Baby Shark Strikes Again!

The Quicktime to Flash video conversion works! TADA! So, here's a video of Adalyn right after she's eaten. I do stress right after because she started to make hunger cues during the video. Sigh. It's amazing I have time to post these pictures. :)

Grandma Stanley and Uncle Jeremy came for a visit last weekend! Adalyn is slowly gathering her minions so she can rule mercilessly over them with cute...I mean meeting her relatives. :)

Adalyn tries to fist bump Uncle Jeremy

In Grandma's arms. Yes she really does sleep like this (THRILLER!)

Ninja has defected to someone with enough time to pet her

We all had a really fun visit! Too bad it was only for a short time. Uncle Jeremy did go through baby boot camp though before heading off to his 8 month pregnant wife. He learned the following:
1. Babies cry. A LOT. Especially ours. And it hurts our ears. We'll be deaf by 35.
2. Babies poo a lot. Especially ours. And it's gross.
3. How to change a diaper. This was rated Intermediate instead of Beginner since Adalyn squirms around a lot.
4. Babies will steal your soul; and your sleep. There's really nothing you can do about this except avoid babies. Some of us choose to have babies despite this, and our souls and sleep are now gone. :)
5. Cats in new baby households will defect to anyone willing to pet them. They might even crawl into your luggage for an extended "vacation." Our cats had the chance, but they missed it - probably because their souls had already been stolen by Adalyn.

This morning, Adalyn was all Smiles McCuterpants. She's slowly understanding what a huge responsibility it is to be a cute baby - she must train relentlessly day and night to increase her cute skills.

The camera captured a rare glimpse of a behbeh in the wild. They're known to lurk in plain sight and lure their prey in with flashes of cute.

If I didn't already have my soul stolen, this smile would've stolen it.

First, I was all practicing the ways of teh cute....

But then I serioused.

Adalyn gets really excited when she's about to eat. So excited, in fact, that we've had to implement a "No Unsupervised Latching" rule around the house.

Baby shark begins circling....

Baby shark opens mouth in anticipation....

Baby shark checks if victim is aware of surprise attack....

Baby shark goes in for the attack, but gets thwarted by victim. This time.

Kitty Bonus Pics:

May the floors be with you (why yes we're huge nerds, why you you ask?)

Peeper uses Ninja as a body pillow

Kitty Kiss - Mwa

Is Adalyn ever NOT held?

Does Adalyn ever strike it out on her own outside the comforting arms of her devoted fans? The answer: yes, but not a lot. :) In fact, she was able to get away for a few moments to try on a new outfit, courtesy of Grandma.

Om nom nom nom nom

Oh hi!

At the rate she's growing, this outfit may or may not fit when Christmas comes around. Now here's Adalyn in her usual place(s):

Peaceful with Poppop

Uh oh, starting to wake up

Our usual position on the couch

Passed out with Mommom

And passed out, snorgling with Daddy

Amidst all of the baby chaos, the cats are able to relax and take it easy. They think that I have a "kitten" to take care of now, and whenever Adalyn cries, they go over to her with obvious mama cat concern. It's really cute. So, after all of that, here's some bonus pictures:

Peeper takes time out of her busy schedule to read a Comcast mailer

ENHANCE!

Fashion Show

Apparently Grandma Stanley couldn't resist the temptation to go all out shopping for a baby girl - considering she had two boys. You'll have to excuse her. :) Since she only fits in one or two outfits out of the avalanche of "fun" clothing we were blessed with, here's some of her in her first fashion show. Fun clothing includes a hat with a big flower, a Santa suit, giraffe socks with taffeta on top, etc. which I'm sure will make a debut on here someday when she's bigger. :) Oh, and there's a picture thrown in of Adalyn in her going out attire.

Just got back from pediatrician

Kitty outfit with hat

Kitty outfit with bow

Hiding a cheeky kitty on her shirt

Not hiding a cheeky kitty on her tush

Peeking over Daddy's shoulder

Mommom Time, Feeding Faces, and Monkey Hair

Adalyn and Mommom with new hat

Turtle Lip

Drunk on milk

Totally gone and cheeks - WITH A WIDE ANGLE LENS!!!

Blurry smile

Sneers and jeers

Dopey grin

Daddy, look at my chickens!

Monkey hair brought to you by the chicken fairy apprentice

Welcoming Trubs!

Adalyn Leighton Stanley
Born 11/10/10, 20 inches long, 6lbs and 15 oz!

Halloween Shenanigans

Michael and I had one last hurrah before Trubs comes. The combined total of our costumes for Halloween was $12.00 - you don't want to spend too much money when you're not even sure if someone is going to let you wear it or not.

I went as a ginormous Jack-O-Lantern. Not too much execution required - just grab a lawn bag already decorated, insert pregnant lady, and we're good to go.

Here's me before the "costume" is added:

And here's an updated exposed belly:

Yah, I have smirky lips where my belly button used to be! Speaking of smirk, Michael caught the kitties enjoying our new glider the other day. Apparently, even the glider has the kitten seal of approval.

It's synchronized sitting. Let's get a closer look - ENHANCE!