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The most exciting news? *drum roll, please*.....
Adelyn is officially sleeping through the night!!!!!! She quit her night feeding a little before 12 months, but she would wake up between 1-3 times each night just freaking out and couldn't calm herself down...there were nights we let her go for 3 hours and she'd just be hysterical. Our conclusion was that she is such a vivid dreamer that she was getting woke up from dreaming...she talks alot in her sleep still, but hasn't woke up for a week and a half! Woohoo! FINALLY :)
Stats: 32 1/4 inches long (70%-ile).
24 pounds ( 55%-ile)
46 1/2 cm head circumference (50%-ile)
They were "concerned" with her weight because she hasn't gained more than one pound since her 12 month check up. She eats pretty well, though, so I'm not too worried...they want her back in 2 months for a weight check and if she's falls down on the curve any more, then...well I don't know what :)
(please excuse the Beetle-esque hair...she has become a pro at yanking out the pigtails, ponytails and barrettes)
Favorite words: "hot" "hi" "bye" "why" "mom" "yeah" "bab" (aka baby) "uh-oh" "woah" "wow" "um"
Favorite phrases: "where are you?" "oh boy" sometimes she pulls out an "I love you"
Favorite foods: really she eats anything, but she gets really excited for blueberries, milk and pizza
Favorite pastimes: reading reading reading. "cooking" . coloring. playing with her jewlery and purses :) {yes, she is a girly girl}. playing with her babydoll. peek a boo (aka: where are you?). being the seeker in hide and seek. playing outside. playing with Claire-bear. Rough-housing with daddy--for a limited amount of time, though :)
She has also figured out that she can grab your hand and pull you around where she wants you to go. Today we walked around the kitchen island about 50 times. :)
Baby boy update:
Not much here. He flips and kicks and punches like crazy almost all the time. We love peanut butter banana sandwiches :) and cereal cereal cereal! :)
We are in our 6th month now...woot woot!
People have asked our plans for sleeping arrangements since we live in a 2 bedroom house. Adelyn is going to stay in the crib in her room. Baby boy is going to sleep in a pack n play in our walk-in closet when we move him out of the cradle that will be next to the bed for the first month or so (it's too cold in our house in the winter to get up out of bed!). We'll eventually switch him to the crib and get Adelyn a twin-sized bed (I don't want to spend money on a toddler bed that she will use for maybe a year or so)...depending on how the baby's sleeping habits are :)
Not much else going on....we are doing some minivan hunting/research. I'm not a huge fan of the idea of being a minivan mom, but I agree that it's the most practical option since we are getting rid of one car and going to need another... it will be nice to have more space for roadtrips :)
I REALLY want a Honda Odyssey, but even used or through the auction, they are still at least $20,000(!!!!!) since we don't want to take out a loan of anykind to pay for the van (student loans and a mortgage are enough debt, thank you very much)...that's going to have to be my "dream" vehicle for now...maybe a few years down the road? ;) For now we are looking at a middle of the line Chrysler or Dodge....we've found a few that may be a good deal and quite a few go through the auction... so with my step-dad's help (thank you, Rob!), we are on the hunt :) Wish us luck :)
2 comments:
Adelyn is so cute! And she is perfect...even if she has only gained a pound since her one year check up. Did you tell them she is a very active girl?? I can't wait to see you guys!!:)
Remember all the rigmarole we had to go through with Noah?? And all the doctor ever determined was that's he's a super active boy. Adelyn is the same way. Don't worry about her weight. I wanted to have a party when Noah made it to the double digits in percentiles. :) Adelyn is the perfect size for her.
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