Trepidation.

I regifted this monster puppet (an ambitious Christmas present she wasn't interested in yet)(so cute, by Melissa&Doug with velcro on interchangable parts) to Adaiah for her birthday and, as you can see, she had mixed reactions to it. :D She's buddies with it now!

It started out with a bang!

Adaiah woke up early with Papa for her birthday... This is how I found her when I came out to the living room :D

Cake for breakfast... Am I the best wife and mom or what?


Love the apron over robe look.
Working on "I am two." :D
Ta Da! More to follow...

Thoughts on my two year old Adaiah...

I haven't been able to sit down here and share my thoughts and experiences for awhile. Of course, I won't be able to think of all that I've been wanting to save now that I do have a free moment... But I'll record what I can think of.

Adaiah... She is an angel in the flesh. Everything she does is with this wonderful affect. She does everything at level 10 and I love it. It sometimes exhausts me to be excited about a loose feather from our couch. Ten times a day. But I do love that Adaiah is so high on life. Even when I'm asking her to mute it a bit.

I'm trying to think of some of her extra endearing moments of late... There are lots but now that I can sit and think about them they will escape me.

I love how she replaces 'k' sounds with a hard 't' sound so a cookie is a tootie. Book is boot with the 'o's pronounced like book, sounding different from boot as in shoe. 'G' is 'd' so frog is frod. It helps to figure these out so I can better translate. She really speaks very clearly for a one year old. I hate when I just don't get what she's saying so I just say "yes." Usually that satisfies her. Oh, she was saying "shim" for awhile which I finally figured is "see him" but generally I think she's meaning "see it."

This afternoon she was asking her doll a question (I WISH I could remember what it was, I remember it was crazy cute) and followed her question with "yes" like "Are you tired. Yes. (with an emphasized nod). Brian does this for Adaiah to help her know how to answer when we ask her questions.

She is a Denver lover and that's always so sweet to watch. She kisses on him and covers him and hugs on him. She's so good with him. You'd never know it was just Adaiah.

Tonight Papa was giving Denver zrbrts and tried to get Adaiah to. She originally licked Denver's belly. Then she put her open mouth close to his belly and made a retching sound, trying to make the zrbrt sound. It makes me laugh even typing it. :D

I do have to say we've spoiled her. She still doesn't do a bit to dress herself and hardly anything to undress herself. I'm trying to help her be more independent with this, especially concerning shoes and socks which go on and off several times a day, of course. She gets frustrated with it.

She turns two tomorrow. I have moments of angst when I get teary that my children are ever changing and todays Adaiah is gone forever. I love their changes, though.

Adaiah has the best Papa. He is so much more patient than I. Especially since he not only has Adaiah and Denver but also has me to encounter. I do appreciate him so much. Especially his parenting. I adore his relationship with Adaiah. I know she is going to grow to love him more than I have words for.

I'm running short on time...

Adaiah, I love you and I hope I make tomorrow special for you. You make EVERYday special for me. Sorry you get your H1N1 vaccine on your birthday. That's special, huh? I love you so much.

Just cute!

So here's one we caught with Denver's happy face ;).

Love my three!

Just cute with her poncho, lollipop and "cytle," as she calls it :D

Okay those eyes drive me nuts! Love them!

2 months!

We've had two months to enjoy this glorious being! Denver weighed in at 13 lbs 10 oz, 91st percentile! 4lbs already! Dr. Icasiano guesses Denver will outgrow Adaiah by the time he's 6 or 7 but I don't know... Adaiah stays in the 80th percentile for her height. And don't boys grow slower than girls for awhile there?
Anyway, cute boy got his shots. It was sad but I had to make light of it for Adaiah so I didn't get to cry with him like I did with her. He wouldn't be soothed afterward by nursing like she was, though. It didn't take long for him to find his happy place, though!
Such a sweet doll. Full of smiles and coos. I LOVE it!

We took several shots before realizing Adaiah was smooshing Denver's legs and ticking him off so this was the best we got. Pretty cute but of course I wish we'd got Denver looking!

Here he is in all his glory! Oh yeah, more for Denver's info, his circumcision had adhered to the head of his penis so the Dr. had to pull it off, ouch! Poor guy! Gives me the willies thinking about it! TMI?? ;) Have a good day!

Just in time!...

To be too late... Aw well!
I've been a pretty productive missy today. Got loads done first thing in the morning inside the house and then starting tackling random things elswhere. The most interesting being these two items for Adaiah.
We got both of these (free!) from a Craigslist posting forever ago when I was looking around for toys to help out our Nursery at Church. With 20 toddlers I thought the house was perfect, but the other Wards asked that it be removed because kids were pinching their fingers in it.
Brian picked it back up last night. While I think it's such a great toy for the Nursery I'm psyched to have it for Adaiah! That puppy runs $300 on the Step2 website! Kudos to them, btw, I called and ordered a replacement skylight for $9.50 today and they said it'll be here in a week or so.
I don't have the car running but obviously Adaiah is enjoying it anyway. I pulled it out for the first time today (I think it's probably been a year or more since we got them) and had to hose it down.
I remember the listing saying the battery didn't work but we have it so I'm charging and we'll see if anything happens. Either way a replacement battery will be cheaper than buying the car new.
I had to post all the pictures of Adaiah dancing in her convertible... She's too much!
P.S. It's supposed to snow TOMORROW, hence the "just in time to be too late." :P Go figure!

