Quite the Week

I have to admit, this one of her on the toilet is probably my favorite picture from the week. Don't worry, the stains aren't potty related. It was some really good baby food that was so yummy, Addie just wanted to bathe in it. There's a picture of more mess with that below. Also, background on the potty training further below.

Yes, we had quite the week around here. It was busy and summery and wonderful. There were soccer playoffs in the awful heat, victory celebrations, pool parties with friends and our first family swim (!) and lots of good food and good times.

And best of all, Addie has all of a sudden taken off in terms of her abilities. She's learned to pull herself up to standing, to sign for "milk", and she's THIS close to learning how to crawl. She's eating everything in sight, whether it's meant for her or not, in the literal sense, and also in the figurative sense...by which I mean that she is lovin' life and livin' hard.

Using the potty is not one of the new abilities. For those that don't know, we've pretty much always put Adelaide on the potty...since she was about 2 months old, I'd say. This is all in the theory that potty training consists of two parts. First, getting your child to use the toilet. Second, getting them to use ONLY the toilet. The first part has been really easy. Addie loves sitting on her potty and uses it on a fairly regular basis...probably at least once out of every three times that she sits on it. And she sits on it at every diaper change. We haven't really attempted the second part yet because we don't think she's ready for that ...but it probably won't be too much longer. The official theory is called Elimination Communication, or just EC for short. It's essentially the idea that your child can use the bathroom in a toilet from infancy. Trust me when I say that this is much easier than waiting until 2 years of age. I've done both, and I much prefer this method. And anything that gets us out of diapers early is a good thing, in my book.

The latest pictures are a true reflection of Addie's exuberance, potty pic included! Her mouth is open ALL THE TIME lately, especially when's excited. If she's not making noise, she's asleep. She's usually shrieking, "singing", panting, or growling. I blame myself for the growling because we do a lot of animal noises together and she's always liked the growly ones (bears, tigers, and the like). It's funny but kind of odd to hear a little baby girl with such a sweet face growling like a wild animal when she's worked up.






And in another newfound ability, Addie made her first "unauthorized" mess. By which I mean that I've given her lots of things to play with, assuming she would tear them apart. This was her first mess that she made totally on her own and without my permission. I was in the shower and I peeked out to check on a suspiciously quiet child and saw that she was very absorbed in the nail polish supplies. I had to take a picture once I got out. And no, it's not ideal to shower while your child wanders around the bathroom, but if your husband is a resident, you get this picture. It's our lives!

Another mess! I think it's safe to say that she enjoyed the banana cherry baby food that I made for her. It was in her ears and nose afterward. Little sweet cheeks, captured in a rare quiet moment.
Last but not least, Tim and Addie together before his playoff game on Sunday. Fellows United won, 4-2. On to the championships!


And in grown up life, I had to take a picture of this chicken pot pie that I made. It was the nicest crust I've ever created, mostly because I didn't try to roll it out as one whole piece, I just did a lot of flower cutouts. It was yummy, if I do say so myself.

This is a picture of an epic Scrabble game that Tim and I played on Friday night. We were sick of movies, so we got out the board games. This game used every single tile and was extremely close. I won...but only by two points. We agreed it was an achievement worth documenting.


And now for the multimedia section.


My sweet little bunny in her swing. I can't tell if this terrifies or delights her. Maybe both.


This was hilarious to me, as you'll see in the video. It's very real, in that Tim had no idea I was recording at the time. I thought our "discussion" was over and clearly he was NOT done with the topic. And it's very real in that it's one of those "discussions" that all married people have that for make absolutely no sense, and yet for some reason, matter intensely at the moment. Tim was quite unhappy that I sent him downstairs when the wrinkle releaser was UPstairs. I'm so glad that I captured this on video because he almost never goes off into an irritated rant ...and of course, the one time that he does, I document the whole thing. Now no one will EVER forget this...(*Rubs hands together in glee)
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This is the "cookie thief" video that I accidentally left off the blog last time. Tim asked me to put it on because "it's my favorite". So of course I did.