New 'Do

Rick will kill me I know for posting this picture but it cracks me up so I'm going to do it anyways. Over the weekend I wanted to change up my hair so Rick, my stylist, dyed my hair. I thought this color I had bought long ago was a light brown, closer to my natural hair color (which is a mousy dirty blonde), but it turned out to be a very bold slightly reddish brown. Oh well, I'm sure it will fade eventually and I will go back to blonde.

Rick getting ready to dye. (Picture was removed due to inappropriate content)

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The outcome and cute little Adelaide.

Dan and Rick jamming.

The Adelaide Rock & Roll

Emily called me yesterday, a rare occasion.
The reason for the call ... Adelaide's first roll.

Richard's Visit

We were lucky enough to have another visitor this week... Richard came to Colorado and stayed with us from Thursday to Saturday and was able to meet Adelaide for the first time. He was impressed with how strong she was, how she held her neck up so well and he loved how her eyes became moon shaped when she smiled at him. It was a perfect time for him to visit because Rick just finished his 7 week course finals and had Thursday and Friday off school. We had a great time together- the boys fixed up their bikes, went bike riding, spruced up Rick's computer and we all went down to Pearl street together. We got Richard all excited to go to Estes Park by showing him some awesome Elk videos... Sadly, we never made it there because my mouth was really hurting. Instead, we ended up going to the dentist for my appointment while Rick and Richard watched Adelaide. This was Richard's favorite part of his visit- Adelaide had a meltdown and cried for most of my hour and a half appointment. Richard finally got her to sleep though and calmed her down the way only grandpas can... and she woke up later with a smile on her face- she had completely forgotten about her meltdown:) She even took a bottle for the very first time! (She was only fooled for about five minutes though...)

It was great to have Richard here, we miss him already and are excited to see him again over the holidays. Hopefully he will come visit again, and next time I promise not to have any dental problems so we can go see the Elk in Estes Park. I felt really bad about the timing this time and hope he still had a nice time visiting.

Grandpa and Adelaide

Happy Girl.

Three generations

(Ricky, Richard and Adelaide).

Rick doing some bike jumps.

Richard at the trail.

How sweet.

Take a good look, this may never happen again.

First Snow!

It snowed this weekend and it was Adelaide's first time in the snow. We got her all bundled up (which she hated) and headed outside for a little bit of cold fun with our neighbor Ruthie and her daughter Dakota. We were so excited when we moved in to have a family down the hall to be friends with, and Dakota and Adelaide are only months apart so they are becoming best friends.

Our little family with our new friend Frosty.

Rick Adelaide and Frosty.

My masterpiece. I created Frosty all alone while Rick and Ruthie watched me.

Dakota and Adelaide. Dakota seems to like the snow more than Adelaide.

Our little snow angel.

Ruthie with Dakota, Me and Adelaide.

Flowers

I have been wanting to make some cute flowers for Adelaide's headbands since before she was even born but I never seemed to get around to it. Finally yesterday I went to Michaels and picked up some supplies and had a great time making ridiculously large and colorful flowers.

My Mom found us this cute hanging 'A' and I attached some pink ribbon to it for the flowers to clip on to.

Adelaide is very happy about all this.

Loves her Daddy

Rick is very busy with school and gone a lot studying, but when he is home he loves to spend time with his baby girl. He makes her smile and they are just so sweet together.

Only a couple days old.

Playing dominoes.

Chipotle. Yum.

On the way to the Botanic Gardens in Denver.

The only complaint I have is that when Rick is around he always takes off Adelaide's headbands... he thinks they hurt her but they don't:).

Diaper Fun

Adelaide has had some big diaper explosions in the past, but this one is by far the biggest! What you see in the picture is just what escaped- the diaper is still VERY full! Rick and I could not stop laughing as we cleaned her up and popped her in the tub.
Adelaide doesn't actually fit into these cute little shoes yet, but I had to try! Meg and Nick sent these to Rick one birthday- before we were even thinking about getting pregnant, with a note that said "We are ready to be an aunt and uncle whenever you are!" So cute.
I am a fan of washable diapers although we haven't really started using them much yet... I tried one on her the other day and although it fits snug enough and gets the job done, it just looks so silly while she is so small! We'll wait another month or two until the diapers are more proportional to her little body:)