I thought this was funny

And so I'm documenting it :D This is how it pasted from Facebook so awkward to read (and I'm too lazy to edit if you haven't caught on... ) but I want A and D to have proof of the abuse ;)

Mellissa Fladung Lewis I locked my kids in the car at True Value so ran home and back with the spare key. 1 1/4 miles (round trip). Without my inhaler. Okay, walked/ran. Down Main Street. Ha. Cuz I'm cool like that. Poor kids don't stand a chance.10 November at 14:48 · Comment ·LikeUnlike
Katie LongWow - very impressive!!!
10 November at 14:49 · DeleteMariano ZamoraHmmm... I'm glad you got your kids out of the car, but was someone else watching them while you were running?
10 November at 14:50 · DeleteJessie Gerouxwow
10 November at 14:51 · DeleteSaren LewisThat's one of my fears! Good thing home wasn't terribly far.
10 November at 14:57 · DeleteMichelle Southam WilsonYou should CALL ME! I could HAVE DRIVEN TO GET THEM!!!!
10 November at 15:00 · DeletePam SpanburghI know in FL the police will come out and help u open the doors. I've done it before
10 November at 15:18 · DeleteEmily Kiana Maxwellare you serious! you're crazy. i could have helped out, too, ya know. :) next time, maybe? oh wait, hopefully there won't be a next time.

so. . . what was your time? just kidding.
10 November at 15:32 · DeleteKatrina Burris EricksonI locked my kids in my car at balldridge in the middle of july, I didnt have a spare set, I had to call 911 and I got an article in the Local Montrose paper..
10 November at 16:26 · DeleteMellissa Fladung LewisMariano, nope. I told the cashier who could roughly see the car from the store. The doors were locked and the alarm was armed, thanks Adaiah ;).
10 November at 16:46 · DeleteMellissa Fladung LewisEveryone else, really, it was just quicker to run myself. It was only going to get hotter the longer they were in there and even if I stayed and flirted thru the windows Adaiah would have kept screaming anyway once she figured it out :P. So, you do what you've gotta do.
10 November at 16:46 · DeleteMellissa Fladung LewisEm, no clock, which is good, so I didn't think of it SO much. :D BUT, I DID enjoy the run itself... I called on a double jogger on craigslist today...
10 November at 16:47 · DeleteJessica Rasmussen SegoYou should have called me I would've come and picked you up or broke into your house or something!!
10 November at 16:59 · DeleteMellissa Fladung LewisMy phone was... in the car. Of course. :P See, Adaiah had my keys and was pushing buttons and, not thinking about that, I tossed my keys and phone in the front, as usual, so I could buckle her in and then shut. the. door. Ugh.
10 November at 17:03 · DeleteJessica Rasmussen Segooh bummer i bet true value would've let you use the phone, good job on the exercising though
10 November at 17:09 · DeleteMellissa Fladung LewisI don't know anyone's numbers, are you kidding? And again, by the time I got ahold of anyone and they loaded up their kids, etc it would have taken longer. I thought about all that during my walk/run ;)
10 November at 17:38 · DeleteMellissa Fladung LewisI did keep hoping someone would drive by, tho. Where were you all???
10 November at 17:39 · DeleteKristen DenzineDon't feel so bad. My sister did the exact same thing with a little girl she was watching once. The fire department came with lights amd sirens. Seems to be pretty common with the ones that age.
10 November at 18:03 · DeleteMonica Renae FladungLOL this cracks me up! hahaha cant believe you locked the kids in the car! :P
10 November at 19:44 · DeleteKaren Y. Lairdi have done that too.
i have a spare car on my key ring on the yukon and the neon also.
10 November at 20:35 · DeleteJoLynne JonesDon't feel bad, I did it twice when Brian and Rebecca were little. I felt awful. Its amazing kids survive there parents! lol
Have a good day tomorrow. Love ya all
10 November at 20:35 · DeleteMisty Castle WhitcombThey're young and resilient, and fortunately, it won't even come up until they are in therapy in their twenties and everything will be your fault anyway!
10 November at 23:34 · DeleteMellissa Fladung LewisMonica, SOMEday I'll be laughing at YOU! Oh wait...
Well anyway :D thanks all, and Karen, I know who's car to steal! Mama JoJo (can't resist ;) this is already Adaiah's second time, hence the fact I know my hoofing it wld have been quicker than the locksmith, tho he didn't take long!
Adaiah locks the car from her seat, I've got to teach her to unlock it...
11 November at 08:24 · DeleteMamie Johnson-OttI was notorious for locking my kids in my car after I had my son! Poppa Lock will come out for FREE & are really good about being there QUICK since kids are in the car!
11 November at 21:28 · Delete