Adelle is Growing!
We have noticed that our little girl is holding her head up more and more and we continue to be amazed by it. She will just sit and look around at everything, taking it all in. Studying. Being a sponge. During this time, while I am home/holding her, I try to tell her or ask her what she is looking at. I will describe things, and tell her what they are. Sometimes I'll even spell things out for her. I am confident she will be the only 5 year old able to spell out swear words!! When the time comes of course!
Then she is smiling more. We see it more often when she is getting ready for bed (though she is still quite alert) and when she is getting up for the day. When I get her up, I take her blanket off and open the shades (it's NEVER too early to teach her the difference between day and night in my opinion). Once the shades are open I bring her over to the changing table where she continues to stretch and wake up. After a minute she will look at me with an, "I'm ready," look and I will talk with her about what I am doing, what I saw her doing, or what is going on outside while I change her diaper. Then we talk for a bit while she is still on the changing table and THAT is when I see her smiling. We can get her to smile at other times during the day which just MELTS my heart, but I love this time with her because I am usually the only one there - the smiles are all mine! Sigh, I am SO in love!
She is starting to talk more too! She'll mainly say, "uh," and "ah" but it's wonderful! I know she will be actually talking before I know it, but I really love hearing her sounds.
She is already in size 1 diapers. We have been using newborns AND size 1s but she is for sure out of the newborn diapers now. She just doesn't fit them and the things she has to use those diapers for don't fit in them either! ISH!
She is spitting out bubbles/drooling more. I don't know if that is necessarily a good thing, but she doing it and I think it's adorable. I think she is trying to make the sounds I make at her (raspberries and such). When ever she makes a face, I make a sound that goes along with it. So when she sticks out her tongue, I either curl or roll mine OR I'll make the raspberry sound. You can tell that she tries to move her tongue like I do because she'll grimace (nothing new there) and move her tongue.
I weighed her. It's a VERY official method too - I weighed myself then picked her up and got on the scale again. Her weight would be the same as the difference which was 9.2 pounds!! HOLY CRAP I must have good milk!! I also measured her to see how tall she was with another VERY official/exact method - I used her tummy time mat, which has a ruler on it from 1 to something. When I put her head at 1 and straightened her leg, she came out to be 23 inches which would really make her 22 (since I started at 1 - come on people, math isn't even my best subject)!!
On Saturday, Brian and I went out on a date. We went to dinner at Benihana's and then saw Dear John at Southdale AMC. While it was hard to leave it was really nice for me to get out of the house and talk with Brian like an adult (instead of that singsong baby voice or the snap I have been known to do lately). Grandma Dottie and Grandpa John loved watching her!!
Sunday we went over to Eric and Nicole's house so they could meet Adelle and we could hang out with Robert. They made us brunch and we got to talk too! It was really fun, but short. I wish we would have been able to spend more time with them! I know, another time - soon I hope!
Our visit with Eric, Nicole and Robert was cut short because Adelle and I were going to a party at my Aunt's house. Not only was Adelle able to see Sandy again, she was able to meet Auntie GoGo, Uncle Joe, Janice, JJ, Joe Jr. and JESSICA!! Jessica is home on her R&R from Iraq!! I was hoping she was going to be there to meet Addie!
What a busy week! This week will bring more of the same craziness, but we have to get some errands in before I go back in a couple of weeks.
Time sure flies by!!!
I LOVE the pic of you kissing Addie!!
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