Reflecting on 2012--- Happy New Year!

January- Adalyn was figuring out what it meant by being 2--- as in, we quickly learned what the term "terrible two's" meant. Landon turned 4 months old in January and by 4 1/2 months, was starting to eat cereal and bananas.
Look at Adalyn-- Her hair was SO short! It's been neat to watch her hair grow and to watch her gorgeous curls develop!

Here is our sweet and chunky little boy. At his 4 month check up he weighed 17 lbs 1 oz

February- We celebrated Valentine's Day!

(Adalyn was also doing some serious potty training this month.)
We also made a trip to Gatlinburg with my family. Landon's first "mini" vacation.

He also turned 5 months old and could sit up on his own and discovered a new means of transportation...rolling.

March- was abnormally WARM! It was great! Landon experienced his very first playdate

Adalyn walked around naked in a field of wheat at Jerry and Nancy's house

We played with the cows and she helped Adam mow the yard.

Landon turned 6 months old and weighed 19 lbs 7.5 oz at his check up.

April- We celebrated Easter! and the fact that Adalyn was potty trained!

One of Adalyn's favorite things to do is ride on the mower with Adam

Landon turned 7 months old and we dedicated him at Church

May- was HOT! We took walks everyday--- this is how things ended up at the end of our walk

Landon attended his very first Lady Raider softball game. My old stomping grounds!

He also had 3 teeth and would sway back and forth in the crawling position.
On this certain day in May, Adalyn wore panties to Church for the first time. Any outings we did, we slipped a diaper on her but we knew this day was it!

We also watched Autumn play in a tournament in Manchester

We also celebrated Mother's Day :)

We watched Casey graduate High School and spent a weekend on the lake for Memorial Day. Landon turned 8 months in May as well.

June- Adam and I celebrated 5 years of marriage!
Landon learned to clap

He also learned to pull up!

Kids played in the kiddie pool!

I helped with VBS and Adalyn had her very own class to attend

We also went to Helen, GA with Adam's family

We celebrated Father's Day as well :)

We had a busy June!

July- Happy Fourth!! We spent the weekend at the lake. We also changed Adalyn's crib into a Toddler Bed!

Our big boy turned 10 months old and he moved up to a "Big Boy Carseat!"

He also took had his first swim lessons. It was a "Mommy and Me" class.

Adalyn was a FISH in the pool!! That girls loves to swim. At 2 1/2, started swimming without her floaties on. I know, it sounds crazy when I type it but it was absolutely WILD to watch her. She asked my mom if she could swim to the bottom and pick up her goggles so my mom pushed her down, she grabbed them, then came right back up. She then started swimming to us from the stairs. I posted a video of her doing it on my facebook page and here's where I blogged about it!
We welcomes 6 new members to our family in July as well. Pigs that is! They were a great addition to Clark Farms. They are tasting pretty good right now, too. ;)

I also started back to work on July 9 and we also enjoyed watching the Olympics this month, too.

August- We kept busy cooking all of Landon's baby food. Notice the butternut squash in the background? Adalyn was getting ready to help us prepare it!

Adalyn and Landon both moved up to a bigger Sunday School class in August. So sad that they are growing up, but so neat at the same time!

Landon discovered he liked meatloaf

Adalyn ate lots of popcicles

and Landon became a pro with the walker!

Landon turned 11 months and I began the weaning process and we also started to add whole milk to his bottles. He also started walking!
Adalyn shared her big coloring pages with her class on Wednesday nights at church. She was so proud of herself for sharing with everyone!

September- Landon turned ONE!

Landon weighed 24 lbs 1.5 oz at his one year check up
Adalyn enjoyed popcorn at a Red Raider football game

Adalyn got Top 10 in the baby show!

We took our first ride in Landon's new wagon!

We visited our fair

We made a trip to visit Casey for Family Weekend at UT- it was so much fun!

October- We got 50 chicks!

Adalyn experienced her first visit to the Zoo!

We took the kids to the Ceaderwood Pumpkin Patch-

We (Adam) carved our pumpkins

We ate lots of candy on Halloween! Adalyn was a cow and Landon was a Farmer

November- Adalyn May turned 3! We had a Doc McStuffins themed party!

Adalyn weighed 39 lbs at her 3 year check up and was 40 1/4" in height.
Landon still would not take milk from a sippy cup and he turned 14 months old during November as well. He loves taking a bath!

We celebrated Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for.

December- Landon turned 15 months old and took milk from his sippy cup! WAHOO!
We took Adalyn to the Christmas parade.

Both kids got the stomach bug and passed it on to myself and Adam. Then Nancy got it then my mom got it. Thanks kids. It was awful!
Adalyn and Landon loved finding our elf, "Wilson" each morning.
Christmas was so fun this year. Adalyn is at the PERFECT age and understood everything. Landon had a ball ripping paper open.

and last but not least, Adalyn had her first Dentist appointment and she did great!!

We have had such a wonderful 2012. It has been exciting to watch our beautiful children grow and learn. Click here to read about our year in review for 2011! Time flies! Happy New Year everyone!

Adalyn's 1st Dentist Appointment

Thursday, December 20 was Adalyn's very first dentist appointment. We chose to take her to a Pediatric Dentist as I had heard such good things about them. Wild About Smiles is located in Murfreesboro but they have an office in Tullahoma as well. We decided to just go to the office in Tullahoma since it was closer and since the same four dentists from the Murfreesboro location go there as well. Lynn came to keep Landon while we made the trip to Tullahoma. I figured for the first visit it might be nice to just focus on Adalyn and to take lots of pictures (you know me) as opposed to chasing around a 15 month old all over the office. As soon as we got there, Adalyn made herself comfortable with some toys and books in the waiting room. We also played with the Wii.

I had already filled out all the paper work I had printed online so we didn't have to wait long at all. They called us back and as we were walking back to the examination room, we couldn't help but notice all the fun "kid" themed stuff they had. It was a jungle themed dentist office with brightly colored walls with animals all around. It made me excited looking at everything, so I know kids have to love it, too. We made a pit stop so they could take her picture.

Then as we walked into the exam room, a purple monkey with a "Wild About Smiles" shirt was laying there in the chair just for Adalyn. They also had a large cheetah print blanket incase you get cold! I'm telling ya, they thought of everything! Dr. Joy McKee was Adalyn's dentist. She is at the Tullahoma office every Thursday so we will probably stick to going on Thursday's since she started out with her and she was wonderful. Here is Dr. McKee showing Adalyn her mask and explained why she wore it. She went into detail about everything she was going to do. Adalyn was a little hesitant at first, but quickly warmed up to the idea of someone playing in her mouth.

Adalyn did so well. She layed there with her mouth wide open and did exactly as she said. The dentist was in and out after checking out her teeth, then the Dental Hygentist got to work. She was SO very friendly and personable, I really couldn't stop smiling the whole time we were there. I was just so impressed.

Adalyn chose Cherry flavored toothpaste (gross) and layed there while she brushed and flossed her teeth. She liked when she would squirt water in her mouth as well.
All Finished! So fresh and so clean clean!

Once she was finished, Adalyn got to pick out a toy. We go back in 6 months. I was thrilled at how well her first dentist appointment went. I can't say enough good things about Wild About Smiles and their staff. They were fantastic! A few days later, Adalyn received a card in the mail from the Dental Hygentist (I can't for the life of me recall her name! ugh!). She wrote a sweet note and decorated it with butterflies and flowers. Also inserted was the picture they took of her since it was her first apointment. It's now hanging proudly on our fridge. :)