Adeline is a big girl!

Adeline is 3 years old and 4 months, she is growing so fast! She has been 'pee' potty trained for a few months now and has started to conquer her fear of pooping in the potty.  For the past few days she has been so successful and triumphant in pooping in the potty! It really has been a challenge for her.
Adeline sleeps in a big girl bed now too! She has started to dress herself, get her own snacks and water! She is also starting to notice print and she can even whistle! I still marvel how Joe and I created this amazing child!

She is in love with the Disney Princesses, especially Sleeping Beauty and Tinkerbell too.  At times she likes to play makeup and her her fingers/toenails painted but she rarely ever wants anything done with her hair.  She loves to play with Disney princess Barbies and their Polly pocket counterparts. She likes to tuck them in at night and before we leave in the morning under her wash clothes. It is such a joy to listen to the conversations she has with her dolls. She has such a great imagination and will make a play family out of anything, such as lotions, nail polishes or food. The biggest item is always the daddy, middle sized is the mommy and the littlest item is the baby.
She enjoys watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with her daddy, especially when I'm at work on Saturday mornings.

She definitely has a sense of humor and loves to be silly. For some reason she adds a 'j' sound to words such as saying 'and' as 'andj' or 'one' as 'onej'

She loves dancing and singing, especially to Gwen Stefani and Disney songs.

Sadly 'baby' is not as special to her, but she usually has a favorite Barbie of the day that she carries around and she still sucks her two fingers.

Mommy's Having Hip Surgery

I am having hip surgery in a few days and we are all trying to prepare for it.  I will be wearing a hip brace and I tried it on for Adeline so she could get used to it.  When I put it on she said 'that's pretty mommy' awww my little cheerleader. It does have some purple stitching on it.

Adeline is Almost 3!!

Adeline's Favorites:

Pink!  If it isn't pink, she does not want to wear it!  She often tells me she wants to wear something 'ballet.'. By this she means something pink, sparkly and like a tutu!
Sleeping Beauty-Adeline just looooves sleeping beauty.  She wants to watch the movie over and over again and loves to have anything with sleeping beauty, princess aurora on it.


Cute Things She Says:

What's that for?-she says this when she hears a strange sound
I want to hold you-meaning she wants to be picked up and held
Him's head-instead of saying his she says 'Him's'
I poo-ped- as in poop-ed, she says this instead of I pooped
When we were eating raspberries, I asked Adeline if they were cute, and she explained to me they look cute like little, fuzzy babies.
'Fridger' for refrigerator.
'It's too fit' meaning something fits too tight

'My Fountain!'

Adeline has a new obsession- water fountains, the kind in ponds or gardens. She gets sooo excited when she sees one! We have a large fountain at the entrance of our town home complex that Adeline calls 'her fountain' and she squeals in delight at the sight of it. Adeline just loves water and refers to any body of water no matter how large or small as a 'tubby.' Adeline has begun to play with Barbies and little dolls other than baby dolls. She calls any dolls to play with that aren't baby dolls 'her girls'. It is so fun to watch her imagine with them and hear her play talk with them. Often they are sharing, hugging or kissing which I would like to think has something to do with the loving atmosphere we try to create for her. She also likes to pretend that her 'girls' are going to dance class. We try to motivate Adeline to work on potty training by saying she can go to dance class when she is potty trained. Like most little girls Adeline loves the Disney princesses especially Sleeping Booty lol she has trouble saying beauty so it comes put as booty.

Our First Long Trip Away from Adeline

Joe and I are leaving for Las Vegas in two days. Adeline knows we are going on a 'big buhbye' on a plane and that we are going to bring her back 'a present and a kiss.'when I first asked her what we should bring her back she said a kitty! I am really looking forward to getting away from it all with my husband but it sure is going to be hard to say goodbye to our sweetheart. Some New Things Adeline Says: Pack back for back pack Hunky for hungry She loves looking at planes, trucks and buses and gets really excited when she sees them saying 'look mommy!' She has begun to tell stories of events that have happened and she uses this serious story telling face that I adore. She has started to have an opinion on what she wears for the day which has made our morning routine quite interesting she likes to pick t shirts and patterned pants-she has a care bear shirt that she asks me every morning if it's clean so she can wear it.

Adeline's First Communion

You just never know what a 2 year old is going to do!  Last Sunday at church Adeline decided to have her first communion.  We always take Adeline up to communion so she can be a part of the service and receive a blessing from the pastor.  He unexpectedly asked if she could try a wafer, I thought well why not, if the pastor thinks it is ok than I feel it should be fine...well Adeline saw everyone dipping their wafer into the chalice of wine or or grape juice and she decided to dip her wafer in too!  Luckily she dipped it into the grape juice b/c she quickly bit the wafer after that! Oh dear....

Saying Goodbye to a Dear Friend

In March 2009, Joe and decided we needed to add some 'spice' to our life.  After some research, we decided on a hedgehog and got our sweet Bowser.  The very next day I took a pregnancy test, with Bowser snuggled into her backpack I would carry her around in and found out I was pregnant with Adeline, our lives were definitely about to get very interesting.  Bowser has been a sweet addition to our lives and Adeline really enjoyed playing with her, she was never afraid to touch her b/c of her spines.  Adeline would get excited and in a hushed voice say 'It's Bowser' whenever she heard Bowser rustle in her cage or begin to run on her wheel.  Last night we buried Bowser in my mom's garden, and explained to Adeline that Bowser is now in heaven with Papa.  We miss you little sweetie.