9/10 Months

It's amazing how much can happen in 2 months of life. At the last post she was just about ready to crawl, and now she can crawl all over the house. Adele took her first crawling steps with Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa and didn't do to much for a week or so, and then took off and hasn't stopped since then. Around the same time, she started pulling up on things more and more. Then, at 10 1/2 months, while we were down in Florida, getting ready to check out, she decided to take 2 steps without help, in front of lots of family. Now she is cruising around every piece of furniture or object she can find. She has a lot of fun pushing her walking toy around, she just hasn't figured out how to change directions and gets frustrated when she hits walls. Is becoming more brave everyday, and it is a matter of time before she's walking everywhere. Other new fun skills this month include learning to wave, which is hysterical to watch, esp. when she only waves with her fingers. Vocabulary continues to expand, and she is finally saying ma ma, so I don't feel left out. Still just have our 2 bottom teeth, Bernard and Bernice, but they do the job. Continues to have a good appetite, and really enjoys feeding herself. Picked up using a cup really fast and loves her water/apple juice combos. Blueberries are her absolute favorite food, followed by yogurt. Sleeping is still hit or miss. Since moving to the bigger kid room at daycare, there is too much going on, and she's only sleeping 1x during the day which makes for some fun nights when she's completely exhausted. On my days off, she was sleeping 2x for 2 hrs each, but she's cut that back this week too. Last week she was finally sleeping all the way through till 6 ish which was awesome, but this week she's been waking up around 2 am and have to be rocked back to sleep. Maybe a new tooth, maybe a cold, who knows. Here are some pics of this cuteness!

First Beach Trip

We went down last weekend to Sarasota Florida for my cousin Mary's wedding. Accompanying us were 16 other Schaefer's on the plane. Adele had fun playing peek a boo with everyone over the seats. After a yummy brunch at Aunt Boo's we headed out to her first Red Sox (spring training) game. She wasn't a fan of the hot sun, but we were able to sit right up front in the shade for a couple of innings thanks to the nice ushers. She also got three autographs on her jersey, not bad for a first timer. Then that afternoon she had a blast playing in the pool with everyone. Much bigger than a bathtub! Hit the party scene that night for Tapas and Sangria and everyone loved the baby sitting at the bar. The next morning we went to the beach! She didn't mind walking on the sand, but it was a constant battle to keep her from pouring it in her mouth. Had fun playing in the water with Dave, but again, didn't like the heat, so didn't spend a whole lot of time there, which was good, since I had already turned into a lobster. Rested up that afternoon and then headed to the wedding. It was beautiful and Adele loved walking and crawling over the big lawn and trying to pick all the grass and eat it. Monday we visited the Ringling Brother Museum and enjoyed walking around the gorgeous grounds there. Tuesday we came back. So busy 4 days, but a great time!