Adalyn - 4 months

Wooaa!  I'm actually posting Adalyn's four month post on her four month birthday!  Someone has a lot of time on her hands today...not really, but I'm making the time.  We've had an exciting month.  Adalyn is such a joy to be around each and every day.  I made a big decision this month.  I officially resigned from my job at Vanguard and am now a full-time stay-at-home mom and wife!  While I will miss my friends at work as well as certain aspects of my job, nothing compares to being able to spend each day with Adalyn :)  It was the right decision and I'm glad that I can rest easy knowing that this is where God wants me to be right now.  Sooo to celebrate this new domestic job, guess what we did this past month?  We froze corn, canned tomatoes and are going to freeze peaches this week.  My mom has shown me the ropes with all of these things, which I really appreciate because it can be a little challenging taking care of a little babe while trying to navigate through a new process.  I took lots of pictures of the corn freezing process and plan to post them for anyone who may be interested in doing it sometime.  But my post today is dedicated to little miss Adalyn and a few pics from the storm.  Check out these new pictures, all of which were taken today.

Hi Mommy!

Her jean jacket is still a little big

She was much happier without it

She has grown so much but still looks small in her big crib from this angle

Love her!

Hanging out at Grandpa and Nana's watching a big tree get cut down (she is a little tired at this point)

It's tough to see here, but that big tree behind my parents' house split due to the wind...thankfully, the tree removal company arrived before it hit the house!

Check out the crack.  Thankfully, my parents had put cables through the tree years ago, which is what kept it from falling.

Watching the process

Hopefully you are safe and sound after Hurricane Irene hit.  Greg and I have a tree leaning on the front of our house (it's our neighbors), but we are praying it doesn't cause too much damage.  I know there are a lot of people in far worse situations, so we are couting our blessings.  Happy Sunday!



Adalyn - 3 months

I promised I would post updates each month about Adalyn, but was hopeful I'd get on here a little bit more often to blog some more.  Obviously that hasn't happened...thanks for understanding. 

This past month has been another great one!  Adalyn had a lot of "firsts"!  She went on her first vacation to Deep Creek Lake, Maryland with my family.  To get there she took her longest car ride - a whopping 3.5 hours.  She did GREAT on the way there...not so great on the way home.  Oh well, we made it safe and sound.  She also had her first boat ride!   I was a little worried about her getting on a boat at such a young age, but after reading a bit online I found that as long as she could fit into a life jacket, then she was okay.  Thankfully the boat rental place had one small enough for little miss.  She also, believe it or not, went out to dinner for the first time!  I know that's kind of hard to believe, but I guess that goes to show Greg and I don't get out much haha.  We'll be working on that.  Also, she had her first slumber over night in her pack and play.  She had no trouble sleeping.  In fact, she set some records while we were on vacation.  I think the longest she slept was from 9:30pm-7:30am!  Woohoo that was a good night.  She's still consistently sleeping through the night.  We actually started putting her to bed a bit earlier.  When it's time, it's time.  On that note, the past few days I've been able to lay her in her crib when she's still awake and she puts herself to sleep.  That's a big milestone in our book.  She's been a cuddler since day one and likes to be held.  For the first three months of her life we had to hold her and walk around with her to get her to sleep.  I don't want to assume that this will continue, but if it does we'll be thrilled.  It's so cute, as soon as we lay her down she just starts sucking...it looks like she's sucking her thumb, but if you look really close, you can see that she's really sucking the knuckle of her thumb or right between her thumb and her pointer finger.  Whatever works!  Wow, that was a lot of rambling on my part.  Enjoy a few pictures we took on vacation!

Ready for the boat ride

Daddy loves taking his little girl on adventures

Our blue-eyed little babe

Official 3 month shot in the crib...with Nana's scarf that Adalyn loves

She loves her fist

Our attempt at a family pic - so hard to get Adalyn to smile for the camera :)

This little seat is great!  Adalyn slept for hours in it by the lake.  The best part - it zips up so no bugs can creep in!

Family picture on the boat

I'll be back soon, I promise.