Day 146

Roots of Empathy

Adeline has been involved with this program as the teacher at Windsor Park School for several months now. Our time participating in this unique program is coming to an end, so today we attended the Roots of Empathy Year End Celebration!

This was the very first time I saw Adeline a little overwhelmed by other kids. There were babies everywhere and many of them were sobbing because they wanted to be close to their mamas...but not Adeline. She was a little more leery than usual, but she was a champ, clapping along with the song and giving me a HUGE smile when she finally found me among the sea of other parents trying to get the attention of their little ones.

It was neat to see all the other parents and babies who have been involved with Roots of Empathy in and around Edmonton this past year...Adeline even got her own T-shirt...It says Roots of Empathy TEACHER - just like her mama and dada!

Day 145

Adeline Loves to Read

She especially loves reading books with babies in them. She is able to flip the pages all by herself and everything...not that she gets to see all the pages, but she always makes sure she sees her favourites ;) As she reads she also will tell the story, using inflection her her voice and everything! I love to just sit and enjoy the amazingness of my daughter. Today I caught her reading 10 Little Fingers and 10 Little Toes By Mem Fox. This is one of her (and my) favourite books right now. As you can see she especially loves at the end when the baby is kissing her Mama...I love that part too!

Day 144

Sleeping Baby

Adeline fell asleep in her car seat today, doesn't she just look too precious for words! The problem with this is now that she is in her big girl seat it makes it a little more difficult to keep her sleeping when we get home :( ...but today Daddy and I tag teamed her! I got the doors all unlocked and her room all ready and Daddy carried her into the house and got her in her bed and she actually stayed (mostly) asleep. Therefore she got an hour nap rather than just the 20 minutes in the car. YAY!!! When I say mostly asleep what I mean is she squawked a little when Kris put her in the bed, but then fell back into a nice little slumber.

Day 143

Night Night Adeline

Here is Adeline all ready for bed in her PJs and robe...we don't always put the robe on her, but Daddy said she quite enjoyed it as she drank her before bed bottle this evening.

Day 142

Like a Big Girl

After an on the go, car diaper change I let Adeline sit in the van like a big girl...I even buckled her in and everything. I think she was enjoying it...made it hard to get her sitting in her car seat when we needed to get driving again.

Day 141

Modeling

When we were in Vancouver Uncle Timmy gave Adeline this cute little outfit. She looks absolutely scrumptious in it...I am lovin her chubby, bare baby arms and legs. I rub and squeeze them all day long! Adeline enjoys having so much of he skin showing, it is just perfect for her to grab and pinch. Her new habit of pinching, herself and whoever else is near, when she is excited wreaks havoc on her (and my) skin. All day long she has strawberry coloured welts on her chest, arms and legs.

Here is Adeline practicing some of her pre-crawling skills; and as you can see this little outfit is just a cute from the back.

Day 140

Happy Birthday Mommy

Gardening

Adeline is a huge fan of being outside. She LOVES swinging on her swing, sitting in the grass and finding new things and just watching whatever Mommy and Daddy are doing.