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The Big One June 1, 2013

Filed under: Baby — Kelocity @ 5:53 am
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It’s officially June. Which means my baby turns one a week from today. I am both sad and excited. I look back at the past year with such satisfaction and joy and I look to the future with anticipation for all the good things still to come.

With 7 days left until Adele’s big day, I’m savoring every last second of her ’12th month’.

Hers’s few more pictures of her ‘one-year’ photoshoot!

It starts with her hesitation with this ‘messy stuff on my hand’…
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And exploring what’s in front of her…
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And finally… a first taste!
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The verdict? Ah-mazing! She likes what she tastes, that’s for sure!
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…And then the sugar high begins!
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A little help from mom (a professional cupcake extrodinare).
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And then she’s got the hang of it. It’s simple really. Dip hand in frosting… and lick hand. Yum!
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The first birthday cake smash right of passage is complete! Now let the month long celebration of parties continue with cake and more cake! Adele is pretty excited!
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Drop Cloth = Target
Party Hat = Party City

Tutu = Handmade by yours truly. #thankyouverymuch

 

Memorial Day Weekend Recap May 29, 2013

Filed under: Baby,Beach — Kelocity @ 10:27 pm
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What a crazy busy weekend we had around here this week! I’m a big fan of “making lemonade” out of my “time off lemons”. I squeeze those lemons so tight to get every last drop of juice out. Ok, enough analogies… here’s my weekend recap.

FRIDAY
-Picked Adele up early, headed to an indoor playground where she played with ride on toys and practiced walking.

-Adele took a 2 hour nap in the afternoon (and I slept for 1.5 hours too!) Wonderful!

-Went for an evening walk in the neighborhood

SATURDAY
-Adele work up at 7:30a… and then went back down for a 2 hour nap from 9a-11a! Irving and I enjoyed the morning catching up.

-Adele’s first Swimming Lesson!!
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We practiced kicking our legs!
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Swim, swim, swim!
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-Picked up Adele’s friend and had an afternoon playdate!
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-Practiced Sharing Toys
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SUNDAY
-Got up early and went grocery shopping while Irving and Adele slept in (went to FOUR grocery stores looking for a pink cupcake… more on that below).
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-Went to JC Penney to take family pictures and Adele’s 1st Birthday photos! Thus the reason we needed a cupcake! Adele’s first intentional taste of sugar. Spoiler alert: she LOVED it.
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This is a teaser picture! More from the photoshoot coming this weekend!

-Lunch at Red Robin (Adele is literally bouncing out of the high chair from the sugar high). We eat quick and hightail it back to the car! And then Irving and I eat the rest of her cupcake in the car! BAHAHA.

-Sugar Crash… Adele sleeps for 2 hours in the car. We take advantage and drive to Toys R Us to look for birthday presents for our baby girl.

-Join some friends for the Valley Greek Festival. We enjoy amazing food and a fun afternoon. (You guys, the food!! I can’t even explain how amazing it was).

MONDAY
-Morning walk that landed us at a restaurant for breakfast. Adele tries to eat straws and throw spoons on the floor. I apologize to anyone I ever laughed at when they told me to “enjoy pleasant meals while the baby is still little”. I get it now. ha!

-Baby playdate at the beach! We had an amazing group. Seven babies in all! We were at the beach for 5.5 hours! Everyone had a blast. The weather was perfect, the waves were beckoning little baby piggies to touch them, and watermelon was consumed along with handfuls of sand. It was pretty epic.
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I tortured her by seeing if she’d stand in the sand. She wasn’t having it. haha
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My beach baby slept the whole way back home, had a quick bath and was in bed by 7pm. What an incredibly fulfilling and fun weekend with my girl. Long weekends rule!

 

Practice Steps

Filed under: Baby — Kelocity @ 4:38 am

Adele’s first real ‘practice steps’ on the road to learning to walk!

 

10 Random Pictures May 28, 2013

Filed under: Baby,Random — Kelocity @ 3:36 pm

10 Random Things from the Week

1.) Sleeping Stroller Baby
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2.) Awake Stroller Baby…. Get out of the way or Adele will honk at you. Seriously.
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3.) Ride On Toys
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4.) Giant Sandbox (and a kid who hates the sand).
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5.) Coffee Bean’s Birthday Cake Blended Drink (Eh, as much as I love anything cake, this actually wasn’t that good). This review pretty much sums it up.
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6.) More Ride On Toys (Pushed behind by an almost-walking and very excited baby).
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7.) Tinkering with Lawn Mowers like Grandpa.

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8.) Even more ride on toys (this time actually riding it).
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9.) Early morning laundry time (Still in our pajamas)
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10.) Opening every door and cabinet in my entire house. Over and Over.
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What random things did you do lately?

 

Family Portraits May 26, 2013

Filed under: Baby,Family,Photography — Kelocity @ 9:39 pm
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We took Adele to get some one-year photos done today! What do you think? Is she finally starting to look like me? Or is she still 100% daddy?
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My little monkey wanted to crawl away SO bad while we were taking these, but that was nothing a giant stuffed animal can’t fix! He was responsible for this smile below!
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I know, it’s a lot of pictures of….us. But I love these so much, I couldn’t narrow them down!Screen Shot 2013-05-26 at 9.12.29 PM

Sorry Adele, you were originally in this photo, but we cropped you out because it was a cute one of mommy and daddy!
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Ok, enough of us. We all know you don’t come to Kelocity for pictures of Irving and I. Here’s some of Adele by herself as well! You’re welcome.
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Look at those chompers!
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Look who’s almost ready to walk!!

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Part Two of the photoshoot is coming next week!!!