Peas...they actually are good!

Thought I would give you a brief update.  Miss Adelyn has decided she likes peas.  In fact she likes them so much she ate a whole jar for dinner. Next food to try, carrots.  Mmmmmm... 
And a funny picture to make you smile. :-)

Naptime

Tim and I have always wondered if the dogs would ever start sleeping in Addy's room when she was in there. Would they ever be protective enough to actually sleep in the same room?  Today I put Addy down for her nap and about 5 minutes later I realized I hadn't seen Lily in awhile.  Usually this means she is up to no good, but this afternoon she just felt like taking a nap with her little sister.

A momma's gotta do what a momma's gotta do

I have always been impressed by moms and how they just seem to know how to improvise when things don't go as planned.  See, I plan everything and try to envision every single thing that could possibly happen and when the unexpected happens, I tend to freak out.  So, I didn't think the improvising part of being a mommy would work with me.  I predicted a lot of panic attacks. 
I am proud of myself though.  I cannot recall one real freak out since I have become a mommy and feel I have done a pretty good job rolling with the punches, whether it means wrapping a dirty cloth diaper in cellophane from my sandwich or washing bottles in public. Today I figured out, if I needed to put Addy somewhere really quick in the bathroom that her bathtub worked well for containing her.  I was just proud of myself for figuring this out without having to get Addy's bouncer. Of course, I got the camera after I was done in the bathroom because who can resist taking a picture of those cheeks and eyes? 

 

And I am so thankful I am able to improvise and just take good care of my little girl.

Peas...good? or no good?

Tonight Tim & I decided to give Addy her first taste of "real" food.  We decided peas would be a good choice because a) they are a vegetable and b) they are not sweet.  We just happened to be having dinner at Pat & Oscars, so we took the peas with us and got her all ready in her high chair and started feeding them to her. 

She kept reaching for the jar, so I took that to mean she wanted more:

Guess not.  I kept trying to feed them to her, but the reaction was pretty much the same the whole time.  By the end of dinner Addy would no longer look at me because she thought I was going to give her another spoonful of peas. :-(  Hopefully tomorrow will go better because we have to stick with the peas for a few days. 

Addy's Best Friends

As I had hoped, Addy has become more and more intrigued with her doggies.  In fact, she now tries to grab them and give them hugs.  When she is eating and the dogs enter the room, she looks around for them and forgets her bottle, which is crazy because you NEVER mess with Addy and her bottle!
Yesterday we were doing some floor time and Lily started dropping the toy by me to play.  Addy decided she was going to play and started grabbing the toy.  So, the "playing" started and has continued onto today.  I think it is adorable and glad my puppies and Addy are starting to acknowledge each other.  The dogs still don't get too close because they have been grabbed a few times, but that is a good thing as well.  They are cautious, just like we want them to be.
So, here is a video.  If you listen closely, you can also hear one of Addy's new favorite things to do, blow bubbles. :-)  She has different types of blowing depending on her mood, for example, frustrated bubbles.  :-)  Enjoy!  Sorry about some of the video quality!  I didn't realize I was moving so much!

Jump Around...

I have been toying with the idea of buying a Bumbo.  I have a problem spending $35 for a new one and I am a little too lazy to drive to pick one up off of Craigslist.  However, instead of spending our money on a new Bumbo, Tim & I decided to buy a Baby Einstein jumper.  We found a coupon for Babys R Us and bought it last week when we got home from the river.  I was super excited about it and when the package arrived yesterday, I went to work putting it together.  Little did I know it would take a hour and half of finagling and sweat to get the thing together, but in the end it is together and working well for our little munchkin.
There were lots of parts:

And I had lots of helpers to keep entertained while I worked:

Mr. Frog helped a lot with keeping Addy entertained:

But in the end it was all worth it for such a happy girl:

May we get many hours of enjoyment out of our Baby Einstein Jumper. :-)

Random

We have had a random weekend.  You know, one of those weekends when you do random things.  Sometimes you are disappointed, sometimes you aren't.  This weekend, I was not disappointed.

I'll start with Thursday, since that is when I started my weekend.  We visited an Allstate insurance adjuster because I was rear ended before we left for Norcal.  Randomly, we got some lumpia and empanadas at the place next door.  They were yummy.

Friday, we randomly saw my friend, Jess at the zoo.  But I already wrote about that.

Yesterday, we went to see my friend, Liz, participate in her first power lifting competition.  Random yes...cool...yes...  I can honestly say I knew nothing about power lifting until yesterday. I not only learned a lot, but I also got to see Liz break a current CA state record in bench pressing.  Pretty awesome if you ask me!  This is a video of her first attempt at the bench press (you get 3 attempts and if you succeed in your first, the weight just keeps going up).   And no, the guys were just spotters, they weren't helping her even though they look like they might be.  This is also not the lift that broke the record, I didn't get a very good video of that one, so this one will just have to suffice.

We also randomly ended up in Pacific Beach at my one of my favorite places to eat, World Famous.My lobster tacos were a good random.  Since we were on the coast, we thought about taking a walk, but due to crummy weather, we ended up going home instead.  Picture of my husband feeding my baby girl on a bench on the bay:

We also randomly had pho (Vietnamese soup) at home where I spilled mine all over our coffee table and permanently took the stain off the wood.  Not a good random... And we had some random frozen yogurt, graham cracker & cake batter for me....yummy.  A good random.

I went to put little one to bed and I randomly smashed my foot into a "present" left for me on the floor by one of the dogs.  Not a good random...a disgusting random.  I will not post a picture of that one...even though Tim took one cause he thought it was hilarious.


Today, I went breakfast with my family to see my cousin, Michelle, who is visiting from Cincinnati with her family. Afterwords, I randomly (I wasn't planning on going) went with my mom to the mall and rediscovered H & M. I think I will be "randomly" showing up there sometime soon. :-)

Danielle (Michelle's daughter) & Dylan at breakfast

They were my flower girl & ring bearer! :-)

Madison loves Addy

 

Candid of Michelle & Bobby

Addy & I came home and she passed out on me. This is not random and happens on most days when we are home in the afternoon.  The randomness about Addy's little nap were my thoughts about her while she was sleeping.  I was just thinking how lucky I am to have my little girl in my life.  She really has changed me and my life for the better.  I never realized having a child would change so much, but in the end it has taught me how to love even more than I knew possible.  Of course, she isn't too hard to love.  She is pretty amazing. Here is a picture of my little girl sound asleep on me.

 

So while my weekend was full of randomness, it was a pretty great weekend.  I was able to hang out with just my two loves and see lots of friends and family.  Hopefully the rest of the summer is full of some more randomness.