Water Baby

Adelé loves the water and it was finally warm enough for us to be able to put water in her pool for her to play in.  Whenever she is in the bath she will stick her whole face into the water and then pick it up and laugh.  It worries me that she is going to inhale a bunch of water and drowned herself every time, but she thinks it's hilarious.  The swimming pool was no different.  She loved splashing and getting her whole head wet.  I am so glad she loves the water!

Our Jabber Baby

Adelé loves to jabber!  She carries on full conversations with everyone and no one really understands what she is saying, but it's so cute.  She recently has started saying "Uh-Oh" really well.  Everything gets an "uh-oh".  She loves to show you where her Tickles (toes) are and says "tickle tickle" as she points to them.  It's amazing how many new words she picks up on every week.  She loves to be the center of dinner conversation.

After watching Ryker in Boise she is a pro at walking now.  As soon as she figured out how to stand herself up from a seated position on the floor she is a champ! So much so she thinks that she is big enough now to go down the stairs facing forward. . . not sure if I like this courage yet. 

Every time we get in the car she grabs her phone and talks on it, she is becoming a little person.

Fun in Boise

To continue on with a fun filled weekend Oley wanted to try the pizza challenge that Matt and Doug did in Boise about a year ago.  Once the boys were ready we were all off. 

That's a whole lot of pizza, which I am glad they did not ingest the entire thing.   This was how they ended.

Once our pizza trip was done it was off to the splash park. 

Ad had so much fun that she was falling asleep as I was trying to dry her off and put her clothes back on so we could go home.  Silly kid!  She got a nice nap in the car while we waited for Laur to get her cell phone figured out.  The boys wanted to float the canal bed by Laur's house so we had to stop and get flotation devices at Wal Mart.

 Not sure I would trust Oley's clearance find to carry me but that's what they chose.  Laur dropped them off at the canal and they had a fabulous time. 

It was a crazy busy day and we were all exhausted.  The next morning we attended church with Laur and Doug and then headed home.  Ad was not happy at all to be leaving. 

4th of July in Melba

Lauralynn was told that the 4th of July festivities were better in Melba than Boise so we took her word for it and enjoyed the small town celebration.  We started out the day by attending their parade - and yes it was a small town, lots of kids riding bikes, lots of old people in cars, and beauty queens.  Thank goodness they did have horses though, Ad loved the horses.

As we were walking to our car after the parade we walked passed a family putting their horses away.  We asked if the kids could put them and they said yeah let them sit on them if they want.  Ad was in heaven!  She loves horses.  It was the highlight of her day. 

 The kids were exhausted from sitting in the heat all morning so we headed home to give them naps. 

Once Doug came home from work we headed back out to Melba for the firework show.  As tradition we packed a picnic dinner to eat while waiting in the park for the fireworks. 

Oley had bought some sparklers.  The boys loved them, Ad wasn't so sure about them.

Once the firework show began it was a pretty impressive showcasing for such a small town.  They had these crazy fireballs that they would light off in the sky.  It was pure craziness! All and all it was a great holiday and I am glad that we decided to travel and spend time with family.

Boise Zoo

Oley and I had been debating for weeks what we were going to do for the Fourth of July.  Growing up in Idaho Falls has ruined me on the Fourth.  The whole town celebrates this holiday, to the extreme, since we have moved from there Fourth of July is the one holiday I actually do miss Idaho Falls.  We have been in Tacoma for the past 2 years and the Fourth has never quite seemed like the holiday I remember.  So on July 1st we decided that yes we would travel and that we were just going to go to Boise since it's not that far. 
We left the night of the 2nd.  There was a huge lightening storm that was spectacular as we were driving.  The whole sky was lighting up with buckets of rain coming down, it was crazy.  We arrived in Boise early morning on the 3rd.  We wanted to make sure we made the most of our trip so we went to the zoo that very same day.  This was Ad's first trip to a zoo that she can actually remember.  It was a blast! Next time we will go when it's not 104 degrees outside.

 When Ad saw the lion she promptly said "Baa, Baa".  Which made Oley and I both laugh, there is a picture of a lion and a lamb in the hallway when we walk into church, every week she points to it and says "baa" we are still working on "roar" for the lion.  She loved seeing the lion we stood there for quite awhile.

 She was exhausted and couldn't keep her eyes open. 

 She adores her cousin Ryker!

Where Did Our Baby Go

It's like she woke up one day and is now a toddler.  I don't know where our little baby went.  I think I have said this about every stage, but I absolutely love this stage.  Even though she is constantly toppling over and bumping her head or into something she shouldn't be, she is so fun!  Her laugh is contagious, whenever I try to discipline her she puts on a big ol smile and laughs, she makes it so hard to be serious with her. 
Now that she can walk, as long as she has something to get herself up, she is everywhere. 

She loves watermelon.  She and I sat down on the couch to "enjoy" an episode of Strawberry Shortcake and eat some watermelon, by the time Oley was done with the dishes we had eaten the entire bowl, oops.