Oh my....

what a poser! I had all my studio stuff set up from a session I had the other day and took some pictures of Adeline. She loves having her pictures taken right now, can you tell? I have more pictures on my photography blog, nicolebarkerphotography.blogspot.com

Gap Clearance Center

Goodbye Gap Clearance center! Today my friend Brooke and I went to the Gap Clearance center while our husbands brought the girls to the Cincinnati Children's Museum. I am going to miss this place so much. You can get the BEST deals.

For $97 I bought:

*4 girls dresses
*3 kid shoes
*6 pajama SETS
*5 Shirts
*3 tights
*5 pairs of socks
*2 pairs of kid jeans
*1 kid jean skirt
*1 kid coat
*2 Mens shorts

What a deal!

Highlights from the past week or so...

**ABE defended his thesis!! From what I hear, he did a great job. What a relief for him to get that over with. Now the final countdown begins for graduation and the big move!


**ADELINE had the privilege of using a mini cart at the grocery store. I thought it would be a nice treat for her. I was regretting my decision by the end of our grocery store experience. My heals were a little sore from being rammed so many times and I'm pretty sure she almost knocked down 10+ displays at the store. When she was getting close to hitting an old person I would hold the front of her cart to stop her. Immediately she would start jumping up and down screaming to me "let go. Let me do it myself!"


**ADELINE learned how to push the pedals on her tricycle. Hooray!



**WE met our friends at the neatest park on base to play and have lunch. I love this nice weather!


**ADELINE had her last day of gymnastics. She keeps telling me that we will have to find a new gymnastics in Boston


**ADELINE'S first experience to Chucky Cheese with her friend Kyle. She would not let go of me for the first 1/2 hour because she was so afraid of Chucky. She got over it and had a great time.


**I was able to help throw my cute friend a baby shower and I loved how it turned out!!


**NORAH has been a little angel baby. Not as fussy and sleeping WAY better. Love it.


**NORAH has been loved, and tortured by Adeline



**NORAH has been LOVING her little activity center and will lay under it and smile forever. It melts my heart.

**ADELINE has been doing great in keep her diaper dry at night. She accomplished having her diaper dry for 10 nights and was able to pick a toy of her choice for a prize. She almost has another 10 nights already.





**ADELINE got her plate in the mail that she made


**I have been enjoying my two little girls so much. I feel so blessed to be able to stay at home with them!!

Baby So Elegant

I am going to order this darling bracelet for Norah's blessing. I think it is so cute! If any of you are in need of a cute baby bracelet or a pacifier clip, check out babysoelegant.com. A talented girl in my ward has this little business and there is lots of cute stuff!

Norah 8 Weeks, my Birthday & WICKED!

Norah had her 8 weeks appointment on Thursday. I can't believe how fast the time flies. Here are her stats:

Weight: 10lbs 14 oz
Height: 22.2 in
Head 39.8 cm

Her weight and height are both in the 70th percentiles and her head is in the 80th. I wanted to compare what Adeline was at 8 weeks, but her baby book is already packed away and I am not about to go and start digging it out! Norah had to get 3 shots and since she was getting them, I had Adeline get 2 of her Flu shots and a HEP shot. Of course they both screamed. Adeline got over it pretty fast and so did Norah. Later on in the day Norah Screamed in pain for awhile, but eventually felt better.

Yesterday Norah rolled from her back to her tummy. I need to start keeping a better eye on her so she doesn't fall off anything! She is just about the cutest baby I have ever seen... of course I am very biased.




Thursday was also my birthday. Some of my good friends took me out to lunch, and then Abe and I went out to dinner at PF Changs. I haven't been there since I lived in Utah. It was SO good! Abe made me a Rice Crispy Treat "cake" since I am off all dairy. It was delicious! We ate the entire pan in less than 24 hours :)





Last night we took our first date without both of the kids. I was a little worried because Norah won't really take a bottle. And of course she only drake like .5 ounce from a bottle the entire time we were gone.... but she survived. We went to the play WICKED and it was so good. It makes me want to go to more plays and symphony's. If I let Abe stay in charge of paying our babysitter, we may be broke if we go out too much!



