The Homegirl

Well, Adelaide is already 8.5 months and she is learning SO MUCH. Jason and I are seriously amazed every day at what she is able to do each do.  She has so much personality these days. It has been really fun. I will try to keep this short.

• This is the first month that she hasn't had a weight check so I don't know how much she weighs.
• Still sleeps 11 or 12 hrs at night (black out curtains have been a life saver for us on these early sunrise summer days), and takes 2 naps (1.5 - 2 hrs at a time).
• No more teeth... still just the bottom two.
• She is eating a lot more solid foods and loves to feed herself. We try to feed her with a spoon and all she wants to do is run her fingers through the food and then run her fingers through her hair. So it's just better sometimes if we give her chunks of food that she can pick up and them chew with her little gums.  Tonight for dinner she had ground beef, cheese, and raspberries.
• She's making more consonant sounds, including...... MAMA!!! yay! haha. I've been waiting for that one for a long time. Of course, she doesn't really know what she's saying, but it's fun when people hear her say "mama" and they say "oh! She loves her mama!" and I just nod and say "yes she does :-)"
• Words that she definitely knows: "Adelaide," "no," and "Nacho."  If Jason says "where's mommy?" She sits there and plays with her toys. If I say "where's daddy?" she sits there and plays with her toys. But if we say "Where's Nacho??" She immediately looks up and looks around until her eyes fall on Nacho and then she stares at him and smiles. hahaha.
• She still mostly just pulls herself up on any and everything, but she is starting to try to let go and stand (and immediately falls), and she's actually able to push on a few things and walk a bit. Here's some video we took of her on Father's Day.

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... And take 2

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• Her hair is indescribably long. Pigtails are literally my only option if I want it out of her face (she will pull out clips & headbands and eat them). So she wears pigtails a lot. good thing she's so darn cute in them.  And no, I will not cut her hair (BROOKE).
• This is why I should post things right away... Adelaide is a master of climbing stairs now.  She can go up really fast with no hesitation. I turn away for a second and she is already half way up already. And she has so much fun doing it... just giggling the whole way up. Here's another video from Father's Day... so again, she's way better and faster now!

Untitled from Lindsey Schubert on Vimeo.


We LOVE this girl. I can't wait to see more and more of her personality come out and see what she becomes interested in... will she want to do ballet or play soccer?? Either is fine with us! We are just so excited to watch this girl grow up. Not too fast, of course. But we are just really enjoying it all.

haha. that was not short at all.