We're back!!

As Aunt Lynn shared with me the other day, "you are bad with a cell phone and bad at blogging." For those who try to get a hold of me, you will often get my voicemail because my phone is not charged or my phone is lost. I often check voicemail and have several voicemail that span over a couple of weeks. Not good. Well, this inspired me to pick up my game with the blogging. We'll see how it goes.

Lots has happened with our little Adelynn Jo over these last several months. She is just so much fun. It seems like every day she is picking up more and more. It's scary how much she is soaking in. Our latest (and sometimes greatest) with Little Punky is that we are entering into the world of the potty. Who knew going potty would be so exciting. We hear "potty, potty, potty" and Adelynn tears off to the bathroom. She's doing pretty good with it--even better because she initiated this all on her own.

Adelynn next favorite thing is Brady, my parents' dog. We hear "Bray-ee" a lot, as she is often asking about him. Last night she got to give Bray-ee a bath because Mom was at parent-teacher conferences and Dad was at work. Now, when you ask her what Brady says it's not ruff anymore, it's "oooo, oooo, ooooo." OK, imagine a 20 month old "howling." Needless to say, Brady doesn't like baths. Adelynn doesn't know that, though, she was just told that Brady was singing in the shower :).

Now that I am committed to being a better blogger, more stories to come. My plan is to add a few pictures every few days, so they will be out of order, but I will add captions.

We spent a ton of time outside at the pool this summer. She couldn't get enough of the water. By the end of the summer, she was loving gliding under water, trying to reach and pull to the ladder, kicking and splashing, jumping off the side, going off the slide, and playing "whack a mole" with Daddy's head. We were amazed how much she loved going under the water and would say please (index finger into palm).

Chilling with Daddy in our AMAZING $6 inflatable chair from Meijer. This was quite a feat to get Adelynn in a float. She wanted nothing to do with them until the end of the summer. The more she was in the water, the better.

We went on our fourth annual boat vacation (thanks Mom and Dad Brown for use of the boat again!). This time we went to Ludington. This was one of our only nice afternoons--it rained like crazy. We were still able to head to the park between the rain storms, hit the marina pool and go for a few dingy rides. It was awesome. Sorry South Haven, but I think we have found a new boat vacation spot.