Day five hundred twenty seven.

The first thing she does when I attempt to take a picture...

Heads straight to the laptop (for the kill).

Day four hundred ninety four.

Addie was mistaken for a boy today. I guess that is what I get for dressing her in a grey shirt (a grey shirt that happens to have puffy sleeves). This is what she looks like when she is trying to hide her smile from the camera. And no, there is no chance that she is going to give up holding her pacifier while she gets a sip of water.

Day four hundred seventy.

Some days Adeline can't wait to get out of the house.

Day three hundred seventy two.

You can't ever have enough pacifiers on hand.

Day two hundred forty.

Adeline loved Christmas. She was interested in all her gifts (when they were attached to paper tags that she could chew on).

She often crawls on the floor in search of the smallest piece of lint, tries to pick it up and put it in her mouth for a few minutes, then searches for something new. If we give her a box she will be more entertained with an attempt to scratch off the writing with her fingertips than the actual box.

This picture is a prime example of her determination. Here she is on Christmas day obviously distracted by a tiny shred of wrapping paper that just fell on the floor. Next she will surrender any prior thought of playing with the ribbon in front of her in hopes that she will get to the paper before we notice what she is doing. She is always scheming.

Day one hundred eighty-five.

It would seem that I forgot to post on Adeline's six month birthday. Since Halloween was fast approaching, I decided to wait an extra day and create a post titled "Happy Six Month Birthday/Happy Halloween" to celebrate both events on one day.

Unfortunately someone beat me to the six month post. I thought about deleting it (especially since it was a repeat picture) but I now understand that it was posted out of love. I don't want to be considered a sore blogger, so here is the "Happy Six Month Birthday/Happy Halloween" picture I know you have all been waiting for.


*Yes, that is a smile underneath that pacifier.
**Yes, that pacifier is quite pumpkin-like.

Day one hundred.

We have a winner. It was a close match but the toys were able to pull it off.

I picked her up from her morning nap and I swear she burped for 10 seconds. I was shocked. Aubrey must have taught her that over the weekend.

Day ninety-eight.

Today is the second day of the battle of the hands. Adeline did really well all day until she had a nasty bout of cherry fever. The toy made some ground today as seen by this picture. Tomorrow we will start on a new toy since this one fell on the floor at Flo's and is now in the dirty laundry.

Hands: 1
Toy: 1

Looks like a tie for now... Next point wins.

Day ninety-one.

This morning my first drive was cancelled so I got to hang out with Adeline and Aubrey until 11:00. It was a nice surprise.

Right now Adeline is supposed to be taking a nap. She still doesn't feel very well. I snuck up on her to get this picture hoping that she would be sleeping. She wasn't.

Day eighty-three.

Adeline has done so well today. She even helped me pack for my adventure by practicing her laughing skills on her play-mat. Her laugh still sounds like a cry... Wait, maybe she wasn't practicing her laugh after all.

Day fifty-nine.

Last night we had a little confrontation. We tried to ride bikes but we were side tracked by a huge dust storm. When we went back inside, we had to give Addie a bath because she got somewhat dusty. Usually she likes her bath time but I think twice in one day is a tad much. She tried to get us to promise to never bathe her twice in one day again. That is a promise we just can't make. She is still a bit upset with us.

Day fifty-seven.

Adeline has been so pleasant today. The only time she cried was when I was teasing her a little too much with her pacifier. She really likes the purple one.

We just got home from Courtney's birthday dinner at my parents' house where we took this picture.

Courtney is 35 weeks pregnant and she and Nathan are both ready for their little boy to come. We're excited for Adeline to have another playmate so close in age.

We were going to post a picture of Adeline and Nathan, but I think she is a little scared of him.

Day fifty-six.

Adeline has slept throught the night two times in a row. Addie's pediatrician gave her a pep talk about sleeping through the night. I am not exactly sure what he said, but it worked.

Today Aubrey is going to a baby shower for Isaac Faerber. That leaves Adeline and me to hang out for a good portion of the afternoon. She will probably sleep. I will probably clean something.

Day fifty-three.

It has been a long day. Aubrey and the baby picked me up at the office after work and we spent a night out on the town. We went to visit the Chases and ended up playing cranium. We are always up for a good cranium challenge. The girls won... They always win. Adeline did really well. She was awake and happy just long enough to play with Danielle, then went right to sleep

By the time we got home Adeline was ready to crash. I had just enough time to take a few good pictures. This one wasn't the best, but it was the only one where she wasn't inadvertently flipping off the camera.

Day fifty-two.

She really likes to play hide and seek. We only let her play indoors for now. So far she has come up with some really good hiding spots.

Day fifty.

I thought I would post these photos side by side to further illustrate how difficult it is to take a no-flash picture of Adeline without a pacifier. As you can see in picture B, Adeline does not hold still enough to allow the camera to take a focused picture. She holds completely still (even her hands are still) with a pacifier, as in picture A.

Day forty-six.

Some days I run a bit short on time. Sometimes I am tempted to post a picture that is a day or two old rather than taking a new one. I think that very few people would ever know the difference.

Today was one of those days. I was about to post an old picture, but then I thought, "Maybe no one else would notice, but I would." Then I started feeling guilty. I guess what I am trying to say is... I'm sorry. I'm sorry for thinking about not posting a current picture.

After I went through all that in my head, I walked right into Adeline's room. She either had the hiccoughs or was laughing. Either way she was smiling when I got to the crib. She was only half awake, but was moving too much to get a clear picture. I gave her a pacifier, hoping that would do the trick so I wouldn't have to use the flash. That didn't work, the pictures were still too blurry. Then I turned on the flash and took the pacifier out. This image is the result.

Day forty-one.

I try as hard as I can to get pictures without a pacifier and without using the flash. The problem arises when I take the pacifier out of her mouth and she starts moving her head around looking for the pacifier, making for some pretty blurry pictures. If the pacifier is in, she holds perfectly still.

Day thirty-nine.

There are two things I would like to point out about this picture. The first is quite obvious... The hair. Quite the flat-top, yes, we know. The second is the return of the purple pacifier. The last time we saw that one was way back on day sixteen. We actually lost it, couldn't find it, got bummed out about it, then bought a new one because we liked it so much. Now we have two greens and a purple. They are much more streamline than the standard pacifier.

Day thirty-five.

Grandpa loves to hold Adeline as long as she isn't crying. My question is... Why is he using the blanket to cover up his shirt? I think that's the same shirt he wore to paint the old house.