~Monday Musings~

We had a fantastic weekend! We enjoyed an afternoon at the cabin for my brother, Zac and my mom's birthday dinner. It is so pretty on the mountain right now. Seriously, it was like the leaves were so vibrant yellow that they were smacking me in the face on the drive up. The weather was perfect!

Addy started saying grandpa earlier this week! I went down and canned some peaches with my mom, so my dad got to pay some special attention to Adalyn while we were working. He took her out to see the horses (hee hees), llamas, chickens, rooster, and whatever else lives in our neighbors back yard. He played with her and the dog all afternoon. The next day when I mentioned grandpa, she lit up and said, "pamp-pa?" and has been saying it ever since.

We were all entertained by watching Addy and the dog eat cheerios off grandpa's knee.

Did I mention it is my mom's 50th birthday? (today, actually...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!)
I made a little scrapbook from all the kids of 50 reasons why we love her...even though she wanted an ipod, I think it was a hit ;)

50 candles makes quite the fire

Some of her friends came and decorated the outside of the house with 50 pink flamingos. The sign says "We PINK we know who's 50"

My brother, Jared and his wife, Natalie came from VA to bless their baby. Connor and Addy both love watching the dog be silly and chase after the laser light (the dog goes crazy)

Addy LOVES corn on the cob!

Our attempt at taking a picture with everyone in it...minus Elder Bench. It's hard. Sorry mom, your eyes are closed (no surprise though right? haha)

Who knows when the next time we will all be together...but, one things for sure, it will be a PARTY!

1 year

I'm NOT going to start off this post by saying what a blog slacker I am because it seems like I do that in every post now...

BIG NEWS:

Adalyn turned 1 year old! Yes, it's already been a whole year since this "little" 10 pound chunkster found her way into our lives!

She is getting so big! (ok, she started off big)... She started walking by herself a couple weeks ago and is still gaining her confidence. She sticks out her tongue like Michael Jordan and grins the entire time!

From this:

To this:

Some of her favorites:
- doggies--she LOVES dogs, can say the word perfectly, pants like a dog, pretty much thinks every animal is a dog, and likes to pat dogs...when we are outside and she hears a dog bark from blocks away she reaches for it, gasps excitedly, and says "doggie!"

- she also says, "pup pup" (the name of my parents dog--yeah, it's name is pup...haha)

- when she is hungry (or sees other people eating) she makes tasting sounds by smacking her lips together

- she likes eating whatever anyone else is eating and always scrounges for food

- loves to play peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake

- isn't afraid of anyone (not even uncle Steve, haha) and will go to anyone willingly

- likes to pat...example: last week at stake conference she went up to a guy who was sitting a couple chairs away from me, she put her hand on his leg, looked up at him and proceeded to gently pat his knee (she later did the same thing to his shoulder while she was standing on a chair between us)

- climbing stairs

- anything outside!

Some of my favorites:
- staying home with her!

- her big grin

- her slobbery kisses that she is sometimes stingy with and the big oooo-wha sound she makes

- lately when I get her from naps she first gives me her stuffed doggie, then her blanket, then reaches up for me...melts my heart

- listening to her talk, sing, and play by herself when she is supposed to be taking a nap

- when she comes and tickles my feet or belly and says "ticka ticka ticka ticka"

- when she "cusses"...she mutters things under her breath in a really angry tone...can't help but laugh!

- she is so easy! she still gets everyone's attention when we go out anywhere and has a great demeanor

stats:
weight: 19.7 pounds (approx 20th percentile)...when she was born I think she was 99th!
height: 28 inches (approx 20th percentile)
head: 45 (50th percentile)


We took her to an allergist last week who confirmed that she is in fact allergic to milk! (poor thing broke out in hives a couple months ago when she had milk-based formula for the first time) She is also allergic to peanuts. sad. no peanut butter or snickers for her!

(my best friend Laura took these pics and sent me these sneak peak photos...can't wait to see the rest)