Walking Walking Walking

This is only a short display of how good she has gotten in the last week. At one point she walked all the way across my parents living room to Bum-Bum and gave him a kiss. It was the curtest thing I have ever seen.

Friday I gave into the television for the first time. I am pretty sure that both grandparents have let her watch TV at some point, but I felt guilty about letting that happen on my time. However, after an hour of annoying needy-ness from her I gave in. Yo Gabba Gabba stopped her dead in her tracks. Thank you OnDemand for providing me with commercial free options even if they are insanely creepy.

Saturday Mike and I had a nice day-date while Adelaide spent the afternoon with my parents. Sunday we went to a little surprise bridal shower for a friend. She was a great baby the whole time, and never freaked out about random people holding her. I really love having such a social baby. It makes life much easier.

11 months old!

Adelaide took 7 steps this week. She is kind of a big deal! She also went to bed on Sunday night and woke up with two new teeth. That equals a total of 8 teeth now. She enjoyed her first piece of toast with cream cheese in celebration of said new teeth. I am becoming much more positive about her food intake. Wheat posed no problems, so I think a birthday cake is going to be totally fine. I am really looking forward to the celebration we have planned for 12/3/11, and have ordered a few gifts that I cannot wait to give her. A mini baby jogger might be on its way :-)

1/2 Marathons and Roseola

Sunday 10/23/11 Katye and I completed our first 1/2 marathon. We trained together for 12 weeks, and finished in 2 hours 15 min. I set a goal to complete this before Adelaide turns one, and am so happy that its over! Running 13.1 miles is intense and does not make me want to run 26.2. Those people are crazy!!

Now, on to the Roseola. Friday afternoon I noticed a little rash staring on Adelaide's face. In the evening at bath time it was all over, so I called the pedi who said to watch it and take her in the following day if it looked worse. Saturday we took her into the local Zoomcare office. The doctor there was really nice, but ruled out roseola and didn't make me feel any better after telling me she takes her kids to the emergency room all the time! Sunday afternoon she still had it so I planned to take her in Monday to the pedi's office, where the doctor walked right in, looked at her naked body, and said it WAS for sure Roseola. She also said that she believes that her vomiting on Monday was probably due to the virus and to try bananas again. We did yesterday and she was perfectly fine!! I am over the moon about this. I was panicking about where to go from the last reaction, but feel confident that we can continue trying new things since she has been reaction free for 4 1/2 months. It's crazy to be thankful for two visits to the doctor, $40 in co-pays, a rash all over her sweet perfect skin, but I am. The girl loves bananas and now she can keep on loving them. Happy Day!!

Bad news...

yesterdays post was premature. Adelaide had her first reaction in over 4 months yesterday afternoon. Poor girl threw up 6 times after having a banana, something she has been having for 6 months. I am not really sure where to go next with food for her. It makes me terribly sad :-(

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we ventured to Lake View Farms for our first family pumpkin patch adventure. It was a beautiful day and Addie was very happy looking around. We didn't end up getting any pumpkins (Smith will be getting us some from the ranch), but we did get some awesome photos.

I cannot believe how much of a person Adelaide is becoming. She understands a ton of things we say, and loves her dog more than anything! It honestly makes my heart hurt watching the two of them together. She has also been trying new foods with success! I am hoping we can get to a place where she eats the same things we are eating in the next few months. In the last week she has had cheese and Happy Baby Banana Puffs without any issues. I am one happy mama!!

Baby Buns....

because there is nothing sweeter in the world.



Oh and Yogurt was a success!! I have also given into the "cry it out" method. I can no longer sleep when there is a bed hog next to me half of the night. Tuesday was the first night, and it was absolutely terrible. I felt like a horrible mom. She cried HARD for 45min. Last night was a success, so I am feeling a lot better about it today. Sadly she has a little cold, and NoseFrida The Snot Sucker has been used. It. Is. Amazing.

ZOO

Addie and I had our first visit to the Zoo yesterday. It was really nice out, the cats were walking around, and she was a perfectly behaved little lady. All in all it was a wonderful day. To top it off she said MAMA!
Be still my heart.

P.S. We passed formula, and are moving on to yogurt. I am feeling better about trying new things now that we have that under our belt. Gotta get her ready for her birthday cake!