Adele's Big Adventure

We weren't sure of the conditions after Ike hit. Adam's sister was nice enough to care for Adele for an entire week. We missed her like crazy. She had a great time hanging out with her cousins.

Hurricane Ike

We evacuated the night before Ike hit. We stayed with Adam's parents. We enjoyed our visit.

Labor Day Weekend

I had work off on Friday. We met up with one of Adele's friends from school. School was closed due to teacher in-service day (which is ridiculous because she's a one year old, and what could her teachers possibly be doing that would warrant an "in-service" day? -- CRAZY). Anyway, we went to the Children's Museum. It was our second time there, and Adele loved it. She played with blocks, walked down a bumpy hallway, and she played with an assortment of switches (up, down, on, off, etc.). It was a great way to spend our morning.

Later that night we had dinner with Charlie and Jody (homemade BBQ) and we went to a Tom Petty concert. It was a pretty sweet deal for us because we got free babysitting out of it. Adam was happy because he was able to shoot arrows at some fake deer.

Saturday we went to a farm in Tomball to buy some fresh, raw milk. Adele was interested in hearing one of the baby goats crying for its mother. She was doing the baby sign for doggie, and looked confused when I kept repeating, "goat, goat, goat." She wants everything to be a doggie.

Sunday Adam had to work, so Adele and I had a relaxing day at home.

Monday I had to work, so it was Adam's time to bond with Adele. I got home around 2:00 pm. At around 3:30 pm, Dave, Bethany, and Violet came over. Violet and Adele play so well together. We grilled hamburgers and sausage, and had a little homemade mac-n-cheese on the side. Bethany made a killer banana pudding. We were stuffed.

It was a great weekend.

Friday's Adventures

At the Park Again

Madison's Birthday in the Park

One of Violet's friends, Madison, had her 3rd birthday party at the park. We tagged along. Adele has overcome her fear of the slide, and loved swinging. She liked it so much that we went back to the park the following day so Adam could see Adele's progress (he was working the day we went to the party). Some of these pictures were taken by Bethany, Violet's mom.

If I had a hammer ...

We bought this hammer and peg toy at our favorite baby resale shop (The Young & the Restless in the Heights). Adele loves it. Everything was going fine until she started hammering Angie's head.

The Zoo

We joined Violet (one of Adele's friends from school) on a play date at the zoo.

We had a great time!

Bear Park

These pictures are from last month.

We went to Bear Park. We fed ducks, turtles, and two donkeys.

All about Adele ...

Here are some things that I think are pretty darn cute:

• Adele likes to sit on the floor and spin herself around (360 style) and say "hum, hum, hum."'
• When she's eating she does a combination of baby signs, including "more" and "all done." It's quite confusing.
• She hasn't learned how to be gentle with Angie. I'm glad Angie can tolerate ear pulling, neck grabbing, and paw stretching. She also wants to put her shoes on Angie.
• She likes to follow Adam around the house. When he leaves the living room and walks into the bedroom she tries to follow him ... and she walks super fast (almost to the point where she's going to fall).
• She's learning a little about rhythm. When music is playing she'll bob her head back and forth a little bit. Her shoulders also kind of weave in and out. I'm working with her to try to dance, dance, dance.

Family Pictures

Lee, Adam's friend, took these great pictures of us.

It was our first official family photo shoot.

Trip to Utah

Me and Johanna (my sister)

Adele's 1st Birthday -- July 25th

Look at that face ...

Adele loves mac-n-cheese. This particular night it was white cheddar cheese with shells. She also had watermelon. Check out the stains on her bib. Nice!

Our first bike ride -- July 18, 2008

I know it's been awhile since my last update. This picture was taken on July 18th. Adele did quite well on the back of Adam's bike. I wish the weather would have been better and we would have taken more pictures.

One Small Step For Adele...

Adele has bravely taken a few steps here and there, from support object to support object, but these are her first few long distance solo flights...

Floor-ios

I was preparing a to-go pack of Cheerios and I spilled some on the floor. Adam was on the couch when Adele started eating them. It was so cute that we decided to let her eat them. Adam's dubbed them as "Floor-ios."