Another year has passed and you just keep getting better! I am so impressed (and grateful) with how hard you work to take care of Adalyn and me. On top of that you are an amazing father...Adalyn adores you, and no one can make her laugh like you do. I love you so much and hope that you have a wonderful birthday.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Warning...Not Suitable For Active Children!
Everyday we discover how many things can no longer contain our overly-active child. Here is one example...
Addie turned 10 months old on Sunday and it is fun to watch her discovering the world around her. She is such a happy girl and loves talking and playing with other people... especially kids and babies. Around the house she is opening cupboards and drawers, climbing on everything in sight, and playing with anything that is obviously not a 'toy'. She dances to music and gets really excited when she hears the music to the show 'Little Einsteins'. If she is in the kitchen and she hears that show, she crawls as fast as she can towards the TV! She would rather eat real food opposed to baby food and sometimes that is a battle. But I couldn't have asked for a sweeter baby. We are constantly amazed by how quickly she is learning everything.
Addie turned 10 months old on Sunday and it is fun to watch her discovering the world around her. She is such a happy girl and loves talking and playing with other people... especially kids and babies. Around the house she is opening cupboards and drawers, climbing on everything in sight, and playing with anything that is obviously not a 'toy'. She dances to music and gets really excited when she hears the music to the show 'Little Einsteins'. If she is in the kitchen and she hears that show, she crawls as fast as she can towards the TV! She would rather eat real food opposed to baby food and sometimes that is a battle. But I couldn't have asked for a sweeter baby. We are constantly amazed by how quickly she is learning everything.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
There's Just No Stopping Her...
Here is what Adalyn learned how to do today.
She climbed our entire staircase! Here she is after her victory... it was quite a "Rocky" moment!
I know... I'm a horrible mother because I haven't secured that area yet, but I have been looking for weeks for a gate for that staircase. We have baseboards around the stairs and most of the gates I have found don't fit around the baseboards... Does anyone know of any gates that would work for our situation? We are obviously in dire need now!
She climbed our entire staircase! Here she is after her victory... it was quite a "Rocky" moment!
I know... I'm a horrible mother because I haven't secured that area yet, but I have been looking for weeks for a gate for that staircase. We have baseboards around the stairs and most of the gates I have found don't fit around the baseboards... Does anyone know of any gates that would work for our situation? We are obviously in dire need now!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Oh The Places You'll Go!
Here are some places that Adalyn has ventured to with her increased mobility...
Okay, So these ones we helped her with, however she wanted to get in the buckets and would not stop until we put her in there.
Typically my post would have ended here, after all my first intentions for this post were very basic... put some pictures up, add some descriptions, and tie it all together with a title. However, the events of the weekend have triggered a more in-depth post. Over the weekend Adalyn was very sick, to the point where she couldn't do more than lay there. (We got a good look into how things would be if our curious daughter was mellow instead!) It really made me think about "the places" we must travel to in order to make it through this life. As hard as it was to see my baby girl going through so much pain, I began to understand that this is going to be the first of her many trials. Even at so young an age she is beginning to learn that in order to know happiness we must go through the sadness. I also began to really understand how our Father in Heaven must feel... watching His children hurting, wanting to fix it, but knowing that in order for us to learn we must go through these trials. I never felt this so much until I had to watch my daughter struggle with illness, wishing I could take it for her, but knowing that in order for her immune system to build she needs to go through things like this. Although I recognize that it is going to be difficult at times, I look forward to all the many "places" that Adalyn will travel throughout her earthly sojourn. I am so lucky to have the opportunity to travel with her, and with such an amazing companion.
P.S. We want to thank all of our family and friends who kept Adalyn in their prayers. She is already beginning to recover and we know it is because of your fervent prayers and the blessings of our Heavenly Father. We love you all.
Okay, So these ones we helped her with, however she wanted to get in the buckets and would not stop until we put her in there.
Typically my post would have ended here, after all my first intentions for this post were very basic... put some pictures up, add some descriptions, and tie it all together with a title. However, the events of the weekend have triggered a more in-depth post. Over the weekend Adalyn was very sick, to the point where she couldn't do more than lay there. (We got a good look into how things would be if our curious daughter was mellow instead!) It really made me think about "the places" we must travel to in order to make it through this life. As hard as it was to see my baby girl going through so much pain, I began to understand that this is going to be the first of her many trials. Even at so young an age she is beginning to learn that in order to know happiness we must go through the sadness. I also began to really understand how our Father in Heaven must feel... watching His children hurting, wanting to fix it, but knowing that in order for us to learn we must go through these trials. I never felt this so much until I had to watch my daughter struggle with illness, wishing I could take it for her, but knowing that in order for her immune system to build she needs to go through things like this. Although I recognize that it is going to be difficult at times, I look forward to all the many "places" that Adalyn will travel throughout her earthly sojourn. I am so lucky to have the opportunity to travel with her, and with such an amazing companion.
P.S. We want to thank all of our family and friends who kept Adalyn in their prayers. She is already beginning to recover and we know it is because of your fervent prayers and the blessings of our Heavenly Father. We love you all.
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