Music to a Mother's Ears

I can't begin to estimate how many times Ethan and I have tried to get Adella's laughter on video. Not that we don't want it to be authentic but it does take one person playing with her and one with the camera. AND she is such a ham with the camera that when she sees that I have set it up to video tape her she stops what she is doing and tries to roll towards it. I just got lucky with this one. Anyway, Adella is so fun these days. She is babbling ba,ba,ba,la,la,la,da,da,da and likes to put everything in her mouth. She is very interested in textures, and lights (still). She also likes to hang out under the rocking armchair . Not the safest place she could be... It is a little unnerving when you find her under there while you are sitting in the chair. No crawling yet but she will get there. She is starting to scoot backwards but usually this just makes her mad.

Our Good Buddy

I am often asked how Mason responds to Adella. Well... just like you would expect if you know Mason... he just lays there while she pulls at him. Really I think that he is hoping to get some pets out of her and any pets, even if they are slightly abusive, are better than no pets.
She is starting to take more notice of him lately. She smiles when he shakes and reaches to touch him when he is sitting close to her. She will even roll towards him when he is near her on the carpet.
I am thankful that I can leave them in the same room and I don't have to worry about him stepping on her or biting her. Every now and then he does try to roll on her in an attempt to get closer to her and therefore get more pets... but can you blame him? Soon enough she will be big enough that I won't have to worry about that either.

PS... is that not the sweetest thing you have ever seen? My little family taking a lazy Sunday nap.