46.6lbs- 10th percentile
45.5"- 2nd percentile
She might be petite, but someone has to be hanging off the edge of the growth charts! We love our sweet, spunky, sensitive, and sensational little lady!
Monday, December 9, 2013
Sunday, December 8, 2013
An American Girl 8th Birthday Celebration
Adeline chose to have a party this year and the theme was to be American Girl- Red and White! Given this time of the year, red and white was totally fun and totally easy! We made sleeping bags for dolls with red fleece- the girls tied the edges together- and then each girl had some ribbon, jewels, rick-rack, buttons, and fabric paint! They all had a great time and were super creative! Lunch with pizza with veggies, followed by a cookie cake with home-made ice-cream-turned milkshake. The party ended with a personal viewing of Felicity (an American girl from Williamsburg) complete with red and white candy popcorn! Everyone had a great time and we are so blessed that Adeline has so many good friends to celebrate with! It's hard to believe that the next birthday party will be for the TWINS!!
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| Hannah and Adeline set up the table with the supplies! |
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| As we waiting for all the guests to arrive, each girl colored a picture of an American Girl |
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| All ready to create! |
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| Hard at work! |
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| Pizza time! |
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| All the beautiful girls and their dolls |
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| Gifts- she got such fun gifts that were all perfect for her! |
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| Cake! |
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| Making her wish! |
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| Making icecream- which didn't exactly work, but it turned out to be super yummy milkshakes! |
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| The amazing candy popcorn made by Karen! |
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| All snuggled for the movie! |
Adeline's 8th Birthday!
Adeline's birthday fell on a Wednesday this year- and she woke-up early, full of giggles and excitement! The day started off with donuts (sadly, they were NOT Dunkin Donuts as it was still closed) and opening a few gifts! She got a gift cards, a book, kazoo, a necklace and tickets to the Nutcracker!
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| Happy Birthday!! |
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| Our sweet Birthday Girl! |
Wednesdays is the night of our Community Group- and we celebrated again! She requested a Cookie Cake- which needed to be "shaped" due to some technical difficulties... It still tasted yummy!
What a special day for a very special and loved little girl!
Gingerbread Mansions!
Our good friends, the W's, invited us to be a part of one of their traditions, building graham cracker "mansions" at the church were their kids go/went to preschool. It was SUCH fun! They sang Christmas songs, read the Christmas story, and then made the mansions! The best part -we left and didn't have to clean anything up! And an added bonus- no bags of half eaten candy sitting around the house! It was a blast and we will certainly be doing this again!
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| Waiting to begin! |
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| Hard at work... |
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| Concentration... |
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| The placement of MnM's is a precise act |
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| Alden's mansion |
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| Adeline's- notice a bear on the front porch! |
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| The creators and their work |
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| 4 cuties! |
The Thanksgiving Where We Killed Grandma's Stove
Every holiday is one to remember- and this year did not disappoint! It took us over 8 hrs to make it to NY thanks to crummy weather- but Al preserved and we made it! The kids had a blast playing with MarMar and PopPop, Poppy and Nonnie, Aunty Jen, Uncle Frank and Nate.
As Thanksgiving dinner was finished cooking- and I was taking the potatoes off the stove to mash, I heard a "pop", smelled smoke.... At first we thought it was the turkey baster that was placed on a still warm burner- but that wasn't it. In the middle of dinner, we noticed that the time was not working on the stove- and then discovered that we had killed the stove! We were thankful that 1)the stove did NOT burn-up the house, and 2)the stove finished cooking our dinner!
We had a great time visiting with family- eating, watching Frozen (an excellent movie), playing on the local playground, and created tons of happy memories!! It's hard to believe but the next Thanksgiving will be with 5 kids- FIVE!!
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| First picture with Santa! |
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| These 2 had a blast playing Legos together |
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| Yum! |
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| Beautiful!! Let's dig in! |
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| Proof that we killed the stove... |
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| We celebrated Adeline's birthday! |
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| Triplets! |
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| Burning off energy! |
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| Ready to see Frozen! |
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| Uncle Frank took Alden to a hockey game! |
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| Addie and I have some quality girl time! |
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
8yr old Adeline Questionaire
Each year, I ask the birthday child these questions- it's neat to see how their answers vary (or stay the same) every year! As you can see from this one, Adeline loves life and is not to be limited by one answer....
1. What is your favorite color? Purple, blue, pink and green
2. What is your favorite toy? My
American Girl Dolls and Wii
3. What is your favorite tv show or
movie? Dog with a Blog & Sohpia the First
4. What is your favorite thing to
eat for lunch? Pizza and cheese and crackers
5. What is your favorite
outfit? Jeans and t-shirts
6. Who are your favorite friends?
Aubrey, Jayda, Lainey, Kierke, Sunshine and Charlie (our elf from the North
Pole)
7. What is your favorite creative
activity? Read, hang out with friends, play sports
8. What are your favorite animals? Horses,
dogs, hermit crabs
9. What is your favorite sport? Tennis
and swimming
10. What is your favorite part of
school? Science and social studies, writing and reading
11. What is your favorite thing to do
outside? Play with neighbors
12. What is your favorite drink?
Sprit and milk
13. What is your favorite
holiday? Christmas
14. What do you like to take to bed
with you at night? Doll
15. What do you want to be when you
grow up? Teacher or swim coach
16. What is your favorite thing to do
with your brother? Play
17. What do you love about
yourself? I can do cool stuff
18. What do you pray about? Annalise and Asher
19. What’s your favorite thing to
do with Daddy? Play sports together!
20. What’s your favorite thing to
do with Mommy? Mommy-Daughter
dates
8 years old!
Somehow Adeline is EIGHT years old! It seems like only yesterday my heart was breaking because I so desperately wanted a child- and boom- now I am a mother to an eight-year-old! It has been an amazing 8 years and I look forward to the next 8 (with slight trepidation since I have taught middle school for over 14 years, and I know what's coming....).
Here is our sweet Adeline through the years- you can tell when we lived near a Portrait Innovations!
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| 1 day old- rockin the bows already! |
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| 1 year old- I loved those water-fountain pig-tails! |
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| 2 years old- such a sweet big sister! |
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| 3 years old- she got her glasses shortly after her birthday! |
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| 4 years old- SO grown-up! |
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| 5 years old- rocking preschool |
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| 6 years old- a young lady here! |
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| 7 years old- so sophisticated! |
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| 8 years old- my toothless beauty! |
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