Goodbye Space Shuttle!

Adalyn's 9 month appointment stats: 28in and 19lbs! Someone's getting to be a big girl!

July 21, 2011: Atlantis comes home for the last time. These space shuttles inspired a whole generation of kids to become astronauts when they grew up...including Mommy. The space shuttles epitomized human greatness and achievement, where modern day Marco Polos could advance science and explore space...the new frontier (haha). Mommy will miss the space shuttle program and everything that it represented. Though Mommy may never be an astronaut, she sure came pretty close to living the dream...

Mommy looking like she's doing real work...on the flight deck...in Atlantis.

Sitting in the pilot's chair...in Atlantis...on the launch pad. Mommy probably left a butt print that'll never wash off!

Mommy very hard at work in Mission Control. See? There's official looking stuff around her and everything!

Well, if you can't become an astronaut, the next best thing is to order one off the internet. Let's see what it looks like out of the box...

Hmm, Mommy expected the astronaut to be a little bit bigger...

Mommy takes her new astronaut out for a test drive.

Uh oh...the new astronaut looks ready to start "exploring."

Our astronaut begins exploring this strange, new world...

The laws of gravity tenaciously hold onto our little astronaut.

Astronauts always take time out of their busy schedules to smile for the camera!

Ah! A whole new world to explore! This one even has fuzzy, four-legged aliens...

Adalyn practices repairing complicated space structures for her next venture into space.

Sometimes, even astronauts enjoy their time here on Earth. And what better way to spend that time than at the playground!

Adalyn's not quite sure yet what all this "swing" fuss is about.

Adalyn gets into the swing of things (haha)

Adalyn holds on as Mommy gives her a push. WHOOSH!

Daddy kisses Adalyn, and Adalyn kisses the ground, glad to be back on it.

Adalyn prepares for takeoff!

Adalyn imagines what being a pilot is like...

Every baby comes to a point in life when they say, "Look, ma! No hands!" And that point is finally here.

Adalyn has become quite the connoisseur of internet kitties. In fact, she became inspired one day when she saw a picture of a cat with all sorts of fun stuff on his head!

It's not quite outrageous enough to make the top five, but it'll do for starters.

Adalyn's excited to join the Hat Club for Kittehs.

Now that we've had some conventional and unconventional baby fun, let's see what Mommy and Daddy do for fun. Ugh, Adalyn has no chance. Mommy and Daddy are such huge nerds...

"Ok, Daddy, deal me in!" If you know what the game is, great, you're a huge nerd, too! If not, don't ask - it's better that way.

So what do babies do on their down time?

Daddy teaches Adalyn how to change the oil on her Jumperoo.

OH NO! It's a baby zombie eating brains! What's that? They're just cherries? Oh, carry on then.

Bonus kitteh pics:

Peeper cuddles with couch shark...dun dun...dun dun...