Pumpkins

Last weekend we went with our good friends to a pumpkin patch at Young's Dairy. From the dairy you take a hay ride across the street to a really big pumpkin patch. Once we got there, we put the girls in the wagons and pulled them around while we looked for pumpkins. Afterwards we visited the animals at the dairy, ate dinner and got some yummy ice cream. It is so much fun to see how excited Adeline gets about things and what a fun age she is at!


abe juggling pumpkins




Adeline feeding her little friend goats

Columbus Zoo & Camping

Last weekend we decided to stop at the Columbus Zoo since we were already passing through the area on our way to go camping. I have been wanting to go all summer long, but since I was gone about 3 months, it never happened. If we end up moving in April, which looks likely, I would have been so sad if we didn't hit up the zoo. We were there on a Friday morning and had the zoo practically to ourselves. The weather was crisp, but enjoyable and most dads were working, therefore families weren't at the zoo. Adeline LOVED it!








After the zoo, we headed up to where we met a big group of people to go camping. It was chilly, but a lot of fun! Adeline has been asking for weeks to go camping, so she finally got her wish. I was a little worried because I didn't bring a potty to go camping. Luckily once I showed Adeline how to go to the potty when we are camping, she loved it. Abe even found her with her pants down, squatting and going to the bathroom by herself right next to the tent. She had no problems going #1 or #2. In fact, another family had a camper and Adeline refused to go in that potty because she wanted to go outside. When we got home from our trip, she kept telling me "I want to go potty on the grass".... uh, No.

Scare

So last night before I put Adeline to bed I started having back and stomach pain. A couple hours later, still hurting. However, at this point, I was actually having painful contractions at different intervals and they were getting stronger. So I laid on the couch for awhile to see if me resting (I seem to have a problem with that concept lately) would help, but it didn't. After laying in the bath for awhile and still having contractions, my doctor told me to come into labor and delivery.

What was determined? Not much. The test to make sure I wasn't going into pre-term labor could not be determined, but everything else looks good... except that I kept having contractions. They monitored those and the baby's heartbeat while I was there. They finally put me on an IV and then had to give me a shot to get rid of my contractions, which worked thank goodness! We got back home just before 4am and crashed. Today I am feeling much better and am hoping that I don't start having contractions again. Their advise...? Keep it easy.

Raspberry Picking

Last week some friends and I ventured out to go raspberry picking. It was pretty cheap and so much fun to pick our own raspberries! It seemed kind of counter productive for awhile because every time I felt like the container was getting full, I would look in it and it would be almost empty. Adeline did a good job of helping to pick them, but she did an even better job at eating them! Finally after awhile, she handed me the container and said "no more. My tummy is full". She had a blast and loved hanging out with friends. This is just another reason why I LOVE ohio!




{Best Friends}

Bless her heart

The other night when I put Adeline to bed, I put her in zip up, one piece flannel pajamas. Of course I put a diaper on her because even though she insists on wearing panties, she is just too young to make it through the night without wetting the bed. At least for now. So pretty much every night we get into a little argument about it until she finally gives in and lets me put it on.

Now, if you don't know Adeline's personality very well, she is just about the MOST INDEPENDENT barely 2 year old that I am aware of. She HAS to pick exactly what she is going to wear every day and sometimes it takes up to an hour. She also HAS to put on every item of clothing ALL BY HERSELF. She has to pick out exactly what she is going to eat, in what color bowl, with what color spoon, etc... You get the point. She won't even let me help her click her into her car seat. At least she is capable of doing these things by herself.

Back to my story... so I put her to bed the other night. When I went to check on her a couple hours later, she was sound asleep in her bed, however, she had changed her entire outfit. This is how I found her:

She took off her one piece flannel pj's, took off her diaper, put on a t-shirt, a coat, underwear, pj bottoms, 2 different colored socks, and SHOES! I could not stop laughing. She is so funny.

While we are talking about Adeline, here are a couple of videos I'm sure the grandparents will like:

{gymnastics class}


{a little interview w/ Adeline}


Right now Adeline:

-LOVES to do the dishes. And she is actually pretty good at it.
-Is very social and talks to random people while we are out... even telling them about her panties and such
-Whenever we offer her something and she doesn't want it, she says "um, i'd ok", (I'm ok)
-always says "a kiss and a hug?", and wants to give you one
-loves cats, the color pink, books, kids, babies, talking on the phone, being outside, shopping, candy, princess dresses (or anything princess), gymnastics
-thinks her baby sister is in her tummy. She always asks me to place her hand on her belly and makes it move and tells me the baby is awake and kicking
-Talks, talks and talks... she never stops talking
-very sensitive to others and caring
-loves singing