*Yawn* I'm awfully sleepy in here. Mommy keeps moving around a lot which rocks me right to sleep. My favorite thing to do right now is kick mommy when she is sleeping. I especially enjoy kicking her bladder so that she has to pee all the time. Mommy and Daddy and my big brother still don't know if I'm a boy or girl. I mean it should be obvious..but I want to have a dramatic entrance so I'm going to make them wait it out. I"m not like my big brother. I'm modest and don't think it's proper for a baby to show their goodies to anyone and everyone. I can hear my brother Adam throwing temper tantrums sometimes. What a drama queen. I can tell he's going to be in shock when I arrive. I do like my time with mommy and my big brother at night. Mommy rocks Adam and I to sleep and sings to us.

Well, I'm looking forward to meeting everyone in a few months. I'll keep you posted on my progress in here.

~ Dobblet #2

Sorry, In anticipation for my little brother/sister, I have been busy upgrading the website. Not a lot of changes for guests yet except for blogs for each member of the family. I did make some huge changes under the hood! For you old timers I also finally got some IE6 fixes. Time to upgrade eh?

More to come.

A

I have been a very busy boy. I've done so much this past week, I'll have to let you guys in on my list.

1 - Learn how to go from sitting to crawling back to sitting -- CHECK
2 - Learn how to sit down from a standing position -- CHECK
3 - Get my first bloody lip -- CHECK
4 - Go with Grandma Karius to the zoo and pet goats -- CHECK
5 - Go with my aunts and Grandma to Underwater world and see sharks -- CHECK
6 - Throw intensive temper tantrums and throw my body into the ground and scream and scream and scream -- CHECK, CHECK and CHECK
7 - Get my second bloody lip -- CHECK
8 - Say "Mom" -- CHECK
9 - Eat my first family dinner (spagetti & biscuits) -- CHECK
10 - Throw a temper tantrum in water -- CHECK
11 - Rip apart a sippy cup with my bare hands -- CHECK (mommy and daddy still don't know how to put it back together)
12 - Learn how to stand up in my playpen so mommy and daddy can't sleep in -- CHECK
13 - Wake up before 6 a.m. -- CHECK
14 - Pinch fingers in drawers -- CHECK
15 - Attempt to rip mommy's hair out -- CHECK
16 - Give high fives -- CHECK
17 - Wave goodbye -- CHECK
18 - Damage church hymnal -- CHECK
19 - Learn how to walk -- NOT YET, BUT GETTING THERE
20 - Get daddy a beer -- NOT EVEN INTERESTED IN YET (THAT'S WHAT MOMMY IS FOR)
21 - Get liquor from the liquor cabinet -- CHECK
22 - Laugh at my own flatulence -- CHECK and CHECK
23 - Escape a diaper change by crawling away naked -- CHECK

That's it for now. It's been a busy few weeks.

Later,

Little A

It has come to my attention that Week 40 may not have showed up. So I have attached it below. Hopefully, youtube has fixed their problem. In other news, I made some changes to help those old timers still using IE6. Videos should not work...hopefully. I do not run IE6!

A

So, I have BIG news. I can crawl and stand myself up. My parents keep setting their expectations low for me so I like to surprise them now and again. On Saturday, daddy was cleaning Leonard's (the bearded dragon) cage. I was on the floor and Leonard ran by me across the living room. Well, I couldn't help myself because I wanted to catch Leonard and pull on his tail. So, i crawled after him across the living room. Mommy and Daddy were shocked. Ever since then I've been a crawling maniac. Not only that but I crawl to the couch and pull myself up. I crawl over to my toy table and pull myself up to play with it. Yup. I'm pretty independent now. I'm working on the walking thing but i'm pretty wobbly. I think it's because I've been digging through the liquor cabinet too much.

On Monday, mommy was changing my stinky diaper. I was trying to escape and since mommy didn't want me to get all dirty after she cleaned me up she let me go. And I got up and crawled away with my naked toosh. Mommy had to chase me to get a diaper on me.

I spent Easter with Grandma and Grandpa Dobbs, Great Gma Shum, and Aunt Kristin and Uncle Bryan, and the Sensemeiers. It was great and everybody got me presents! I'm a very spoiled little boy.