Plus a couple of things Adeline has said:

"Mommy, when you get little like me you can wear my panties, ok?"

Adeline: "Mommy, can I watch Dora?" Me: "No" Adeline: "Daddy, can I watch Dora?" Abe: "No" Me: "She is a little manipulator", Adeline: "Daddy, you are smart!"

Adeline asking me to feed her: "Feed me little girlie!"

Today I left my walet at home when I went to the store and had to come back home to find it. When I came back to the car with it Adeline said, "I'm so proud of you mommy! You found your wallet. I'm just so proud of you!"

Whenever I do something in front of Adeline she says to me: "you are such a big girl!"

Weekend with Rob

Abe's friend Rob came in town to visit us over the weekend. He probably thinks that we are pretty boring, but hopefully his trip was well worth it. Rob does have a new best friend now... Adeline. She wanted Rob to do everything with her. He was a good sport and went downstairs to play with her when she commanded, read to her, chased her, etc. Adeline would even follow him when he went to the bathroom and would knock on the door saying "Rob, I'm knocking on the door, let me in!" And once I'm pretty sure she even walked in on him (whoops).



We went sledding and met our good friends the Hubers. We are going to to miss them when we move! They are going to be moving to Texas right after we move to Boston, so we need to spend as much time together as possible before we all separate. It sucks moving all the time in the Air Force. You meet good friends, and then you just have to leave. However it is nice because all your friends have to leave as well, so you are all in the same boat. Anyway, we had fun sledding. The girls only lasted about 15 minutes and were done. Adeline was a little afraid of going down the big hill in the sled, but had a blast playing and eating the snow (yuck, not clean).





Saturday night we went out to dinner with Rob at yummy Mongolian BBQ. Unfortunately right when we got there a guy had a stroke and the ambulance and fire trucks came. We saw them giving CPR to him and his wife freaking out. Then we walked away since we had about an hour wait before we could eat. I almost wish I didn't see it. I have TOO much empathy and then it eats me up. I think about him and his wife getting ready for dinner, going to spend the night out together, and then little did they know this may be the last... He's probably also a dad, a grandpa.... My friends sister works at a Tissue bank and they get calls when there is a death in the area. She said she got a call about a guy that died at a restraunt that night. Makes me feel so bad. You just never know what could happen.

Other than that, we just hung out and watch a lot of Olympics. They are so addicting!! Thanks for coming and visiting us Rob!

Lots of snow!

Over the past two weeks or so we have had a handful of snowstorms and got quite a bit of snow. Growing up in Park City I am used to it snowing a couple feet and still having to go to school. They cancel school here for even a little bit of snow and the days after the storm to make sure parking lots are plowed. It was nice because the base closed and Abe was able to hang out with us all day. Adeline started asking the snow to go away because she is so sick of things closing (story time at the library, gymnastics, etc.)


Our rain gutters clogged with ice and the other day when the temperatures rose a liitle bit, water started running down the side of our house. The water got in our drywall and started bubbling out. Hopefully the damage is not worse than we think. Great, one more project before we move. Abe had to get on the roof to shovel, chip the ice and put salt on the gutters. Hopefully that helped!


Adeline has been a little angel lately and is the best company. She says and does the funniest things. The other day I was at a scrapbook store with a friend. While we were shopping we let our kids play with some blocks they had. Out of nowhere Adeline got really sad and started crying. I ran over to her and she was standing in a pile of pee. I stripped her naked in the store and wiped up the mess with Norah's burp cloth and blanket. The store owner brought me clorox for me to clean the floor. She was actually so nice. I had no clothes for Adeline because she has NEVER had an accident with me in public. My friend had a receiving blanket that I tied around her waist like a hula girl. Our errand ended up being a lot more eventful than expected. I think I will pack some emergency clothes in my car for the future!

Norah is such a cutie. She is now 7 weeks old. Still pretty fussy, but I know she will get happier as she grows. She still wakes up every 2-3 hours at night, however once in awhile I'll get lucky enough to get a 4 hour stretch. Her smile kills me it is so cute and she is getting a little chubbier every day.