Could Just Eat Her Up

Adalyn’s Clinic Appointment is only about two weeks away.  Mommy and Daddy tend to get excited the closer the big day gets.  We really start keeping a close eye on her breathing, eating, and…yes, pooping.  This next visit will be a pretty big deal.  With the exception of the last cold she caught, Adalyn has pretty much been off all medications.  OK, we’re currently weaning her off Prilosec, but other than that we’re only giving her CPT treatments and vitamins.  SO AWESOME!  As far as we can tell, she’s thriving.  Her goal weight for this visit is 21 lbs.  Heck, she’s already hit 21.4 lbs on our scale at home (which never seems to match the hospital’s)!  We can only keep doing what we’re doing and hope we get the green light at the next visit.

This week, she’s been very vocal.  Adalyn has started to repeat just about anything she hears and she’s even started to sing!  Well, it’s more of a loud hum hum hum, but she really nails the melody.  🙂  Let’s see…Oh, Addy loves it when you chase her.  She’ll get in a ready-to-run position and then as soon as she sees us start to come after her, she’ll throw her arms up in the air and screech with excitement.  Love it!  She has tried her hand at using utensils when eating.  But so far she doesn’t see the big deal.  It doesn’t take long before she throws the spoon on the floor with the rest of the unwanted food. Adalyn has also started these laughing fits.  It’s hilarious.  Mommy or Daddy will do something totally random and Adalyn will think it’s the funniest thing in the world and just laugh and laugh.  Which, in turn, makes Mommy and Daddy laugh so hard.

We just adore her.

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Happy Easter 2013

I can’t believe we’ve already made it to Adalyn’s second round of holidays.  It feels so weird not to say “This is her first…” anything.  She’s just growing up so fast.  If you haven’t checked out our Instagram feed, you really should.  Sometimes I have to catch things Adalyn does on my iPhone and I love the way Instagram allows me to take an image and then post to Facebook and Twitter with just a few clicks.  But the only way it gets on this blog is in the side bar to the right of this post titled “Tweets.”  For instance, did you know Adalyn started using a straw this weekend?!  BLEW OUR MINDS.  You should have seen the looks we got at Chick-fil-a when we burst into cheers.  Too funny.  Just click the blue links that say instagram.com/xxxxxx….  Anyway, this year we decided to try our hand at decorating eggs.  Don’t be surprised when you can’t find a picture below of the finished product though.  All I’ll say is we had…fun.  That egg dyeing is hard work.  Messy too!  I’m sure Mommy and Daddy will be better at it next year.  🙂

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The Magic Kingdom

We’re Baaaack!  After a much needed vacation, the Crew is finally back home.  We had an absolute blast visiting Disney World in Orlando and then taking a three day cruise to the Bahamas.  But after all of the hustle and bustle that goes along with taking a one year old to such cool places, I think we need a vacation!  I have to admit, I was a little hesitant on the idea of taking Adalyn to Disney knowing she wouldn’t remember any of it.  But my scroogery was quickly squashed by my wife and In-laws.  In the end I’m super glad they didn’t let me have my way because seeing Adalyn’s face light up when some of her favorite Disney characters walked right up to her and gave her a kiss was…magical.  I couldn’t believe how much she recognized!  When Belle or Ariel was in view, Adalyn would let out the biggest screech of happiness while pointing and pulling mommy or daddy in the princesses direction.  It was great.  Of course us adults had an awesome time too.  After zipping around Animal Kingdom, Islands of Adventure, and then Magic Kingdom, the cruise to Nassau provided just the relaxation we needed.  It was no vacation for my camera though.  My Lightroom catalog states that I took 944 pictures!  Yikes!

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