Mommy and Daddy let me stay up late all week going to all of the church services. I started thinking church was part of my bedtime routine. I was a very good boy during all of the services. I liked to hear the Good News about what Jesus did for me. It was definitely worth celebrating.

Okay. Well it is time for me to go back to sleep.

Love,

Little a (for ankle biter)

It's been just mommy and I for a whole week now! Daddy is away in DC with Aunt Kristin and Uncle Bryan. I've been keeping mommy busy, but it's been a lot of fun. Today we took and hour walk, went to Target & Portillos and went outside to blow bubbles. So, I'm pretty fearless but there are a few things that scare the pants off me. First, mommy has a big black pilates ball that I will jump with fright and start crying if I see it move. Second, if I touch a tree or a branch I also jump and start crying. Today mommy laid a blanket outside for me to sit on so we could blow bubbles. She tried to set me down but I grabbed her for dear life and started screaming. You see, I am also scared of grass. Mommy tried to show me that it was okay and touched the grass herself, but even her touching it scared me. Okay, don't get me wrong. I'm not a scaredy cat. I would slam my fingers in a door, laugh at a dog barking in my face and touch something hot any day of the week. I'm just not a huge fan of nature at this point.

Two days ago I had my first temper tantrum. Mommy had no idea what was wrong with me, but wasn't it obvious..I wanted to be difficult. Sometimes a boy just needs to let his aggression out. Mommy tried to play with me, walk me, rock me and I just screamed and screamed and became a wet noodle. Mommy let me be in my room for a few minutes to "work it out." And when she came back in I was just so happy to see her I forgot what I was upset about. Hmm..Oh well.

I am getting in my last two teeth before my molars. I now have eight teeth in total. And I like to eat cheerios! Mommy is going to bring them to church tomorrow to keep me quiet.

So, mommy tells me I'm going to find out at the end of the month if I'm going to get a little brother or a little sister in September. I hope it's a boy because girls have cooties. Oh well I'll try not to beat them up too much either way.

Okay, back to sleep for me.

Adam

I have now been out of the womb as long as I was in it. I'm a pro at this being a baby stuff now. I think it's time for me to move on to bigger and better stuff now, so I'm going to work on this "toddler" stuff I keep hearing about. I went to the doctor yesterday and I weighed 25 lbs and was 29" long. I am in the 95th percentile for height, the 90th percentile for weight and the 75th percentile for head size. Those little babies better watch out for me. The doctor gave mommy and daddy the okay to let me eat everything but this stuff called eggs and peanut butter. When I got home I went straight for the cupboard and grabbed the Southern Comfort. When mommy said no I looked at her like she was crazy. The doctor said I could have anything. Silly mommy.

So, this week although I was under the weather because daddy gave me his germs (I don't want those kind of gifts anymore) I accomplished a lot. I stood myself up from a sitting position twice. I've gone from my belly to sitting up once. I stood all by myself without holding onto anything. AND I have 2 more bottome teeth coming in. Mommy even got me a tooth brush from the dentist. It's great! I don't want my breath smelling like mommy and daddy's in the middle of the night. The ladies don't like that.

The other big news is that daddy is going away tomorrow. Mommy says it's because he has an important job training to go to. *Sigh* Sounds boring to me. What can be more exciting than watching me dump my toys on the floor? Oh well, his loss. Mommy and I will just hang out this week instead. I'll try to add a new word to my vocabulary before dad comes back (right now I just say "Gay" over and over). Stay tuned.

Gay. Cough. Cough.

Adam

Sorry I've been offline for a few days. My old man gave me a cold. My nose is like one of those slurpy machines at 7-11, but not in a good way. :-(

Anyway, what's going on! Pops is getting ready to visit Aunt Bryan and Aunt Kristin out in DC. Mom is the same old, she is starting to feel sick now. I wonder where she got it from?

Daddy got a new cell phone. Yea, I guess it's that time of the month again. He's getting tired of dropped calls so he is trying out the new google phone. He likes it so far, but we'll see. I'm not paying for any more phones! Yea it's "his money" now, but he'll be dead soon enough. Then it will be my money!

