The Hormone Surge...

Sometimes I have days that my hormones can't handle. Being almost 9 months pregnant these days are getting more and more frequent. And I am noticing them more with this second pregnancy. Probably just because there's more on my plate.

Story #1. I go to church usually alone since Ryan is always on the slope. So that means me, in heals and a skirt, with baby #1 in my arms, baby #2 in my belly, one diaper bag and my purse. Fun. Today as I got out of the car and collected this pack mule's load, the wonderful Palmer wind decided to blow up my skirt. Sky high so the lovely MODEST couple walking into the church to partake of the sacrament and feel the spirit could get a lovely shot of me in my glory. What can I do, I have no hands? And no shame anymore. I am sure they have no question as to my un-married looking appearance.

Story #2. To regain my composure and put my clothes back on I made my first stop at the bathroom, a pregnant woman's best friend. I left Adelle to toddle in the entry way, so when I was done I picked up the bags and just as I bent down to pick up Adelle, she fell. My Mama instincts kicked in and as I reached down fast as lightning to pick her up, the two bags on my one shoulder flew down too, knocking Adelle in the head. Sorry baby. I managed to get myself and my valuables into the chapel, just in time to sit down, sing the opening song and fight back the tears. I managed to keep it together, just barely.

Story #3. Feeding Adelle her lunch in the Mother's lounge. Just as I gave her a spoonful of yummy applesauce, she sneezed. All over me. Do I care anymore? Off to Young Women's feeling totally confident in myself. Applesauce splattered all over my shirt. If only that couple I flashed earlier could see me now. I will be the cheapest birth control they've ever used.

Story #4. I actually made it through church. A miracle. I left and walked out to my car, trying to keep my pained body in some sort of normal form as I walked. I will not wobble, I refuse! Then I got to my jeep. Some lovely person decided to park 2 feet away from the side of the jeep with the car seat. I couldn't have fit in that space to put Adelle in without my huge belly let alone with it. Again, lovely. I wobbled my way to the otherside of the jeep, set Adelle in the back seat with the bags, backed the jeep out, just to get Adelle and put her in her car seat.

I left that guy a very nice note, on the back of a Carl's Jr receipt.

Sometimes I wonder why I even bother going to church. I think we talked about Temples, but it could have been the second coming.

I am ready for my day of rest now.

Pick up the egg? I don't get it.

This wasn't Adelle's first Easter, but last year she was only4 months and the only thing she cared about was Easter candy through Mamas milk. So this year we tried the whole Easter egg hunt thing. She is walking really well so that helped the "hunt", but she just didn't get it. Why do we want her to pick up the egg? I don't care, I want to keep on walking. When we showed her how to open the egg and the goodies inside THEN she became a little more interested in picking them up. She had the patience for 3 whole eggs! :o)

But we had fun. It's so fun now that she's walking. Ryan was home for one whole week after the three he was gone and we had so much fun just watching and laughing at her. I think Easter is the one holiday he was actually home for.

Now we're getting creative...

I'll bet you can guess this nap didn't last very long.

Oh the Distruction!

Adelle had some funky naps today. She woke up from her first nap early and REALLY fussy, so she went down for her second nap early. Even then she cried in her crib much much longer than she normally does. I was really worried she wouldn't go to bed and it would just be a miserably long day.

Finally when it got quiet I went and checked on her just to make sure I hadn't gone deaf. Then I noticed some clues as to the continued crying.

Exhibit A. Porcelain doll knocked over, favorite bunny on floor. This was a first, how is Adelle baby to sleep without her bunny?

Exhibit B. Sleeping in a PILE of tissues pulled out by a naughty baby. I guess her bed isn't fluffy enough. More evidence that Adelle has learned she can stand up in the crib. She's never cared to before, but it's pretty clear what was going on while Mom wasn't looking.

The fusser finally woke up, on a cloud of tissues. So on a bed of fluff, why the sad face?

MY BUNNY!!!!!

Baby Pictures for Daddy

Ryan asked for more pictures on the blog (when I was bragging how much fun Adelle and I have been having), so these are for him. He's been on the slope now for 2 1/2 weeks and doesn't come home until Thursday. So he's been away from her for awhile, not easy on a daddy. Random bits of fun.

The Campbell boys came over to play a few days ago and Adelle just adores them! Here they are watching The Never Ending Story. (see the video clip below for more cousin love)

And a few days ago it was absolutely beautiful, sunny and probably around 50 degrees, so we decided to go outside and "play".

Fun and Random

It's been awhile since I've posted pictures and my posts have been pretty impersonal lately. So I thought I'd do a quick mix of pics before Adelle two one and Lydia turns one.

Baby Dell sleeping. Look at those rosies!

This was most precious, I walked over to find Adelle petting Toby's head through the gate and Toby just loving it. She loves him, and he's starting to not run from her.

Adelle and I were playing chase around the kitchen. She always gets so excited that she laughs so hard she gets the hiccups. Happens every time!

Me at 31 weeks, like I said I am trying to get better at taking belly pics.

Here Adelle CANT take her eyes of The Sound of Music. I took about 10 pictures and each one looks just like this. How do you solve a problem like Adelle?

Finally it's Happening!!!!

We know that our child is delayed in the crawling area. Her chiropractor suggested that since she had a kinked back as a newborn it created the habit of not wanting to round her back, as is needed to crawl. He said she would never crawl, so we gave up hoping. (this sounds like a paralysis/car accident miracle, I guess thats how proud we are)

In Adelle's defense she is actually walking better than she is crawling. As long as you walk beside, in front or behind her she can go around the room, turn, and change directions. So even though walking is her preferred mode of transportation, I've really been working with her to crawl. By working I mean bribing her with thin mints. It was the only thing that worked, she LOVES those things!

Anyway, enjoy the very short clip. After taping this she learned to sit, then crawl, then sit, and got a lot better. Stay tuned and I'll get some more crawling clips up, and some walking ones as well. I haven't been able to get clips onto the blog before now, thats why your just now seeing them.

Childhood Song FOUND AT LAST!!!

Around the Room in 5 min...

I've noticed that our days are starting to look much the same. Adelle's interest in her toys is waning, and being that I am pregnant I get exhausted of bending over 50 times a day to re-direct her interest, get her new toys, pick up the old ones, etc etc. She is ALWAYS happy if you just take her to the wall. Or her walking toy or the table or the fridge or wherever. She will spend hours walking in circles around our main level. She's really good and she's getting really fast, lately she has been galloping along the longer walls. So here she is, on her daily adventure around the room. (which she repeats over and over and over)

Starting point: the couch, my purse and the lap top. And usually me.

She's so fast I couldn't get her cruising along all her walking toys. Here we enter the kitchen.

She reminds me of a rock climber. When she first started out she would go along a long wall, then look back and realize how far she'd come and get a little scared.

She loves getting over to the slidding door, because thats usually where Nelly dog is outside waiting for Adelle to play through the window. And they have fun "playing".

And on to round 6. Thanks for taking this journey with us!

I am Grumpy...

Yes, thats right. I am blogging because I am grumpy. The kind of grumpy that makes you feel like a little kid, the kind where you want to lay on the floor on your back and kick and scream to make the problem go away. Funny because I don't ever remember throwing fits like that when I was little. I am sure I never did. But it's in my blood now.

Adelle and Lydia's bumpber that I made, the one a few posts down, has to be taken apart and re-batted. (is that the word?) The batting I used was too thin so it flops over. So I spent hours adding boning through-out to help it stand up. It looks good in theory, but once Adelle gets to it it looks like an embarrassing mess. I can't take it anymore, I have to re-do it. And that means pretty much re-doing the whole thing. Plus I don't even know how to get the thickest batting into a long skinny bumper. Any suggestions?

Anyway, I am grumpy. Mad grumpy. I keep telling myself once I am done with it I will be glad I put forth the effort. Thats what I told myself before the boning idea. So here I go, on to plan F.

Until then I will search for a lesson I can take from this STUPID BUMPER PROJECT!