Snow Snow Snow

 We were able to take Addie out into the snow for her first time! It was so much fun!

Stephen made some sledding tracks down small hills for her too.

She even fell into the snow once, face first. (I freaked out a bit, as any mother would.) 

It was so much fun and Adalynn loved it. She was so curious - it was cute!

Linderman winter fun!

Thank you Uncle Don and Ben for the sled!

 

This video is my favorite. It reminds me of "A Christmas Story". Love that my kid gets to dress in a snow suit. :) It was just to cute NOT to video record!

Adalynn's 1st Birthday

So, my baby girl turned ONE! I cannot believe she is one! After 365 days of adventure, we have passed through the baby days and are onto the toddler years. I don't think I am quite ready for this. I didn't realize that the baby days were so fast. People say they go fast, but sheesh!

This little girl is a trouper too, living in 3 different cities, 2 states, 4 different homes and 1 cat within the past year. Whew!

Onto the party. It took place at her Nonna's house, which was perfect! We even spent the night there the night before.
It was such a fun party! So many people came - and to all you who came, thank you so much for blessing us and my daughter so richly! For those who couldn't make it - thank you so much for blessing us so richly as well!

Presents! Adalynn wasn't quite sure what to do with them at first, but after the first couple and discovering that there is fun toys under that wrapping paper; she got into it. :D

Cake! It was delicious too, I don't know why she didn't like it. I see all these pictures of kids on their first birthday with cake all over and such. Not my girl! She didn't want to eat it after tasting it. She wanted a banana! Hah!

Um, is this processed sugar?

For the record though - she does like sugar. We shared an Apply Cider Donut the other day and she loved it. Just not cake. Oh well - she doesn't have a sweet tooth, that's ok! Maybe that tooth hasn't come in yet. hehe

All in all, it was such a great party!

Story Time! :D

So, it's been awhile since blogging. Oops... between moving, the holidays and life it's just been hard to write anything. I had to write about this though - our first story time!
It was quite the success! The teacher was fantastic - actually a theatre major. (So I liked her a lot!) She was great with the kids. There was singing, and wiggles and stories and puppets! Great fun!

Addie only freaked out mid way, but after a few cuddles she was back up and interacting with others.

There's turtles at the library!

Oooo, turtles!

Yes - in the children's area there was a tank of turtles and a small aquarium! Super fun!
There's also a little area with wood puzzles and the board books and a small carousel (which is the picture at the top).

Stories AND Puppets!

Stay updated next week as Adalynn is turning 1 on the 21st! WooHoo!! 

What will be missed in GA

This is a picture of our wonderful apartment complex AND the amazing sunny, skies that we had most days! It was low 70's and so sunny this fall - LOVE that. Plus, living here was fantastic - big apartment, fitness room, pool - we were a bit spoiled :D.

My Kroger

We've seen the commercials for "insert name CVS" stores. Well this is Nadia's Kroger store. :) It was in walking distance and honestly someday gave me the only change to talk to other adults during the day! So, it was great! Plus Addie and I got to know the Starbucks employees there.

We'd swap stories of teething issues - she with her little puppy and me with my little daughter. Strangely they were extremely similar! hah! Saying goodbye to them was kinda sad! They seemed sad and would miss Addie. :) Addie always gave them a smile! :D

InFocus Church

Going to truly miss this! Tried to capture some of the Worship there our last Sunday morning. The worship and the teaching were fantastic and incredible! We learned so much and worshiped with fellow believers. It was so refreshing!
Plus the Bible Study I was in was fantastic! If anyone gets the chance to read Lineage of Grace by Francine Rivers - do it! Gives such a fresh account of 5 incredible woman in Christ's line.

Lastly - I miss miss the friends I made while down in GA. It was encouraging to get to know people and connect!

Onward to a new start in Michigan now! :D

Steed's Dairy Farm

Donut the pregnant cow :D

On Saturday we went to a Dairy Farm - but not just any dairy farm, Steed's Dairy Farm. (You can check out there page there.) One that had a huge PVC pipe slide, sand hills and a playground, large wooden boats and tractors for kids to play on, a gigantic rubber jumping pit and a petting zoo! Not to mention the pumpkin patch and horse drawn rides. It was fun. The cow was crazy! It was literally acting like a dog - craving attention of it's owner and wanting to be petted and loved. Funny.

 

Adalynn had so much fun looking at all the animals! She was uncertain of the huge cow, especially when the cow kept trying to lick her :).  We took Adalynn through it all. It is so much fun to watch her experience new things. What's funny though, with all they had there to do, she wanted to sit in the pumkin patch the whole time. That seemed to be her favorite spot. Hehe... she loves those pumpkins! It was fun going out as a family!

The Jersey Knit Fad

Yes, I too have fallen in love with the oh-so versatile Jersey Knit fabric. The silky feel of it, the way it lays on you and the stretch is all part of what makes this fabric so irresistable.

My daughter has fallen in love too.

I bought this beautiful eggplant purple piece of fabric when JoAnn's was having a sale. I wanted to make a skirt or possibly a simple dress. Adalynn has claimed it. She loves it. Honestly - she gets so excited when I pull it out. She loves crawling on it, laying her head on it, wrapping up in it. 

I swear she could play with this for 30+ minutes, which is quite a lot for a 9 month old! Whew! My daughter loves fabric just like me and her Grandma :).

I am glad that I'm passing down very valuable lessons to my child :D.

First the Germans; then the Greeks

So, it's been quite awhile since I last posted... oops!
Life has gotten the better of us and we have been busy. Adalynn has been so busy growing and learning and experiencing life! It tuckers me out just chasing her around :P.  hehe

This weekend was a fun one too! Fort Gordon celebrates Oktober Fest - basically a big fair/flea market with German beer and food! (so a very good time).

It was fun! Adalynn got to sit on a horse for the first time and experience hay and pumpkins and sauerkraut! Mmmm... good strong German/Pollock.

We took so many pictures in the hay :)

It is always such a blast taking Adalynn to new places! Just to see her reaction to everything is a hoot!
The following day we all went to the Greek Festival downtown. It was a lot smaller than the Greek Festival in Grand Rapids, but still fun.

Good Greek beer (not as good as the German)

There was dancing and music

Stephen did wait in a 20 minute line to get a gyro too, which was delicious! Plus we tasted the German potatoes and the Greek potatoes.

Winner -- *drumm rolllll*

The GERMAN potatoes (only because we never tasted Polish potatoes - that would've won :).

She's our princess! :D

Yes - I WILL be one of those moms that dresses my daughter up just to see how cute she looks in different items. It's fun!

I LOVE going to and doing things! This coming weekend is the Western Carolina State Fair! Hello animals for Adalynn to shriek over with glee! Stephen's not a huge "fair" fan, but we'll convince him it's fun - heck there's elephant ears and funnel cakes; who doesn't have fun with that kind of food!