Adeline speaks in so many sentences these days. And if she's not speaking in a sentence in the proper sense, you can always tell what she's talking about when she gives you a series of words. For instance...
"walk...step...park...bird...sky...whee!...doggie...woof! woof!...good boy...squirrel...bye bye park!"
Translation: Daddy and I took a walk to the park (had to go down the front steps when we left the house). I saw birds in the sky. At the park I went down the slide - whee! We saw a doggie who was being a good boy and we saw some squirrels and then we left.
"go go...vroom vroom...car...shopping...cart...push"
Translation: Mommie and I went in the car to go shopping. I sat in the cart while Mommie pushed.
"movie...watch...blankie...Doug...cozy...couch..."mote"...Pooh"
Translation: I want to sit on the couch and get cozy with my blankie and Doug and watch a movie, namely "Winnie the Pooh". ("mote" = remote, for added emphasis :)
And finally, Adeline's first full length, makes perfect sense sentence:
"I go potty like a big girl!"
Yes we're working on the potty training thing. She does enjoy her little seat and has gone potty a few times, but I think more by accident - she happened to go while she was sitting there. We ask her if she wants to sit on the potty when we can tell she needs to go #2, but she hasn't agreed to that just yet. We'll keep working on it :).
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Shopping!
Well, this time we didn't actually buy anything, but the second I pulled the car into the mall parking lot this morning (you couldn't actually see the building yet...) Adeline said, "Shopping!" We've been to this mall maybe half a dozen times and it's not somewhere we regularly go, so I thought that was really funny :). The word "push" was out of her mouth moments later. She likes carts and strollers.
We had a fun time just moseying around the mall. We didn't actually shop for anything. It's just an overcast sort of rainy day (well, it was this morning) so I thought Adeline could use a different place to run around. We had a snack and she pushed the stroller all over. We visited our favorite place to get changed, the Lord & Taylor restroom. Seriously moms, if you change your kiddo anywhere else in 12 Oaks Mall you're crazy... L&T's is so nice! Adeline loves it. And of course we had to glance through the tiny baby things. So cute!
It was just as good for me to get out and about and walking around as it was for Adeline. I've been informed that half my family (well, okay, not half - but several CA family members we don't often see) will be coming out the first week of May and I'm supposed to have a baby to show them by then ;-). Pray pray pray! That's not the only reason I'd love to have this kiddo come early, but it definitely makes me wish for it quite a bit. Don't worry. I'm sensible enough to know that she'll come when she's ready - when God wants her to - and till then we will just wait with great anticipation :). But I do hope her Great Grandma Jo, her Papa, and her Great Uncle Jim will all be able to see her brand new.
Anywho, after the mall we went to the library and got some new VeggieTales movies to watch. We've just about gone through their whole collection, so I think we might be starting over. I'm thinking I may want to actually invest in having some of the VT DVD's at home because they're nice and short and Adeline loves them. If anyone wants to send Adeline some VeggieTales, we would receive them gladly (even old VHSes!) :).
Now in the quiet of nap time I'm going to continue reading through Jane Austen's novels. Mansfield Park is commanding my attention at the moment.
More soon.
We had a fun time just moseying around the mall. We didn't actually shop for anything. It's just an overcast sort of rainy day (well, it was this morning) so I thought Adeline could use a different place to run around. We had a snack and she pushed the stroller all over. We visited our favorite place to get changed, the Lord & Taylor restroom. Seriously moms, if you change your kiddo anywhere else in 12 Oaks Mall you're crazy... L&T's is so nice! Adeline loves it. And of course we had to glance through the tiny baby things. So cute!
It was just as good for me to get out and about and walking around as it was for Adeline. I've been informed that half my family (well, okay, not half - but several CA family members we don't often see) will be coming out the first week of May and I'm supposed to have a baby to show them by then ;-). Pray pray pray! That's not the only reason I'd love to have this kiddo come early, but it definitely makes me wish for it quite a bit. Don't worry. I'm sensible enough to know that she'll come when she's ready - when God wants her to - and till then we will just wait with great anticipation :). But I do hope her Great Grandma Jo, her Papa, and her Great Uncle Jim will all be able to see her brand new.
Anywho, after the mall we went to the library and got some new VeggieTales movies to watch. We've just about gone through their whole collection, so I think we might be starting over. I'm thinking I may want to actually invest in having some of the VT DVD's at home because they're nice and short and Adeline loves them. If anyone wants to send Adeline some VeggieTales, we would receive them gladly (even old VHSes!) :).
