Sitting Up!

OK, so it may not be a big deal to many people but Adelaide can sit up on her own for like 10 whole seconds. 13 to be exact. She's so good at sitting up with support I thought I'd give it a try without my help. I promise I usually don't let her fall over like that but I was so excited and busy with the camera, I didn't catch her in time. If you watch the video, you should really mute the audio. I was recording this for Rocky who's out of town and then I got excited and my voice is a bit embarrassing.

Exersaucing

I was a little bit nervous to put Adelaide in the exersaucer for the first time. It is so big for her. Her feet don't quite touch and her arms don't quite come out of the top. So I put a towel under her feet to help the girl out. She really had a fun time just checking everything out.


One of Adelaide's favorite things is Scooter. She can watch that cat for hours. He's not quite as thrilled about her but he tolerates her pretty well. Just today she pulled a chunk of his fur out as she was trying to pet him and he just pulled away but then came right back for more.

The Beach

This past weekend the whole fam headed out to Crystal Beach which is right down the road from Galveston. Ryan and Sarah Craig very graciously opened up their family's beach house to us and our bible study-- Brian and Laurel Williams, Jonathan and Sarah Clow, Andy and Kathryn Rouse. It was a great time. We stayed up late talking. We walked along the beach. We played catch phrase. We relaxed, read, and laid in the hammocks.

It was our first time to the Texas coast. It was pretty much like we expected, very similar to the Louisiana coast-- people driving on the beach, fishing from the shore, brown water, etc. There was a ton of seaweed this past weekend which was rough for me because I can't stand things touching me in the water. I freak out. Rocky had to coax me in.

Adelaide had a great time. She really likes new places and to be around people. She's gotten to where she loves other kids too so she was really excited Zaylin was there. There were lots of first for Adelaide this weekend-- first time in the Gulf, first time in a hammock, first time laying on the beach, etc. She did well with all the new things and didn't complain much at all. Below are some pictures from this weekend.


Adelaide "laying out":


Me and Adelaide playing in the water:


Adelaide and Zaylin playing on our friend Brian Williams:


Brian thought he'd check out Adelaide's sunglasses:


Below are a couple of cool pics from the weekend. The first is from the game of washers the guys played on Saturday afternoon. The second is of the bridge that led from the house out to the beach:



And of course pics aren't enough, here's a few videos too:

Here's our loud mouth baby showing off just her vocals
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Adelaide had a great time at the beach house with Zaylin and Sarah. Adelaide loves Zaylin so much. Here's Sarah playing with Adelaide:


As I was dressing Adelaide in her PJs the other night, she showed me how she could "buzz" with her lips. New sounds are so fun:

Guys and Dolls

People always ask me if I named Adelaide after Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls. No. I also get asked if I named her after Adelaide Adams in Calamity Jane. No. In fact, I'd never even seen either of those movies so I decided I needed to rent them. Calamity Jane I could take or leave. I didn't even finish it. Plus the real Adelaide in the movie is a huge jerk. On the other hand, I loved Guys and Dolls. The movie was made in 1955 and stars Marlon Brando (he's the only name I recognized). The story line was much better and much less annoying plus Adelaide is a bit naive in the movie but sweet.

Some new videos

Adelaide has gotten loud! She is a happy cooing kiddo. She's learned to anticipate me giving her raspberries:


Her hand eye coordination has improved so much:


Adelaide has found her feet!: