Jojo's walking!

Eric and I took Adelyn out for her birthday while my parents watched Brecken and Joelle.  When we got back my dad enthusiastically informed me that I had missed it.  Missed what was my response.  Apparently Joelle started walking for him.  He said he noticed her taking a couple steps by herself and so he put her in the middle of the room and she walked across to him!  Sure enough.  She does not do things halfway.  I think she waits until she is completely confident in what she needs to do and then does it.  Who starts walking by walking across a room?!  She hasn't been going DOWN the stairs but will go up them.  The other day I left her at the top while I stood halfway waiting for B and she just started going down the stairs like it was no big deal..and went super fast.  Crazy girl.

She looks hil.ar.ious. when she walks.  She seriously looks like Frankenstein (not actually LOOKS like but looks like his walking, just to clarify).  She's very stiff legged and lurches everywhere.  It makes us laugh every time.

Adelyn's 3rd Party/Superbowl

We had all of our friends over for Superbowl and we had a little party for Adelyn at the same time.  She LOVES having her friends over and gets such a kick out of people singing Happy Birthday to her.

 

Love these cheesy little girls so much!  They were eating dinner and posing for some pictures :)

Everybody singing Happy Birthday to Adelyn

Blowing out the candles

DESSERT!  Everybody's  favorite part of the party ;)

Adelyn's Birthday Day

My mom and sister took us all out for lunch and then we had a nice walk downtown Holland.  Adelyn loved going out for lunch with Nana and Auntie Rach :)  My mom got her this little purse that she carries around everywhere and Auntie got her another Columbia coat, like the one she is wearing.  She seriously cries if I tell her she has to wear a warmer coat.

For Adelyn's birthday we wanted to go sledding.  It's kind of hard to go sledding without snow.  We decided to take her to a movie and out for dinner.  We went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks.  It was actually pretty good.  She didn't get antsy until there were about 15 minutes left.  All of a sudden she stood up and said "I's all done.  Let's go home."  Ha.  I convinced her to wait ;)  Right when we walked out of the theater she asked to ride the carousel.  We have never been on this one before and figured we had to for her birthday ;)

We went to Red Robin (and got a headache) for dinner.  None of us were really hungry because we had popcorn in the theater but we had them sing to Adelyn and they brought her some ice cream.  That probably made her day.

Feeding Daddy ice cream.

Silly cute birthday girl.

I have a 3 year old.

This is the post in which I admit I have a 3-year-old.  It's so crazy for me, I feel so old.

How does one go from this

 

to this in 3 short years?!?!

She is at such a fun age, though.  She talks sooo much.  I love the hilarious things that come out of her mouth.  Then the things that I say to her/Eric/Brecken and Joelle come out of her mouth and it makes me laugh/cringe.  Sometimes I will tell her she's a "one trick pony."  The other day I was helping her in the bathroom and she said to me "Momma, you a one tick pony."  I laughed out loud.  Now she says it just to get us to laugh :)

Other funny/cute sayings::

*She tooted at supper time and said "That was me.  Whoopsie daisies.  Did you hear that?!"

*Adelyn told me she had "to go poopies."  Eric was currently using the restroom and (without prompting from me) ran in there and said "Daddy!  Get off the can!  I have to go poopies!  Get off the can right now!"

*Adelyn loves the movie Madagascar and there is a old lady that beats up the lion and says "bad kitty" a lot.  Brecken and Joelle got into some paper plates she had been playing with and she starts yelling "No, no!  Bad kit-ty!"

*My mom took her to the bathroom at 8th St Grill and there was someone in the next stall tooting up a storm.  Adelyn says to my mom "Was that you?" My mom says "No." Adelyn bends over and looks through to the next stall and says "Oh. It was that man."  Ahhhh!  That poor person in the next stall..

*She randomly told me one day at lunch "Mommy you are my best friend."  She's been telling me multiple times daily now.  LOVE.

*She was running and fell yesterday.  She quickly got up and said "I broke my smolder!"  If you have seen Tangled you will understand :)
*It's never a good sign when she wakes up from her nap and says "Help!  There's poop on mine arm and mine leg!  Get my diaper off!  Get some paper!"
*"Quick Mommy!  My nose is running!  Get a blow-nex!
*I overheard her telling Brecken and Joelle "You guys gonna send me to the moo-mey (looney) bin."  Wonder where she got that one from...

1 years old

Other fun facts::

*she weighs 38lbs, 90th percentile

*she is 40.5inches tall, 97th percentile

*wears 4T/5 clothes

*size 8/9 shoe

*she is meeting or surpassing all of her milestones..except that she doesn't have her second set of molars.  Lucky me.

*the doctor said her speech is excellent.  She is very clear and uses lots of sentences.

*she still sleeps 12-13 hours straight

*usually takes an hour to an hour and a half nap

*we took her paci away the end of July and she has only woken up 2 nights since then

*she has been potty trained since August 4.  Hardest weekend of my life.  It's so nice though.

