Adlee's 2 Month Well Baby!

Adlee had her 2 Month Well Baby Visit on Monday. She is doing great! She weighs 11 lbs. 11 oz. and is about 22 inches long. She is growing like a weed. Adlee's Dr. was impressed with her. She had to get shots which was not fun. Daddy stood by her while she got her shots and Mommy turned her head and had tears...many tears!!! We gave her some baby Tylenol beforehand and hopefully it helped her feel better. She was a little fussy that evening, but the next day she took a really long nap. She goes back at 4 months. We look forward to that visit as we will discuss giving her some cereal at that time. She will get more shots though....which won't be fun!

This was our little cutie patootie yesterday. She looked soooo cute in her little Nike outfit. Yesterday was Adlee's Daddy's first day with kids at school. It was a half day so we picked up lunch and had lunch in his office. And when I say had lunch in his office, Adlee had lunch in his office too:) We also picked up cookies for the staff.

I am a little under the weather today. I woke up with a terrible sore throat. I really don't want to get sick as I have some things I want to accomplish before I have to head back to work. I go back on September 10th. It is a Friday but that is ok...gives me only one day before the weekend so I can ease back into things. I also don't want to get Adlee sick. So I am hoping it is nothing major and I feel better soon!

Adlee's First Trip to the City!!

Jeremy, Adlee and I had a great time this weekend in Chicago with Jeremy's family. We spent the night Saturday night downtown and did some fun things. Jeremy's sister and family were heading back to London Sunday so we wanted to get together with them one more time before they headed back. They also had a birthday party for Hank in Chicago with their Chicago friends on Sunday which we wanted to attend.
First off though, my Mom and my Aunt Sherrie came to our house to get the dogs Saturday and when we got home on Sunday I had a birthday present waiting from my Aunt. I loooooove what she made for me. She made me this awesome bracelet with Adlee's name on it. She did such a good job.

And this was the little package of goodies that came in the cute box from my Aunt for my birthday. She always thinks of the greatest things!!!

And my Mom got Adlee this adorable Christmas ornament too! I love it. We are going to put a tree up in Adlee's room and decorate it with lots of pink!

So we celebrated this little' guy's 3rd bday yesterday in Chicago. Let me just say my sister-in-law finds the coolest things for her kids bday party's. But with them being in Chicago, they have a few more options than what we have:)

Hank & Maggie at the party...all the kids got the pirate hats!

So the party was at this genious idea of a place....whoever thought of it was really thinking....it is a coffee shop on one side and then a cute cute kids play area on the other. There is glass so you can either sit in the quiet coffee shop area or take your kids in the kids play area and enjoy coffee while they run around and play.

This picture above is in the kids play area looking out to the coffee shop area.

The picture below is the baby/infant play area within the kids play area.

I loved this sign on the counter..

And I had to take a picture of this Boston Terrier picture on the wall...since of course there is a pretty spoiled Boston in my family!

We got to order a coffee and hang out and watch a lot of little kids play!!! I took my pics before all the kids got there.

The pictures are kind of random on here because some are mine and some I took from Jan's pictures...

So this was Adlee's little bed she slept in in the hotel. We borrowed it from our neighbors and it worked out perfect.

So Saturday when we got to Chicago, we met up with Jeremy's parents at our hotel. Darci, Kyle and the kids were spending time with close friends they wanted to see while they were in the US so we all did our own thing Saturday.

We headed to Michigan Ave for some lunch and shopping.

Here is my Adlee girl at her first trip to Crate & Barrel. It appears by the look on her face that she totally digs this store:)

This is the view of our hotel room...looking out to Lake Michigan.

All that shopping we did Saturday and all the crazyness of Michigan Ave and the big city, my girl wanted to chill a bit when we got back to the hotel.

Saturday night we went to Navy Pier...Here is Daddy and Adlee walking down Navy Pier.

Us with the Chicago skyline in the back..

Like I said, the pics are totally in random order....We ate lunch at Grand Luxe Cafe and it was sooo yummy! Adlee slept during lunch!

So I did it...I broke down and bought my baby girl a Bitty Baby from the American Girl store. She has no clue but it was fun being able to take my little girl to the most popular little girl's store in Chicago!

All of us at Navy Pier Saturday evening.

Adlee in her cute outfit she wore to cousin Hank's bday party!!! I should have turned the picture but oh well:)

Adlee and Mommy before heading to the party!

Adlee, Mommy and Aunt Darci!

Hankie and his Aunt Kim.....he just sold me some flowers in the flower shop at the birthday party:)

The whole fam!!!!

Mommy and Adlee in the baby/infant area at the party!

Mommy, Daddy and Baby!!!

Yes, I am having fun at my cousin's party....I can't wait until I can get out there and run around and play!

Our little doll baby!

Adlee Meets her Aunt Darci!

Adlee's Aunt Darci (Jeremy's sister and only sibling) and her family, husband Kyle and kids Maggie (5) and Hank (3) decided to take a job in London with her company. They moved in December and plan to stay in London 3 years. Darci is a Partner with a company that has locations all over the world. They were housed in Chicago, but decided it would be a great experience to try out London for a while. Darci works in Strategic Consulting, where she helps large businesses and companies with their actual business.
Well, they are in the US for a visit and Adlee got to meet her Aunt Darci for the first time. Adlee was so excited. She got to meet cousin Maggie last week because Maggie and her brother Hank were already in the US staying with Jeremy's parents. Darci & Kyle flew in this week.
We spent the day with all 4 of them yesterday and we had a great visit. We had the kids pictures taken at our local photographer, went to lunch, the kids played with Adlee and played with the dogs and played outside. We then all met Jeremy's parents in Bloomington for dinner before Jeremy, Adlee and I had to head back to meet with Adlee's daycare provider.
It was a great visit and we look forward to seeing them in Chicago this weekend as well before they head back to London. We aren't sure when we will be seeing them again, maybe next Spring or Summer (other than on Skype). They plan to travel to Dubai over Christmas this year. With them being in London, they can pretty much travel to a number of places and it does not take them very long. A great time to take advantage and see the world!

