Potty Training

Adeline is officially, 100% potty training. We "threw away" all the diapers (and by "threw away" I mean put them into a box at the top of her closet... no way I'm throwing all of those away when #2 will be in them eventually!! :) and put her in underwear 100% of the time. She wore underwear for her nap yesterday - woke up dry! She wore underwear to bed for the first time last night, at the end of our first official day of training and only had one accident around 2am. After a day and a half she's already getting much better at telling me when she needs to go, and she knows that we always need to try before going to bed or taking a walk. She's doing really well. I am very proud of her.

Today we've been married 6 years.
Happy Anniversary to us :).

Songs

Sometimes Adeline will start singing and forget what song she started with. This morning she sang,

"Sweet Adeline, my flower, half an hour, VeggieTales!"

Heading Home

Today we flew home. This time we brought the car seat on the plane hoping Adeline would be able to sleep since she would have the comfort and familiarity of her seat. She didn't sleep, but it was better to have her contained :). Evelyn was good too. She slept most of the time, just as she did on the way out.

Adeline did manage to get some shut eye on the ride home from the airport. Since we didn't want to disturb her we simply unhooked the seat and brought it in with her in it. So sleepy...


Tomorrow it's back to normal life.

Vacation

Today was our one day of real vacation this week. We set it aside and didn't plan a single thing so we could do whatever we fancied when the day came. So while Alan spent some time lounging by the pool, Adeline, Grandmother and I took a walk overlooking the back bay. Gosh it's beautiful here.





In the afternoon, Adeline spent some time out by the pool with Daddy.



Later on, while Adeline napped, Grandmother, Evelyn and I went to the photographer's so I could choose the family portrait I wanted printed from Saturday's photo shoot.

Time for a good night's sleep. Long day again tomorrow.

My sleeping beauties...

Play Time & In-n-Out

Adeline and Nayeli had a fun time playing together this morning.

First they danced...

And then they played some Ring Around the Rosey



And the babies did their own thing... :)

Alan spent the morning back at his grandparents' house to spend some more time with Grandpa. When he returned we tried to get a picture of the 4 girls together. There were some pretty humorous shots. This was the best I got... Did you get a better one, Jay??

Eliora, Nayeli, Evelyn, Adeline

We enjoyed In-n-Out for the last time during our trip with Jay, Rhiannon and the girls before heading back down to Grandmother & Pa's in Newport Beach where we'll spend our last two nights. Adeline slept a good deal of the way and watched a movie for the rest. She's really been so good at putting up with so much over the course of the week! Grandmother made my favorite for us for dinner - tacos!!

Adeline's first In-n-Out!

Rest, Friends & Family

This morning we had a nice slow start and some much needed rest from a crazy weekend. We're staying with our friends in Nipomo - Jay & Rhiannon and their two girls, Nayeli (3) and Eliora (10 months). Jay made us all whole grain pancakes this morning (yum!) and then the dads took the girls to the park. After a nice lunch and some visiting, Adeline FINALLY took a nap, after 4 whole days without one. Our original plan for the day was to meet some family at a nearby park so Adeline could run around and folks could see her in all her glory :), but she didn't wake up till 5 in the evening. We decided we needed to maximize our time with Alan's grandparents, so we scrapped the park idea and headed straight there to spend some time.

Evelyn and Great Grandpa

Alan, the girls and the great grands!

Adeline playing with Great Grandpa

Alan's Aunt Beckie and Uncle John as well as Adeline's Granddad (Alan's dad) were able to make it over for a little bit too. We spent a few hours together and then headed back down to Nipomo for the night (where I kicked butt in Scrabble that night - hehehe :). Tomorrow it's back down to SoCal!