16 months

My sweet lil Adah Potatah! My how you have grown and learned so much lately! This past Saturday you turned 16mths...you are almost a year and a half! I can't even believe it! This means pretty soon you will have a baby sister!

You make us laugh so much! You bring so much joy to our lives and we couldn't imagine a second without you in it! You are becoming such a sweet and considerate little lady!

Here are 16 new things you have been doing this month:

1. you say ma-ma
2. you will answer us yes or no when we offer you things or ask you questions
3. you use a fork(the right way)
4. you talk non stop! YOu tell us stories all the time as if we know what you are saying!
5. you are cutting 2 more teeth which gives you a total 14! That means only 4 to go!
6. you aren't too sure about strangers anymore...you really study people and won't go to just anyone
7. you tell me when you have a dirty diaper by walking over and saying bo-bo
8. you LOVE your baby doll....you "shhh" her and put her to bed, feed her, hug and kiss her, etc.
9. you still don't like TV but LOVE your MBCR videos!
10. we made the mistake of getting you addicted to the DVD player in the car
11. you can now roar like a tiger
12. you like to play with your belly in the mirror(sucking it in and pushing it out)
13. you have had more falls/accidents this month than your entire little life combined
14. you love to test us....always trying to get away with more or run away as far as you can before we catch you
15. when we ask you to smile real big you open your mouth as wide as you can
16. you have your first best friends.....the McClure girls that live across the street! You absolutely LOVE them and they love you! You wait at the front door every morning for them to come outside and then you scream with excitement! You love to play with them and give them hugs and kisses! You laugh with them SOOOO much!

I'm sure you are doing so much more but mommy and daddy can't seem to think of them right now! We just love to talk about you each night after you have gone to bed! We just smile and laugh the entire time we are talking! You are everything to us and we love you more than words can say!

A few firsts and then some

Here are a few pictures of what Adah has been up to this month. She had several first as she does most months but just thought I would share a few!

Adah's first time in a big kids Sunday school class!

Walking the neighborhood with dada!

Adah's first time finger painting!

Adah's first ponytail!

Adah LOVES to play with mommy's phone camera!

Adah loves books...I couldn't find her one morning and finally found her hidden behind her bed reading!

This is where Adah has decided eat her breakfast and watch her DVD in the morning!

Coloring in her first SS class!

Adah's first time facing forward in the carseat!

Adah's first donut!

Adah's first bubble bath!

My cutie patootie playing with my phone camera some more!

Picture update!

I would write much other than what is going on in the pictures! Adah has her 15mth checkup next week so I will do a long written post on what she is up to. Josh is still at department head school here in CT and I'm trying to get over this lingering morning sickness that so far has decided to last the entire pregnancy. I am now half way through and still getting sick everyday! I was only sick with Adah for about 4-6wks! This one has been nearly 14weeks! BLAH!

Enjoy the pictures!

This first few pictures are from when Adah and I went peach and blueberry picking with our friends across the street!

Adah picked it up just to throw it behind her back!

love that little bubble diaper butt!

Trying to find the best blueberry to squish between her fingers!

tickle time with mommy!

Her most favorite thing to do with her most favorite person!

Happy as ever on Da-Da's shoulders!

Lil Miss Adah Mae

Wow! What is Adah not doing these days! I gotta say we have one smart little girl on our hands! What a joy it is to spend everyday with her and watch her learn and grow! I just love her to death! She can be quite the drama queen and sassy at times....she is VERY sensitive and can get EXTREMELY frustrated when trying to do things that she either can't quite do or hasn't figured out yet or when a toy isn't doing what SHE wants it to do! She is doing so much better at walking and running after almost 1 month of walking! We have these 4 sweet sisters that live across the street from us ranging in age from 10-2 and Adah just adores them! We hang out with them a lot since Josh and their daddy are in the same class and their mom and I getting a long so well! Unfortunately, they will be moving to Hawaii for their next 3 years while we go to VA and GA! Such is the life of the navy....but the good thing is as that we will stay in touch and hopefully meet up again!

Back to Adah! Here are just a few things she is doing now!

-moved up to size 4 diapers

-loves to "flush" the toilet

-loves to put clothes, towels, etc "on"

-LOVES to give kisses but if she gives me one then she has to give Da-Da one!

-she is a BIG flirt

-loves to blow kisses and wave

-has started to carry purses around a lot

-can say eye and nose and point to them

-knows where her: eyebrows, hair, head, eyes, nose, mouth, toes, feet, etc are

-if you ask her how old she is she will hold up 1 finger

-she knows the sounds of a cat, dog, cow, coyote, chicken, duck, sheep, lizard, bird....

-has gotten very shy when there are new or a lot of people around...she will cling to my leg!

-LOVES to give her baby doll kisses and push her around in her little stroller

-can say baby(she learned this one when we were having the gender sonogram done!)

-love to hide things everywhere

-loves to empty her toy bins by THROWING them to the ground

-love to draw on the ground with sidewalk chalk

-LOVE LOVE LOVES to go on "rides" on Da-Da's back...if you are sitting on the floor she will go up to your back and grab on cause she wants a ride...Da-Da loves to spoil her with rides!

-playing with bubbles is one of her favorite things...but she also likes to blow them with her own spit..haha

-the girl LOVES to dance and when you say "dance, dance" she starts to dance!

-can shake her head yes and no....only when she shakes her head no she uses her WHOLE body!

Thats all I can think of right now but I know there is TONS more!

I love love love my sweet little girl to death! I think that this is the funnest age yet and I know that it will only get better! I can't wait to see her love on her baby sister!

Until the next time I get around to blogging....(pics to come soon)