A and E's Adventures: September 2012

8 Months!

Adisyn is 8 months and growing so fast!

So far, this past month Adisyn has ate: oatmeal, avocado, zucchini, asparagus, yellow squash, acorn squash, white potato and her 1st fruit was prunes, then bananas, and plums. We actually gave her some prunes because she was a little constipated and we hope that would do the trick. She seems to not be sure of new things on the first bite but then is happy to take more bites. Grandma doesn't think she likes the asparagus as much, but she continues to eat it, so that's good with me! Adisyn is growing out of her 6 month footy pajamas, but she still fits in other 6 month things. Her 6-9 month things fit much better now! She weighs about 16 pounds!

Adisyn's favorite things are her walks around the neighborhood, giving raspberries, smiling with her mouth wide open (you'll see this in her pictures), giggling and playing peek-a-boo. Her favorite thing to do of all, though, is spend time with Daddy. They have this thing that they do where Mark will kiss her belly or neck and she will laugh like it is the funniest thing ever! She really looks forward to this time with daddy and she doesn't give anyone else the same response...it's so cute! She's really starting to show her personality more and more. I love it that she can express things that make her smile, really make her laugh as well as things she doesn't like. She is turning into be quite the character!

Adisyn had her first weekend away from us. Mark and I celebrated our 10^thwedding anniversary so we dropped her off at grandma and grandpa’s (who live 2 hours away from us). I was excited that my in-laws wanted to show her off to their friends and how much they prepared for her stay. I think Adisyn really liked it!

Since August 8th, Adisyn had been able to stand, while holding onto something and has began "creeping". When I came home from lunch that day, I was playing with her in her room and I decided to try to stand her up, as we always do. This time I had her hold onto her toybox and she just held on, by herself. I really wanted to take a picture to show Mark, so I put my legs beside her, just in case she fell. She did great! She is able to play with her toys while standing and everything! She is really excited when she learns a new trick that she wants to keep doing it. Adisyn is soooo close to crawling. I think over the past 2 months or so I really thought she was going to crawl any day now. She knows how to do it, as we see her crawling around her crib at night so we call her the "night crawler" but during the day she will get on her hands and knees but then she either does the frog to get out of it or rolls off to the side. She really prefers to walk. She has pulled herself up a couple of times and if you hold her hands, she'll just walk to where she wants to go. She has a little bike that she sits on and is able to pull herself across the floor. She loves it that she can get to more places now....the dogs better watch out!

Having fun in the sand!

For Labor day weekend we all went as a family to Charleston to remember Adisyn's big sister, Ada. We know Ada is a precious angel watching down on her little sister. We had a great time in Charleston. We rode a horse and buggy ride, went to the South Carolina Aquarium, and went to the beach. Adisyn loved to sit in the sand for the 1st time to pick it up with her hands while she watched it fall through her fingers. I made a nice diving catch as I caught her hand before she put the sand in her mouth. While we were there we found a nice, local beach called Sullivan's Island. We originally went there looking for a lighthouse since it was my mom's (MiMi's) birthday so I wanted us to have a family picture with a lighthouse in the background. We loved the beach and we plan on going back. She also really liked the aquarium. She would stand up against the glass and try to catch the fish as they went by. Adisyn did well on our short trip to Charleston. They had a pack-n-play provided for us so we didn't have to bring much. We walked everywhere and now that Adisyn is drinking water out of her sippy cup, she's able to get some if she gets a little too hot. Overall it was a great time to spend time as a family!