13 months!

Adah! Wow...what a smart little 13 mth old you are! You amaze me everyday! Mommy loves you more than words! You are so beautiful, smart and loving! You love to crawl over to me and daddy and just wrap your little arms around us! I just melt every time you smile with your little toofie smile! I could just squeeze you all day every day! You light up your mommy and daddy's world!

What are you up to now:

-stand on your own for a long time w/o holding on and you can even play and do other things while standing

-you have taken 1 step 2 days in a row now! You could walk but you are stubborn! ;)

-you can tell us you are thirsty and hungry ( by making a gulping noise or a smacking noise!)

-when you are asked to point to a specific animal or person by name you do

-you know when asked or when you see a duck, bird, cat, dog, cow, and coyote what sound they make(we are working on sheep and horse and you almost have those down)

-you can learn peoples names super fast

-you know how to blow kisses

-you wave bye-bye and hello ALL THE TIME

-you have 3 molars (11 teeth total)

-you are a complete HAM anywhere we go

-you weigh 23lbs 3 ozs

-size 6-12 and 12 mth clothes

-size 3 diapers but we are about to move up to size 4

-will give hugs and kisses when asked (and if she feels like it...which is the case with most things)

Mommy and Daddy just love you to pieces! We thank God for allowing us to be your parents!

Not our will but His be done....

We moved to CT on Adah's 11mth birthday (this past April). I was still nursing her but began to notice that my milk supply was drying up....and fast. We tried switching her to formula but she was NOT having it so we had to make an appointment with her pediatrician. I was sad cause I still wanted to nurse her....I had a goal set for 1 year and was sooo set on making it there! I enjoyed that time we had together....I just loved every part of nursing my baby! When we went to the pediatrician she gave us the go ahead to start trying her on cows milk....well Adah didn't take a bottle and wouldn't so we tried sippy cups and that was a no go...so for a few weeks she was getting her dairy from yogurt and cheese. Adah finally decided that she would drink from a camelback water bottle...after 3 weeks of that and traveling to Texas and back with those stupid huge water bottles I gave her no choice but to drink from a sippy.....well she fooled me and grabbed the sippy the first time I sat it down and acted like it was no big deal and she had been drinking from one forever! While at the ped. she recommended that I go see my ob/gyn and get some tests run...well in order to see one(since we just moved) I had to go see my primary care to get a referral! Grrr! I did some research on the computer on reasons why my milk supply might dry up and there were several different things.....pregnancy, sickness, just because....I thought that it was going to be just my time to stop....however we did take a pregnancy test just to be sure and like I thought it was negative! So I go to see my doctor to get a referral and she took blood so that she could run a few tests on my thyroid, etc. I got a call later that afternoon from my doctor and this was the conversation we had:

dr-"hi is this Amanda"

me-"yes"

dr-"well I know why your milk supply dried up"

me-"ok"

dr-"YOUR PREGNANT"

me-"Are you serious? Are you sure?"

dr.-"this is Amanda...your husband is Josh....he is a LT?"

me-interrupting her "yes...I know...its me....I'm just...you're sure?"

dr-"yep...your pregnant....Congrats"

me-"thanks"

Needless to say I was in complete shock! Don't get me wrong...I am BEYOND excited about this new precious life. I couldn't be more thrilled to have another baby! I just couldn't help but think about how it was "bad timing" in OUR plan....we wanted to wait at least 3 years to have baby #2....mainly so that Josh would be around for the birth and at least the first year of the kid's life! But like Josh and I both know God is in control....His plan is PERFECT....its better than any plan we could ever make on our own and HE WILL carry us through.

We have a lot of decisions to make in the coming months as Josh will be headed back to a boat in October and baby D2 is due in December! Josh is currently assigned to a boat that is in the shipyard in Virginia but will have a home port in Georgia come April/May of next year!

We are so excited about the journey ahead for us! We are so excited to be a family of 4 and to give Adah a little friend!

Birthday pictures!

I know I'm a month late in posting Birthday pictures of Adah but I finally got the time to go through all her pictures and get the blog to work right in uploading them! Here are just a few pictures from her party and the week before! It was such a great week and we had so many family and friends here to help us celebrate all week!

The best we could get of a 12 mth bear picture! And yes she is holding a foam bath number 8....she loves that number and it makes her happy!

Opening one of her presents from my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Joe.....she LOVED these little frog rain boots! I can't believe how grown up she looks in these pictures!

"ooooooh!"

Adah got to open up a couple of presents on her actual birthday.....one of them was a picnic table/sand box from Nana and Gpa! She LOVES it! We try to go out everyday and play in it so that she is use to the sand and won't freak out when I take her to the beach.....not that I will get in the water with her(that is why we take Auntie Rachel and Brennan with us so that Rachel can take her in the water and I can chill in the sand with B!)! Here are a few cute pics from her first time playing in it!

Pointing at Gpa from her table!

Hanging out in the sand!

Playing with Gpa and very excited about something!

Here are the pictures from the actual party! It was basically awesome...just sayin! A special thanks to my wonderful friends for helping me decorate....my parents and hubby for dealing with me....and my Aunt Kathy for all the cooking!

Table w/ some of the food on it and the tissue paper ball decorations!

The drink station! Labeled and ready for the lemonade and cherry limeade!

The bar area with a hanging banner of Adah's bear pics from newborn to 11mths...the 12 mth was framed and sitting in the center of the bar...also there were baskets of candy, presents, a photo to sign and lollipop favors!

Adah's yummy cupcakes that Rachel and I made the bows for!

The wild party crew minus Brennan(he slept through the entire party)!

(Back: Val, Momma Muck, Da-Da, Eric and Kyle

Middle: Nana, Kaki, Gpa, Rachel, Christie, Gigi, and Great Pa-Pa

Front: Aunt Doo, Ma-Ma, Birthday girl Adah, Becca and Morgan!)

And the Cake eating begins!!!!

The life of a Queen!

Adah and I had a fun day outdoors today! This morning Christie, Rachel and Brennan came over and we all went to the pool....Brennan enjoyed it so much and was so relaxed that he fell asleep( you can see pics on Rachel's blog!) Adah on the other hand did not like the float but would rather you hold her and be her personal floating lounge chair!

After lunch and an afternoon nap Adah, Josh and I headed over to the splash pad with our friend Diane and her two kids! It was our first time at the splash pad....Adah seemed to enjoy it but I think she will like it more when she can walk. She also managed to get sunscreen in her eye so that didn't make for a happy girl! We took a few pics there but haven't uploaded them yet.