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04-14-2011

Special Report – Easter 2011!

We held your first Easter Egg hunt the day before Easter in Mima and Papi’s front yard. First we decked you out in one of the 4 or 5 Easter dresses you were given this year. It was hard to choose. They are all so adorable – especially paired up with your Easter hat and basket.  You looked beautiful.

You’re still a little unsure on your feet when you’re on rocky ground. Whenever an egg looked a little too hard, you’d stand still and reach your arm out and wait for us to lend a hand.

I was so impressed how you caught on right away. You’d find an egg, hold it up proudly and drop it in your basket and clap at every new find. So cute.

And when we let you loose on the pavement after the egg hunt on all the rocky terrain, you took off running.

Most of your eggs were empty. I’m sure I won’t be able to get away with that next year. But this time you were content – actually completely absorbed – in one caramel chocolate egg. Your sweet reward for all your hunting.

Easter day we drove out to Burbank to visit Great Grandma McIntire and the family. Our cousins visited for the day as well and you got to meet Zoe for the first time. She’s about a year older than you and you liked her right away. You never hesitated when we asked you to give her hugs and kisses. You tried to dance with her and followed her her dolly around whenever you weren’t completely overwhelmed by all the new adults hanging about. You’ve gotten a little bit shy when it comes to grown ups you don’t know.

One of my favorite things about Grandma McIntire’s house has always been her amazing yard. She loves gardening and grows all kinds of fruit trees, flowers, succulents, cacti, and bushes. It’s really amazing. It was great watching you run around the yard checking out and smelling all the flowers.

And for desert, after Easter dinner, you had your first ice cream cone. You were a big fan.

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04-09-2011

Photo Post – Bracelets

This may just be the best 3 bucks I have spent. Some dollar store bracelets and a little purse has kept you entertained for weeks. You love This may be the best 3 bucks I’ve spent on you so far. That amount and a trip to the dollar scored us a whole bunch of bracelets and a little purse. You love accessories, dressing up, and feeling pretty. You put all your bracelets on by yourself and sling your purse over your arm and walk around like the hot little mama that you are.

Every time you bend over to pick up something interesting off the ground, the all fall off and you’re forced to choose whether to put them back on, put them back in your purse or carry them around under your chin – which you’ve discovered is almost as good as a third hand.

Everything still goes in the mouth too.

Look at those eye lashes. They are glorious.

This is you saying “uh-oh” but it sounds more like “eh-uoh”. Hehe, every time you drop anything or see me drop anything or see anything troublesome at all, you let us know with this cutest of phrases. <3

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03-10-2011

First Firsts of 2011

We’re over 2 months into 2011, so it’s time to catch up on a couple of the stand out “first times” of the year so far!

January 5, 2011 – Your First tooth brushing! At first you were a little hesitant, then you got a taste of your special toothpaste and you were all about it! You let me, then Daddy try and then you did it by yourself! It’s to the point now (2 months later) where I can hardly get it away from you. You make the sign (for “toothbrush”) all the time and cry when I have to take it away. You would walk around with a toothbrush (and drool) hanging out of your mouth all day if I let you.

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January 6, 2011 – Well, I didn’t write it down, so I’m not entirely sure WHEN you technically got 8 teeth, but that’s how many you have now and it happened really recently. Your smile is the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen.

January 7, 2011 – First hair cut. well, really it was just a bang cut. You had all these fine little hairs that were poking you in the eyes so I chopped them off. You look so grown up. And adorable as ever.

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January 15, 2011 – First time you really REALLY walked on your own. We’re on vacation at the beach in Carlsbad and Mima has been holding on to your overalls and slowing letting go. It tricks you into thinking you’re getting help. You feel brave and you will walk 7 or 8 steps without falling over. You’re building up that confidence! You’ll also go for it if there is a big piece of furniture or a person within 3 or 4 steps.

January 16, 2011 – First time you ate dirt. And I let you. Hehe. You weren’t a fan.

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January 16, 2011 – Your first Swimper. So cute! You did pretty well in the lukewarm kiddy pool. And you totally thought you were hot stuff in that gigantic Nemo diaper.

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January 23, 2011 – The first time you fed yourself with a spoon. We were having a girl’s day in Carlsbad while Daddy worked and we walked to a yogurt shop. I let you get it all over your pretty sweater. You had so much fun, it was totally worth it.

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January 27, 2011 – First Happy Meal. You got a “kitty bing” – a mini my little pony, one of your very favorite toys. The look on your face when you saw her was priceless. The food, not so much. You had one bite of your chicken nuggets and one fry. I guess you weren’t hungry. But you did like your chocolate milk. And it’s so cute to watch you learn how to play with toys the way they are designed to be played with.

