Day 156

Snakes

Adeline, today we went to a trade fair. I had you facing me in the carrier and you spent the whole time talking...to EVERYTHING. You were just so happy to be out and about and surrounded by people. You were very intrigued by the reptile booth and especially by the snakes. When we first walked up the the booth the man working the booth had a snake around his neck and you were so enticed by it that you reached right out and grabbed it...but then you were a little taken aback by how it felt that you pretty much kept your hands to yourself the rest of the time were checking out the reptiles. That did not stop you from giving them intense stares though ;)

I feed myself, mom!

So now do you not only want to feed yourself you bottle, but you also want to be in total control of your food too. When I used to give you these pouches of food to try and feed them to yourself you would just squeeze them so hard that the food would squirt out and get all over the place, but today when we tried again you were in complete control. You would take the pouch in your hand, then put your finger in the hole where the food comes out (I think to make sure there was still food in there), then finally you would put the hole to you lips and suck out all the food you could get in one long draw. You were quite pleased with yourself after learning how to eat like a big girl...you ate the whole pouch all by yourself. - P.S. make sure you take note of you hair in the picture...we are trying out a new style!

Day 153

Standing

You are not yet able to independently stand (or even pull yourself up), but you sure enjoy doing it when holding on to Mommy or Daddy or the couch or a laundry basket or the table or the side of your crib (pictured above) or even Chloe. One of your favourite things to do lately is kiss all the bugs on your mobile. And now that you can stand and hold onto your crib with one hand you are able to grab and kiss the bugs with the other. Each and every time we go into your room you stare longingly at the mobile, hoping that you will be able to kiss the bugs again...and most times I let you, because it's just so darn cute ;)

Food?

Today you came outside with Daddy and I to play while we got some much needed yard work done. I plopped you in the middle of a blanket, next to a tree, with a bucket of toys within reach and what do you do...get onto you knees and stretch as far as you can so you can reach a pinecone. You were quite fond of how it felt as you fingered it in each hand and then in both together, but you were not a fan of how it felt in your mouth nor the way it tasted on your tongue. But Daddy and I are very proud of how you are so adventurous and willing to try new things!

Day 115

Eating Like a Big Girl

The other day we bought a bowl for Adeline to eat out of. She has been really enjoying feeding herself lately so we thought a bowl was in order...but the important thing about this bowl is that it has a suction cup on the bottom. This makes it so she can choose her pieces of food, but she doesn't just play with (and dump) the food out of the bowl. She is loving it so far...she loves to look into and choose the pieces she wants to eat and then eat them at her leisure. She IS growing up so darn fast!

Day 106

Baked Ziti

Kris and I have been watching a lot of The Soprano's lately and they seem to talk about Baked Ziti A LOT!!! Well today we decided that we would have some of that Baked Ziti for dinner tonight and that is just what we did. Baked Ziti is a lot like lasagna, it has noodles, it has a tomato based sauce, it has meat and it has a lot of cheese! For this baked ziti dish I made you make some meatballs (BTW this was hands down the best meatball recipe I have ever used) and cook them in your pasta sause and you make some ziti noodles and you toss them with some ricotta and mozzarella cheese then you layer and bake. So for Adeline tonight I gave her some noodles and meatballs from before the whole bake stage, without the gravy (that is what they call tomato sauce on The Soprano's...I'm not sure how she felt about the actual taste of the food, as she has not been a very big eater lately), but it was funny to watch her feeling the noodles with her hands and try to get some in her own mouth...we even got one of them on her finger as a ring ;)