Adelaide Patricia Frattallone

My mom is so very sorry about not getting an update out sooner.  We've all been very busy this spring.  I'm almost 16 months old now and I moved up to the toddler room at my school which I am loving.  I refuse to walk on my own yet but I hear all my doctors and teachers say that I can walk, I'm just choosing not to and they're absolutely right.  I prefer being carried by my mom and dad :)  What's new...let's see!  Oh...the most important thing...I'm going to be a big sister!!!  My mom is due on December 12 and I am just so excited to have somebody besides the darn dogs to play with.  My mom says she thinks she's having another girl but we'll find out hopefully at the end of July and then we'll let you all know then.  Of course I had my first birthday party in February...well, 2 parties really.  Below are some pictures of that.  And the big board with my name on it and the pictures, that's the birthday board that my parents put together for my school.  I think they went a little overboard (really, my dad went a little overboard but I love him for it :) Then my mom posted a bunch of other pictures too like me with my new backpack and lunch bag for school and we had Grandparent's Day at school a couple weeks ago and my room did the Chicken Dance and Itsy Bitsy Spider.  I didn't actually do anything during the show but of course I've been doing the chicken dance non-stop every since!

  The most recent pictures are first so you can see what I look like today and then the younger pictures are at the bottom.  We just got back from a weekend at the cabin with my parent's friends, John and Laura, and I got to push my very own shopping cart all throughout the stores.  I was really good at it and I loved every minute of it!

Enjoy and until next time, have a great summer!!!

 

My Second Easter!

 

 

 

 

I LOVE YOU!

I had such an amazing first Christmas.  It all started with a Christmas party at my school.  My mom dressed me up and I was the only one dressed up (thanks Mom...).  Then Christmas Eve we went to my Great Grandma Norma's house and I saw my dad's whole family.  I got all sorts of goodies including a Radio Flyer bouncy horse (there's a video of me on it below).  Christmas Day we went to Grandma and Grandpa Frattallone's where I got even more presents!  Then the weekend after Christmas, we went to Marshall to Grandma and Grandpa Anderson's house and I got more presents.  Lastly, we had Grandma Ali over in January with Uncle Erik and Aunt Jacci and Claire and Cooper for my fifth and final Christmas celebration...whew!  That was a lot.  But I'm having so much fun playing with all my new toys. 

Let's see...what new things can I do now?  Oh I just recently started pulling myself up to stand and I do it ALL the time.  Mom and Dad are really starting to find out what pieces are furniture are not good for babies so I imagine I'll see some more sturdy pieces gradually making their way into the house soon.  I also have a really high pitched scream that I like to do...not because I'm mad, just because it's fun to see everyone's reaction.  I also started drinking out of a sippy.  My parents have been giving me a sippy for 4 months but I never drank from it; I just threw it on the ground which was way more fun than drinking from it.  Oh and at school for lunch, they have me sit at the big kid's table (it's a small table really) and they put my food on a plate and everything now.  Yesterday I thought it would be funny to throw my plate on the floor though so my lunch was cut a bit short :)

Enjoy the pictures!  The next update will probably be after my first birthday party next month...one year old all ready...can you believe it?  Neither can my mom and dad :)

 

This is me at school

These are from Christmas Eve

Christmas morning with my mom and dad.  The first item is a video of my parents waking me up.

 

 

These next pictures are at Grandma and Grandpa Anderson's

 

My parents thought it would be funny to tie a napkin around my head...not sure what they were thinking...

 

 

This is my cousin Claire (aka Hannah Montana)

 

And this is her dad

 

This is the group that made homemade bread...it was tasty...I was sleeping during all this.

 

 

 

 

And now these are some pictures from before and after Christmas...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some pictures from my last month. I had my first Thanksgiving.  We went to Grandpa and Grandma Frattallone's house in the afternoon and then to Uncle Erik and Aunt Jacci's at night to see Grandma and Grandpa Deb and Tony and Grandma Ali.  I had so much fun!  I'm also standing now...of course my parents have to stand me up and I hold onto something but I can still stand!  I still think it will be a few months before I walk.  I had my first visit with Santa Clause too (there is a picture below).  I'm so excited for my first Christmas this year.  I see a ton of presents under the tree already and I just can't wait to get my hands on them!  I also had my first parent/teacher conference a couple weeks ago.  I'm doing very well at school! (although a few days ago, one of the teachers told my mom I was pulling another baby's hair...oops). 

Enjoy!  The next update will be after Christmas so you can see all my new toys and then my first birthday is right around the corner!!!

 

Me and Santa

 

Here's me getting ready to go see Santa...I was so excited!

