MICHAEL IS HOME!!! YAY!!! Okay well he came home on the 13th, so he has been home for awhile now. I was so excited!!! I got to pick him up at the base and then since it was so late we decided to forgo the dinner plans and just get pizza and eat at home. So after feeding Adelaide and putting her down we gorged ourselves with pizza and pop! (: It was really fun! I missed him so much! Sadly the next day he had drill at 6 am! He didn't get home until about 5pm so I stayed home all day and just cleaned up and napped. (: We went out for dinner and dessert with some friends while Mimi(Michelle, mikes mother) watched Adelaide for us. That was actually really nice. It was fun to feel like a couple, not that I don't love my daughter to pieces but sometimes its nice to get out and not have to worry about her needing a diaper change, or her fussing, etc.
Sunday rolled around and we had to be at the lake for the Marine Corp Family Day at 9 in the morning! WHEW!! I dont even have to wake up that early for church! LOL Anyway, I was so excited to see Ethan and his parents! We hung out with them the whole time. Which was pretty fun, because Ethan loved to run around and play on the big people swings. (: The last time I saw him he wasn't walking, talking or even running! But now he is just a running machine! He can say "ball", "uh-oh!!!", and "daddy", which is adorable! I'm sure there is more he can say but I just didn't hear it. We just hung around the lake, although we didn't know we were able to get in the water so we didn't wear swimsuits or anything, and ate lunch. It was a little frustrating because there were tons of kids there and this event ran from 9 to 4! Well we didn't have any A/C, and it was in the high 90s and all the kids that needed naps got really tired but didn't really have anywhere to sleep. Adelaide loves the heat but when it gets too hot she doesnt sleep well and thats exactly how it went down. And ever since then she has only done 30 min power naps during the day. All in all, it was fun but I wish it didn't go for so long. And yes, we did HAVE to stay the whole time. We couldn't leave whenever we wanted. Later that day we had a pre-birthday celebration for Michael's step-dad, Tom. It was fun, we did a nice dinner with an ice cream cake. (:
Well now it's back to normal. Adelaide not sleeping and Michael working. :( BUT!!!.....we have less than a month before we move to IDAHO! We are leaving August 22nd and plan on getting there on the 25th. I am beyond excited for this!! (: Anyway, just an update on what we have been up to.

Addi loves sticking her tongue out at us (:

Family Pictures

A couple weeks ago we had family pictures done. We know some friends who have a photography company and they gave us a great price. The bad thing is that it was about a million degrees when we did them so we didn't last very long. And Adelaide was being fussy most of the time so we didn't get a lot of pictures that involved her smiling. And she smiles all the time so it was very tragic! But nonetheless they turned out great! If anyone needs pictures done for pretty much any occasion I suggest Erni Family Photography!!!

This of course isn't all of them, but most of them. (:
Michael has been gone since the 30th of June, which has been just awful! I miss him terribly! He has been in California for annual training with the Marine Corp. I am so excited for him to come home this friday!!!!!!!! I really appreciate everything that he does for me and for Adelaide. I have realized more so in the past couple of weeks what a great provider and a great Father he is! We never thought he would be the patient one in the relationship, but that's kinda how it turned out. He is so patient with Adelaide and I miss that so much. I have had bad days with her and its just nice when he comes home and takes her and she immediately calms down. Everyday I would look forward to him coming home for lunch and then for dinner. I think the hardest thing has been sleeping alone! Who knew!? The last time he had AT for two weeks we were engaged so we weren't living or sleeping together. And man its stinky when for over a year I have had someone to share my nights with and then suddenly I don't. I probably sound so sappy but I miss him like crazy! He needs to come home!! So I am planning a little surprise for him when he does. :D
Also, when he gets home we have Family Day with the Marine Corp that same weekend. I am so excited because 1. I get to see Ethan Nadeau and his family ( I used to nanny Ethan), and 2. I get to see and interact with the people that Michael interacts with at his Unit. I like to see how the military works and what not, it makes me feel like I can be a small part in something Michael decided to do years before he met me. So that should be fun!
Adelaide has been growing up so fast! She has been smiling so much! She is such a happy baby! I love her so much! I remembered the other day that before I found out that she was a girl I had a dream that were were going to have a girl. In the dream we went to get an ultrasound and they said it was a girl and then the nurses said that they had a new software that could show us what she would look like in the future. So they printed out pictures that looked like ultrasounds and but Adelaide was much older! Like 4 months, and then 6 months and then 1 year. Well the way she looks now and how she looked in my dream. In my dream I looked at Michael and I said, " she looks exactly like you and she is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen!" It was truly amazing to have that dream! I am so blessed to have her! She has already started changing so much! She has started to grab at the little rings I have on her carseat! Hopefully this weekend I can buy her a little play mat.
Until next time folks,

newborn (4-23-12)

2mths