Addy's First Baseball Game and Derek's First Father's Day

It was a weekend of many firsts for Addy. On Saturday we went to a White Sox game in Chicago. The game was our gift to Derek for his birthday. It was also Addy's first sporting event. We left in the morning and stopped at IKEA on the way into the city. Addy loved her first trip to mommy's favorite store! We headed to the White Sox game later that afternoon. It was Father/Daughter night at the game and we had tickets for a pre-game parade where we got to walk out on the field. It was a lot of fun. Addy was great throughout all of the festivities and then fell asleep right before we went on the parade around the field. She drew a lot of comments and compliments from the fans in the stands and she was even noticed by one of the White Sox coaches! Unfortunately, the Sox lost 2-0..but Addy made it through 7 innings, which was a victory in itself.

Saturday night was also supposed to be Addy's first overnight stay in a hotel, but she had other plans. Addy decided to wake up around 12:15 and have a party that involved lots of screaming. After many unsuccessful attempts at soothing her, Derek and I decided to make the trip home in the middle of the night. Needless to say, she fell asleep after five minutes of being in the car and slept until 9:30 Sunday morning. Despite the late night drama, we had a great time and Derek had a first Father's Day weekend that he will never forget.

Addy and I at IKEA...doesn't she look excited?!

Addy and I before the game. She loves her front carrier!

Derek and Addy before the parade around the ballpark.

Derek and Addy on the field on the first base side.

We stopped to take this picture with the Chicago skyline in the background.

Addy's First Festival

Over the weekend we took Addy to her her first festival. We went to the Tremont Turkey festival and had a great time. Our friends Kelleen and Evelyn joined us on our outing. We had a great time and some yummy strawberry shortcake! We took the girls to the small petting zoo that they had there. Addy petted a horse; Derek was thrilled that she didn't pull the horse's mane! Addy did great on our outing and loved being outside. This is the first of many outings we plan to go on with Addy this summer!

The girls fell sound asleep on the way home. They were all turkeyed out!

Crazy May!

Ok...so some time has past since our last post! May was a very crazy month and we promise to do better in the upcoming months! Addy is three months old! Where has the time gone? In early May we celebrated my first Mother's Day by going out to dinner on Saturday and spending a fun day at home on Sunday. Addy also made the trip to Terre Haute in early May to see her Uncle Cory graduate from Indiana State. She slept through the whole ceremony; her dad was very jealous. Addy also was visited by her Grandma and Grandpa Schum and Grandma Freihaut in May. She loves seeing her grandparents!



Addy has made a major discovery since our last post--her hands! She is grabbing things and taking them to her mouth pretty consistently. She also puts her hands in her mouth quite frequently. Recently she has also been showing signs of sore gums, so we think that a tooth may be in the near future.



We are also ecstatic that Addy is sleeping eight hours at night! That makes Mommy and Daddy very proud and much more rested! As it turns out, little Adalyn actually slept through the recent thunderstorms better than mommy. We have many exciting adventures planned for Adalyn this summer. We'll be sure to keep you posted!






This last picture is of Adalyn with her friend Charli (who is seven weeks older).