*knows her ABC's

*can count to 10

*knows most of her colors

*we are working on writing and recognizing letters

*loves to sing songs, dance and listen to music

*favorite cartoons are Word World and Super Why

*has lots of movies she likes. Her top requests now are Mr. Poppers Penguins (penguin movie), Charlotte's Web (pig movie), Madagascar and Tangled.

*has a mild case of OCD.  Everything (particularly in her bedroom) has to be in the exact.same.spot. Or else.

*has a serious sharing problem.  Some days I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.  Other days it is pitch black.  She thinks all of B and J's toys are her toys and will tell them that.

*I have her enrolled in a swimming class (no parents!) starting in a couple weeks, a dance class and a gymnastics class this summer.  We were originally going to do only one summer class, gymnastics, but she was super excited about the dance class.  They are only 2 weeks long so it should be fun.

*LOVES her friends.  She asks every morning if her friends are coming over/if we are going over there.  

*She loves to hug and kiss Joelle and wrestle with Brecken.  

*She LOVES to eat.  She is one of the least picky kids I know.  She prefers raw vegetables to cooked.  Weird, I know.  Always asks to try new things.  Eats beans like they are candy..which she also could eat an endless supply of.
*has become very interested in matching things/colors and if someone is a man/woman/boy/girl

*I still have her on Lactaid.  I tried last year, when she turned two, to take her off of it.  Bad news bears.  It makes me nervous to try again.

*Her favorite toys are her baby dolls, cars, play doh and coloring

*She excels at self-entertaining

2 years old

Little Interview::I asked the questions she gave the answers..if it needed explaining it's in parenthesis::

What's your name:: Adelyn Fitz Gerald

How old are you:: 3, Adelyn's be

What's your favorite color:: Green

Who is your best friend:: You my best friend.

What is your favorite animal:: Dinosaur

What do you want to do when you grow up::  Decorator

What is your favorite movie:: Tangled

What is your favorite book:: Ka Chow Book (Lightning McQueen book)

What makes you happy:: Downstairs

What makes you sad:: Momma (She's been asking all afternoon to go downstairs.  I have said she could go by herself and she doesn't want to go by herself, so I think that's the reason for these answers ;) )

What is your favorite food:: Toast, hot like you.

What is your favorite song:: Jesus Loves Me

What games do you like to play::  Game on top of fridge. (Cranium Seek and Find for kids) Baby Bears (a bear set that she likes to play with)

3 years old

Momma and her pretty little lady

Pudding Paint

I did this, with Adelyn, shortly after Brecken and Joelle were born.  She was looking at her scrapbook the other day and has been requesting to "paint" since then.  I added pudding to my grocery list and we whipped it together today.  I was being extra generous and thought Brecken and Joelle would have fun too.  I sat everyone at the table and let them have at it.

Mister B's first taste.

Jojo's first taste.  Mind you, she doesn't like sweets.  She LOVED the pudding.

Painting!

YUM!

 I have to say, Brecken made a HUGE mess.

Joelle made a pretty good mess, herself.  She just contained it to her body ;)

Adelyn got a little crazy at the end ;)

 

Even Lakota got in on the clean-up :)

 

They had so much fun and I just plopped them in the bathtub while I cleaned everything up.  I had to drain the tub and refill it because the water was so nasty but, hey, it was well worth an hour of entertainment!

Winter wonderland

After Adelyn's birthday party we randomly decided to haul everyone outside and play.  There was lots of snow and it was relatively "warm" out.  And Eric was home to help.  Surprisingly, Joelle didn't mind being out there.  I thought she would have a fit because she couldn't move but she just sat there and played or sucked the snow off her glove.  Brecken was able to walk around without falling and we just put him in a couple pairs of pants.

Going for a ride!

Poor little B.  He seems to have gotten the short end of the stick..

Pretty Jojo..Operation No Paci During the Day commences tomorrow.  Watch out, Joelle!

B causing trouble

Adelyn and Brecken "helping" Daddy shovel.

Momma and her babies

Daddy and his babies

We all had a lot of fun..and it wasn't as traumatic as I thought it was going to be!

Adelyn's 3rd Birthday Party::Part One of Three

My little lady is going to be 3.  Don't even want to talk about it.  We had her birthday party with our family today.  We did dessert and presents.  I have asked (and asked!) what she wanted for dessert because I want to make a cool cake and her response every time, except for once, was ice-cream.  So we had an ice-cream bar.  We, of course, picked the snowiest day of the year so we had a couple people bail because of that and then 3 families were sick..so it ended up being my parents, my sister, Eric's parents and one of his brothers.  We still had fun and Adelyn loved the attention.

Opening presents!

A new sled! AND snow-pants that fit!!

Stuff for the dollhouse.

Ice-cream bar.  All homemade.  Yum.  If you are coming Sunday you will be getting the same thing ;)

 Birthday Girl!

So cute that she actually gets (and succeeds at) blowing out candles

MMM.

Birthday party #1=Success!  Next up::Her birthday day and her Super Bowl/Birthday party!