Little Monkey

When Adelaide does things like climb on top of my dishwasher, which could potentially break it, I know that I should use it as a teaching moment on what is appropriate behavior and what is not. But instead I find myself laughing out loud and grabbing a camera almost every time. Maybe I should start acting more like a mom?

Iced Donuts

It has been snowing hard all weekend. I really hate driving in the snow and even being a passenger in the car when it is snowing; it makes me nervous. Last year was my first time living in snow and I would scream with terror whenever Rick would skid around and do his dangerous little tricks. I guess I've gotten used to it because now I have a blast on our snowy adventures and can't stop laughing. Recently we did some donuts in a local parking lot and Rick mastered the 360:

I'm Suffering from Cabin Fever

Adelaide has become so hyper lately! I'm sure anyone who has children older than Adelaide know what I'm talking about... she has always been active but suddenly she is everywhere all at once. Whether it is rummaging through our kitchen cabinets, playing with our recyclables, putting important items in the toilet, attempting to eat lip balm, unrolling all our toilet paper, wrapping herself up in our shower curtain, throwing all her shoes and socks on the floor while wearing tights as a scarf, placing stickers in her ears, trying to destroy our dvd collection, or hiding underneath the kitchen table, this girl is a busy body! Today she decided it was hilarious to put her shorts on her head like a hat. She walked around pointing to it and laughing and laughing. I am tired but amused, what does one do to keep up?

I look forward to Spring & Summer when little miss Adelaide can take her rambunctiousness outside!

Headbands to the Extreme

Normally these girls have a hard time keeping their headbands on but this particular day Adelaide and her friend Dakota couldn't get enough of them! I know, they kind of look like hospital patients with brain injuries.

Adelaide & Dakota

Growing Up Too Fast

Apparently Adelaide is ready to go bra shopping.

Taffy Time

Adelaide is so quick these days, if I am not paying attention to her every single second she gets into some mischief.

Today she found some favor bags from her birthday and enjoyed her first salt water taffy. Can't believe she can get those wrappers off all by herself.

Guilty but unashamed:)

Lyons

Last week we headed out to Lyons for some outdoor adventure. Rick has a trail there that he likes to bike on and he mentioned that I could just "walk or run up the fire road and meet him at the top." It sounded like a great idea to both of us.

Well this fire road ended up being very steep and very rocky and very slippery and therefore very tiresome and borderline dangerous with little Adelaide in the Bob stroller. Don't get me wrong, the view from the top was beautiful, (which was a good thing because it helped me snap out of the horrible mood I was in), but it wasn't enough to make me every want to do this particular trail ever again.

To make things worse, Rick realized that I had walked up this entire 1 1/2 mile mountainside with the stroller brake on! Rick had put the brake on when we got out of the car and I didn't realize... dumb me.

I don't think we will be repeating this outing again, but it is a memory:)

Relaxing at the top.

Rick and Adelaide.

Adelaide thinking about how she doesn't want to get back into the stroller.

We saw a dear on the way down.

Combo Meal Anyone?

We went to Horsetooth Reservoir the other day and noticed that something was amiss at their hot dog stand.

The combo costed more than buying chips, a drink and a hot dog individually.

This made me laugh.

Party Prep

Rick and I sat down to the computer to start planning Adelaide's birthday party.

10 minutes later:

Rick: "I'm going to go watch a movie. You're boring me... Not in a bad way, but..."

I guess I'll be planning this party solo. Gotta love men.

Golfland is fun for little people!

It has been a long time since I've been to Golfland, but I recently went with my family and it was a great time, especially for Adelaide who enjoyed a wonderland of houses and bright colored obstacles just her size!

Adelaide and Grandpa on the front porch of one of their mini-houses.

And another one.

Grandpa attempting to teach Adelaide how to putt putt.

Jess, Dad, Jess and Eric goofing around while playing goofy golf.

Me and my mom.

Google Google

My Dad was doing a job for google in which he sandblasted A LOT of mason jars with their logo. Just like the good old days, all the kids that were in town helped get it done and we had a great time together. Eric and I made up an awesome jingle in which we simply sang "google google" over and over. Quite annoying I know, but also beautiful.

Eric and I working hard.

Adelaide and her Dad.

Adelaide liked helping until some tape got stuck in her hair (by her dad) and pulled a bunch of her tiny blonde hairs out.

My Dad in his sandblasting suit getting the job done.

He reminded me of an Oompa Loompa so I asked him to do some Oompa Loompa poses for me while I sang a song for him.

♫♪♫ Oompa Loompa ♫♪♫

♫♪♫ Doom-Pa-Dee-Do ♫♪♫

Moooo

Have you ever played the animal game? It basically goes like this:


You blindfold the 'it' person and spin them around in circles.



The 'it' person points to someone and yells an animal name from the top of their lungs.


The person that gets pointed at must make the animal noise to the best of their ability. If the 'it' person guesses correctly who the animal noise maker is, then the animal noise maker is now the 'it' person. If they guess incorrectly, then they have to spin around and try again. While the 'it' person is spinning around the rest of the crowd is free to switch seats. And on and on it goes.


hint: point towards the crying baby sound when you are it and you can be pretty sure you'll get the mom.

The first time I played this game it was with Rick's family in LA and it was the first time I had met many of his cousins. I had a hard time remembering their names, let alone recognizing their voices in animal form. I spent a lot of time that day in the middle of the room blindfolded.

Fair-Weather Campers

Over the weekend we went on our first family camping trip with Adelaide.

When we arrived in Palisade the weather was pretty nice and Adelaide enjoyed playing in the grass and attempting to eat twigs.

Rick set up our little tent for us and we were ready to enjoy the great outdoors!

We went with some good friends and they introduced me to my first tinfoil dinner (at least that I can remember). It was delicious and we had a great time hanging out by the fire. We also enjoyed Dough-boy's for dessert, or as San Diegans call them: Woof 'ems! Yum.

Around 11 p.m. it started raining NONSTOP, and it continued all night long. We didn't know this but our tent is not suitable for rainstorms and literally by midnight we had a couple of inches of very cold water inside with us. All our clothes and bags got soaked first, and then our mattress got pretty much drenched. Somehow I managed to find a spot that was somewhat dry if I laid in a sort of zig zag position and kept Adelaide on my chest. Rick was not so lucky and literally sat up underneath a blanket ALL night. Whenever I think about this I can't help but bust out laughing, what a scene.

As soon as the sun was up we got out of there and started our four hour drive home through rain and even snow. Colorado, someone really needs to help you understand proper May weather.

I think during the storm Rick was more concerned about the wellbeing of his poor bike out in the rain than he was about his wife and baby. When we got home he found my hair dryer and spent some time nurturing his 'other child.'

This trip was a learning experience. Never again will we go on a camping trip unless the weather forecast is sunny with high temperatures. We are just not hard core campers. That being said, we still had a great time hanging out with friends and mother nature before the storm hit:)

Adelaide Gets Extreme Part 2

Rick and Adelaide have so much fun together :)

Adelaide Gets Extreme

This is what I call daddy-daughter bonding time.