blogging again

[Pictures at the end of this post.]

It's been a whirlwind of the past 3 months. The first month with Adelaide was full of lots of happiness, but was also a very difficult adjustment. When my mom and mother-in-law both left, I thought I was going to die. I thought if I was able to even shower that day, I would have accomplished something great. Somehow I was able to make dinner that day. Kenny was impressed and so was I.

I've come a long way since then. My days are often still lonely and boring, but I have learned how to be much more productive! Taking care of Adelaide is definitely a lot of work, but I have to say that I have more joy in my life than ever before. Addie has recently started smiling a lot and it makes everything worth it.

My typical day I'm up by 7am and in between feeding Addie, I'm either looking for jobs, cleaning the house, doing dishes, making dinner, learning Spanish, or doing laundry. I try to be productive each day--otherwise I'd feel like a total slug stuck in the house all day alone. Adelaide and I venture out of the house about 3 times a day to go on a walk in either the stroller or baby bjorn. Usually Adelaide likes the walks more than I do (it's so hot!), but they're happy.

Kenny is busier than ever taking Spanish and Arabic this term and doing an internship with the Red Cross as a member of their disaster services team, working on a Latino Outreach program. I wish I could see him more but Addie and I are happy whenever he's home! We recently had to buy a new computer (my laptop is seriously dying), so we got a nice iMac and found a desk at the thrift store Savers. Kenny now has a study spot in the house so he often will stay home in the morning (before classes start) to work on homework instead of heading straight to the library. It's so nice to have him home. Kenny also recently got called as the deacons quorum advisor and assistant scoutmaster in the ward. He loves it so far. We're still enjoying being sunday school teachers to the 13-14 year olds in the ward. They're good kids.

Adelaide has grown so much since she was born. We haven't been to the doctor in a month, but I'd guess she's more than doubled her birth weight by now. She's so strong. She'll be 3 months old this Friday, the 15th!

Birth stats:

Length: 21 in

Weight: 6 lb 12 oz

2 week stats:

Length: 21 in (69% percentile)

Weight: 7 lb 10 oz (29% percentile)...although look how much she grew in 2 weeks!

2 month stats:

Length: 23.2 in (80% percentile)

Weight: 10 lb 12.5 oz (52% percentile)

I'm guessing she's over 24 inches by now and probably around 13 pounds...but who knows really. We'll find out her new stats at 4 months.

Adelaide is now "talking" and it's adorable. She makes all sorts of cute noises all the time. She can stand pretty well (I just hold one of her hands) and she's doing much better with tummy time (she seems to enjoy it sometimes). She still makes lots of funny faces (that's the #1 thing I remember from her first couple weeks of life). Addie will take a bottle (which is very convenient if we need to leave her with a babysitter or something). She used to not like the car very much (she'd cry almost every time), but she seems to like it a lot better now. I can actually sit in the front seat (most times) with Kenny when we drive places!

Adelaide took awhile to figure out the whole night and day thing. We started giving her a bath every night around the same time (per Kenny's mom's suggestion) and it really helped! We developed a routine and after a week or two, she figured it out. She is sleeping really well at night now (thankfully!) because of the routine and because we got some medicine for her acid reflux. I have no clue how I survived endless nights with a combined 3 hours of sleep. I'm glad that stage is over. Adelaide LOVESSSS bath time. She just smiles the entire time. She loves it so much that for the first couple weeks of bath time every night, she would scream (mad that we took her out) for hours after. Luckily she's over that stage now.

Addie has met my Mom, Molly, Katie & Connor & Emmeline, and all of Kenny's family (except his brother Jesse who is on a mission). She will meet Jenna in 2 weeks when she comes back to UT (yay!!).

When Kenny's family came out to visit, we blessed Adelaide in church. She fussed during the blessing, but it still turned out fine and was a special experience. Also, we just celebrated our 1st year anniversary. Kenny's parents were generous enough to take care of Adelaide for the night and we went to a bed & breakfast in SLC. On the way to SLC, we stopped at Trafalga and went on a 3D motion theater ride, the Classic Fun Center to go roller-skating, Smart cookie to get cookie icecream sandwiches, and Pier 49 to get a dessert pizza. For all of that we spent $2.75 (thank you starving student card!). Then we went to Star of India for dinner (I love Indian food!) and in the morning we went to the SLC temple to do a session (first time for both of us). It was a wonderful anniversary, but we missed Adelaide SO much so we came back right after our session. It was happy to be together as a family again.

Sorry for the long update. Now hopefully I can be more on top of things and post more regularly. My next goal is to make some movies of Addie that I can post on here. I made one movie but I've been having problems trying to upload it. Anyway, thanks for reading! :)

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