Quote of the Day- Adelyn

Last night we were sitting on the back porch.  Adelyn was in my lap and she kept sniffing.  I said, "Adelyn, is your nose running?"  She started giggling then said, "oh, no Mommy!  You run with 2 feet, not your nose!!!"

Adelyn- 2 1/2 yrs old

Today is Adelyn's 2 1/2 birthday!  What a special little lady Adelyn is.  Her big brown eyes just melt my heart.  Since Katelyn has started preschool, I've been able to spend more time one-on-one with her and it has been wonderful.  She has such a sweet personality and she cracks me up all the time!  Her humor brings me joy!  A few months ago we had her tongue clipped since she was tongue-tied.  She was a trooper and did great.  The worst part was when she was coming out of surgery and she started biting her tongue.  She had never been able to bite her tongue before since it could move that much, plus it was numb, plus she was half asleep still.  Other than that, she did really well. 

We are still working on potty training.  Poor thing was ready when I was pregnant with Colson, but I was low on energy and now we are so busy going here and there that it has been tough on her potty training.  She does ok when I make her, but she isn't too self-motivated.  Oh well, I'm not worried, she'll catch on soon enough.

She is little miss independent.  I actually have to remind myself that she is only 2 quite often.  I can say we have not had the terrible 2's.  She is just really sweet and quite obedient.     

Of course her best friend, Katelyn (KiKi according to Adelyn), is there to help her follow the rules!  These 2 little girls love each other so!  I love watching and listening to them interact.  When Jared turns on the blender it makes a really loud sound.  Adelyn will actually look to Katelyn to see how she reacts.  If Katelyn covers her ears, so does Adelyn.  If Katelyn ignores it, so does Adelyn.  It cracks us up everytime!

Adelyn loves water and has no fear (which scares me!).  I am actually thinking of putting her in swimming lessons soon so that she can improve her skills and hopefully be an early swimmer since we spend so much time at the pool.   

Ada-girl loves to accessorize.  She is obsessed with shoes, jewelry, sunglasses, purses...  Girly-girl!

Her love for Colson (Colsy according to Adelyn) is growing by the day.  She likes to play with him but only for a few minutes at a time.  Which is fine by him, he is pretty independent too! 

Ahhh, this girl and her crafts, she loves crafts!  Colors, painting, stickers are all fun!

Happy 2 1/2 birthday sweet girl!  Can't wait to see what the next 6 months holds!

Interview with Adelyn 9/13/2012

 1. What is your name? Adelyn

2. How old are you? six
3. What is your favorite toy?a Bible is
4. What is your favorite food? sandwich
5. Who is your best friend? Jesus is
6. What do you want to be when you grow up? a princess
7. What is your favorite thing to do? play
8. What does Daddy do at work? play
9. Where do you live? at home
10. What is your favorite book? my puppy book
11. What is your favorite color? pink
12. What do you think Katelyn likes to do? play at church

13.What do you think Colson likes to do? spit up
14. What do you think Daddy likes to do? work
15. What do you think Mommy likes to do? play
16. Where is your favorite place to go? at church
17. What is your favorite thing to do with Katelyn? watch a show

18. What is your favorite thing to do with Colson? play with him

Katelyn- 5 Years Old!!!

Seriously can't believe my baby girl is already 5 years old!  It is a blessing to be her Mommy each and every day.  Here is a super quick recap on the last 5 years:

about a month old

Just after her 1st birthday

Just before her 2nd birthday

3rd birthday

4th birthday

5th birthday

Today is Katelyn's birthday and since it fell on a Saturday she was able to have her first full blown, invite friends kinda party. But more on that later...

 Below shows a brief show of what all Katelyn was up to last year- 

Sisters- Katelyn and Adelyn are sisters and friends!  They share a room, keep each other up late, wake each other early and love one another dearly!  Katelyn will often tell me that she will watch out for Adelyn when we are out in public places.  She takes the big sister role seriously and won't let anyone mess with Adelyn!