Now in the quiet of nap time I'm going to continue reading through Jane Austen's novels. Mansfield Park is commanding my attention at the moment.
More soon.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
More Cell Phone Pix - Belly!!
Here are some more cell phone pix from Alan's phone. They were taken last week. You can definitely see a very pregnant belly! That should tide you all over till Easter pix come :). Plus Adeline is adorable as always.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Cell Phone Pictures
Alan has Adeline's whole life chronicled in pictures on his cell phone. Really. There are ones on there from when she was barely weeks old, if that. So here are some he's taken recently. The first two are from a trip to the park down the street back on March 7th, and the last three are of Adeline shopping with Amma at Trader Joe's back in February. She was just too cute pushing around her own little cart :).
Good Day
Adeline and I had a play date with our friends Hannah and Kara today (Hannah is Adeline's friend, Kara is mine ;-). At the last minute we decided to head over to the outlet mall to check it out because I had never been there. We were very good ;-), and only went into Motherhood Maternity to look for an Easter dress for me and then over to Carter's to drool over all the unbelievably adorable children's clothes. The trip was a success! I got a very cute skirt and top to wear for Easter, and the Motherhood free gift bag always has great stuff in it so I scored in that department too :).
I was very good in Carter's and only wished I could own every last thing in the store for my girls :). Kara and I focused on the fact that we're going to a Mom2Mom sale on Saturday and we're sure to find good bargains there!
After that we went to McD's for a little lunch. Adeline didn't eat much but did manage to spill milk all down the front of her. She was a little stunned for a moment... then she felt herself sitting in cold milk and got really upset :(. Thankfully Mommie always carries an extra onesie around! Unfortunately I didn't have any spare pants, though. She was pant-less on the drive home to Hannah's house, but Hannah was nice enough to lend her some pants for the ride home :). All in all it could have been much worse - she had at least downed more than half the milk in the container before spilling the rest on herself.
And finally - as an update - I officially achieved stain-fighting success. After the stained clothes finished soaking I washed them in a regular cycle with "free" detergent and then gave them an extra rinse just to make sure there was no residue. When I pulled them out of the dryer they were good as new - no signs of any stains, and there were some really bad ones in there. There was one little bib that I remember never really being able to get clean once it was used with prunes... it never really smelled quite right either. Come to think of it I really don't know why I kept it. Anyway, even that one looks brand new now too. And it got the makeup/sweat stains out of my white Red Sox hat too after soaking for only a couple of hours. I swear by this stuff now. As Adeline would say, "Yay, Oxyclean!" (we cheer for everything around here :).
To top off this successful day Adeline has been napping for over two hours now and I haven't heard a peep from her. Ah the blessings of me time.
By the way, if I'm not on the ball enough to get a maternity pic up on the blog before Easter, I guarantee we will be doing some sort of family pic that day and one of my belly will be unavoidable. So don't worry. I may be 37 weeks prego by the time I finally get around to posting a pic, but it will come!! And I definitely look different from the way I looked with Adeline. I think I'm carrying higher than I did with her because I have a little belly "shelf" that I never had with Adeline. It makes me feel very huge!!
Hopefully more soon! :)
Love from Meredith for The Conrows
I was very good in Carter's and only wished I could own every last thing in the store for my girls :). Kara and I focused on the fact that we're going to a Mom2Mom sale on Saturday and we're sure to find good bargains there!
After that we went to McD's for a little lunch. Adeline didn't eat much but did manage to spill milk all down the front of her. She was a little stunned for a moment... then she felt herself sitting in cold milk and got really upset :(. Thankfully Mommie always carries an extra onesie around! Unfortunately I didn't have any spare pants, though. She was pant-less on the drive home to Hannah's house, but Hannah was nice enough to lend her some pants for the ride home :). All in all it could have been much worse - she had at least downed more than half the milk in the container before spilling the rest on herself.
And finally - as an update - I officially achieved stain-fighting success. After the stained clothes finished soaking I washed them in a regular cycle with "free" detergent and then gave them an extra rinse just to make sure there was no residue. When I pulled them out of the dryer they were good as new - no signs of any stains, and there were some really bad ones in there. There was one little bib that I remember never really being able to get clean once it was used with prunes... it never really smelled quite right either. Come to think of it I really don't know why I kept it. Anyway, even that one looks brand new now too. And it got the makeup/sweat stains out of my white Red Sox hat too after soaking for only a couple of hours. I swear by this stuff now. As Adeline would say, "Yay, Oxyclean!" (we cheer for everything around here :).
To top off this successful day Adeline has been napping for over two hours now and I haven't heard a peep from her. Ah the blessings of me time.
