stunt driver

mommy wrote in Rigby's blog when she was little and had her own car walker/toy to "watch out Danica." well i might just mean it in Adler's case. she can take that little black car and do amazing things if she wants too. it started out that she could only back up but she is way more advanced than that today. she runs down the hallway sideways backs into the den and does a three-point turn all in a matter of seconds. i was seriously impressed. only thing is you have to mind your toes because she does not and has no qualms about running them over, backing up and doing it again all with a giant smile on her face.

slap hands

Adler has now moved on and can give out high fives. sometimes it takes a little bit to realize what you are asking for but once she makes contact she will give about a dozen high fives in a row. she smiles so big you can almost see the little nubbins of her new teeth poking though. she is such a happy baby...for the most part!!!!

sit and spin

Adler has a new move. I guess it is not all that new but she has perfected it. she sits on her butt and uses her legs to spin her around in a 360 motion. sometimes when she is playing quietly she will do this over and over. it seems to exert little to no energy to do it but it gives her the ability to see and take in everything in the room. she can also turn this in to a back up maneuver but this does not happen as much as the sit and spin does.

royal baby wave

daddy is working with Adler on her wave. it is coming along but not ready for parades or pageants just yet. it started out with her extending her arm backwards and hand in the pincher pose. she has now figured out that the arm does not go backwards but she still has her hand in pincher pose but she does have a little waggle in her wrist when she is doing it. it is kind of funny watching her trying to figure it out. i am sure in a weeks time she will have it down pat.

reaching out

Adler has a habit of following you into what ever room you are in. if you are in the kitchen she LOVES the refrigerator and will try to get into anything she can (like another little girl i know) or she also likes to get down on her belly and touch the stove legs. i made it a point to get down on the floor myself to see if there was anything under there and no there isn't so i just made sure this weekend when i was cleaning that it was mopped and swept under all the appliances at least as far as her little arms can reach so she wont be getting into anything she shouldn't.

praying

Miss Adler was not happy about 3a-5a. She wanted mommy to hold her and rock her and mommy was falling asleep doing it and every time i would lay her down she would wake up, stand up, and cry/whale at the top of her lungs. i tried to let her cry it out but after 15 minutes of keening i could not take it any longer. i tried the swing, again no avail. it was horrendous. eventually she went to sleep in bed with mommy snuggling her. by the time daddy got home at almost 8a she was a supper happy camper and just babbling away at her toys and other inanimate objects, loudly too. daddy says "oh great, another loud woman." he thinks he will have to start to pray to go deaf as he does not know if he can make it to old age with the three of us competing to who can be loudest longest. ha ha.

dehydration worry

Adler was not drinking on Thursday or Friday. We were getting worried. she would eat and when i would get home she would nurse but would not take a bottle no matter what. we even went and got pedilite but she would not take that either. luckily i was home all weekend so i was able to nurse the entire time but we found out that she has 4, that is right F-O-U-R of her top teeth all coming in at once. they just all broke the skin this weekend. other than being quick to whine/cry and not taking a bottle she has been her normal self. forget it if you just walk by her, she will follow you and cry and cry and cry till you pick her up and hold her.

alone

Adler is growing up WAAAAAAYYYY too fast. she is now sometimes standing all alone. she will pull up on something then kind of push off of it and just stand there unsupported by anything but her own two legs. the innocence of my baby is almost all gone and has been replaced with the mischievousness of a toddler. how do i stop time?!?!?!?

plus one makes 3

Adler is cutting another tooth. it is funny though as she has her bottom two teeth and normally i guess you would get the top two teeth but not miss Adler she is getting the tooth between her top incisors and the eye tooth. so just to the right as you look at her. i am sure it will be quite a smile with those three wonky teeth.

time for your check up

i don't have the whole story yet, but daddy just shot me a text while they were at the doc that Adler is now 28.75 long (98 percentile) and 18 lbs (56 percentile.) i am really surprised she does not weigh more as she is very solid and quite a heft now to pick her up. will have to pry more details out of him later see if the doc said anything else.

missing you

this past weekend daddy watched the girls as i headed to Nashville to surprise auntie Meghan to be there for her batchlorette party. we had so much fun with Meghan and her friends. But i missed my girls horribly i was so happy daddy sent me pictures and tangoed me so i could see them. i miss my baby hugs and snuggles and just listening to them. so happy to be home and loving on both of my girls.

special baby handles

I think Adler believes that the stoppers on doors were made just for her. like they are special baby handles just so she can open and close doors. i guess every kid goes through that phase i know miss Rigby did too. it is all fun and games till mommy is putting her make up on in the bathroom and gets whacked in the back with the door to look down to see miss Adler just smiling up at her. errrrr....but too cute to be cross.

tank

Adler is a little tank when she puts her mind to something. if there is something in her way a toy, clothes, sister's legs she will just crawl over it. it might take her some time and effort but she is persistent and just keeps at it till she is over whatever obstacle in her way.

exorcist

Adler did her very best impression of the movie Exorcist yesterday and she has never even seen it. i am not sure of the full details of the event but her and daddy were cuddling/feeding on the couch and next thing you know she emptied her entire stomach contents out (basically a 6 oz bottle) all over her, daddy, and the couch. ugh!!!! daddy put her in the tub and turned on the shower nozzle...guess what...she HATES showers!!!!!! then he had to clean himself up. while that was happening miss Rigby had a potty accident so next thing you know she had to have a shower too (she is not too keen on them either.)

no hand towel safe

Adler now will go into the kitchen or bathroom and take the hand towels down and throw them on the ground. the only reason....cause she can.

around of applause

i have yet to see it, but daddy says that Adler is starting to clap. we were trying to get her to preform on command last night and it would not happen but i am sure i will see it soon enough. one of my favorite things she does right now is smack her hand on her knee. so it looks like she is just having a hell of a time and whatever it is, is a "knee slappin' good time." it is the cutest!!

floor mat

Daddy bought Adler some new toys/things this weekend. One was a foam floor mat that we set up in front of the books/toy area so if and when she falls she wont bonk her head on the hard floor the foam at least makes for a soft landing. it will prob still hurt but it wont scramble her brains like a knock on the hard floor. i know we cant do the whole house to keep her safe but every little bit counts. the thing is these blocks are inter locking and just come apart with a tug. they are a kids play toy not really meant as a safety feature so Adler and take it a part easily. we keep telling her NO and taking it away so hopefully she will leave it alone soon, but so far no matter how many times she gets in trouble she goes right back to taking it apart and putting it directly into her mouth. Rigby's favorite part is to tattle on sissy when she is eating the mat cause then sissy gets in trouble. ugh....

chillin'

since the last time we went swimming mommy/daddy acquired a baby pool float. this is a life saver so someone does not always have to hold her. Saturday evening we were house sitting so we snuck in the pool for a few minutes before dinner. the sun had already started to go down and mosquito not out just yet. the water was almost bath temp so not refreshing but it was wet so that is nice after a long day. we put Adler in her float and she absolutely still. she did not fuss or cry or smile or laugh nothing - almost no reaction. she just kind of took it all in. after a while she started to kick and then lay back and lounge and really enjoy the float. it was funny. (pictures to come.)