Gotta Love Cheerios

I snapped a few pics last weekend of Adrian devouring her cheerios. Looking at some of the pics you would think she hasn't eaten in days!!!

Watch your fingers sweetie!

Playtime Videos

Adrian is enjoying being outdoors...Wed. & Thurs were gorgeous. Adrian absolutely loves being outside, which means coming back inside isn't fun. She has the biggest temper tantrums coming back inside; rolling, crying, screaming, and kicking.



I am seeing Track & Field in Adrian's future! This is just a quick video, but Adrian will sometimes do 15 laps from the living room to the kitchen in a row. I am going to work on getting video of her working out too...she will flex her arms and do calf raises. She watched me do calf raises once and next thing I know she starts doing them.

Busy Busy Weekend!!

I am glad to start this week and get back into our old routine. Last week I traveled to Amarillo while Adrian and Daddy got to spend 4 whole days without mommy. Amarillo was cold, so it wasn't hard transitioning to the Texas weather because it wasn't different then Iowa's :( Mommy was glad to get back home and see her family though!

Grandma Harden came down Saturday for a short visit and was so generous to babysit while mommy and daddy did some shopping and then celebrate Mark's 28th B-day Sat. night. Thank you Grandma!!!

Aunt Jamie & Uncle Mark
Doesn't Mark look excited for his b-day!?!

After supper in Altoona we went to Prairie Meadows, which was my first time. Yes, I kn0w I have lived here for 4 years and I have never gone. Well, I had some beginners luck playing Roulette, pocketing $158.00, so lets just say mommy enjoyed it a little!! Our curfew was 11pm because mommy and Aunt Jamie were competing in a race Sunday morning.

2010 Fight For Air Climb in Downtown Des Moines. The race is chip timed and you run up the stairs (41 flights) to the top of the Principal building.

A mere 10 minutes later! Yes, it is a very short race but the lungs were burning!!! With a time of 8:56, ranked 11th out of 97 for my age group.

We finally can see the light at the end of the tunnel, spring is around the corner. Today the house warmed up nice with the glorious sunshine and we got a little vitamin D.

Adrian was all smiles today, we had a great day today!!!

Can You Say, Static?

Here are a few pics from last weekend, as you can see we had a little static problem with the hair! I wanted to get these posted since I will be traveling for work to Amarillo, TX on Sunday. I will be away from Adrian for 4 whole days, the most since having her. Daddy will do great and they will get some great bonding time together :)

I love Adrian's face in this pic. She looks like a crazed little tot!!

Mommy thought she would try some of her styling gel to help with the static, but then we did a little crazy styling.

15 Month Appt.

Mommy is a little behind on keeping the blog updated, well 3 weeks to be exact. Next Thurs. Adrian will actually be 16 months old! Time goes by so fast!!! Mitch took Adrian to her appt. 3 weeks ago and here is a quick run down of her stats.

Head Circumference: 18 inches (50%)
Weight: 24.9 lbs. (75%)
Height: 31.25 inches (90%)

Mommy is a little surprised that she is still above average for height, because mommy and daddy aren't really and her head size being average. Mommy had the 2nd to the smallest head out of her graduating class in high school, so 50% is pretty good. Daddy's head size must be balancing it out.

Here are a few of Adrian's Favorite Things!
Collecting Everything and Anything!
Cell Phones
Remote Controls
Brushing Her Teeth
Giving Kisses on the Lips
Watching the Birds at the Feeders
Pestering Pharaoh
Being Chased
Rolling Around when Mom is Changing my Diaper
Paci's, especially at Night Time
Running Around with Only a Diaper On
Climbing on Chairs and other Various Unsafe Objects
Eating Fruit
Books
Learning Frog from Leap Frog
Crayons--Eating/Coloring/Putting in Nose
Helping Mommy with Laundry
Mornings and Gives Great Morning Hugs
Twirling Around Until Dizzy and Falls Over
Dancing to Music

Splish Splash

Well, yesterday we got the chance to forget about the depressing Iowa weather for a day! The Noel's and the Eichmeier's stayed at the new Ramada Indoor Water Park. This was our first experience of spending the night at a hotel with Adrian. If you saw what I had packed you would of thought we were staying the week. Adrian loved seeing a new place, exploring and running the the hallways.

I had to try out her sun hat with her suit, just because it is so cute even though we obviously didn't have to worry about the UVs indoors.

