Adams' Horses

I can't believe his feet reach! At my Melber baby shower I was given one of the sweetest gifts EVER....a little rocking horse that all of the Adams' grandkids have had. Linda repainted it and all of the grandkids wrote their names on the bottom along with 'Adams' Horses 2009' written on the side. So thoughtful and precious. It's something that I can't wait to pass on to the next grandchild.

For now, I have a feeling that we are going to get good use out of this little rocking horse. Aaron loves it. He just stared down at it the whole time he was riding it. I couldn't stop laughing.

Pull ups

This morning I was checking my email and Aaron was playing quietly on the floor. All of a sudden I caught something out of the corner of my eye....I looked over and saw this....

That's right folks...we are officially trying to pull up on our own. He didn't ever quite get up by himself, but got awful close. So many fun things to come. Maybe I should baby proof my house now.

New family member

So today, Mark and I went to the local animal shelter and rescued a puppy. It took only a few minutes to decide once we saw this little guy in his cage. He is a 6 month old chocolate lab mutt mix and VERY sweet. He loves Aaron and is very gentle...so far. And of course, Aaron loves him too. The only problem we have is that we have NO NAME. We are thinking Copper, but not for sure..any suggestions?

Taylor Grace

Today Mark and I went to Nashville for the birth of the newest little cousin, Taylor Grace Willeford. She was born about 1:00pm and is just perfect. She has A LOT of hair, pretty blonde hair. We were able to see Taylor, Lori, Josh and a lot of other family who showed up for the big event. Weston was able to go see his new little sister this evening too and from what I hear was very sweet. I can't wait to see some family pictures. Here are a few that I took at the hospital.

Taylor Grace Willeford

Daddy's touch made her stop crying

Part of 'the fam' waiting to see the new baby

more

I have been working with Aaron for the past several months on signing. I have tried the sign for 'thank you' for longer than that, but he wasn't even trying to get it, so I moved on. Over the past several days he has started signing 'more.' He is starting to do it more on command now...which is a step up from just doing it at random times before. So here you go...Aaron is signing 'more.'

The send off

Last night we got to meet Rachel Steele. She is leaving next Monday to go join Team Arequipa in Peru for 2 years. She ate dinner with a lot of the church and then we had a prayer to send her off. I took some pictures of her visit. I hope and pray that Arequipa greets her well and that she can really be used by God to show the people of Arequipa His plan for them. She seems very excited and I really liked getting to talk with her and learning about her desire for missions. Here she comes Team Arequipa!

Happy 8 months Aaron

Today my precious little, newborn boy is 8 whole months old. Time is going by so fast. 9 month pictures are just around the corner...wow! So here are a few new things about little Aaron...

1. He is taking steps (with a lot of help). He tries to pull up on things, but still isn't quite strong enough to do it on his own.

2. Sits by himself very solidly. He can go from a sitting position to his belly without help. Once on his belly he proceeds to push with his hands and is able to slide on his belly around he floor. It's pretty funny to watch.

3. He can sign the word 'more' now. He doesn't do it on command, but will randomly look up at me and sign 'more.' Sometimes he gets so excited that he is signing it his eyes get really big and he squeals really loud.

4. He waves 'hi'.

5. Sleep hasn't changed much. He takes 2-3 naps a day and sleeps until 4-5am before waking up to eat. We wish to improve this situation. We are attempting to figure out the 2 nap thing.

6. He LOVES his daddy. His whole body bounces when Mark gets home from work.

7. He hasn't gotten kicked out of bible class in about a month...definitely progress!

8. He still seems to have some stranger anxiety, but doesn't break down when someone looks at him like he did a few months ago.

9. Eats almost ANYTHING. He can eat his weight in potatoes (sweet potatoes, mashed, baked..whatever!)

10. Still won't take a bottle...he drank a few ounces once, but that's it.

11. Drinks pretty well from a sippy cup (it's has nubby one though..so I don't think it technically counts)

He is my favorite little boy in the whole world. I pray God uses him well!