More Halloween pictures, as promised :)

Here are some more pictures of us in our Halloween costumes. We bought Adalyn's ladybug costume and then decided to dress up too. My bee costume is recycled from a Halloween long ago, when I was in middle school! (Thankfully my mom still had it in her Halloween storage) We made Jamey's pest control costume using a borrowed set of coveralls and accessories from around the house and previous costumes. I made his "logo" using felt and fabric paint. We had fun and here are some silly photos of us to prove it as well as more adorable photos of Adalyn.

Trick or Treat

We had a lot of fun celebrating Adalyn's first Halloween. She was a little ladybug and looked so adorable. Jamey and I dressed up as well and we went trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. We just visited a few homes of neighbors we knew and showed off our little bug. It was fun to do, and of course Adalyn isn't eating candy yet....so you know who really got the treats! We spent the rest of the night visiting friends and Adalyn nearly fell asleep in the car on the way between houses. She liked looking at everyone in their costumes and really had fun, even though she was getting a little tired by the end of the evening.
Here are a few pictures from Halloween day and one in costume from my camera. Jamey has more on his camera I will post later when they get transferred.

Here is Adalyn in her mummy bib:


Look at those bottom teeth showing!


Having fun on Halloween


My mom Jill "Beach babe", step-dad Russ "Human target", and sister Dana "Gothic fairy" stopped by before attending Halloween parties to pose with the little ladybug:


And for the tricks:
Adalyn has been busy doing a lot of new things lately. She has been waving for about a week and is now waving quite consistently, especially when Jamey goes to work. She even waves to Bailey! I am working on capturing a good video of her waving because it is so cute. She has been saying new sounds, like "at" when she sees either cat. Just today she started with two new things also! This morning she was in her crib and suddenly sat up on her own for the first time and she has been doing it constantly throughout the house all day. Then, she pulled herself up to stand at the couch in the living room while I was sitting on the floor against it. We certainly have a busy little girl on our hands!

Here is a video of her "kicking" her alphabet ball back to me on Halloween day:

9 months, and another year for me, too

Adalyn is now nine months old! She had her appointment on Thursday and got a flu shot and an anemia test. Her weight is 16 lbs. 8 oz., and her length is 28.5 inches. She is quite long, in the 85th percentile. She has leaned out some, but she is healthy, eats well and is really active. We can't believe how much she has grown in nine months! Apparently at her age, she gets her flu shot in two parts and we will take her back for the second one in a month.


My 27th birthday, and Adalyn is 9 months


We had a very busy weekend! We attended a retirement party for my step-dad Russ on Friday night and Adalyn was the entertainment for everyone! My birthday was Saturday so Jamey, Adalyn and I ate dinner out and then spent Sunday enjoying lunch and dinner with my families. It was a very fun weekend and I received great gifts and ate some delicious dessert, too!

Here are some fun pictures we took of Adalyn a few weeks ago:

Bathtime with rubber ducky

Here is another video of Adalyn in the tub this time. She loves her little ducky and is "coughing" for me, too. This is what happens when I get a new memory card for my camera--I can't stop taking new videos!

Standing in the crib!

Adalyn was having fun this morning by pulling herself up in her crib and standing. She first did this about three weeks ago. She can only pull herself up in here when she is placed in the crib in a sitting position, as she can't get into a sitting position on her own yet. She was sitting in the crib while I was putting some of her laundry away and when she acted like she was going to try to stand, I ran to grab the camera! She does well unless her feet slip through the sides of the crib, then she usually falls down. She gets the cutest little smirk when she does it!

Here is the video I nervously filmed :)

Busy Little Girl

Adalyn has been busy these last few weeks! Here is a summary of what she has been doing lately:
Two of her bottom teeth have emerged simultaneously and another one on the top just broke through today. It is really cute to see her new "toothy smile." A few weeks ago, she was sitting in her crib while I was getting some clothes from her closet and I turned around to see that she had pulled herself up and was standing in her crib! She has been crawling all over the house and is exploring everything. She loves to feed herself little pieces of puffed cereal and she is trying more foods. We traveled to Spokane with Jamey's family to visit and celebrate a baby shower for his aunt and uncle a few weekends ago so Adalyn traveled out of our state for the first time. She did really well riding in the car. Her latest trick is to "copy" us. If we make a coughing, smacking or blowing sound, she makes one too and then grins. We have really been entertained!
She will have her 9-month appointment on Thursday so I will update more after that.

Here are some adorable pictures we took of her at 8 months old:

Looking back...

Adalyn is already 8 months old! I love looking back at all of the photos we have taken of her so far. I am working on organizing her photos into albums to show her early months. She has changed so much and it has been so fun to watch her grow and develop her personality. Here are some of my favorite photos of her shortly after birth and during her first month of life.

Adalyn's birth January 25, 2008, born at 6:03 p.m.


Adalyn's first month home