You can tell it is in the dead of winter because mommy and daddy have not a bit of tan skin.

Amanda was a little braver then me in the water. It was colder then I was expecting it to be...not quite as warm as the Adventureland Inn pool.

The swimming area was pretty dark and the flash couldn't reach but I wanted to get a pic of the big pirate ship.

It took Adrian awhile to warm up to the idea of water. She is a people watcher, so she liked watching all of the kids and was pretty quiet.

Scott & Mitch hanging out with the babes!

For supper we tried out the restaurant in the hotel and lets just say...the Ramada makes their money from the pool not the restaurant so that is the focus, not the food!

Preston and Adrian coloring before supper.

I think we may have a problem...Adrian would not stop putting her crayons in her nose! We tried not to laugh...didn't want to encourage the behavior!! But doesn't she look cute!

I felt bad for the waitress, we left quite the mess.

"2 Little Noise Makers"

Computer Fixed!

Finally, the computer is fixed! I have definitely been neglecting the blog with 3 weeks since my last post. We had a really weird virus and finally took it to get fixed. During the last 3 weeks Adrian has been great, however I am starting to see the "terrible twos" a little with the temper tantrums she throws every now and then. Sleeping has been wonderful though, I think since Christmas I have had to get up once!! Every now and then she will start her little leap frog we keep in the crib and I can hear her playing, but she eventually falls asleep. The other night I heard her playing at 1am and then again at 3pm.

I'm about a week and a half behind with the belows pics. I took these of Adrian in her wagon from Christmas for Grandpa & Grandma when they were in Hawaii. Sorry, a little late!

We are really ready for the warmer weather so we can use the wagon outside and for trips to the park.

Winter Wonderland

Adrian got to experience her 1st playtime in the snow. She enjoyed it, but didn't want to keep her mittens on which was a problem in 20 degree temperatures. We definitely need to invest in a sled as well.

As I was getting her ready I kept think of the movie, "The Christmas Story" and the little boy who looked like a tick ready to POP! Adrian at least looks like a cute little tick!

Adrian attempting to make a snow angel, she didn't really want to relax and lay back as you can see.

Not a flattering picture of mommy (keep in mind it is 9am on Sunday with no makeup:), but I wanted to capture the moment of both of us.

Happy Holidays

Busy...busy...busy! We just got back to Polk City on Sat. after being back in Rockford since Tues. We headed back a little early to beat the bad weather. Below are pics of our X-mas celebration back in Polk City, X-mas with Mitch's mom in Charles City, X-mas with Mitch's Grandma, Dad, and brother in Greene, and X-mas with my family in Rockford. Adrian was a trooper and handled it very well even sleeping through the night with all the extra activities.

Our Christmas tree with lots of wonderful gifts!

This was one of Adrian's gift from us. It is a tent which is easy to assemble, if you can't tell it is a tree. It looks kind of like the Keebler Elf House.

Mommy & Adrian camping out!

Adrian at Grandpa & Grandma's house in Rockford.

Christmas Eve at the Sinwell's with Grandpa Jim

We love her new table and chairs and so does Adrian. There are a total of 4 chairs so her little buddies can color together! I bet Kamden and Preston would love a tea party :)

Adrian & Grandpa coloring.

Adrian is a collector of anything...spoons, crayons, books, and pens. Grandma had a set of multi colored pens and she loves gathering them. She also started putting one in her mouth and running around.

No, I didn't break the stool. This is a little stool from the Amish store that was just Adrian's size.

Aunt Jamie and Trice playing fetch and Grandma making a snowman on X-mas morning.

X-mas at Norma's in Greene, Adrian liked playing with her shinny bowls.

Grandma Harden showing Adrian all the pretty ornaments.

The Noel's opening gifts Christmas night.

Gotta love Radio Flyer! Adrian got her nice red wagon for this summer and even has a cute umbrella for keeping the sun off.

Adrian reading her new puppy book.

Mom getting her new diamond necklace from dad. He did a great job picking it out and only had to call me once to get my opinion.

Adrian and mommy love her mechanical pluto dog...he barks, walks, and wags his tail.

He are some of the great gifts Adrian received Christmas night.

The Harden and the Noel clans.

Jamie taught us a new card game called, "Nark" which was a lot of fun. Mom was the victorious winner.