Grandma & Great Aunt Kris Visit

My mom and Aunt Kris were here visiting this weekend, and we had a great time hanging out and visiting! We took them up to go through the new Toyota Plant Tour. I think they really enjoying seeing where Brandon works and where I used to work. We shopped, ate yummy food, and enjoyed playing with Adi! Thanks again for such a wonderful visit!!!


The 4 of us

Great Aunt Kris and Adi

Adi, mommy, and Grandma making cookies

Adi enjoyed chewing on Aunt Kris' oxygen

Shannon bought these adorable little
shorts for Adi when we went shopping
on Saturday ... Adi was wondering ...
"do these make my bum look big :)"
(she might have had a bit of a full diaper)

9 Months Old

Nine month stats:

Height - 26 inches (8th percentile)
Weight - 15 lbs (2nd percentile)
Head Circumference - ?

Sleep - Adi's sleep routine is going much better. She goes to bed at 8:00 and wakes up to nurse at about 5 or 5:30 ish. She goes right back to sleep and wakes up for the day at 7:30. I am really happy with this. I know I still need to get her sleeping completely through the night, but I figure when I wean her from nursing to her cup completely I will drop the 5:30 feeding then.

Milestone - A big accomplishment for Adi is that she is now drinking from a sippy cup. She does great with it, and we have just recently started giving her Enfagrow at meal times to try and boost her weight a bit. She LOVES it and drinks the entire cup! She is crawling all over the house of course and likes to pull up to her knees but doesn't have a lot of interest in going all the way up to her feet. We can stand her up against her toy chest and she will cruise a little, but not too much yet. She says mama, dada, and bob (we keep asking her who Bob is) a lot.

Brandon and I are just loving this stage. She is such a wild little girl who really is happy most of the time. She is just not a cuddler and that makes me a little sad, but she is who she is. She growing wonderfully and is happy as can be; what more could we ask for!

Garden Update

The gardening has been going great! It is really exciting to have little plants in my garden that I started from a small seed. It has been a ton of work, but it is going to be such a great thing to do with the kids in the years to come!!! Not to mention we will have loads of fresh veggies to munch on this summer! I had to throw a cute little picture of our little bug in at the end (and her daddy too - thanks for all your help with the garden babe)!

Adi - 8 Months

It seems like Adi is changing so much and so quickly, so I wanted to jot down a few little things that she is doing right now that I don't want to forget.

• Crawling around in the bath (that is full of toys) and only wants to play with the drain (which she is not allowed to play with)
  
• When she is excited about something and when daddy gets home from work Adi does an adorable long drawn out gasping of air.
  
• I love how as soon as the diaper comes off she darts down the hall as fast as she can (you would be shocked at how fast she gets those little legs going). It is cute but by the end of the day it has lost some of its flair.
  
• Is fascinated by all the rugs in the house.
• Truly loves Cooper and he always brings a smile to her face.
  
• Has already learned the word "no" and turns and looks at me with a little smile when I say it.
  

Happy Easter

Here are a couple cute pictures of Adi all dolled up for her first Easter. Today was a great day, enjoyed with GREAT friends! We went to church this morning, which was a wonderful service. How lucky we are that Christ IS RISEN!!
Adi had a difficult time in the nursery, so it was daddy to the rescue. I really do think that Adi is becoming quite a little "daddy's girl". We then went to Matt's parent's house for our yummy Easter meal. We are so blessed to have such close friends here that truly make us feel like family (Thanks again Matt, Shannon, Garry, and Judi)!