 

 

Here's what happened when my parents tried to get a picture with all of our pets...it didn't work so well.  You'll see on our Christmas card what the final picture looked like.  Just a hint, not all members of our family get along so great so we couldn't include them all.

Our Christmas decorations for my very first Christmas!!  My own personalized stocking is on the right.

 

 

Grandma Pat has my very own Christmas tree at her house!

 

 

Thanksgiving

Me and Grandpa Tony and Claire the day after Thanksgiving

 

 

Standing like a big girl!

 

 

At my friend Francesca's birthday party.  I got my own stamp on my hand!

 

 

 

 

At my parent/teacher conference...

 

 

And some other pictures from the last month!

 

 

 

 

Brushing my teeth!  Oh and P.S., I  no longer have this tooth brush since Mabel, my dog, ate it.

 

 

I wasn't a huge fan of my costume...it was a bit small but it was fun at school because we had an Elvis, a Santa, a lady bug...all sorts of different costumes...

 

 

 

 

 

My parents FINALLY got their home laptop fixed so we can update you on the last 2 months which have been very, very busy! 

The month of September was really busy with my mom (and a little of my dad) planning their big day on September 26.  We had such a fun time and so many people came to watch my parents get married.  I'm so happy too because now my mom has the same last name as me :)  I wore the most beautiful dress and it matched my cousin Claire's dress who was my mom's flower girl. 

I just got my first tooth last week and let me tell you, it was torture for both me and my parents.  I have another one coming in now too.  I'm hoping this will get easier the more teeth I get.  I'm also crawling!  It's so much fun to get to where I need to go so much faster and on my own.  I can do so many more things like play with cords!  My parents stop me every time I get close to them but I sure do like to play with them!  And I play peek-a-boo now too which is my most favorite game in the world...my parents took a video of me playing below. 

Well, that's all for now!  I hope everyone is doing well!

Here are some of their wedding pictures (thanks to all my mom and dad's friends for taking them).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK, now that I've shared those with you.  Here's me playing peek-a-boo...I'm so good at it and I just love playing it with my parents.

 

And here are some other pics...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Mabel trying to get my Cheerios...see how she's acting like my best friend?

 

This is what my face looked like the first time I tried Cheerios.  I love dill pickles and didn't flinch the first time I had those but this is what I first through of Cheerios...go figure!!!

 

This is me on the plane on the way home from Florida...don't worry, my parents didn't actually give me booze on the plane.  The bottle was empty and they were just trying to keep me entertained.

 

Mmm...pickles!!!!

 

Minigolfing in Florida...it was way past my bedtime!

 

Me entertaining my parents while out to a nice dinner on their honeymoon!

 

On the beach in Florida.

 

I love to swim!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

My first day at the beach! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So today the Olympics came to my school!!!  My class represented Ghana because my teacher Naomi is from there.  We had to dress in red, green and gold (as you can tell by my attire, my options were limited).  Our Parade of Nations got a bit rained out but we had nice coverage with our big strollers.  Since Bella and I had on leg-warmers, we got to sit in the front of the stroller.  I was busy stretching my legs out for the big event!  Once we got inside, they had games for us like a crawling and a walking race (none I could participate in since I don't do either yet so I just ate as you can see in the last picture) and they had throw the water balloon in the bucket.  Sebastian kept breaking his balloons; it was really funny.  Anyway, all the big kids got to play outside and it looked they were having a ton of fun.  I can't wait til I'm that big and can participate in the big kid Olympics.  Well, enjoy the pictures!!!  The first picture is of me in my first outfit of the day.  Mom had to quick run home before the Olympics started to get my true Olympics outfit.

We had so much fun at the cabin.  My Mom and Dad and I were there for 5 days and they almost stole a 3rd puppy named Shy but realized it probably wasn't the smartest idea.  But this little puppy wanted to be by us all the time; he even snuck into the cabin and into our cars a few times.  But, we had to say our good-byes on the last day.  We had so many fun people up there...we had Uncle Erik and Aunt Jacci and my cousins Claire and Cooper.  We had Trish and Eric, Heidi and Cesar and Laura and Veronica.  Needless to say I was really spoiled with a ton of attention.  It was great!!!  We don't have too many pictures of us at the cabin..the best one we can't show because my Aunt Jacci wouldn't be happy if we showed it but she knows which picture I'm talking about :)  And the one with my Dad's hat on crooked is just plain silly.  He tries to look younger but I think he just looks funny.  The first one is when we're getting ready for our early morning walk to get coffee and a breakfast sandwich.  It was a bit chilly in northern Minnesota so my parents bundled me up well.