Dresden Friesen

A  few weeks ago Ada & I flew down to California to visit family (Todd joined us a week later). We were very excited to meet the newest member of the family, baby Dresden. Oh man is he a cutie and the sweetest baby! He is so calm and easy going I forgot he was there half the time. He only cried when hungry or uncomfortable (like when I swaddled him too long for pictures). Ada had a lot of fun with her cousins and especially loved giving kisses to Dresden.

Dresden was 3 & 4 weeks in these pictures. Taking pictures with him was like working with a doll. Dresden let me put him in a basket, a tray, and warm blankets without complaining too much :)

28 Months

Ada is definitely a girl when it comes to style, she changes her outfits multiple times a day. I often find her in new clothes (that she did not have on before) after nap or in the morning after waking up :) She is starting to use the word “favorite” to say what she likes, but that changes on a daily basis too.  Lately, Ada wants to play with me and have conversations with her toys. Our toys often go to the park, the store for milk, and sing “wheels on the bus” together.

Ada’s outfit with the sunglasses cracks me up, I don’t know what I was thinking when I bought it :) I also needed to throw in some pretty flowers that make living in the rainy northwest so worth it.

27 Months

Ada likes to count to 10 and does so consecutively. She will line up her toys or count images in a book. She loves to dress herself (head to toe) and doesn’t really want help unless she gets stuck. We also moved her to a toddler bed and it has been working well so far. She likes to play with her toys for a little while before bed and grab a few more to play with in bed.

Ada has been adding more words to her vocabulary and lengthening her sentences. She often uses the word “like” as a comparison when she sees something familiar. If she sees a stranger mowing the lawn, she will say “mowing the lawn like Daddy.” When my parents were visiting she began using the word “anymore” for “I’m not tired anymore,” or “I’m not hungry anymore.” She really is starting to understand new and many concepts and it’s fun for us to see this :)

The neighbor cat, Spicy, still comes over almost every day to visit and play with Ada.

Tulips

My parents came up for 9 days in April to keep me company while Todd was working in Arizona. One of our special outings was visiting the Tulip Festival, a first for my parents and Ada. We paid to gain entrance to the RoozenGaarde tulip fields and display gardens and wow, what a beautiful place! You can also buy their tulips but then I realized it would take 1/4 million bulbs to pull off the same look :)