Baby Brother- Katelyn loves Colson!  She makes him laugh, and shows him sympathy when he cries.  If he crawls to get something he isn't supposed to, she will help redirect him (read: take said item away- in a loving way). She loves to hold him, even though he is on the move now and won't stay put for long.  

Sweetness- Katelyn is seriously just a sweetie.  I'm biased, obviously, but she just is.  She loves her family and friends, loves making them happy, and has a tender heart.

Swimming- Katelyn officially learned how to swim this summer!  She is a little fish and would go to the pool everyday if we could.  She still likes an adult close so she can grab ahold and rest, but secretly I like that because I'm quite paranoid around a pool!

Silly- Yup, she is silly!  She makes up jokes, makes silly faces, says funny things and has a great sense of humor.  She laughs at so many things and keeps me laughing!  So much of her fun-loving personality reminds me of Jared!

Follower of Jesus!- The most exciting news of the year (rather her lifetime) is that she asked Jesus into her precious little heart this year and followed by being baptized.  We are so thankful that even at a young age she is willing to hear from Jesus and follow Him!

School- She started Pre-school last week and is loving every second.  

Okay, now for the party stuff-

I suggested an art party for Katelyn since she LOVES, LOVES, LOVES crafts and art.  She thought that would be great, so today we had her party!  She invited around 10 friends and we all had a great time!  The painting was the biggest hit of the party.  The cupcake decorating was a close second.  Fun was had by all and all her friends went home with their own masterpiece and a balloon!

 

These are the questions I asked her 2 years ago plus a few:

Here is a little Q&A with Katelyn on 9/8/12- (these are her words)
1. What is your name? Katelyn
2. How old are you? five
3. What is your favorite toy? ummm... let's see, my lipstick and my purse and my butterfly purse and my puppy and my treasure box
4. What is your favorite food? ummmm pizza and cheeries
5. Who is your best friend? ummmmm Heidi and Lylah and Emily and Savanah
6. What do you want to be when you grow up? a Christian and an astronaut
7. What is your favorite thing to do? go on dates with Daddy and play Chutes and Ladders with Daddy
8. What does Daddy do at work? work
9. Where do you live? In Austin, Texas
10. What is your favorite book? Ummmm, let's see- Dinosaur train
11. What is your favorite color? pink, orange, yellow, blue
12. What do you think Adelyn likes to do? play

What do you think Colson likes to do? crawl around, army crawl
13. What do you think Daddy likes to do? play with me
14. What do you think Mommy likes to do? play with ame
15. Where is your favorite place to go? to Chick-fil-A and to Nanny and PawPaw and JoJo's and to other states to where friends that we know
16. What is your favorite thing to do with Adelyn? play with her

What is your favorite thing to do with Colson? play with him

What are you most excited about since you are 5? That it's my birthday and I get to open presents. 

Katelyn's first day of preschool

Well, it's official- Katelyn is now a BIG girl!  She started preschool today!  

 Here she is outside her school.  

 When we got to her class she literally started to walk in without a wave, hug, goodbye...nothin'.  We of course were more sentimental and had to give her hugs and kisses.  She then went in, put her bag away and headed straight to the art table to create her first of many crafts!  Praying this is a wonderful year for her!

Back to school interview:

1. What is your favorite food? Pizza
2. What is your favorite sport? Gymnastics
3. What is your favorite TV show? Dinosaur Train
4. Who is the coolest person on Earth? Jesus
5. What are you most excited about school? Learn more about Jesus
6. What is the thing you do the best? Go on trips without mommy and daddy
7. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? I would go see SaSa and see how she preaches to people all about Jesus
8. If you could change your name, what would it be? Beautiful Rylie
9. What is your favorite color? Pink
10. What is your favorite toy? rings and bunny
11. What is your favorite movie? Princess and the Frog & Sleeping Beauty
12. What is your favorite book? Brave
13. What is your favorite song? Jesus loves me verse 3
14. When I was little I used to... spit up, crawled, and eated
15. What is your favorite snack? dried up banana and fruit
16. What food do you not like? pepperoni
17. Who is your best friend? Emily, Savanah, Heidi and Lylah
18. If you could have one wish, what would it be? To swim all day and night
19. What is your best memory? Playing chutes and ladders with Daddy
20. What is your favorite holiday? Birthday and Christmas
21. What do you want to be when you grow up? Christian and Astronaut
22. What is your favorite cereal? Frosted Mini Wheats
23. What is your favorite game? Hide-n-Hoot

