Adelé's Craft

I try to keep up on holidays and special occasions with Adelé and Thanksgiving was no different.  As I was trying to figure out what cutesy little thing we were going to do I came across these cute little turkeys that are made out of hands.  It was perfect!  So after church Adelé and I got our craft on together.  She is getting to the point where she wants to be involved in everything I am doing anyway so I figured just let her help me out, well and I needed her hands!

They actually turned out pretty cute!  While I finished up putting them in envelopes Adelé finished up her night with Oley.  I absolutely love having her in our family, we are truly blessed!

The Church is True

Friday night I had a conversation with one of my colleagues that reaffirmed the truthfulness of our church.  I had cuddled with Adelé until she had fallen asleep and then got a phone call.

As we talked about the differences of our religions I was able to let him know about the Mormon church and that we are a worldwide church.  I asked about his church he let me know that he had to be extremely careful when choosing which congregation to attend on Sunday due to the member presiding and how they interpreted things.  I explained when you move and your are Mormon you are very well aware of what you are getting whenever you walk into one of our meetings.  Everything is standard across the church and the curriculum for the year is established by the General Authorities and everyone studies the same thing.  
I guess before this point I hadn't really thought about how remarkable it is that we are able to have a standard across the world.  I know that communicating within an organization with 10,000 employees is difficult, but when we think about the church it's millions who speak different languages and we are still able to keep things standard.  The Church is true and my appreciation for the Lord's work just grew a little stronger. 

6 Months

Wow 6 Months old!  How Crazy is That?  Pretty Stinking Crazy!  

 

We took her to the doctor and when they told us they didn't have any vaccines that were inclusive of everything so rather than getting 2 pokes she had to get 5, I felt horrible for her!  But our bug is definitely growing!  She weighed in at 16 lbs, 27.5 inches tall, with an 18 inch head circumference.

 

The doctor also said she should start using a sippy cup!  So we were off to buy her a new sippy cup!

Our silly little girl does not like fruits but is still loving her green beans and sweet potatoes has been added to the list of favorites.  We gave her some ice cream and she absolutely loved it!  She now has started rolling over quite frequently and can't be left unattended anymore.  Oley has taught her how to shake her head no and everybody just loves to watch her do this! 

Daddy's Gone

Oley took the scouts camping again last weekend and so we we got a girls weekend!  It started Friday night with a shopping trip! 

And then Saturday Adelé went with me quickly to run some errands and then hung out at home.  She seriously is the funniest little girl.  She is constantly laughing! 

 She loves her jumping jack!  She could spend all day in that thing if we would let her.

 

Since we did take a shopping trip I went into Adelé's closet and found that she had this dress that we hadn't even put her in and it's a 3-6 month.   I kept thinking it was a 6-9 month.  So guess it's a good thing I realized it before it was way too late and not just a little too late!  So she wore it to church. 

Adelé missed her daddy while he was gone.  So Sunday she just wanted to be read to by him.  

Big Milestones

This week was a great week of hitting huge milestones.  First off Adelé rolled over and I actually caught it on video.  She has been doing it off and on now for a few days but not it's becoming much more consistent.   YAY!  For our little Baby A!

Secondly was that we heard back from the attorney's office and we are going to finalize the adoption on December 3rd!  We are ecstatic to finally have a date!   
With all this new movement Adelé is learning and discovering new things everyday! 
She continues to find ways to get her pajamas off.  

 

She is beginning to understand how to use her walker. 

 And she now loves to sleep on her side.  There is no getting her to stay on her back.

Family Photos

We have been really bad about getting our family pictures done, so we quickly went out and took some but I am not really a fan of how they turned out.  Maybe we will break down and find time to have someone really do them for us.  But until then I guess these will have to do!

Halloween

 Okay so I do have to admit holidays are so much more fun with kids around.  We loved Halloween this year.  Since we had to go to the ward trunk-or-treat on Tuesday for mutual we were able to dress Adelé up, which was a lot of fun!

 On Halloween I had to meet and get some YW things done so Adelé joined me in that and then we picked up Emily on our way home. 

We played it fairly low-key that night.  Made some homemade pizza and Emily passed out candy for us.  Our neighborhood is the never ending string of children so it was fairly busy all night long.  Until we ran out of candy of course. 
She can't wait for next year when she actually gets to taste the candy and not just the wrapper!

Oley carved a pumpkin for us and let her play in all the insides.  She was hesitant at first but loved it!

 We put her in her costume long enough to get some pictures of her.  I absolutely love this little monster!