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Another example of learning to play with toys… you loooove your Elmo cell phone, or any cell phone, or any toy phone. You hold it right up to your ear and babble, then hold it out to me and wait for me to say “hello.” I don’t have a “first time” date for this one, but you started really playing with toys sometime this month. It’s really sweet to watch. You’re growing up so fast! You’re going to be hearing that a lot… your whole life.

January 27, 2011 – First Tutu. It’s a Kaiya Eve Pettiskirt technically, a gift from my old library boss, Penny. There’s a pic of you in it in my last post. I put it on over your clothes and you prace around like a little ballerina. You are such a girl, and I love it! You seem to adore being in dresses, wearing bracelets, having your hair brushed. You are very feminine, even now.

March 2, 2011 – Wow, a whole month has gone by? I’m slacking. I’m sure you’ve had firsts that I’ve forgotten to record before now. Hmm… well, yesterday you figured out how to drink from a straw. We’ve been trying to get you to do it for a long time. All of the sudden while we were getting dinner at Kimi Grill with Mima, it clicked for you. You also started feeding yourself with a spoon. You have the scooping motion down, it’s getting it all in your mouth that remains the challenge. You LOVE it though and will eat almost anything if we give you your own spoon with which to eat it. And you’re doing amazingly well.

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March 8, 2011 – Your first ride in your big girl car seat!!! You’re finally big enough. You are so petite that we had to wait until 15 months to let you do something that a lot of 1 year olds are already doing. Safety first! But we are all soooo glad you finally get to face forward and be a part of the group. 🙂

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It’s not everything new and interesting you’ve done. In fact, it seems horribly inadequate, but at least it’s something. It’s hard to keep up with all the amazing things you figure out every day. I’m going to keep trying.

I love you, baby girl!

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02-11-2011

A Typical Day at 14 Months – Part 2

 

I forgot a couple of important things about you. The whole point of this scrapbook/journal is to remember you, and remember what it was like to be your Mom, and to provide you with a glimpse into your past when you’re older. And there are two really important stand-out things about little 14-Month-Old Adela that I didn’t mention last time.

I’ve mentioned before what a happy girl you are, but I don’t think I’ve stressed it enough – especially with all my talk about your smarty pants attitude. Even though you definitely know what you want and don’t want, you are pretty much smiles all the time, 24-7. You are a genuinely happy little person. I could literally count on one hand the number of times I have smiled at you where you haven’t smiled back. It literally NEVER happens. You always reciprocate. And trust me I initiate smiles about 1000 times per day, so we’re not talking occasionally here. It’s one of my very favorite things about you. Even when you’re grumpy, you can’t resist a little smile. Strangers are a little bit more hit or miss, but even with people you don’t know, if they smile first, you smile back. You are the always center stage at every grocery store outing. I can’t tell you how many elderly couples have offered to take you off my hands. If I wasn’t so incredibly proud of your sweet personality and adorable face, I would be sick of hearing it all by now. But it never gets old. I’m glad other people see what a little star you are.

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The other thing I forgot to mention is my absolute favorite part of every day with you, putting you to bed. I know God has a sense of humor, and I think one of the ways he shows it is by irony. I was sooooo freaked out about bedtime battles and never ever getting to sleep peacefully ever again. I braced myself for war. I read 3 books on how to make sure you developed healthy sleep habits and stressed out about it to no end. And then, you haven’t given us one issue over sleep. You are my sleepy angel. You learned the sign for sleep recently, and you will instigate its use whenever you’re tired. You tell us to put you to bed! Haha. Anyway, that’s cute and all, but it’s not the favorite thing I’m talking about. The favorite thing is the actual putting you bed. It’s our cuddle time. And we have developed a sweet routine. After your bottle, then a book in the rocking chair, I turn on your nightlight and turn off the overhead light, throw your blanky over my shoulder and pick you up. And your head PLOPS on my shoulder. Ahhhhhh. Sweet baby. You lay your head there for a while and I sing you songs and rock you in my arms. If you’re feeling silly you’ll initiate a game of peek-a-boo with your blanky and giggle with me in the dark. For some reason you think it’s hilarious if I sing song through your blanket, I guess maybe because you can’t see me, but you can hear me and feel my breath? I don’t know, but you laugh and then of course I have to nibble your neck and really get you hysterical. I love that time of day. I cherish it. And no matter how wound up I get you laughing in the dark with me, you smile up at me when I lay you down in your crib and let you peek-a-boo with me for a couple more minutes while I stroke your hair and laugh with you. Then, I walk out of the room and come back 12 hours later.

Anyway, there’s always more to tell than I write. But those are 2 more things I adore about you and getting to be your Momma.

 

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