Cough!,
A

So Mommy finally did it! She got a FSA. That's when you study too much and they finally come in and tell you not to study so much. That makes you a fellow in the society of actuaries. So yea, I was all excited thinking I will finally get the attention I deserve. NOPE!

Mommy went to atlanta for the week to party it up with other people who study too much. Then on friday Daddy went out to Atlanta for them to have a nice dinner and mommy got recognized for all her work. Then they came home to their wonderful child. NOPE!

Daddy and Mommy stayed out there for the weekend! The nerve!

I did get some quality time with Nanna and Grandpa. They gave me a bath and bought me big-boy-diapers. Not for older children, but basically 12 hour diapers for night time. They gave me baths, had a funny stuffed bird that chirped, and a bigger tv. So I didn't really miss the P's that much. My GP's did an acceptable job watching me. C+

Well that's it for now.

Chao,
Roberto......Er...Adam

I hope everyone enjoys the new and improved website. Improved how you ask? Check out the photos, which now have a viewer that automagically resizes my pictures to fit your screen. Videos are also nicely centered on the screen. Clock the left and right arrows to go to the previous or next picture or video. You can also use the left and right arrows on your keyboard. Awww yea, that's right. When you are done you can click on the picture, click close or press esc on your keyboard.

But wait...there's more! You can create your own family website just like mine. here at http://www.adamsfamilywebsites.com A lot of work is still being done, but I'll try not to delete everything on you! :-). Eventually I'll have links somewhere on my site, but for now you'll just have to go to http://www.adamsfamilywebsites.com.

Enjoy!

A

I'm getting so big now. Mom and Dad can't keep up. Mom and Dad went to Milwaukee over the weekend and when they came back I gave them a smile and I had grown 2 more teeth! I was a busy boy. Now I have 6 teeth (4 on top and 2 on bottom). My mommy started putting the side of my crib up at night because she's caught me trying to drag myself out of the crib. You can't get much past Mommy.

Mommy is gone this week in DC. So, I'm being extra cranky for daddy since he let her go. Don't worry, when she gets back I'll let her know how rude that was. But, it's okay. Sometimes it's nice to get some boy time at home. Daddy usually lets me punch the keys on his computer when mom's out of town.

Okay it's WAY past my bedtime. Good night!

Adam

Hello to all my fans. It's been a long time since you've heard from me and I have LOTS of news to share. First things first, I am still getting cuter every day. Yes, I know many of you think that couldn't be possible since I'm so cute to begin with, but believe it. Anyway, let me tell you about my eventful week. Well, a little over a week ago I decided it would be fun to start rolling over onto my stomach in the middle of the night. There was one problem though. I HATED being on my stomach and I would cry and cry until mommy or daddy came and rescued me. We were all getting pretty frustrated about this rolling over thing when it would happen three or four times throughout the night. Mommy thought I'd have to learn to just sleep on my belly. But the problem was I was rolling over and trying to make a jail break at the same time. So sometimes my arms would be hanging out of the crib. One time I had both legs up to my thighs out of the crib (but I was too big to squeeze the rest of me out) and I was stuck!! So finally mommy decided let's get rid of the swaddle even though I could break out of it in just minutes. I've loved my swaddle for 7.5 months but I suppose mommy was right that it had to go sometime. The first night without my swaddle mommy laid me down, tucked me into my blankie, and gave me my elmo doll to cuddle with. I thought this was hilarious. I started kicking the blanket and lifting elmo in the air and grabbing my feet. So, silly mommy could think this was how to put me to bed....and then my memory goes blank. The next thing I knew it was 12 hours later and I was sound asleep on my belly. Mommy had to come in and wake me up the next morning. Now they put me to bed, tuck me in with elmo and leave the room. I immediately flip onto my belly, snuggle with elmo and wake up 12 hours later. I even sleep until 7:30 instead of 7:00 some mornings because my belly is so comfy. It's great.

