...until of course our routine got a bit mixed up because of fun stuff going on. How to teach a small one to sleep that is our big task we're working on. The doctor said let her cry for five min. go in sooth her, NOT WORKING she gets even more mad. We're still doing it so we'll see.

Love Birds

Congratulations to Scott and Waldena. We love you guys! There wedding was on Saturday in the Sacramento Temple. Sealings are the best to go to. The sealer was long winded he gave them lots of good advice like learn to say "yes dear", and never go to bed angry. It was a very special day.

4 Months Old

This month I realized we needed to work on creating better sleep habits. So today we have been working on sleeping. Adeline is doing so good. She has cried going down, and it broke my heart. But she is learning really fast how to soothe herself. The great thing is when she wakes up she isn't crying she is cooing and really happy. That was the hard part this month. She has been so funny when she wakes up now she loves to blow raspberries lots of raspberries for a long time. She has almost mastered sitting up. She can stay by herslef longer each day probably 5-10 minutes. She is starting to get teeth on the bottom. She drools alot. She now usually has two to three fingers in her mouth. She has also discovered her feet, and is really interested in them. She weighs 15 lbs 10 oz. She is wearing 6-9 and 6-12 month clothing. She has loved it this month when we look in the mirror and make faces, and when I buzz like a bee. She can roll over both ways when she wants to. She is golden.

Almost Sitting Up

Okay every day something new...today she's just getting so good at sitting. Today I put her by herself, and she did so good. Needless to say she hasn't mastered the skill just yet. She's leaning in the photo, and after fell over. Don't worry I caught her.

Christmas and Christmas Eve

Christmas at the River House (Tim's Families)

Great Grandma Buhler and Adeline sporting some ribbon

Addie and Tim Christmas Morning

Our Little Family Christmas Eve

Adeline on Christmas Eve (notice the drool)
We had such a fun holiday. We spent Christmas Eve with my family, and some close friends. So, we exchanged gifts with them...Santa showed up. Addie slept through it unfortunatly. Adeline was spoiled. We had delicous food. We woke up and had cinnamon rolls that were delivered on Christmas Eve by the Pettingails. It was truely a nice suprise because I was going to make cinnamon rolls for us, and then I didn't have to. One tradition that we started this year was the 12 Days of Christmas it was so much fun. We mainly took treats. On the last night they left us a really nice note. On Christmas morning we woke up, and exchanged gifts...after we both showered and took pictures with the gifts. So, it was very enjoyable and then we opened gifts. Later in the day we went to Tim's families house. We had another delicious meal, and then exchanged gifts. So, we were all spoiled. I really love this time of the year. I think our new tradition the 12 days of Christmas made it even more special. I also love to make peppermint bark, and I dipped some jo jo's in chocolate (those are oreos with a little peppermint in the middle). I ruined fudge, and one batch of homemade suckers. I was really excited to bake, and got a little discouraged after the fudge...it became hot fudge. Oh well it still tasted good, but it is so disappointing when you use all of the ingredients, and then time and then it doesn't work out that usually doesn't happen to me.

8 THINGS

I was tagged so here I go...

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1- laundry
2- cleaned the bathroom
3- wrapped gifts
4- cooked dinner (philly cheese steak sandwhiches)
5- made peppermint bark
6- checked email
7- read a christmas story
8- rocked Addie to sleep

8 Things I Look Forward to:
1- christmas eve
2- christmas day
3- seeing Adeline in the morning she's always so happy
4- seeing snow
5- moving to a bigger place
6- giving gifts i bought for family and friends
7- hearing Addie talk
8- watching Addie grow

8 Restaurants I Like:
1-BJ's
2- Bennihauna Grill
3- Cheesecake Factory
4- In and Out
5- Jacks' Urban Eats
6- Fats
7- Chicago Fire
8- Costa Vida

8 Things On My Wish List:
1- new jeans
2- rain boots
3- socks
4- lip gloss
5- sweater
6- spatula
7- wicked tickets
8= hair clip

8 Favorite TV Shows
1- Office
2- Heroes
3- House
4- The Hills (I know pathetic)
5- O'Riley Factor
6- Prison Break
7- Criminal Minds
8- The Worst Week

8 People I Tag: (You're It!)
Whoever Wants to

Graduation Day!

What a wonderful day...Tim graduated yeah! To make the day even more special my brother-in-law also was graduating. He finished his MBA. I don't want to forget that it really is a miracle that he was able to graduate now instead of in May. Because at Sac State there was a 2 unit class that his department chair was going to make him take in the spring. Tim worked really hard to talk with him to explain he could take these two classes that were suppose to be taken consectively at the same time. However, the department chair would not budge at making any exceptions. I kept telling Tim to have faith and something would work out because of how hard he was trying to make it work. Lets just say I had lost hope because the semester had started, and I just figured it wasn't ment to be. Tim had also been working with the dean of his college. The first week of school to shorten a long story a miracle seriously happened, and he was allowed by the dean to take the course he needed to graduate. We are so grateful, and I am so proud of Tim and Mark.

The Mullet

It's a Wonderful Life

It was also a wonderful day...today I went to the grocery store. It use to be such a simple procedure. However, now it's defiantly more of a challenge. Good thing I like a challenge. Right now we live in an apartment complex on the third floor. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Because that's where we chose to live at Utah State so we never had to hear anyone elses noise. It's not that it was a bad idea for us it just makes getting the groceries in with Adeline tricky to say the least. I've included photos of all of our groceries so you could see how WONDERFUL it was that I made it up the stair baby, and groceries all in one trip. They were a bit heavy...I am not going to lie. But we made it.