Mmmm Good!

17 Months!

 

Adisyn LOVES food! Well, at least some days she does and when she does it's the greatest thing ever! As she eats, if it's something that she is really enjoying, she will say "mmmmm" after every bite. She seems to be eating better, when it's something she wants to eat, otherwise, if she's not in the mood she's "all done". She loves her breakfast and it seems to never get old - she eats yogurt with some type of fruit, or just plain with baby oatmeal mixed in. Lunch and dinner can be a surprise concoction on whatever we have around. She likes chicken and she tried quinoa for the first time, just to try something different for all of us.

We took a trip to the local pond to feed some ducks. Adisyn's favorite animals are "kitties" and ducks. She loves to quack like a duck and flop her arms like wings. She gets so excited every time she sees either one. So, we thought she'd really like to actually feed them:

 

 

 

 

Adisyn really likes to color with crayons now and she looks forward to her bed time books. Before bed we pick 2 books to read and she sits patiently when we read them before she goes "ni-night". She loves her Hello Kitty pajamas and will pick them out to wear to bed and will point out all the kitties on them. She also says "I don't know" and motions her hands for the "I don't know" sign when you ask her a question she doesn't know the answer to. She is tall enough now to climb onto the couch herself (and finally reached the 20 pound mark). She says "good bye" to things when we tell her we have to go or if she has to put something away. She can count to 3 and knows (and can say) the colors purple (and less consistently knows blue and red). She will laugh when she sees a picture of someone laughing or if you ask her to laugh. She also will repeat words you say more frequently. It's really funny the things she comes up with!

We had a great Mother's Day! Mark was off that day so we had a great day together. I really wanted to plant a tree because we don't have much shade in the back yard, so we planted a Dogwood tree. We also went to McCallisters to eat lunch. It was a perfect day!


Mother's Day



Mother's Day family picture



We all went on a vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina over Memorial Day week (including Zoie). We have never been to the area before, so we thought it would be something new! Surprisingly it took a long time to go to South Carolina to North Carolina (about 8 hours). Some of the drive time was spent driving up the beach and to the rental house which was in a 4-wheel drive section. The house was very secluded and very relaxing. We stayed just north of the city of Corolla and wild horses roam free on the island.

Adisyn & Zoie watching the horses from our porch

 

Going for a walk
 

Horses blocking our only way out

Out in the jeep on the roads looking for horses

 

 

While there we spent time on the beach, walking around the "neighborhood" which was all sand dunes and deep, soft sandy roads, hiking on some local trails and just relaxing. This is a video of Adisyn talking to herself on one of our walks:

 

Adisyn loved playing in the sand with daddy:

 

 

We spent one day on Roanoke Island, which is here the infamous Roanoke Colony settled. We decided to go to "The Island Farm" http://www.theislandfarm.com/ which is an old settlement from 1847. The employees re-enact the time period to see what their family life was like during that time. Adisyn loved chasing the chickens and just being able to roam free around the area and into all the buildings. We also went on a Ox drawn carriage around the area.



Playing an old horseshoe game on the farm

She loved the rope horseshoes

Family picture on the back porch of the house

She loved the chickens!

She loved running around the farm

One of the hiking trails we went on was called "Estuarine Nature Walk" and it was a fun hike in the woods then opens up to a nature reserve http://www.nccoastalreserve.net/About-The-Reserve/National-Reserve-Sites/Currituck-Banks/57.aspx



Walking on part of the Estuarine Trail

Looking over the edge of the deck at the end of one of the trails

The end of the nature trail


We also went walking around the town of Duck, North Carolina: http://www.townofduck.com/ourtownpark/. It was also a beautiful trail that went over the water and past some local shops. Adisyn loved pointing out all the birds that we saw.


Zoie, Daddy and Adisyn walking on the boardwalk

There are apparently a few lighthouses on the island, so we went to the Currituck Beach Lighthouse: http://www.currituckbeachlight.com/. There are 214 steps and Adisyn went with me (in her carrier) as daddy waited below so he could get a picture of us. It was a pretty good workout with a 20 pound toddler attached to you! She spotted daddy from below when we were up there and he snapped a picture!

Currituck Beach Lighthouse, Corolla NC

Me & Adisyn at the top (in yellow)


On the way home we made a quick stop at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina:  http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/aviation/wbr.htm. A lot of the exhibit is outside so Adisyn had fun running around the grounds. It was a really nice tribute on the actual land that the first flight took place.


Me & Adisyn at the memorial. You can see on the ground the metal rail the brothers used to gain momentum for their plane and on the hill in the background the Wright Brothers monument

I hope you enjoy all the pictures and videos we really love recording Adisyn as she grows and the places we visit. We hope that these will be something she can look back on when she's older to see what a character she is!