Adlee hanging out with her Aunt Darci!

Adlee is 2 Months Old!

Adlee turned 2 months old on 8/18/10. I can't believe she is 2 months old already!!! Time is flying and it about 3 short weeks, I will have to head back to work and leave her at daycare. We met with her babysitter this evening. She has been doing it for about 27 years so we feel confident she will be in good hands.

Adlee is wearing size 1 diapers.

Adlee's clothes range anywhere from 0-3 months, 3 months, just depends on the brand. Carters things seem to run small. Some 3 month things are huge on her but this little blue and brown outfit is Carters and fits her perfect.

Adlee is still eating about 4-4.5 oz. We are thinking about bumping her oz as she has been an eating machine and often times still acts hungry. She has been eating anywhere from 2-4 hours.

Adlee is sleeping rather well. She has not slept through the night fully yet but is only getting up once and then early and will then go back to sleep until around 7:30.

Adlee has her 2 month appointment on Monday. We are anxious to get an accurate weight on her. She will have to get shots which will be hard for Mommy to take.

She rides well in the car. She sleeps almost every time we are in the car.

We plan to transition Adlee to her crib beginning Monday. She has been sleeping in the pack n play in our room still. Mommy will have a hard time with this as well:)

Adlee will be making her first trip to the city this weekend. She will also be attending her first birthday party, for her cousin Hank.

Adlee loves to lay on the floor and kick and play. She loves her bouncy seat and swing and play mat. She just hangs out while Mommy vaccums. She is always smiling and is just the most precious thing we have ever seen. We love her soooo much!

Adlee has lost some of her hair. She has a buzz cut/comb over right now.

Adlee has a strawberry hemangioma on her arm. I plan to post about that.

Adlee has also began to start moving around. She has been scooting. When she woke up in her pack n play she was turned all the way to the side.

Adlee has been drooling and chewing on her fingers and hands lately. I am anxious to find out Monday if Adlee's Dr. thinks she may be teething or starting to teeth already.

Adlee, Mommy and Daddy love you soooo much!

A Wonderful Birthday!

Yesterday was my birthday and it was great. It is extra special this year since the best birthday present ever came this year....Miss Adlee Girl!
The bday festivities started on Sunday. Jeremy and Adlee took me to Ko Fusion, a sushi restaurant for my birthday. Jeremy had to work all day Monday and had school board meeting Monday night so that was when we could go to dinner. It was sooo yummy. Adlee got her Mommy some money to go buy herself something so her and I had a little girls day yesterday on my birthday. I got some other bday money as well so I got a new watch and a new hair straightener.
Here are a few other items I received for my bday.
The pictures ended up posting backwards in the order I really wanted them.


This was last night after Adlee's bath...sooo cute!


It was also my Mom's boyfriend Steve's bday so Adlee and I met them at Texas Roadhouse last night for dinner, after we had been to Target and the Mall on our girls day.


This was yesterday morning. She was such a joy yesterday. She is a joy every day but yesterday she was soooo good for my birthday. She sat in her bouncy seat while I showered and just looked around. Then she looked at me all the way through Target, she loves Target:) Then she just chilled in her stroller through the mall. She sat quietly and looked around as we enjoyed dinner at Texas Roadhouse. I think she was pooped last night after our shopping because she slept really well. I put her down around 8:45 and she slept until about 2:30. She ate and went right back to sleep, slept again until 6:30ish and ate again, went back to sleep until about 9:15.

Yesterday morning we played around with the Baby Bjorn to see if we could figure it out. It is quite the contraption and we are going to downtown Chicago this weekend to stay the night and do a little bit on Michigan Ave so I thought I would get the Bjorn figured out so she is not stuck in her stroller all day.

My birthday was great this year and it was fun spending it with my daughter. She is just too precious. I thank everyone for the birthday wishes as well.

I have had inquiries about Adlee's birthmark. I plan to do a post on that later as it should disappear and I want to be able to remember it. She has a strawberry hemangioma up her arm.

Adlee Meets her Cousin!

Adlee's Cousins Maggie & Hank are in the US visiting from London. They are staying with their grandparents in Pekin. This weekend was my 15 year reunion so Adlee's Grandma Jan and her Cousin Maggie came to babysit while we went to the reunion. Hank stayed in Pekin with his Grandpa. However, Maggie & Hank's parents will be coming to the US this week so Hank, Darci & Kyle will also get to meet Adlee as well. Adlee enjoyed meeting her Cousin Maggie. She really looked at her and was interested in what Maggie was up to.

First are a few pics of Adlee this week. This is the first time we put her in a sleeper so I had to get a picture of how cute she looked.


Then I had to get a couple of pictures of Adlee because she was wearing an outfit that belonged to her cousin Maggie when Maggie was a baby. I tried to keep it on her until Maggie got here so she could see but she pee'd on it so we had to change clothes:)

And when Maggie got here, she had to patiently wait for Adlee to wake up. Adlee had taken a really long nap and was still asleep when they arrived. Below is Maggie holding her cousin and meeting her for the first time. Adlee is the first baby Maggie has ever held.

Thanks again Cousin Maggie and Grandma Jan for babysitting!

Picture Overload....Just Pictures!