All About Adelaide

Since it has been ages and ages since our last post, I'll just bring you up to date on Adelaide since she is by far more entertaining and fun to look at. She has transitioned so quickly from baby into toddlerhood, sometimes I stop and just watch her and wonder what happened?! She is SO much fun to interact with these days and is constantly learning new things, never ceasing to amaze me that she is MY daughter, always and forever! However, if anyone ever tells you how much work babies are, pshhh! Babies are a breeze compared to toddlers! Haha, especially when you're 7 months pregnant.

Adelaide hiding when I ask, "where is Adelaide?"

Her chalkboard door on our patio, she's so proud!

She loves all things outdoors! Alive or dead, this one was definitely alive. Funny story: We found a toad on the sidewalk in front of our house a few weeks ago and stopped to look at it and "pet" it. Jordan wanted to try to pet it so he handed Adelaideto me, I grew tired of holding her 25 lbs and set her down to get a better look at the toad. At first she was SO excited and kept making all these exclamations, but then I noticed she started wimpering. I thought maybe the fondness was turning into fear and then I felt it. My toes were being bit! I had accidently set Adelaide on an ant hill! Poor girl, she had quite a handful of bites up her legs and on her toes. (this was before I started putting shoes on her ;) ). I felt so terrible! But in my defense it was dusk out and I couldn't see the sidewalk very well.

We really do own toys for her to play with! However she chooses not to play with them, ever. She'll read books for sure, but she'd rather play with my coasters for hours.

Or play in darkened cupboards. She always climbs in and shuts herself in the dark and gets SO frustrated when I open the door...

She also:

• Is learning new words everyday: Shoes, trees, ball, milk, juice, please, luf u (i love you), hey, eee ya (see ya), baba (baby)...and others that aren't on the top of my head!
• Shoes are her favorite! Her first words out of her mouth some mornings are shoes! She loves pulling all of hers out and bringing them to me to put on.
• LOVES helping me with everything! She helps me hang up and fold her diapers and other laundry, she chases around the vaccuum, helps push the grocery cart, helps sweep and picks up messes. Sometimes I find her attempting to fold washcloths and towels and she'll scrub tables, chairs, floors....
• Is starting to play pretend. She started feeding me imaginary food the other day out of a cupholder. I thought it was brilliant, but then I am her mother :D

Another brilliant moment: I was sitting on the toilet yesterday WITH the door closed (haha!) and she pushed her Brown Bear book underneath the door to me. Hilarious! And on that note, enjoy!