I found one!
Super tired bunny, after a full day of fun!
Santa Cruz Beach
17 years ago
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Pascha!
Early and bright Pascha morning, Adessa opens her Easter Basket.
Adessa's first Pascha was terrific! We didn't make it for much of the mid-night service, but the picnic was super fun. She egg hunted (mostly took the eggs out of her basket), played in a jump house, and even napped amid the revelry. It was a new stage in parenting, being at a big function, but it went great and we all had a good time.
Adessa's first Pascha was terrific! We didn't make it for much of the mid-night service, but the picnic was super fun. She egg hunted (mostly took the eggs out of her basket), played in a jump house, and even napped amid the revelry. It was a new stage in parenting, being at a big function, but it went great and we all had a good time.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Found a Camera
A taste of summer! We had a few days of hot weather and had to splash around in the yard.
New tricks.
We're looking for a grunge band for Adessa to join, to go with the bed-head and attitude.
When I think of how sweet and adorable and amazing Adessa is these days, I feel disloyal to how sweet and adorable and amazing she's been all along. I have thought each stage and tiny change in her development has been a marvel, I have loved her the most every day, since the beginning! It seems unbelievable that she will just continute to get more fun. (Until the terrible twos and threes, I guess, then the fun will level out for a while, her amazingness will plateau... and possibly even decline.) But just now, these days, she's a wonder.
She can push herself up to sitting, which she does whenever possible, especially at bed time. She likes to shove or drop her pacifier down the crack between the bed and the wall and then look for it. This is a fun game good for hours of delight (and lighting fast crawling and shoving to try to get the pacifier down the crack before mom or dad pull her away,) again, most magical at bed time. Her crawl has not progressed beyond a graceful, lizardlike slither on elbows, belly, and thighs, but she gets to her destinations. She has started pulling herself up on everything she can, stands propped on coffeetables, toys, knees, etc. for longer and longer periods, moved from couch to coffee table, and has even stood by herself for a few seconds at a time.
The most fun, I think, is her ability to interact. She gives kisses, sweet and slobbery because she hasn't got the timing part down, yet. She'll lean in with lips puckered and makes the appropriate "Mmmaaa" sound, but by the time we get to her lips, her mouth is open. She giggles easily, dances to music, meets our eyes with surprise or wonder when she sees or hears a dog or cat or duck. She still barks a lot, for every animal now. She'll try other sounds to make the "quack" or "neigh", but all animals bring her back to a bark. She says "Mama" and "Dada" with precision, sometimes. (I sound like the milestone check off list- I could skip the detail and just write that she's doing everything a ten-month old should be doing. The detail is for me, though.) She's more interested in books (thank goodness, I was getting worried) and will point to pictures and turn to look up at me when I make an animal noise or a different voice. All around wonderful!
New tricks.
We're looking for a grunge band for Adessa to join, to go with the bed-head and attitude.
When I think of how sweet and adorable and amazing Adessa is these days, I feel disloyal to how sweet and adorable and amazing she's been all along. I have thought each stage and tiny change in her development has been a marvel, I have loved her the most every day, since the beginning! It seems unbelievable that she will just continute to get more fun. (Until the terrible twos and threes, I guess, then the fun will level out for a while, her amazingness will plateau... and possibly even decline.) But just now, these days, she's a wonder.
She can push herself up to sitting, which she does whenever possible, especially at bed time. She likes to shove or drop her pacifier down the crack between the bed and the wall and then look for it. This is a fun game good for hours of delight (and lighting fast crawling and shoving to try to get the pacifier down the crack before mom or dad pull her away,) again, most magical at bed time. Her crawl has not progressed beyond a graceful, lizardlike slither on elbows, belly, and thighs, but she gets to her destinations. She has started pulling herself up on everything she can, stands propped on coffeetables, toys, knees, etc. for longer and longer periods, moved from couch to coffee table, and has even stood by herself for a few seconds at a time.
The most fun, I think, is her ability to interact. She gives kisses, sweet and slobbery because she hasn't got the timing part down, yet. She'll lean in with lips puckered and makes the appropriate "Mmmaaa" sound, but by the time we get to her lips, her mouth is open. She giggles easily, dances to music, meets our eyes with surprise or wonder when she sees or hears a dog or cat or duck. She still barks a lot, for every animal now. She'll try other sounds to make the "quack" or "neigh", but all animals bring her back to a bark. She says "Mama" and "Dada" with precision, sometimes. (I sound like the milestone check off list- I could skip the detail and just write that she's doing everything a ten-month old should be doing. The detail is for me, though.) She's more interested in books (thank goodness, I was getting worried) and will point to pictures and turn to look up at me when I make an animal noise or a different voice. All around wonderful!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Lost Camera!
Hanging with daddy.
Hanging outside on a lovely day.
Hanging out!!!
With Auntie Kanani and Uncle Elijah.
So... you'll have to take my word for it that Adessa's as cute as ever. Somehow in transporting it we lost the camera. Darn. Until we get a new one, I'll post some less recent highlights.
We're doing fine! Adessa's pulling her self up on everything, crawling all over the place (still dragging her belly on the ground, army-style, though), and singing, cooing, barking, laughing,and dancing. She's so fun! Ten months old on Saturday! Woah. Crazy. She's going with me tomorrow on an all day field trip to San Francisco and Chinatown. Should be fun, but as with many big events that need a lot of organizing and preparation for the unknown, I'll be glad when it's over. We've started doing swimming time with a group of local moms, which Adessa loves. It's right during her normal nap time, but that doesn't stop her from being very excited to splash and play and twirl and kick around in the warm water. It makes me really excited for summer!
Hanging outside on a lovely day.
Hanging out!!!
With Auntie Kanani and Uncle Elijah.
So... you'll have to take my word for it that Adessa's as cute as ever. Somehow in transporting it we lost the camera. Darn. Until we get a new one, I'll post some less recent highlights.
We're doing fine! Adessa's pulling her self up on everything, crawling all over the place (still dragging her belly on the ground, army-style, though), and singing, cooing, barking, laughing,and dancing. She's so fun! Ten months old on Saturday! Woah. Crazy. She's going with me tomorrow on an all day field trip to San Francisco and Chinatown. Should be fun, but as with many big events that need a lot of organizing and preparation for the unknown, I'll be glad when it's over. We've started doing swimming time with a group of local moms, which Adessa loves. It's right during her normal nap time, but that doesn't stop her from being very excited to splash and play and twirl and kick around in the warm water. It makes me really excited for summer!
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