Garden, Camping & Boating

Abe had decided awhile ago that he wanted to build a little garden towards the back of our house. Before I left for Utah, he had started removing patches of grass where he wanted to build it. He didn't say ONE word to me about the garden while I was in Utah, and much to my surprise, it was completed when I got home! My neighbor said that he was a "work horse" the entire time I was gone. It looks so good! Unfortunately it is pretty late in the summer to plant any vegetables or anything, but it will be a lot of fun next year.


On Thursday night we ended up going camping at Caesar Creek with our friends. Right when we went to bed, a bunch of animals came out of the woods. We heard Raccoons, which are pretty typical, but we also heard a pig...??? If it wasn't a pig, it was an animal that snorted like a pig. It was Adeline's first time actually camping over night, and it went pretty well. The only problem was that we were all sleep deprived. On Friday, we went to the lake and went boating. Brooke and I mostly sat on the beach with the babies, while the boys were boating. I did get a turn wake boarding and tubing before we left. I think it had been about 4 years since I had done that.

Allie and Adeline played so well together. They were walking around the camp holding hands!






Abe, Adeline, Derek and Allie

Cute Allie hanging out in her tube

Utah

My Utah trip is over as of tomorrow. We had so much fun with family, but we are very excited to get back home to Abe:) The first 4 days I stayed at Dale and Margie's house (Abe's parents), and that was a lot of fun. Adeline loved seeing her little cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles. She LOVED all the little kitties at grandpa and grandma Barker's house. I am a mean mom though and wouldn't let her touch them. I didn't think it would be the best thing for her to be touching the diseased, one-eyed kitties. I guess that's what happens when you live on a farm! During the week, Margie and I attended a clinic to learn how to edit Applied Dissertations... a little business we are going to start doing from home. It was hard to leave Adeline all day. I have never had to do that before, but it was good for her and for me! Thanks Roni, Maggi, Abbi and my mom! I am so bummed because my camera was dead and therefore was not able to take pictures while I was with them. Abbi posted some cute pictures of Adeline with her cousins Audrey and Emma on our family blog, but I can't seem to transfer them over, sorry!

The rest of the time I have been able to spend with my parents. It was fun just relaxing and seeing some more family and friends. This was a pretty big week for Adeline. Her top 4 teeth have now popped out, and it looks as though her other bottom two will be coming in. This week, I swear she learned how to make monkey, dog and cat sounds. She has been pretty entertaining too. Anything that she can climb into or onto, she will. She is a little monkey!
Here she is playing with a cute little shopping cart Abbi gave her

Adeline can climb into the bathtub all by herself.... kinda scary

Uh, I wonder why Adeline loves Grandpa Smart so much.........?????

She also climbs into the baby doll stroller herself...

We were able to spend time with my cousin Alicia, her husband Cory and their baby Cannon. Cannon and Adeline are only 4 days apart, so it was fun to see them interact.

The other day, my cute little cousins came over to see Adeline. She loved playing with them, and especially Julia's purse! Here is Julia, Lauren and Adeline

Great-Grandma Jeanne and Adeline

Grandpa Smart and Adeline




Adeline helping Nana Smart cook

Today we went to the pool with Nana and it was so much fun. There was so much commotion though and Adeline was pretty nervous. She was trying to crawl up me like a monkey the whole time.

Like I said, Adeline will climb into anything...even this colander.

And the kitchen drawers...

We had such a blast! It was fun hanging out with everyone!

4th of July Weekend

First of all, sorry about the really long post. I have gone a little picture crazy over the weekend. The girls just looked so cute, so I had to post several pictures. Abe's parents are in town right now, so we have been having a lot of fun with them. We have also spent a lot of time with Abe's brother Mori and his wife Megan since they are living in Cincinnati for a couple months. It has been so much fun that they live so close to us. It is the closest family we have had since we've been married. I am going to be so sad when they leave! Abe's good friend Rob drove here from Virginia to spend the weekend with us. We love the company!

On Thursday, we left the babies behind and went to get pedicures with just us girls. I wish I took more pictures, but this is the only one that I took. Megan, hopefully you are not mad at me for posting this picture :) Our toes looked really cute after.

Thursday night we went to a REDS game in Cincinnati with the Barker clan. Margie bought these cute little outfits for Mayzee and Adeline and they looked so cute in them! It was a lot of fun and the Reds won. Afterwards, they had an awesome fireworks show. I think it may have been the best firework show I have ever seen. Adeline was pretty afraid of them, so she mostly jumped between me and Abe and put her head down.

Here is the clan

Grandma and Grandpa Barker with cute Adeline and Mayzee




On the 4th of July, we originally had plans to go to the ward pancake breakfast and to the Fairborn Parade. However, we all ended up sleeping in and it was raining. I was so bummed we missed the parade. After our little BBQ, we found another parade in Beavercreek and decided to go to that. Megan and I made cute little skirts for the girls and they were a big hit. I think they may have got even more attention then the people in the parade! The best part about it was that we got so much candy because of Adeline and Mayzee. We loaded up the entire stroller full. Adeline also cut her two top teeth!!




Since Adeline was handed so much candy, she kept trying to stick it in her mouth. I decided that since it was a "special occasion", I would let her try her first sucker. She had it in her mouth the entire parade and absolutely loved it!


Today we all went to Young's Dairy in Yellow Springs. We had lunch there and then walked around and looked at the different animals. I also took Adeline on a little "train" ride around the farm. I kept looking at her to see if she was smiling, but she was just holding on really tight to the steering wheel and had a very serious face.



Rob and Adeline

After we went to the dairy, we went to Buck Creek and sat by the lake. Abe put Adeline in the water and she wasn't liking it very much.
Here she is on a tree

I thought it was funny because I finally bought her some onesies that are her size. Well, supposed to be her size, but they are huge! They practically hang to the ground!

Weight Check

Before I forget, Adeline had a weight check yesterday. She had an appointment about 1 1/2 months ago, and she was only weighing 15 lbs 4 ounces and was in the 3rd percentile. They wanted her to come back for a weight check since she is just a tiny little thing. Well, yesterday when we went in, she weighed 15 lbs 6 ounces and 28 inches tall. So she pretty much hasn't gained anything and now doesn't even chart. They know that we have a family history that the babies are just low on the chart, but they are going to have me go into a nutritionist. Anyway, I am not worried at all, but hopefully we can get a little meat on her bones soon! She is walking all over the place now, so I think that may contribute.

Here is a video of Adeline walking. You will notice that she is holding a stuffed kitty. This morning, we went to a cute little toy store. It was hilarious because right when we walked in, Adeline got more excited that I have ever seen before. She wanted to play with everything.... but this cat in particular. She walked around the entire toy store with it and wouldn't let it go. SO, I ended up buying it. Yes, she does look a little white trash without her pants on.... she just got up from a nap.