By the way, if I'm not on the ball enough to get a maternity pic up on the blog before Easter, I guarantee we will be doing some sort of family pic that day and one of my belly will be unavoidable. So don't worry. I may be 37 weeks prego by the time I finally get around to posting a pic, but it will come!! And I definitely look different from the way I looked with Adeline. I think I'm carrying higher than I did with her because I have a little belly "shelf" that I never had with Adeline. It makes me feel very huge!!
Hopefully more soon! :)
Love from Meredith for The Conrows
Monday, March 23, 2009
Happy 21 Months, Adeline! :)
One year ago today was Adeline's 9 month "birthday" and it was also Easter Sunday.
I think we all looked a little different back then... :)
I think we all looked a little different back then... :)
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Around the Conrow House
If you were to have spent some time around the Conrow household the last few days, here are some things you might have heard...
Speaking of getting out old clothes, I discovered in making various piles to be washed and prepared for Pink Floyd that some stains that never came out in regular washing before I packed the clothes away seem to have intensified in their stored state. After some searching online people seem to swear by "Zout!" stain remover and Oxyclean. My google search was specific enough to try to find stain fighting formulas for old - like 1-2 years old... - spit up and formula stains. So we took a trip to the happiest place on earth, aka Target, and picked up some Zout and Oxyclean and yesterday I began to fight stains with every power within me! :) I sprayed and rubbed in Zout on all the stains, then today I soaked all the stained clothes in a highly concentrated tub of Oxyclean dissolved in water (12 scoops in 5 gallons of water). You can soak clothes like this for up to 6 hours and I'm going to go ahead and let them soak for the full amount of time, but I checked on them after about 4 hours and was already really pleased with the results. Some stains I thought would never come out (especially after nearly 2 years) have come out completely, and outfits I thought could never be worn again literally look as good as new. I've heard this is a great trick for deep cleaning and removing stains from secondhand clothes bought on ebay and craigslist and at garage sales and things. The clothes literally look new. So that's my exciting laundry adventure. Tonight I'll be doing 3 loads of tiny baby things, blankets, and burp rags all in preparation for Adeline's little sister's arrival. It's getting pretty exciting around here :).
Note: You do have to have a fairly significant amount of time to devote to this stain-fighting routine, and you need to make sure you can take the clothes out of the concentrated Oxyclean solution no more than six hours after you begin and then have the time to wash/rinse them completely immediately afterward. I did read horror stories about people leaving things overnight thinking a couple more hours wouldn't hurt, or letting an Oxyclean solution dry on their clothes and it producing adverse effects.
And in other news, potty training in the Conrow house has officially begun! When I bought this potty seat it says right on it that you might have trouble getting your child to get off of it because it's so comfortable - turns out they were actually right. The kid loves this thing! :)
We also enjoyed our first foray into pigtails this weekend...
And Adeline was very helpful unwrapping Rolos for a fun project for Mommie. When she was done she got to eat one :)
- "You're okay, you're okay..." - Adeline, holding Elmo and patting his back. Apparently he's been having a rough go of it lately. She's comforting all of her animals these days.
- "Ooh, cute!" - Adeline picking up and inspecting her old newborn clothes I've gotten out for Pink Floyd.
- 9am: Adeline and Meredith eat breakfast; 9:30am: Breakfast ends; 10am: Adeline- "Eat, eat." Mommie- "We just had breakfast! What do you want to eat?" Adeline- "Lunch."
Speaking of getting out old clothes, I discovered in making various piles to be washed and prepared for Pink Floyd that some stains that never came out in regular washing before I packed the clothes away seem to have intensified in their stored state. After some searching online people seem to swear by "Zout!" stain remover and Oxyclean. My google search was specific enough to try to find stain fighting formulas for old - like 1-2 years old... - spit up and formula stains. So we took a trip to the happiest place on earth, aka Target, and picked up some Zout and Oxyclean and yesterday I began to fight stains with every power within me! :) I sprayed and rubbed in Zout on all the stains, then today I soaked all the stained clothes in a highly concentrated tub of Oxyclean dissolved in water (12 scoops in 5 gallons of water). You can soak clothes like this for up to 6 hours and I'm going to go ahead and let them soak for the full amount of time, but I checked on them after about 4 hours and was already really pleased with the results. Some stains I thought would never come out (especially after nearly 2 years) have come out completely, and outfits I thought could never be worn again literally look as good as new. I've heard this is a great trick for deep cleaning and removing stains from secondhand clothes bought on ebay and craigslist and at garage sales and things. The clothes literally look new. So that's my exciting laundry adventure. Tonight I'll be doing 3 loads of tiny baby things, blankets, and burp rags all in preparation for Adeline's little sister's arrival. It's getting pretty exciting around here :).
