A few minutes while Adora's napping

I have a few minutes while Adora's napping, so I thought I'd try to update a little. I tried to take a nap for 20 minutes, but I couldn't. Then, I had a couple of visitors. She's been asleep. . . 37 minutes now, so she might wake up any minute, but she's been taking longer naps lately (thank goodness!) so she might be out for a little while longer.

Adora will be 8-months-old tomorrow! She is such a fun little girl. She is eating table foods now, which is just a fancy way for saying she eats just about whatever Mommy eats. She had some spaghetti & meat sauce for dinner last night. Then she slept from 8 p. m. until 2:30 a. m.! Should I give her spaghetti every night?!

Here is another picture of our camping trip.

Adora can pull up onto her knees from a sit now, as evidenced in this photo. Mommy, let me out of jail! You can also see how she has one pigtail in her hair. It was sooooooo cute, but she screamed and thrashed and would not let me do the other side--oh well!

Jake's birthday was Oct. 25, and our little girl loved to help him open his presents! She loves paper, so any chance she gets to chew on it is gold. I usually let her chew and then take it away once it starts to fall apart, which is usually within one minute, but this wrapping paper was a little sturdier. She did say DaDa for the first time on Jake's birthday--he was excited but not too thrilled since she yelled it when she woke up from sleep at night time while she was crying in her crib

Now, this may be TMI, but Adora likes to poop when she's eating. She is not a stealth pooper, either--she grunts and turns red and her eyes get watery. It is pretty hilarious, so Jake was trying to get a video of it. She loves to stare at the camera, though, so she stopped pooping to stare at it. Toward the end of the video is a really cute squeal, though. Who knows, maybe this is something only a parent could love.

In this video, she is making a really cute growling sound. I think it is her favorite sound right now.

Here is one of her Halloween costumes.

Here is another--I know it's dark, but I just love her smile in this one.

Here is Adora with her friend, Reagan, at the playgroup Halloween party. Reagan didn't know she was supposed to dress up, but it's ok--she's just a baby, after all! Reagan is almost one month younger than Adora.

This little Tootsie Roll, Oliver, is so cute. He is five months older than Adora, but he was two months premature! She is taller and heavier than he is. Look how advanced my child is--she already knows how to share! Oliver's mom made his costume--how crafty!

This is Adora with "her best friend, Kennedy" (that's what Jake says all the time). Kennedy's mom is one of my good friends here. Kennedy is two-and-a-half months older than Adora, and she is already walking! They change so quickly. I love her costume's hair :)

Gavin loooves to give kisses. His mom is my other good friend here.

Happy Halloween!

What a scary ghost!

MawMaw and PawPaw got this swing for me and put it up on their back porch. I loved it!

Me, dad, and Adora at Laura's house.

Yep, she loves the wind blowing in her hair!

Adora was a good little camper when we went the evening of the 18th at Lake Texoma.

We hiked with Adora around the campground the next day.

Surprise!

So, Jake surprised me with a visit to Baton Rouge a couple of weeks ago! It was soooo fun. We went to the So You Think You Can Dance tour and just hung out with my friends and family. What a good time! We then took Adora camping this past weekend. It was a whole lot of fun. The little sweetie loves being outside, and she slept just as poorly as normal between mom and dad on the air mattress in the tent. I haven't uploaded pictures from this stuff yet but will as soon as I can.

Here are some pictures from last month or earlier this month--can't remember.

I'm Captain Adora Laine Hostetler! This hat stayed on her head only briefly before she ate it.

Sometimes, Mommy puts my hair in a ponytail like this but it doesn't stay in very long!

I like to wear my giraffe robe after a luxurious bath.

This is at the petting zoo during Falls Fest. The event itself was kind of a disappointment, but hey, it got us out of the house and was something to do for a couple of hours! The petting zoo was the best part. There were all kinds of animals--deer, calves, sheep, etc. There were even some kangaroos, but they were in a separate part. I think they were resting and probably came out after we left.

This is Adora painting that beautiful masterpiece from the last blog entry. I'm planning on framing it--just one thing on my long list of to-dos.

In other news, two nights ago, Adora only woke up twice at night! It was so wonderful. She went to sleep at about 8:15 or 8:30 and woke up at about 3:00 and again at about 5:30. The next night, however, she woke up a million times. Tonight, she's already woken up once.

First Bath (3/08)

I know this is old, but I just saw it for the first time at Laura's house. It's a sweet video of my little girl's first non-sponge bath. Look how skinny she is compared to now!