Christmas Morning 2008

Thank you, Sara for sending us this great gift set. Adele had fun going through the different items, and showing them to us. Mmmm ... good.

Adele is a little nervous about the automatic trains, and it's taking some time for her to think that it's okay that they move on their own. She likes the push, non-automatic sets, but she's still apprehensive about the whole set up. Hmm ... should we box it all up and give it to her next year? Maybe she's a little too young to understand the concept.

Christmas Eve

Oh Adele ...

Adele is 17 months old now. She's a very loving and happy girl.

Some of the things she saying right now are:

hello (more like hall-o), she's also crazy for waving and blowing kisses

hi (hi-ee)

garbage (gorbage)

Angie (Hangee)

applesauce (appatot)

Violet (Eyet, sometimes Eye-o-yet)

Na, na (no, no) with her index finger pointing down

Some noises she likes making are:

Ooh, ooh, ah, ah (like a monkey)

Whoosh (for the wind)

She also likes to clap and stomp her feet. One of the newer things she's learned is to turn around in a circle. She's gets dizzy, and thinks she's pretty funny. She also likes to push her cheeks together. She's been doing this for awhile now, and we've dubbed it, "Chubby, chubby cheeks." She also likes doing chubby cheeks on other people, especially me.

So cute ...

One of the flight attendants I work with made this darling sign for Adele's room. Thank you, Dawn! We love it.

Thanksgiving 2008

We flew to Utah to spend Thanksgiving with my family. I was all excited to take pictures of my family members (to make flashcards for Adele) and the battery died, not just one battery, but the extra I brought just in case the first one pooped out. Note to self, next time bring the battery charger. I did get a couple of good, flashcard worthy shots before the second battery died. Athena and Alexandria. I was also bummed because my brother was married the Saturday after Thanksgiving and I wasn't able to get any pictures. Again, note to self, next time bring the battery charger. Like duh.

Trip to Arizona

I ventured to Arizona to have my toofusses fixed ("toofusses" = "teeth," in some cultures, which amuses me). Yes, two of my toofusses needed some cosmetic work. With one week of vacation, a jumpseat, and a great discount on crowns I couldn't pass up the opportunity. Also, I knew I could trust the person performing the work. I have one more trip to Arizona for the final product, and then I'll post some before and after shots.

In the meantime, here are some pictures taken at Peter Piper Pizza.

Motorcycle Show...

Adam and Adele went to the motorcycle show together on Sunday, 11/23/08, after Mamma left to go get her teeth worked on by Brent, our brother-in-law. Here are some pics from the motorcycle extravaganza...

Sick Adele...

Adele is sick right now. The poor little thing. She had a fever of 103.5 on Monday morning around 2:00 am. The fever did go down with Ibuprofen and Tylenol (switching every other dose). The other symptoms like her constant runny nose, cough, chest congestion, and rash are the ones I have a hard time controlling. Today she's a little better, but the nights have been rough. I am very lucky that I can take sick days from work to care for her. I'm hoping that by Wednesday or Thursday she'll be back to her cute, healthy self.

Before the Roseola thing, we battled an earache for about a week. The nights were horrendous. She went an entire weekend without eating anything (drank about 6 Oz. of Gatorade). This video is of us trying to figure out how to fix her and get her to go back to sleep...

Baby Olympics IIIIV...

Bareback Dog Riding Competition...Giddy-up...

Freestyle Stair Climbing Competition...Never before successfully executed in competition, before this...a five-stair ascent, with a baby gate unlatch AND relatch...

Timed Half-Stairway Descent...Aunt Michelle, Uncle Chris, Lauren, and Nico trained her for this event...I think this was a new record for this facility...

The Children's Museum

This was the first time we ventured out of the kiddie room. Adele had a great time. We went to an old Mexican village (complete with a tortilleria), we went shopping at a market (Adele had a thing for avocados), and Adele said "Hello" to, and milked, a cow. Later, we went back to the kiddie room for some of Adele's favorites ... the play car and the ride-on fish (or whatever that big orange thing is).

Go Adele, Go!

Adele likes to be involved when Adam's doing push-ups. She nudged herself under his belly when he was in the up position and then rolled out from under him when he came back down to the floor. I couldn't capture that exact moment in a picture, but you get the idea. It was pretty cute, and I couldn't believe how coordinated she was. She definitely gets that from Adam (I have no grace/coordination whatsoever). She also attempted her first somersault.

Emily's House

We went to Emily's house last Saturday night. We had a great time eating homemade pizza and playing games. Pit anyone? Adele was having fun trying to get as close as she could to a dachshund named Shotgun. He was a good sport.

Arboretum

These pictures are also a few weeks old.

We went to the Arboretum with our neighbors Jim and Pilar. In the picture of me and Adele you may be able to see some turtles sunning themselves on a log. We were fixated with these turtles for about 15 minutes. Adam and Jim were trying to scheme up some way to get to the turtles, but after awhile they gave up. They figured getting wet and slimy wasn't worth getting a closer look.

The Boo Zoo

I'm a little late posting Adele's Halloween adventures. We braved the crowd and headed to the zoo with 1000 other patrons.

When I bought her costume I thought it was a sunflower. The whole day at the zoo Adam and I kept saying, "Adele, you are such a cute, little sunflower." Then, every time someone would ask what she was we'd respond, "She's a sunflower." No one ever corrected us. It wasn't until a week later at a friend's party that someone said something like, "You're a cute daisy Adele." It finally hit me that yes, indeed, she was a daisy. The petals are white. Duh.

It ended up getting really warm, and Adele was sweating in her costume. She ended up wearing only her onesie. She enjoyed the pumpkin patch and wanted to take home every pumpkin she touched. It was pretty cute.

At Home...Before the event...