Katelyn's Baptism

Katelyn asked Jesus into her heart in March.  Since, at the time, she didn't come with us to big church, she had never seen anyone get baptized or even heard of it really.  Thanks to her cousin Micah, that all changed in July.  He was recently baptized and wasn't afraid to share with Katelyn all about it.  She came home from Washington asking lots of questions about it, and not too many weeks later she said she wanted to show everyone that she asked Jesus into her heart by being baptized.  (On a side note, Micah was also sharing with Caleb about how he also needs to accept Jesus into his heart and get baptized.  Caleb made that decision a few weeks ago and was baptized last week.  I am just so thankful that Micah is so willing to share Jesus with those around him.  He has already made an impact in 2 lives and he is hardly 6.  How many more lives will he touch? Preacher in training perhaps? Or maybe just living the way we all should by sharing his love for Jesus?!?!  All of that to say, I'm proud of Micah and Caleb too!)  

She was very excited to tell her friends and Ms. Marlys (her Sunday School teacher from last year) that today she was getting baptized.  We were so thankful that Brian Brunson, our young married minister, would be baptizing Katelyn.  She knows him from small groups, so she was comfortable with him. 

Here is a good picture of her professing who her Lord and Savior is, "Jesusssss Christ"!

Buried with Christ in baptism....

Raised to walk in newness of life! 

While we were getting Katelyn dressed afterward she said, "Mommy, I'm glad I got baptized today.  I don't want to hide that I asked Jesus into my heart."

After her baptism Chad Hampton (Youth Minister) preached.  He preached about not using words necessarily, but painting a picture of Jesus in our lives every day.  Our prayer is that as Katelyn grows in the Lord that she will paint a beautiful picture of Jesus' love and others will be drawn to Jesus because of her faithfulness.  

Colson- 6 Months Old

Half a year old- I can't believe it!  Colson is such a happy little guy, especially when he is in the jumper!

He loves to sit in the jumper, play with all the toys on it, watch his big sisters running around, and jumping (of course).  He also likes to have time to just roam around on the floor.  And yes, I do mean roam.  He rolls, army crawls, or wiggles all over the place!  He is quite obsessed with the door stopper that is in the living room.  He makes a bee-line for it anytime I lay him down.  I try to keep him on a blanket on the floor so he doesn't spit up on the carpet, but he gets off it in about 2 seconds!  

  

He had his first sink bath at Bubba and JoJo's this month.  He loves splashing and kicking.  When I give him a bath, I also get a bath because of the amount of splashing!

He has been eating baby food (banana, rice cereal and applesauce) the last week or so.  He isn't too impressed, but I'm sure that will change soon.  He isn't the greatest sleeper, and this momma is getting tired!  He would still eat every 3 hrs if I let him, which I don't, but he still wakes and cries several times each night.  While he is awake he is very independent and generally very happy.  If he gets fussy all you have to do is  pick him up, give him a new toy or even just smile and talk to him and viola- happy boy!  He is great in the car and he loves Katelyn.  She can get him to laugh like no one else!  His excema still flares up on his face every week or so.  The spot above his eye (Doctor thinks it's a dermoid cyst) has started to grow.  We were planning on waiting until he is a year to MRI and remove it, but since it is growing, we may have to bump that up.  His well check is next week, so I'm thinking of asking for a referral to a specialist to get it checked out.  

Happy 1/2 Birthday sweet little guy.  You are a blessing to our family!

Adelyn

"Cheeeeeeeese" is what she is saying!

But that is not what I'm here to tell you.  I just had to tell you that today Adelyn said, "Mommy, can we stop playing now- I want to go night-night."  Yup, that's my girl!