February Updates (with pictures!)

We went camping for my birthday at Mt. Madonna just outside Gilroy. We had such a great time and Adalyn did so well! Our friend's George and Amanda came along and we braved the rain and fog together. We brought along a camper and Adalyn hung out in there with the screen shut while we cooked, hung out by the fire, and kissed banana slugs ;-) She wasn't really able to crawl in the camper because it's small so she has officially given up crawling and has been walking ever since! We also built an animal cage around some foam pads we brought along with us. She loved being out and exploring her surroundings. We also have some cute pictures that are not from camping ;-)

I'm Sorry :-(

We have been so super busy in these last few weeks that I haven't had a chance to post the new things going on in our lives. I'll touch on a few major points and I will have to add pictures later as Trevor has saved a good portion of our recent pictures in Raw form and I'm not 100% sure how to transfer them to Jpg. Anyways...As of January 24th Adalyn started WALKING! We were at my parent's house and I had put Adalyn down on the floor where she actually took 5 whole unassisted steps towards her toys. My mom and I nearly fainted. Since last Sunday, she has taken upwards of 10 steps in a row, but still prefers crawling over walking because she is so quick!

Adalyn has 8 huge teeth and loves to use them on chicken, pears, grilled cheese, peas, apples, bananas, pasta, carrots, etc. She is our food lovin' kid! She refuses to be fed and will only eat what she can feed herself which kind of stinks as we have some baby food that needs to be used!

We took Addy to the doctor several weeks ago where they measured and weighed her. She is 22 lbs! She's still hanging around 55% in the height department and 90% for weight. I asked the doctor when would be a good time to switch her carseat around so she can face us and she said anytime after she is 20lbs. We were relieved and turned her around a few days later. We would have waited a lot longer, but she is tall and her little knees were practically at her chest. Not very comfortable! She is soooo happy that she can see us while we drive.

When we say "kiss" Adalyn comes swooping in with her mouth wide open to gives us a big smack-a-roo on the lips...too cute. When we say "Bye Bye" or "Hiiiii" she puts both hands out and waves. We were in Verizon last week and Adalyn intently stared and waved at everyone and she did not give up until she got a smile and a wave back...creepy :-) While we drive, she waves at cars and when we go on walks, she waves at birds.

For 2 weeks I subbed at the preschool I used to work at so our days were super crazy while I worked 2 jobs! Like I said before, we have tons of pictures to post so please stay tuned!

Holiday Fun

Uncle Alex was home for a few days during the Holidays and it was such a great time! We miss him dearly, but we wish him nothing but the best with his chosen career of Fire Fighting. We also have a bunch of super fun pictures of Adalyn who is getting bigger day by day!




Trevor didn't want me to post this picture, but I think it's so cute! I was getting ready for the day and when I came back into our bedroom I found Daddy asleep with the baby ;-)

New Years Eve

New Years was also spent at my parent's house with several additions to the family. Aunt Jane and Uncle Bill came up from down south and Jessie came home with Kirby and Dara from Berkeley. We had a great time hanging out with the family and enjoying each others company.

Christmas Day 2008

What a wonderful day! Christmas Eve night was pretty stormy and we had all gone to bed pretty late, so we got up kind of late on Christmas Day. We fed Adalyn, waited for Jessie to get out of bed and then we marched into the front room to open presents. Adalyn by far was the star of the show! Most every present under that tree had her name on it! Santa brought her a hand made wooden push walker that she pushed all over the house and a stand up and play activity toy. I think she was overwhelmed, but still a fun and happy baby! It was really neat watching Addy experience her first Christmas and explore all the new books, toys, and teddy bears. Trevor and I got an amazing gift that my mom won at work! A Nikon D60 DSLR which has been put to great use in the few days we have had it. You guys are going to have far too many pictures to look at :-) Trevor surprised the socks off me and got me a KitchenAide Stand up Mixer which I have been asking for since I love to bake. Of course, I opened it...looked at him and asked where it was the 2 days I spent baking before Christmas! He just laughed. I got him a nice shaver and lots of pictures of Adalyn! It was a magical day spent with family and still in our PJ's :-)

Christmas Eve 2008

What a crazy few days we had leading up to Christmas Eve. Adalyn and I were super sick, but able to somewhat recover before the Holiday. We spent 2 full days baking goodies, wrapping presents, playing, snuggling, and waiting for snow! The temp here got so low during the big rains here that the snow level fell to 1500 ft and the hills behind our house got a nice dusting of snow.

Christmas Eve was spent at my parent's house surrounded by family. My mom bought Addy an adorable Christmas outfit that she played with most of the night because it made noises when she scrunched it together. It looked super cute on her, but her dress shoes didn't fit her fat feet so she had to wear the socks that look like shoes :-)

Adalyn's god-parent's and their little girls came over for the evening too and it was great to spend quality time with them all. Throughout the night I did feel as though something was missing and it didn't dawn on me until most everyone had gone home for the night that the one thing missing was Grandpa. This is one of the only Holidays ever spent without Grandpa. Growing up, early Christmas morning Jess and I were not allowed to go into the living room until Daddy got back from picking Grandpa back up so they could check to make sure Santa had been there. We would whine, complain, and call Daddy like a million times to urge him to drive faster. We always had the greatest time spending the day with Grandpa watching sports, movies, chatting, and playing games. He was so missed this year as I know he will be missed every year.

Overall, Christmas Eve was wonderful and we were so lucky to also spend the evening with our friend Alex who was home from the Fire Academy down south for a few days. He came over to spend Christmas Eve with us too. Long after all the guests had left, and Addy had been put to bed...we all rocked out to Rock Band! What a wonderful night!

Addy Learns to Hi-5!