2 of my favorite things

No clothes and playing with clothes in the laundry basket.  Clothes are good toys but not really for wearing I guess.   (These are the pictures she will hate me for when she gets older...)

Halloween Part 3

Here are some pics from Halloween day.  Adriana made an adorable polar bear.   Rob dressed as a penguin to be her companion.   They went trick or treating with Simon and Brandt and had a good time.  She just loved being outside.  Rob had a blast.  This halloween was more for him I think.   

Halloween Part 2

It is all about Halloween in our house.  More to come...

Time for fall

So this weekend Rob took some pictures in the backyard of Adriana with the changing leaves.  She loves trees and pulling on the leaves, and as we discovered Saturday, eating them.  I can't imagine they taste very good and there was a lot of me sticking my finger in her mouth to fish them out which she did not appreciate.  But we got some cute pictures and a family photo.  

Adriana continues to be pretty happy.  We are back to not sleeping and she wakes up at 12 midnight every night and it takes a good hour to get her back to sleep.  It doesn't seem to phase her but it is killing me!  She has also started to crawl so she is getting very active.  She has successfully sought out everything in our living room that she is not supposed to touch and continues to gravitate to it.  The stereo equipment is her favorite.  I now know why people told me to cherish the days that she couldn't move on her own. :)  

Halloween Part 1

Hats

So as most of you know, I love to shop.  And since we had Adriana, I have really transferred my habit from buying for Rob and I, to her.  The kid has a lot of toys and clothes.  My new favorite thing to shop for is hats.  She is getting quite a collection of winter caps.   And she hates wearing them. I keep telling her if she would just grow more hair.....So here are a couple pictures in just one of the many.  

Otherwise things are going well.  Nothing crazy to report.  Adriana is teething and it is causing her quite a lot of pain so she a tad bit crabby and we are having a lot of long nights.  

9 month old update

Adriana hit 9 months on Monday.  I can't even believe it.  Before we know it she is going to be in college!  We went to her 9 month check up.  The doctor said she is doing great and right on track.  I will put her stats below.   The 9 month appointment is the only one in the first year that does not require any shots and I was very excited.  Although when we got there, we decided to give her a flu shot.  Adriana did great with the doctor.  She was very helpful while she was checking her heart and lungs (the doctor might tell you otherwise) and even was fine when they pricked her toe.   Piece of cake.  Then came the flu shot.  I am not even sure Adriana was upset because it hurt, I think it just plain ticked her off.  She screamed at the nurse then turned and screamed at me then cried.  It wasn't even a cry of pain, just hopping mad.   The nurse felt really bad.  She eventually got over it and was pretty happy the rest of the day.

Adriana is sitting up very well and really wanting to walk.  She takes every opportunity she can to walk around.  She still has a drunk walk with support but she is getting there.  We thought she may go straight to walking as she had no interest in crawling but she is now working on getting herself into the crawl position.  She freaks herself out though and rolls over.   She wants to move though.  I sit with her on the bed and she rolls and dives and lunges towards everything.  She isn't quite so courageous on the floor yet but we are getting there.  

We also started a music class today.  She liked it but really only wanted to grab the baby next to us.    For those of you that have been around her, Adriana was pretty mommy attached and not a fan of people she doesn't know.  She has really come out of her shell in the last few weeks on that.  Today she let the music teacher pick her up and take her away and she didn't really care where I was.  She is doing good.   She has also become very attached to my niece Ally.   Ally came over one day a week this summer and played with her and helped me out.  They really bonded and Adriana squeals every time she sees her.  

So that is about it.  She is really into music these days, and all kinds.  Kids music, rap, techno...She loves anything with a fast beat.   She is taking baths sitting up now.  We got her a little blow up tub that she loves.  She mostly loves to splash me.  

Above are just some pictures of her recently.  The one in the Braves hat in the pool was taken by Rachael while we were in Kentucky.   She is very talented.

Current Stats:

Height: 28 inches (55 percentile)

Weight: 16 lb 14 oz (15 percentile)

Head: 43.7 centimeters (45 percentile)  

Also, Adriana has gotten her first teeth.  We noticed the first one broke through last Friday, the 26th.  Then yesterday noticed the one next to it is breaking through.   We were excited and also a little relieved as she was not sleeping last week and I was afraid that she was getting out of routine.  Now I know I am just a bad mom who let my poor child suffer all week with tooth pain.