Now, there's been even more that's been changing besides my good looks and my new sleep habits. One morning mommy put me in my walker and she ran away to the bathroom. By the time she came back I had scooted the entire length of the kitchen and was at the refrigerator pulling the magnets and pictures off (one of my new favorite games). Then she moved me again and got a drink of water. When she turned around I had my hands in the garbage can and was playing with the garbage (so much fun). So then she moved the garbage into the carpetted room and went to make me a bottle. She turned around again and I had scooted my walker up onto the carpet and was playing in the garbage again. Carpet can't stop me!! Mommy wasn't too thrilled, but I was.

Aside from that I also take baths in daddy's tub now. It's officially the boys only bathroom! I get freaked out by the echoing noises, but I like my bath toys so I only get scared for the first few seconds. Then I try to grab my toys before they float away. I don't know how they do it.

Okay, well that's it for now. I'm growing up fast, getting a little more hair (but not much) and learning lots of new things. I'll keep everyone posted.

Love,

Adam

Hey everyone it has been a while! I have been very busy working out doing sit-ups, push-ups and general tom-foolery. Last weekend mommy went crackbooking for the weekend. Daddy said she needed to have a weekend to talk about her feelings so we do not have to hear them. I'm glad she got some time to herself. I figured daddy and I would just hangout. Oh no. He took me to valpo to see Mr. Will, Ali and Nick. It was fun, but a little to much for me. When I went to bed daddy went to northsides. I think it's by the north pole, so I told daddy to put a good word in for me with santa. Yea right! My old man was trying to act like a "young-hipster," good try pops.

Well off to the crib.

Peace,
A

I found videos of myself tonight on youtube! Here they are!



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My knees are aching, my back is sore, and even my teeth hurt. I'm SO old now! This sitting around all day stuff is getting old. I suppose I better learn to walk or crawl soon so I can get in my exercise. You know, knocking down cups of water and pulling down table cloths. I'm working on it. Right now daddy is gone in Idaho for the week. Yes, you heard me. A WHOLE week! Poor mommy and me. We just sit around at night staring at each other waiting to be entertained. So, now we both just go to bed early because daddy isn't here to make us laugh.

I have four teeth now. I drink out of a regular cup sometimes. I eat a whole jar of baby food (none of this half stuff for me). Mommy wakes up to me with my arms and legs hanging out of the crib as I try to break free. My favorite game is Peek-a-boo (never gets old). I love to babble. Hmm..what else about me..oh yeah...I get cuter every day.

The other day mommy decided to give me a small piece of her banana since I eat my baby banana food all of the time and I have 4 teeth now. She put it on my tongue and I instantly started gagging and throwing up everywhere. Yuck! I have sensitive taste buds.

Well, it's back to sleep for me. Catch you all later!

Adam

My top right tooth popped in today. Now I have two bottom teeth and one top tooth. I'm so excited because now I have two ways to get what I want 1) crying and 2) biting. I love this new freedom!

Rumor has it mommy and daddy are taking me to get a flu shot today. They better not be -- or I'll bite them!

Love,

Chompers

So yea, my week 27 video has been identified for "copyright infringement!" The radio had some music in the background and that is a no no for the big music industry, who hates babys and clubs baby seals for no reason. They appear to have burrowed into Youtube's head and eaten the brains. They probably have laid a bunch of eggs in there. Haven't you people ever heard of fair use!

Anyway I was ready to take it to the supremes, but pops just took out the offending music. I say offending in that the song is terrible, not that it violated anyone's copyright.

Big A.

Oh, here's the email:


Dear queenorych,

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I've been so busy with Christmas, Uncle Bryan's wedding and mommy going out of town that I completely forgot to tell everyone about my 6 month check-up on 12/23. I weighed 22 lbs and was 25.5" long. Boy am I growing fast! They gave me 4 shots. Boo! I was a little fussy over Christmas because of all of the shots and teething but I pulled myself together for uncle Bryan and Aunt Kristin's wedding.

Mommy went to see Baby Aiden and Big Boy Trevor last week and she came home and told me all about it. She thinks I'm not a baby anymore after being around little aiden, but I was sure to fuss and cry so that she didn't forget!

These days I love my squash. Mommy tries to only feed me half a container, but I won't let her stop there and I make her feed me every last drop. Delicious!

Okay, that's it for now. I'm harrassing Daddy to put up new pics so hopefully they will be up soon!

Happy New Year!

Adam