Beach pictures...finally!

We have been waiting until the last minute to get family pictures taken on the beach cause we wanted Adah to be as old and alert as possible...we didn't want her to be confused with a baby seal floppin around on the sand..HAHA! Since we leave here next week we figured we better get on getting our pictures taken! We finally decided a couple weeks ago to get them done! We used a new photographer than we have for all of Adah's other pictures and are pleased with the photos! Adah was a little ham as usual so of course her photos were all ADORABLE! The family ones...well...one of us always looked silly so we had to choose the best of the worst! I decided to post a few of our favorites!

Sunny Day, chasing the clouds away....

It was absolutely beautiful in Monterey this weekend...and it is suppose to continue through this next week! We really wanted to get out and enjoy the sun and our weekends together as a family while we are still in CA! We only really have 1 weekend left to do what we want b/c the last weekend is going to be spent driving out to get Josh's car shipped and getting everything packed into the pilot that we are taking with us b/c the packers come that Monday to pack things up! Today we decided to go out to the "lake"...thats what they call it here in Monterey but to us Texas folk it is a pond...call it what you want it is a cute little place with lots of ducks and birds so we knew Adah would just love it seeing that her favorite thing right now is birds!

Here are a few pictures we took today!

she spotted the geese and the ducks!

loving watching the birds!

"Mommy what is that?"

She loves being outside!

a little snack!

more birds!

10 months

Our sweet baby girl turned 10 months this past week! I can't believe that she will be 1 so soon! I have so many mixed emotions with her 1st bday coming up and us moving from the first home that she has ever known! For that reason alone it is going to be hard for me to leave here! Monterey is what Adah knows and it makes me sad to leave the place where she was first thought of....born...and spent the majority of her first year of life...not to mention her first friends...etc! But su ch is the life of the Navy....its a love/hate relationship!

Adah is growing and Changing SO much! It seems like she does something new everyday!

What she is doing now:

-size 6-12mth

-size 3 diapers

-sleeping through the night(finally dropped her early morning feeding)

-LOVES yogurt, string cheese, basically anything mommy and daddy eat, bananas, and the girl could eat strawberries ALL DAY!

-started crawling on hands and knees the day she turned 10mths(but is a pro like she had been doing it for months)

-pulling up a lot more

-learned out to sit up on her own(from laying down) at 9 1/2 mths

-attended her first bday party for a friend

-started to take 2 good naps a day

-started pointing at things she is interested in or wants

-got her 3rd tooth (first on the top) and is grinding her teeth BAD

-waves bye-bye and hello to every person and animal!

-LOVES birds...she could sit outside all day and just watch the birds fly around her!

Adah Potatah mommy and daddy love you more than you could ever imagine! We are so proud of you and can't wait to see what you do and learn next!

Adah's 11 mth post will be late since we will be flying from TX to CT on her bday and won't have any of our stuff until the movers drop it off at our new home in CT! I get all misty eyed just thinking about the fact that this is her last "bday" in CA...but we are so excited to get back to CT with our "family" there! We have missed them so much!

This time bear pics were fun! She sat there just long enough to get a shot then was distracted by other things more interesting!

doesn't know if she should look at the real daddy or the daddy in the mirror

checking out whats going on behind her....more specifically the tag on the bears ear!

I guess she was trying to get the bear to be quiet!

waving hi to mommy and daddy in the mirror

playing with her rug!

Sweet happy baby girl!

done with bear...now to check out whats in that basket!

looking up at mommy while daddy gets a shot of that cute ruffle butt!

And she's off...

10 months old and she finally decided to crawl today! Adah has been army crawling for a good while now but the past couple of days she will take one or two "knees" of crawling and then go right back to her army moves...until today that is! I got home from working out with her this am and put her down on the floor while I took of my shoes and she was off in a full out knee crawl! I was so glad that Josh was home to see it too! After we got over the excitement of her crawling we decided to entice her to crawl some more so we could get it on video...so here it is! Don't mind the mess..we have stuff EVERYWHERE trying to get ready to move REAL soon!