Update!

Hello hello! Not a ton has been going on for us. We just had a transition in the house where we work, so that has kept our hands and calendars pretty full. Transitions can be really challenging -- especially when we don't have all of the information -- but we're doing the best we can with what we've got!

On Saturday, I had an audition for the Kansas City Symphony Chorus. I have been looking for ways to get back into singing for a while now, so when they emailed me about auditions (I signed up for updates from them), I was excited to get involved. I was out the door on time to take Adelle over to my parents' house while I was gone, but then everything else went wrong. First of all, I wasn't paying attention and headed for the wrong highway. Turns out I could've gone that way, but without directions, I didn't want to get lost. So, I turned around and lost about 15 minutes. Then I decided to take the North Lawrence exit to KC and there was a huge detour once I got over the bridge. I got so lost in North Lawrence trying to figure out where to go that by that time, I had burned about 35 minutes, meaning I would undoubtedly be late. Well, I was late, but only by 5 minutes and they were running about 10 minutes late! So, I had just enough time to fill out my audition form and then sing. The audition was actually fun. Charles Bruffy, the director, worked with me a little bit, having me sing my song in different ways ('Pie Jesu' from Faure's Requiem) follow by a little sight reading. Then at the end of the audition they welcomed me to the choir and gave me the music! I'm really excited to sing on a regular basis again and my mom auditioned too, so I'll always have someone to ride with.

Fun Adelle things:

• I can just lay her down on the floor, give her a bottle and she'll hold it and drink it on her own.
• She is SO CLOSE to crawling that we're having to baby proof now, except while I was taping some cords to the wall, she started going around me to get to the part that wasn't covered yet and she keeps moving what we have in front of the TV stand to cover the electronics (uh oh!). She is pretty quick pulling herself around with her arms and she does this push up thing (hard to explain), but lately she'll go forward with one knee and then lunge. So, I think she's pretty close to figuring it out. It's so funny to watch. Oh and this morning, I went in to get her and she had pulled herself up on her knees holding onto the railing of the crib. NOOO!!
• Adelle has FOUR top teeth coming in all at once! We discovered them about 3 days ago and she had been a bit fussy, so that explains it! We're having to slightly medicate her in the morning before her first bottle, or she refuses to drink it because it hurts her teeth so much. So when these fully grow in, she'll have EIGHT teeth! The top 4 and the bottom 4. She's growing up too fast!!!
• She'll be 9 months old on the 19th, just 8 days away! We've been watching the Friends DVDs again and last night we watched Season 10 The One With Emma's Birthday and it made me cry. Before we know it, Adelle will be a year old! It's going by way too fast. Before we know it, she's going to be asking for help with Math that I can't do anymore...
• And now for some pictures representing her new "skills:"

Here, Adelle is sporting her new fake smile, which I'm sure she got from us. She is always imitating the things we do. So cute.

This is Adelle in her new preferred sleeping position. Bottoms up!

And here you can see her new obsession with sticking out her tongue. She's been doing this for almost a whole month now, but it's still so funny!
I hope everyone's having a good week! Soon I'll post a couple of projects that I recently completed.

Enjoy!