All About Adley

Adley is 9 months old already!  I feel like I need to start planning her birthday party because it is seriously going to be here before we know it.  Adley is usually either smiling and laughing, or crying...hard.  haha.  Smiling more than crying though, so that's good.  She really likes to eat black beans, turkey, and chicken.  She prefers to feed herself so things get a little messy =)  She has a robotic wave that is absolutely adorable.  As soon as you say hi to her, she will slowly raise her arm and hold it there for a while and smile.  So cute!  (Have I already blogged about this?  I don't even know, haha.  I'm having a bit of deja vu).  Let's move on to the pictures.  

She wears her jammies a lot, and she wanted to try on Parker's slippers. She just kept staring at them.  One time she had Christmas jammies on and the footies were reindeer.  As soon as she woke up that morning she looked down at them and stared for a while.  =)

She likes to play with and/or pull hair.  Daddy's, Parker's, she plays with mine every time I nurse her.  It's seems to be comforting.

She started sitting up really well around 6 months, and up until about a week ago, she wasn't interested in being mobile. She LOVES to sit in the kitchen and play with the fridge farm toy.  

She loves her brother.

And he loves her.  One morning we woke up to them talking to each other through the crib.

Adley still doesn't have any teeth.  She had a fever for a few days and I thought for sure they'd show up then.  Parker helped me take care of her.  

He taught her how to drive.  

Now she likes standing and playing.

 She also likes to play in her jumper seat.  She fell asleep in it twice.  It was the funniest thing to watch.  Her head would start bobbing, then her eyes would be closed, but she would keep jumping!

She's starting to get some crazy hair.

And, are those curls?

She likes bathtime.

Oh Adley Jean...you are LOVED!

Adventures in Lego Land

 Adley sleeps in the same room as Parker now, and he has done phenomenal with that.  He's quiet when it's time for him to go to bed, he never wakes up if she cries in the night, and his sleep habits haven't changed a bit.  Praise the Lord!  So, with it being L week, and him being such a good big brother, we decided it was time to take a trip to LegoLand!  (Parker has one set of legos that he plays with almost every day).  We told him Thursday afternoon where we were going.  He was pretty excited. 

That night, I looked online to see what we could expect.  We were thinking it was just a big store with tons of legos, but it's really more like an indoor theme-park that happens to cost $20 per person!  Panic!  We already told him we were going, and there's no way we're spending that kind of money.  I continued looking through the website and I found a link for a "Homeschool Group Discount."  I emailed them, told them I home-schooled our son, we were learning about letter L, and we'd like the discount.  First thing the next morning I had vouchers for $7 tickets.  Boo yah!  We can still go!  

The place was so cool.  It had a jungle room and a star wars room.

There was a little ride where you shoot lasers and save a princess that Parker really liked.  There were lego animals and people everywhere.

He thought this guy was Jesus.  (Funny, I always pictured him a little thinner).

 Where's Adley?

And Parker?

We got to watch some 4-D short films.  He was yelling out loud when things were flying at him.

There's a room with tons of legos to build with.  

He and Ryan made a car and raced it down a little ramp.

He got to build a mini Sears Tower in the Master Builders class, and see how Legos are made in the Lego Factory.  He was happy and excited the whole time.  (So was Adley).  

On the way out, he got to pick a new Lego set.  He chose the 3-in-1 skid loader, excavator and dump truck.  He and Ryan put it together as soon as we got home.  It's really fulfilling watching your kids have fun!