17 Months - Cheers! (March 22)

Adelaide turned 17 months March 22. We went on a spring break trip to Tucson, AZ on the 27th, and her language is starting to explode! In addition to old favorites (cat, mama, dada, dog, ball, uh-oh, this, that, and mine), Adelaide started very clearly saying cheers while clinking glasses. She also says balloon, hot, cold, cheese, sit, up, outside (outs), all gone, more, hush, sky, no. We are definitely going to have to be careful what we say, as she's started repeating things! It is nice to know what she's thinking, and nice that she understands us. When we ask her if it's bedtime, the answer is always no!

16 months old!!! Toddler-mania!

When Adelaide was very small, we suspected she had a very big personality. Now that she's a big toddler, her personality just gets bigger and more dramatic. She started full-time in the toddler room, and we went to an evening parent-involvement meeting where we learned the songs they sing in daycare. (It's a very serious daycare). More than 20 parents were seated in a circle, and the kids were in the middle of the circle milling about. Adelaide performed - she sang and danced and made faces at everyone. What a character.

Here's Adelaide making dramatic faces on her great-great grandma's rocker, going down the stairs, and working on her artwork (as well as eating the marker - don't worry, it's non-toxic, designed for toddlers).

Adelaide is in love with her "big girl shoes" - the first pair of real outdoor/indoor shoes we got her. (She's been wearing the soft Robeez up until now). We took her to the real shoe store and had her fit, and she wore the shoes out of the store into the mall. She knew it was a big deal - she grabs them and wants us to put them on over her PJs! Good thing she loves them, they were a little pricey. Hopefully next time I'll plan ahead and make a trip to the Albertville Outlet mall.

We're having fun!

New Year!!!

It has been awhile since I've updated. Adelaide has changed so much! Even in the last week she's become more little girl, less baby. She says: hi, ball, cat (sounds like dat still), This, that (ok, it sounds a lot like how she says cat), uh-oh, oh!, mama, and dada. She shakes her head no. When we ask her to find her belly button, she can, but she also shows us her belly button if we ask her where her nose is. Her report card says she doesn't know her body parts. We're working on it. She still doesn't like to sign, she only does all done and milk (when it's a real emergency).

At one year, she finally started sleeping through the night!!! But then a molar tooth started coming in, so she's waking again. Oh well. She has a really random teething pattern. Now, it is a top molar - which is skipping the canine teeth. Very interesting, painful.

We went to Florida for my sister's wedding. She was a good traveler, but it is exhausting traveling with an infant. We miss the days of snoozing and reading a book. Thankfully, she was really great on the plane and MANY fellow travelers thanked us. Thankfully, several fellow travelers were nice and allowed her to befriend them. She likes making friends with strangers. I wonder where she gets that, ha!