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.

It's Potty Time!!!

We have started to encourage Adeline to use her princess potty as she becomes more of a toddler and less of a 'baby.'  She really is starting to turn into a little girl instead of our 'baby' and today she went pee-pee in her princess potty for the very first time!  A friend suggested to bring the princess potty into the bathroom when I am going potty to encourage Adeline and it totally worked!  Up until now she has sat on her potty but never actually used it.  It's so amazing to watch her learn and grow. 

It's Mommy's

Adeline has definitely entered the stage of identifying ownership, most items are Adeline's or Mommy's and sometimes...daddy's.  It seems very important to her when she knows an item is mine like my wallet, glasses, or jewelry, she brings it over to me, looking at anyone around with suspicion and proudly hands me the item stating 'It's Mommy's.'  A few items can quickly turn from mommy's into Adeline's when she wants something like my wallet, glasses or jewelry!

I also wanted to add that Adeline has started to identify colors, right now she is pretty good at pointing out green, blue, purple and pink.  Our favorite colors!

I also have had to start watching what I listen to on the radio/CDs.  Adeline looooves music, singing and dancing!  I do like rap music, including Nicki Minaj, Kanye West so unfortunately we have to be careful b/c of swear words and lyrics.  I changed a Nicki Minaj song to a different song on the CD and for the first time Adeline objected saying 'heeeyyy' b/c she was singing along!