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We are extremely blessed! J and I have been happily married for 4 years and continue to grow and learn more about each other everyday(you would think after knowing each other for over 15 years there wouldn't be anything else to learn)!! Josh is currently a submarine officer in the Navy. We just finished up our shore duty in Monterey, CA and SOAC(dept.head school) in Groton, CT and are now living in Virginia for a short while where Josh is the ENG on the Tennessee. We will be moving to Georgia with in the next year and couldn't be more excited! While Josh is busy on the submarine I am busy raising our two sweet little girls Adah and Michaela! We love being parents and watching our sweet baby girls grow, change, and learn each day! Can't forget about our first "children"...our crazy cats Izzy and Ollie! We have been blessed with the best friends and family in the world. We can't wait to see what God has in store for us in the coming years!

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Whats not to love!?

Here are a few pictures of own sweet potato! She has gotten so big so fast!

We started Adah on Solid foods and she LOVES it! Everytime we get the food out and ready she sits there with her mouth open wide begging for food! Such a good little eater. The only thing she doesn't like so far is bananas....I blame her dad! :)


This pictures is for Candy. Thank you for the cute purple shirt and jeans!
Family hike at Jack's Peak with Uncle Justin and Aunt Lindsay!
Looking as cute as ever in the outfit from Nana and Gpa!
Adah's first Halloween.....our little lamb! She wasn't much into taking pics with mom and dad!


Here is the cutest little video of Adah laughing! I just love to hear her laugh...even though she doesn't laugh for me anymore....Daddy is the funny one!



Wednesday, November 11, 2009

6 months already.....are you kidding me!

Happy 6 month birthday my precious beautiful baby girl! You are the best gift that God could have ever given me! I can't imagine a more perfect angel! Your mommy and Daddy love you so much!

It is so crazy that our sweet Adah is now 1/2 a year old! I know it is so cliche to say but time has flown by! I was just talking with my friend Amanda earlier tonight and remembering going into the hospital to get induced...etc.

Adah had her 6 month check up and shots yesterday. She was scheduled to get her normal 3rd round boosters which is 3 needle shots and 1 oral. Since she was only 2 days short of being 6 months officially they went ahead and allowed us to get her the seasonal flu shot also. We were not sure about getting the H1N1 for her or not....we really wanted to get it with out the thermasol(however you spell it) but knew that not many were being made without it.....even though by law in CA the seasonal flu for infants and children has to be made without it. Since the supply for it has been so low and friends around her have been on waiting lists at their peds office for months we asked our ped if they had any....luckily they had just gotten a few in that day and said that we could have one for Adah if we wanted it....so we went ahead and go that too. I felt like such a horrible mom allowing them to give her not just 3 but 5 shots! She screamed and cry and it just broke my heart to pieces! I have been good with the last 2 rounds of shots but this one just killed me! After the shots were done and mommy got to hold her she was just fine. She was her happy, playful normal self all day long yesterday....until last night and she got a fever. Her fever lasted all night and all day today. All she has wanted to do all day is sleep and cuddle with mommy! Poor sweet girl still isn't feeling good or eating very well so if the fever doesn't go away tomorrow or she doesn't start eating better then we are going to give the doctor a call!

On to what Adah is doing now:

-sitting on her own(really good for the first time 10/31)
-reaching for EVERYTHING
-eating solid foods (sweet peas, squash, zucchini, pears, prunes, cereal) Adah is a eating machine...she love love loves to eat
-laughs like crazy at her daddy! She is such a daddies girl!
-finally taking at least one nap a day in her crib for 1.5 hrs!
-loves to drink out a big cup not a sippy cup
-still nursing every 2-3 hours
-Girl LOVES to talk
-flails her arms all the time
-LOVES paper....tearing it up...eating it...
-size 2 diapers
-3-6, 6 and some 6-9 clothes

Adah's Stats:

Height--26 inches
Weight--16.11
Head--43.5

The doctor said that she is absolutely perfect...which we already know....he said that she is above average in height and weight but that her weight is absolutely perfect for her height!

Adah still has not rolled over either way....we were concerned and asked the doctor about it and he said that some babies won't roll over. Rolling over is evidentally not a...what they call...."fixed" developmental milestone. Some babies roll over at 1 month and some don't until like 10 or 11. Adah is very content and happy and has no need to roll to get to anything...I guess we give her everything she wants....:)

Now to start the planning for her first birthday....the first 6 months flew by....I'm sure the next 6 will go by even faster!


Monday, October 19, 2009

5 months

Can't believe it has been 5 months already! Everyday is more and more fun with our little peanut! Adah is growing and changing everyday! She is learning so much and it is so much fun to see her discover new things! Adah is also getting more and more of a personality everyday....she is one high maintenace little girl!

Adah at 5 months:
-reaching for and playing with toys
-sitting for about 30sec. to a min all by herself(she still has no interest in rolling over)
-started rice cereal and LOVES it!
-laughing
-starting to nap in her crib
-LOVES to be outside(like she always has)
-traveled across country
-starting to teeth
-talking ALOT
-wearing size 2 diapers
-wearing 3-6 and 6 month clothes

I'm sure there is so much more but I can't think right now! I will post more if I remember!

We don't go to the doctor until Thursday but as of last week Adah weighed 15lbs 10 oz. I will know her height and percentile after the doctor on Thursday!

Here are pictures of Adah from the month of October!


I made this bow for Adah for a competition that she was in with our friend Kathryn's neice in CT. Adah of course won by a long shot! So as the winner she now gets to be baby Calton's girl friend!
Playing in her jumperoo...which she LOVES!
Chomping down on her fingers! (RIP pink and white paci.....It got eaten by Ringo!)
My smiling sweetie! I just love her!
The scared/help me face!
So sad!
All clean! My favorite time with her is right after bath...I think she is just adorable and so happy!
Hello! Tummy time is fun!
DJ A!
Her and that tongue!
"I love to play with daddy on the couch!"

Growing, Growing, Growing....

I know that I have not posted Adah's bear pictures in a few months but even though I have not posted them we do still take them. Here is how much she has grown and changed in the past 5 months!


1 week old

1 month old

2 months old

3 months old

4 months old


5 months old