Hanging at the Park with Friends

This past Saturday morning Miss Adalee and I met up with some friends for breakfast and play time at the park! Miss Adalee loves getting to play with her buddy Vince!

Adalee Rose: 10 Months

Stats:
No pediatrician appointment this month, but I would guess that Miss Adalee weighs around 21 pounds and measures around 28 inches long. She is in size four diapers and wears all 12 month clothes. Still no teeth - not even a little itty bitty one! I am sure one will come in soon enough - for now, we will just enjoy her "gummy" smiles! :)

Eating:
Miss Adalee is still still taking 4 formula bottles a day - usually 5 or so ounces each - but has started drinking more and more water from her sippy cup at meal time. She has even started drinking formula from her sippy cup too! She is still eating lots of baby cereal, veggies, fruits, and meats, but she has also started transitioning to eating some table food for dinner with Mom and Dad. We have also started offering more structured snacks between meals - usually some Gerber Puffs, which she loves! She is beginning to figure out how to feed herself with her hands, and is getting better at it every day!

First Taco Night

First Mac & Cheese Night

First "Fast Food" Night - Chipotle!

Sleeping:
Miss Adalee is still an amazing sleeper. She usually starts to get tired around 7:00pm, and after a few minutes of finding a comfortable position in her crib, she falls to sleep without any problems. She still loves to sleep next to her giraffe, stroking the giraffe's foot while sucking her thumb until she falls asleep. There are always a few nights here and there that Miss Adalee wakes up, but usually after a few minutes of love from Mom or Dad, she goes back to sleep. We call those her "nightmare" nights, because it seems like she just gets a little scared and needs to be reassured that Mom and Dad are nearby.

Playing:
One of my favorite things about Miss Adalee growing up is how active she has become! Now that she is on the move, she has become so much fun to play with. She continues to work on her crawling skills - she is still mostly an army crawler, but has gotten up on her hands and knees a few times! She has also started to stand fairly well if she is able to hold on to someones hands or a piece of furniture. She has also started to clap, particularly when she is really proud of herself! :)

Here are some more photos from the past month...

Target shopping with Mom! So hungry!
Wants to eat before they are bought!

Eating some corn on the cob with Grandma...
Okay, mostly licking the butter... :)

Pre-Daycare Selfie with Dad!

And another one... :)

Ready for her stroller ride at school -
favorite part of the day!

Look! A leaf!

Grabbing an afternoon snooze!

Another K-State Weekend!

We had another fun weekend in Manhattan at the K-State game! This weekend the game was an afternoon game, which worked so much better than the first game, which was at night! Miss Adalee was all smiles throughout the afternoon - too bad her Mom is horrible about taking photos! Here are a few that we captured...

All ready to head to the stadium!

Practicing her walking with Grandpa!

Too much tailgating means a quick nap is
needed before kickoff!

Go Chiefs Go!

Miss Adalee had fun watching the Chiefs game with her cousins over at Nana and Bop Bop's house this weekend!

Adalee is working on her "tackle" skills

Saturday Means Park Day!

Miss Adalee loves to be outside, and she loves it even more when we find time to go to the park on the weekends! There is an awesome park at one of the local schools just minutes from our house - which is fantastic. She really likes to walk on the playground structures, but the jury is still out on whether she likes the slides. She also enjoys swinging with Mommy - just don't make her swing in the baby swing by herself! Here are some photos and video from our last visit...

The much needed "ba-ba" after we got home!

It's a K-State Weekend!

This weekend we headed back to Manhattan for the first K-State game of the season! We had a great weekend hanging out with my parents and enjoying some K-State football! Miss Adalee did great, especially considering that it was a late night game! We are so excited to have her with us at every game this season! :)

All ready for daycare on Friday
and ready for the K-State Weekend!

Welcome to Bill Snyder Family Stadium!

Just tailgating with her chair and "wa-wa"

Mommy's makeshift play area...until Miss
Adele tried to eat the gravel rocks

Go Cats!

Intently watching her Wildcats...

Sleepy girl...Night Night!

Adalee Rose: 9 Months

Stats:
We had Adalee's 9 Month pediatrician appointment this month on September 10th. Miss Adalee weighed 20.3 pounds and measured 27.5 inches tall. She made a huge jump from being 55th percentile in weight to 75th percentile - very exciting! She also jumped from being 30th percentile in height to 50th percentile. Still no teeth...and while I was convinced that she had already started teething, the doctor thinks that it might still be a while before we see a tooth peek through. Who knows! She is in size three diapers, and is still wearing some of her 9 month clothes, but has mostly made the transition to 12 month - especially with her sleepers!

Eating:
Miss Adalee is still eating lots of baby cereal, veggies, fruits, and meats. She is also taking 4 formula bottles a day, as well as water from her sippy cup at lunch. While most of Adalee's eating habits are the same, there have been a few exciting changes. On the weekends, when we have extra time, we have started trying table food with Miss Adalee. We started with banana, and then tried avocado. She is not too excited about actually eating the table food, but she definitely loves to mush it up with her hands. Trying table food was a little nerve-wrecking for Mom and Dad due to all of the coughing, which made me think that she was choking. However, once I figured out that it was just her learning how to swallow solid food, I got a little less anxious during meal time.

Avocados! Yum!

Miss Adalee has also started to hold her own bottle! Such a big girl! It makes me sad though, because she no longer wants to be given her bottle while being held at the end of the night. That was always our cuddle time, and now she would rather lie on the floor and hold it herself. I just keep telling myself that she still needs me... :)

Tired lady!

Sleeping:
Adalee is still a great sleeper - something that Michael and I continue to be so thankful for. She has also become really great about putting herself to sleep. Whereas we use to rock with her or simply hold her after her last bottle until she fell asleep, now we are able to lay her in her crib while she is still awake and she puts herself to sleep with no fuss. We have a stuffed giraffe that makes white noise hanging from the side of her crib. When we lay her down, she typically crawls over to the corner with the giraffe and strokes the giraffe's foot while sucking her thumb until she falls asleep. It is the cutest thing. Seriously. I can't handle the cuteness.

Speaking of the thumb sucking...now that Miss Adalee has started crawling around, we have noticed a significant decrease in the amount of time she spends sucking her thumb during the day. It is still soothing for her at night, but hey, we are making progress! :)

Playing:

As I mentioned in an earlier post, we officially have an army crawler on our hands! While she is not yet up on her hands and knees to crawl, she does drag herself across the floor using her arms. She also can get up on her hands and knees to rock back and forth - just hasn't taken that next step of actually crawling. I am sure it will happen any day now. We have put up one baby gate and have all the outlets covered, but more baby proofing is definitely needed...and fast! :)

In addition, Miss Adalee has started to growl. Yes...growl. It is the funniest thing. She loves to make growling noises at people. She also still loves to sing along with songs and play hide-and-seek around the living room!

Here are some more photos and videos from the past month: