I was going to start writing my "weekend wrap up" post, since I'm a little off of my blog schedule, and as I was uploading pictures, I realized all of them were of Addy Pearl! So instead of a weekend wrap up, because our weekend was super low key, I thought I'd given an update on Adalyn!
Our poor third child, rarely gets blog attention, but today, it's all about her!
Adalyn is 18 months old! I reminded myself the other day, that Adalyn is the same age as Megan was when we found out we were expecting! I cannot even imagine being pregnant right now with an 18 month old (and two bigger sisters) but I also know that Adalyn is the daughter that completes our family.
During the day, Adalyn goes to preschool. She loves walking in and seeing her teacher and I am so thankful that her teacher takes such good care of her! She puts up with my obnoxious wants (like cloth diapers, and limited processed foods) and really takes care of her during the day! They do lots of fun arts and crafts, and they even bake together! I know Adalyn has so much fun at school each day!
Adalyn typically wakes up around 7:30 during the week. Sometimes, we get her up earlier. On the weekends, she'll happily stay in her crib until we get her out- which sometimes may be as late as 8:30! She loves her bed and has always been a great sleeper! (She slept through the night at 6 months old w/ some little sleep training!) When she wakes up from her nap, she'll lay in her crib and just talk and play.
Once we get home in the evenings, she gets a snack and usually fusses until dinner is ready. Girl loves to eat!
Her favorite foods are: honey nut cheerios, graham crackers, blueberries, bananas, cheese, lunch meat, applesauce, and squeezable fruit or yogurt pouches. She'll try almost anything though, and if she doesn't like it, she feeds it to our dog, throws it off her plate, or throws it on to the floor! Momma always has a nice mess to clean up!
After dinner, she gets to play for an hour or she has her bath. By 7:00 or 7:30 (if she's in a happy mood) she goes to bed. We say her prayers, lay her down with her ballet baby, and she's out within minutes! Her bedtime routine is super easy right now!
She says "Amen" after we pray, and throws her baby in her crib, before we lay her down.
On Sunday, Adalyn wanted to put lotion on just like mommy! I had just gotten out of the shower, and I put my foot on the edge of the tub to put lotion on, and Adalyn was doing it too! It was the funniest thing ever!
She loves her ballet baby. Ballet baby goes everywhere with us. Addy also loves sucking her thumb.
She loves to play with her big sisters baby dolls and she pushes them around in a stroller. She'll put lots of toys (blankets, a cup, and a baby) in her stroller and push it around the house.
She loves to be held and to snuggle.
She laughs a lot! If she's crying, she'll instantly stop if we start to tickle her or if we can distract her in some way.
She also loves to throw away her diapers (when we're not using cloth.)
She enjoys getting into my kitchen cabinets, and taking everything out! She's also learned to open her own dresser drawers, and empty them. Which, reminds me so much of Gretchen when she was that age!
Adalyn loves her shoes, her house shoes, and her coat. She always wants to wear her coat and have shoes on. She also requests her hair bow on days that she goes to school. I'll tell her to go get her bow, and she runs to the bathroom saying, "bow, bow". Thankfully, she lets her teacher fix her hair at school because I don't always have time, and she never sits still for me!
Adalyn can say mamma, dadda, Bailey, bow, Gretchen, baby, Amen, shoes, more, please, thank you, bye bye, hi, hello, up please, down, eat, nose, eyes, uh-huh, ho ho (for Santa)& mine. She also loves to answer yes and no questions- she shakes her head and I honestly have no idea if she really means what she's answering but it's so funny to see her answer questions like she really knows what she's talking about! Thanks to daycare, she can sign: eat, more, please. Back when I was a mom to just one child, she knew around 50+ signs by Adalyn's age, but ain't nobody got time for that and I'm still very pleased with Addy's language development.
I'm so thankful that God surprised us with Adalyn. He knows the perfect plan for our life and I'm grateful that he added her to our mix!
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What a sweet post. I am a momma to four girls. God does know our plan and being a girl mom is pretty amazing....but wait for the teenage girl drama. It is quite a ride :)
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