9 months!!!!

We are now at the point where the entire house has to be baby proof!  Not only is Adella crawling but she is into everything.  If you don't hear her crawling around or laughing at the toy she was playing with when you  left her, you better check up on her.  I find her in the funniest places.  Besides crawling, she is climbing, waving hello and eating everything off of the floor that she can find.  

I know it has been a while.  I guess May just flew by.  Adella took her first airplane trip (see picture above) and met her Murdock aunts and uncles.  It was so fun and nice to see the family. Adella started crawling while we were away.  I was so excited to see her do something new but that quickly changed as I realized that I can no longer turn my back on her.  I took my ability to leave the room or place her on the bed without worry for granted.  She is into everything.  She is so curious.  (especially about things that I don't want her to have)  It is fun to see her discover the world around her.

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.

Happy Easter!!

A Moment of Gratitude...
We had such a nice Easter weekend. We spent Saturday working on the house and Sunday hanging out as a family. I love not having to go anywhere or worry about the house in Scotia! We have had very few weekends in the past 5 months that we didn't have to rush to Scotia to do something for the house. I am happy to say that we no longer own the house and I don't have to worry about it anymore!!
It is nice to be settled (for the most part). It gave me some time to think about what we have been blessed with and how thankful I am for all of it. It is easy to get caught up in the stress of things or focus on the little things that aren't going my way but the truth is that I have everything I need and I am so thankful. I know that Ethan and I are truly blessed and watched over. I know that our every need will be provided.

Butternut Squash Gets Mixed Reviews

Adella isn't crazy about eating her veggies but she tolerates them ok. Sometimes I think that I eat more of her food than she does! Smashed carrots are good! (This video clip isn't awesome but I thought that the grandparents would appreciate it.)

Adella's newest trick

I don't know where she learned this but she loves doing it! Maybe we should start to limit her time with Mason!