Note: You do have to have a fairly significant amount of time to devote to this stain-fighting routine, and you need to make sure you can take the clothes out of the concentrated Oxyclean solution no more than six hours after you begin and then have the time to wash/rinse them completely immediately afterward. I did read horror stories about people leaving things overnight thinking a couple more hours wouldn't hurt, or letting an Oxyclean solution dry on their clothes and it producing adverse effects.
And in other news, potty training in the Conrow house has officially begun! When I bought this potty seat it says right on it that you might have trouble getting your child to get off of it because it's so comfortable - turns out they were actually right. The kid loves this thing! :)
We also enjoyed our first foray into pigtails this weekend...
And Adeline was very helpful unwrapping Rolos for a fun project for Mommie. When she was done she got to eat one :)
Saturday, March 14, 2009
No Strep...
or ear infections. That's the good news. The bad news is I'm now sick too :( and none of us is sleeping at night. Adeline's runny nose is still just as runny as ever and the drip causes the coughing almost all night. It will be very nice when sick season is over!
Beckie is visiting today and we had a little visit from Rob (and friends :) last night on their way through town.
That's the update. Hopefully more soon.
Beckie is visiting today and we had a little visit from Rob (and friends :) last night on their way through town.
That's the update. Hopefully more soon.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
The Lastest and Cincinnati
Sorry for the lack of posting. I've been trying to take naps in the afternoon during Adeline's nap and it's been good - even if I only end up getting about 10-20 minutes (today I got an hour :). I'm taking my iron, too, and just trying to be better about eating more in general and I think all of this combined is helping my energy level. I'm going to need it. I can't believe I'm going to be a stay-at-home mom to a 2 year old and a newborn. What am I thinking??? :)
The most recent news is that Adeline is once again sick. Today is the second day of another high fever, terrible coughing and an incessant runny nose. I can tell her throat hurts, too. All signs point to strep once again, although I'm a little concerned that it might be more than that -- strep + ear or sinus infection. I'm going to call the doctor first thing tomorrow morning to see if I can get her in for a visit.
In other news, we visited the Alternative Birthing Center in Southfield last Friday and have to say we were kind of disappointed. Long story short is that we will now be birthing at a nearby hospital instead of at the ABC. Although I am not guaranteed being able to birth with a midwife at this particular hospital, I'm going to take my chances. Southfield is just too far away.
Anywho, I haven't posted since we took a family trip down to Cincinnati to visit our friends Nathan, Johanna and William. Here are some pictures from our visit:
On Saturday when we planned to leave we found ourselves returning to our friends' house to get cleaned up after Adeline's lunch didn't agree with her. She was so sad that she got Doug so dirty :(. William let Adeline borrow some of his clothes while we did some laundry and prepared to leave - for the second time :).
There she is!! :)
The most recent news is that Adeline is once again sick. Today is the second day of another high fever, terrible coughing and an incessant runny nose. I can tell her throat hurts, too. All signs point to strep once again, although I'm a little concerned that it might be more than that -- strep + ear or sinus infection. I'm going to call the doctor first thing tomorrow morning to see if I can get her in for a visit.
In other news, we visited the Alternative Birthing Center in Southfield last Friday and have to say we were kind of disappointed. Long story short is that we will now be birthing at a nearby hospital instead of at the ABC. Although I am not guaranteed being able to birth with a midwife at this particular hospital, I'm going to take my chances. Southfield is just too far away.
Anywho, I haven't posted since we took a family trip down to Cincinnati to visit our friends Nathan, Johanna and William. Here are some pictures from our visit:
Adeline has become quite the good traveler!
Views of downtown Cincinnati from in front of the Children's Museum:
At the Children's Museum Adeline was so adventurous! I was so proud of her for going all the way through this tunnel/net which was probably about 10 feet above the ground!
There's a really nifty ball pit that William loves to play in and he showed Adeline all the neat things to do in there:
On Saturday when we planned to leave we found ourselves returning to our friends' house to get cleaned up after Adeline's lunch didn't agree with her. She was so sad that she got Doug so dirty :(. William let Adeline borrow some of his clothes while we did some laundry and prepared to leave - for the second time :).
Where's Adeline?
There she is!! :)
And finally, Daddy has been teaching Adeline all sorts of new things lately. Such as...
How to play Wii...
And how to clean up after myself... :)
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