Blaiden the Superhero

I am not exactly sure when Blaiden started loving superhero's but it has become an obsession.  He loves Spiderman the most but the Avengers, Batman, Ninja Turtles, and Superman are all included.  It has been going on for at least 6 months if not more and so I just wanted to share some pictures of our little superhero. 

It is so fun to see his imagination at work.  We play all the time pretending that I am the bad guy.  Blaiden gets totally in character and says his name is Spiderman and I am not his mommy I'm only Blaiden's mommy.  A lot of the time "Blaiden" is one of his stuffed mickey mouse toys and I have captured him then Spiderman has to come and save him.  It turns into an even more fun game when we can play outside and I actually capture Adilene.  Blaiden chases after me all the while Adilene is laughing because I am running with her in my arms. 

We have a good time!

Adilene's Birthday Party

Adilene's birthday was actually on her birthday this year.  I had so much fun decorating for this party and I think that it was my best one yet, looks like I will have to step it up for Blaiden's.  I have so much fun throwing parties even if the week of I ask myself why do I go so crazy with all the decorations.

For Adilene's 2nd birthday we decided to have a jungle themed party.  Adilene loves animals and so I started looking for ideas and thought that this theme looked so cute I couldn't help myself from using it. 

The party went great even if the cookies and cake didn't turn out the best.  Other then Adilene not wanting to blow out the candles (she now blows on anything you say is hot) and being a little shy in the beginning I think she had a great time.  While I was busy cutting up the cake Adilene snuck over to her gifts and just started opening them.  Everyone thought that it was so adorable!  She received so many wonderful gifts and she seriously plays with them all!   A couple that she and Blaiden both enjoy is having a picnic with a basket she got under a Hello Kitty tent.  They will play with that for a very long time climbing in and out and giggling. 

 The kids could not be interrupted to get their picture taken so this is the best I could get of them. 

Adilene Turns 2!

Adilene is 2 Years Old

My Appearance:  I am now weighing 23 pounds and 29.5 inches long.  In the past 6 months I have not grown that much in weight or length but my hair is just growing and growing, mom says that she doesn't ever want to cut it.  It is a beautiful blonde color with just a little tint of red in the sunlight.  Mom must love it because she is always playing with it and trying to keep it out of my face, I don't really like when she is pulling at it.  I still have dark blue eyes and I get complements on them all the time.  I may have only grown a little but everyone says I look so big.  I have lost that baby look and I definitely look like a toddler now.  I still have a little chunk on my body but I'm not worried everyone always tells me how cute I am.  I am now in 18 month clothes, size 3 shoe, and size 3 diapers.

Milestones:  One of the biggest things that I have done in the past 6 months is I started walking!!! I love being able to walk around and carry my toys with me.  I have also learned that I love to dance.  Mom turns on the music and we have a dance party in the living room almost every day.  I have also started using some sign language.  I know how to sign about 12 words including puppy, bath, drink, all done, and me. I get very excited when I learn a new sign and clap my hands when people understand me.  I can also point to several body parts when asked.  I just learned how to drink out of a straw and now every morning mom makes Blaiden and I a banana smoothie for breakfast.   

Daily Routine:  I usually wake up around 6:15 drink a bottle and wait for Blaiden to wake up so we can have our smoothie.  Everyday it seems like we have something to do so mom gets me ready for the day.  Some mornings Blaiden goes to school and so I get mom all to myself.  I love this but I am always so excited to go and pick up Blaiden.  I usually take one long nap a day but sometimes I take a small extra nap.  I love to play with my toys, read books, and dump everything out on the floor.  I love it when I can go downstairs with mom but once I get down there all I want to do is play in Kiara's food and water.  I always get mad when she carries me back up the stairs. 

Special Events:  Some of the fun things I got to do in the past 6 months are take a trip to Colorado for my uncle Phillips wedding.  While we were down there I got to see alligators and play at the Sand Dunes.  I went swimming about twice a week this summer and loved every minute of it.  We took a family vacation where we went to the zoo and a water park.  I got to see fireworks for the first time but I didn't really like how loud they were.  We all went to the drive through safari and I LOVED seeing all the animals, I also loved getting to be in the car without being in my car seat.  I went to an apple orchard, fed ducks, and went on countless walks around our neighborhood. 

Mobile Snapshots #12

Date Night

While Fred's dad was in town way back in the end of October Fred and I got to go out on a special date. We have decided to take turns and plan a monthly date that the other person will really enjoy.  This was our first month and Fred was planning it.  It was extra nice because we didn't have to find a babysitter with Ukki and Tonka in town.  We got dressed up and went out to eat a great dinner then walked a few blocks to a Ballet they have in Akron.  This was my first time going to the Ballet even though I have loved it since I danced as a little girl.  Fred does listen sometimes :). 

We both actually had a great time!  Fred even said that he liked the Ballet.  We ended the night walking back to the car on a little path through a park (just like in the movies).  I would have to say that I was very impressed with the date and had a wonderful time.  I think I have a pretty amazing husband!

CaringBridge and E-Card

This is a little out of order but I wanted to share a few things for Adilene.
 
One of her nurses mentioned this to us and we thought that everyone might like to know.  On Akron Children's website there is a link to send a card.  It is free and a volunteer will print it out and bring it to her room. 

https://www.akronchildrens.org/cms/get_well_ecard/index.html
He is a link to the caring bridge website.  We have asked Fred's aunt to post updates on there for us.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/adilenekorpi

Ukki and Tonka Come to Visit

Larry (Ukki) retired then end of September so what was his plan, tour the country and visit his kids!  We were so excited to learn that we would be getting some visitors the end of October.  The kids had so much fun with them and Blaiden got to spend an entire morning driving around with Ukki and Tonka looking for new pj's.  We got to do a ton of fun things and they were here for most of the Halloween parties, carving pumpkins, and even the Denver vs Green Bay game.  All of us kids sent them off to Canada to Niagara Falls for a couple of nights for a retirement gift.  They stopped back at our house for a night before heading out to Tennessee to see Phillip and Felicia.  Blaiden was so excited to see them again and he was really excited when they pulled out the gift they brought back for him and Adilene.

They watched the kids while Fred and I went out TWO nights in a row! The weather was so nice we all got to eat on the patio set they had gotten us last Christmas.  Fred was even able to take them out to Amish country while Blaiden was in school.  It was a great trip and we are so excited that we only have to wait about 3 weeks to see them again.