Hot Potato

After we got home from ice blocking and our water balloon fight, it was time for a fun indoor game. I went in our bedroom to feed Adelyn and try to put her to sleep (HA! Yeah right, mom!), while Wil started the game with everyone else. I could hear everyone cracking up from the other room and wanted to go play so badly!

The game is hot potato with a twist. Everyone sits in a circle and passes around the hot potato while you play music. When the music stops, instead of being out, the child with the potato reaches into a bag and without looking grabs an item of clothing and has to put it on. (On the website, they actually passed around the bag, but I'm pretty sure Wil's version included this potato with a permanent marker smiley face drawn on it.)

We had a couple different bags of clothing that Wil and I had a great time filling. We included a silk robe, Wil's ginormous snow jacket, high heel shoes, head phones, belts, ties, aprons, baby shoes, necklaces, hair bows, sunglasses a back brace and more. We were going to throw in a diaper or two to wear as hats, but I forgot.

The kids had a blast with this game! It was the first thing they told their parents about this morning when they got picked up. I'm glad it was a hit! It was SO easy, we'll definitely have to play this one again!

I found the idea on a website called Kaboose.com. They have a ton of great ideas - too bad we only had time for one of them.

Slumber Party 2011

What do seven nieces, one nephew, two cousins and a baby equal? The best end of summer sleepover ever, of course! We had our second annual end of summer sleepover last night, and we had a blast!

We went ice blocking, had a water balloon fight (note to self, 200 water balloons sounds like a lot...but it's really not), ate popsicles, played a super fun hot potato game (I'll write another post with details about the game and directions. It was SO easy and the kids LOVED it...seriously, with everything we did, it was the first thing they told their parents about when they got picked up this morning), played hide and seek in the dark and watched movies. We had more fun ideas planned, but we ran out of time...we'll have to save them for next year.

Following are lots of pictures from our fun night of ice blocking!

Adaly and Wil's cousins Juliana and Itzel (they were in town for the weekend, so they were able to come to our sleepover - it was fun to have them!)

Lyzette falling off her block and Arlene going down the hill. I think Arlene was the best ice blocker!

Wil - that's a popsicle in his mouth (the blocks weren't free for Wil and I to play on until the kids stopped for a popsicle break) - don't try this at home, it's only for very skilled first time ice blockers.

Junior falling off his block!

Xujey

Clarisa

Karina

Lyzette

The group - doesn't Adelyn look like she's having SO much fun? :-)

Happy Feet

Stats

Name: Adelyn Mariana Gonzalez
Age: Four months (tomorrow)
Photo:


Height: 25 3/4 inches
Height Percentile: 94
Weight: 12 pounds 8 1/2 ounces
Weight Percentile: 26

Photos I LOVE

It's ridiculous how much I LOVE this kid! A couple photos from this weekend:

Elvis kept squeaking his toy because he wanted her to throw it while she just stared at him. SO CUTE!

Celebrating my Grandma's birthday. Seriously, how ADORABLE is this little girl?!?!

Ultrasounds, Elephants and Jammies

I'm typically not super sentimental about things...they are just things, after all. Don't get me wrong - there are things I would be devastated if I lost, like the doll from my childhood or my wedding ring, but I usually do a pretty good job of purging unnecessary things from my life without being overly sad about it.

However, there's something about clothes. I become attached to them and have a much more difficult time getting rid of them than I do other things. For instance, I still have shirts from when I worked for the City of Peoria in college - I can't wear them, because I promised never to wear them unless I was working, but for some reason, I can't part with them. Would I be sad if they were suddenly missing from my closet? No, I probably wouldn't even notice, except to be excited about an empty hanger that could be used for another shirt. BUT, I still can't seem to throw them away.

In college, I had one sweatshirt that I LOVED! I think I might have even wiped away a tear one year when I boxed it up to put in storage while I moved home for the summer. It was my comfort sweatshirt...almost like a safety blanket only for teenagers who think they're adults.

Last weekend, it was all I could do not to cry as I folded Adelyn's laundry. She's growing and moving up a size in her clothes, and I knew many of the outfits I was folding would only be worn once more, if that.

