pull up

Adler can now pull herself up to a standing position now from almost anything. her toys, side of the crib, kitchen cabinet, mommy's pant leg, just about anything. she is also getting adventuresome and kind of sidestepping. i would not call it walking yet, but she is moving some ground. but if she really wants to get somewhere she will flop down on her butt and then shift to a crawl and off she goes.....

Beaker the muppet

Alder is so funny, she talks out of the side of her mouth. she is just now starting to switch up sides. this is something i am going to have daddy mention when he goes into her next doctor appointment as i think it is odd but i am not overly worried about it. now she is starting to make "meep, meep" noises like Beaker the Muppet did on The Muppet Show. Google it...and imagine that on a baby...too funny.

food for thought

Again like we did with Rigby we are making our own baby food. i don't know why everyone doesn't do it. i don't do it because i am worried about chemicals or anything like that i do it due to price. i saw a story on the news that baby food industry is a 55 million a year commercial enterprise. at 90 cents to over a dollar a jar it is expensive. when i can get a sweet potato for about $2 a bag and that makes quite a few servings. so far we have tried bananas, vanilla yogurt, sweet potatoes, squash, blueberries, peas, plums, beets, carrots, and spinach. the only one she did not like was peas, and i think that might be as they were frozen and i think they might be more bitter. blueberries are not a favorite but she will eat them. now we make big batches then freeze in ice cubes then get out 2-3 cubes for breakfast and lunch and 4-5 cubes for dinner. we normally do 2 different foods and mix and match so never having the same combo.

battel wounds

Adler got a couple bumps and bruises yesterday. she tries so hard but is still awkward on her feet. she hit her noggin on the book shelf and i don't know what else but there were some red marks on her when i got home. compound that with the mosquito bites she has and she looks like she has been in a month long battle. poor thing.

books, books, books

Adler has found the book shelves in the living room. there are three of them and each one is jam packed with books. most are still the board books. Adler has recently found the cubicles with the books and just like her sister did when she was that age will stand and pull one book out at a time and throw them on the floor. i remember when Rigby was this age and i would come home from work and every single book we owned was on the floor. i am sure this will be happening very soon with Adler. good thing i consider picking up toys/books the only exercise i get so i don't really mind picking up after her/them.

you must acknowledge...

when daddy or mommy come home and see Adler you MUST stop and acknowledge her, and saying hi does not count. mommy came home the other night from work and had to rush to the potty there was no time to stop and snuggle. i did say hi as i rushed by but that was NOT good enough. she cried and cried and then you heard the hands start slapping. next thing you know she was in the hallway outside the bathroom. of course the door was open and Rigby was already in there with me, as i almost never get to go by myself now. as soon as she saw me the crying stopped and instant grin. she kicked it into super speed to get to me so i could pick her up and love, snuggle, kiss and hug her a proper hello.

push it out

this morning we woke up, played, had breakfast, got changed into our daytime clothes, and were playing. Adler really likes to stand now and she pulls herself up on that wooden toy and is standing there holding on and grunting for dear life. i started laughing at her and accusing her of pooping...and sure enough she did. she stood right there and filled her pants.

upright

Adler is now trying to pull herself up to a stand on almost anything she can get her hands on. this is bad in the fact that she does not know that toys with wheels are a bad choice, or light weight toys are also a poor choice. today she even tried to pull into a standing position but yanking on my jeans pant legs. they were not going anywhere so as long as she could hold on she could have made it. there is NOTHING stopping this girl.

2nd times the charm

we went swimming again on Sunday. this time we had a much better fitting swim suit and also just wore a regular diaper. she played and splashed in the water for quite some time. we are currently on the hunt for one of those baby floats that we can put in her so someone does not have to constantly hold her.

Happy Fathers Day...

...to the best dad on earth - OURS!!! love Rigby and Adler

grumpy tummy

Adler was all shades of grumpy yesterday. daddy said she did not nap well or eat well. And i know that after an extremely late nap she did finally finish dinner but would not take a bottle to go to bed. then we were up almost every hour to hour and a half. most the time it was for a cuddle and to be held not really cause she was hungry. this morning when she got up she had a diaper full of poo so i am thinking that she must have had a grumpy tummy (as sister calls it) and with all that pressure release she is feeling so much better today.

any finger will do

Adler has been a thumb sucker from birth. these days any finger will do. she will randomly just suck on her ring finger or middle finger. i think she is getting ready to cut some more teeth. she is uber fussy, always has her hands in her mouth, and back to drooling a lot.

boing, boing

Adler absolutely loves her 'Johny jump up' toy. it mostly hangs in the den doorway and she can sit and bounce and play while daddy is on the computer. it has also been in the doorway of Rigby's room so Adler can be close to Rigby and see the movie while mommy has to do something (aka. shower.) daddy calls it her boing-da-boing and that is the sound effect that he creates while she jumps and bounces along.

standing tall

this morning Adler pulled herself up to a stand from one of her toys. we have a wooden box that has wires on the top that have beads that you can move back and forth. you see them in doctors offices a lot. well it is just her height and was able to get herself erect. she was back down just as fast as she was up. i jumped up and grabbed the camera to try to get her to do it again but no luck. i was so proud and so very sad all in one little moment. this is the end of baby-hood and thrust head first into toddler-hood. boo hoo.

toes, toes, toes

Adler loves toes. well i don't know about that for sure, but that is about the only thing eye level when she is crawling so she is always reaching out and grabbing them. she likes mommy and Rigby's painted toes and daddy's shoes. Daddy has to be watchful as she tries to chew/lick his shoes and since they are indoor/outdoor shoes this is not a good idea. the only toes allowed in Adler's mouth are Adler, but even that could become a problem now as they always seem to be dirty even with mommy mopping and vacuuming all the time.

chugging right along

Adler is full blown crawling and can move. it is not really fast but it is constant. today i saw her leave the living room and crawl to den to see what daddy was doing. daddy says that she can go farther than that. she will go from back bedrooms to living room and from living room to laundry room. so basically nothing is off limits. we have been putting a chair down to obstruct her view of Chopper and Choppers view of her. So far no incident, we might have to come up with something better than a chair blockade when she can do more than crawl.

popeye

Alder is more like her sister than we think. she too talks out of the side of her mouth. she looks like popeye and scrunches up her whole face while doing it. sometimes it even sounds like "aye, aye, aye."

thumper

Adler has now come to kicking almost exclusively with her right leg. she will do it in rapid succession while sitting in the high chair, in bed, when laying on the floor almost anywhere. it is quite funny.

witching hour

Adler will go to bed just fine at about 7:30-ish and sleep good till about 10p. i get up and nurse her and she falls asleep in my arms. i gently take her back to her room and put her in bed. then all hell breaks loose. she starts screaming and crying like i am setting her on fire. i pick her up and she calms down and goes back to sleep. this goes on for two hours. this is not just a one night occurrence either. it happens more and more frequently. this is very annoying as i normally lay down to sleep about 9-9:30p so i just get to sleep when she is waking up. so mommy then has to wait till after midnight to go to sleep and this makes for a very sleepy mommy. ugh.