A pair of pajamas, in particular, had me melancholy for hours after folding the laundry. So, when she woke up Monday morning, we had a photo shoot of her in her jammies. I LOVE these pajamas - and this smile!!!

The day Wil and I went to find out if we were having a girl or a boy was a special day for us. We went to the ultrasound, celebrated with a late lunch date and then went shopping! We were SO excited to be having a little girl! We went to Babies-R-Us first, just to look and get one outfit - something special for our little girl! Wil picked out these pajamas, and they are the first thing we bought for our baby girl! I love, Love, LOVE them and am SO extremely sad that she is outgrowing them!!!

She makes the funniest faces sometimes - she cracks me up!

Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'

Adelyn began rolling over Sunday. (I should mention that she rolled over once, on accident, about a month ago, but didn't know what she did and hasn't done it since, until this week). She now rolls from her back to her tummy - which means two things. First, she likes tummy time so much more now that she's the reason she's on her tummy. Second, she LOVES her new trick, so whenever you put her down, she rolls over!

I put her to bed on her back, but I can't control it when she rolls over to her tummy to sleep - and really, who can blamer her? I much prefer sleeping on my tummy, too! I went in to check on her just now and found her in this position...

That CANNOT be comfortable!

***Editor's Note - I'm not a bad mom! We don't have bumper pads, because I read several studies that found they can be a suffocation hazard. I'd rather have her be uncomfortable once in a while and still able to breathe. Also, I moved her onto her back, in the middle of the crib, as soon as I finished taking this picture.

Wiggle Worm

When I put Adelyn to bed last night, she was laying horizontally with her head toward the right. Laying this direction must be more comfortable. :-)

Boom, Boom, Boom

We took Adelyn to see fireworks tonight. Yes, I know she's only three months old, but for some reason I needed her to see them.

I LOVE fireworks - everything about them, the colors, the shapes and most especially the noise. Random side note: they had this really cool firework in the shape of a happy face tonight, it went off and you could hear everyone exclaim, "oooh, a happy face!"

I know they have fireworks in other countries, but for some reason, fireworks seem like the epitome of America to me. I can't really remember why, but fireworks also remind me of my mom. Maybe that's why I wanted Adelyn to see them so badly - because it's something I loved doing with my mom when I was a kid.

Waiting for the fireworks to begin.

We were nervous the fireworks would be too loud and would scare her. Our solution?

Headphones? Check! Bring on the fireworks!

Luckily the fireworks weren't too loud. I think she noticed a few of them, but she must not have been super impressed.

She was asleep by the end of the show.

I was kind of a loser mom and didn't even have a Fourth of July outfit for her, but Wil claims pink is a shade of red - so there you go. On my to do list for tomorrow? Finding clearance Fourth of July clothes for next year!

My Little Fish

We took Adelyn swimming for the first time last weekend! My aunt and uncle were nice enough to let us borrow their pool for the occasion.

I wouldn't say she loved the pool - but she certainly didn't hate it either. You could see the wheels turning in her head the entire time we were in the water.

My version of her thoughts goes something like this, "What is this place? It's kind of like a bath, only mommy and daddy fit too, they definitely don't fit in my bathtub that goes over the sink! Why is it wet? Do I like this? Hmmm...the grown ups seem to be smiling a lot, I must like this. Am I supposed to like this?"

"DON'T put me on my back...I don't like that! Okay, I'm upright again...maybe this is okay."

I think she's going to love the water, once she figures out what's going on! :-)

Play Date

We will now return you to our regular scheduled programming of all baby, all the time!

Adelyn had her first play date June 18. Some friends at church had a baby girl less than a month after Adelyn was born. They were nice enough to invite us over for a pre-Father's Day dinner and we had a great time!

Seriously, how cute are these two?

Clarisa's Baptism

Wil's niece Clarisa had a big day Saturday. She turned eight and was baptized on the same day! In our church, eight is the typical age children are baptized. I had the privilege of making a cake for her baptism. I was SO excited to make this cake - my enjoyment of cake decorating has been increasing lately!

Congratulations Clarisa!! And, if anyone needs a cake for anything let me know! I would be more than happy to help!!!