She’s outgrown the red blanket/backdrop. She’s getting so big!
I have been trying for two days to capture Adele’s smile on camera. I’ve made many embarrassing noises and tried many tricks with no success, but the second I put the camera down her cheeks become more pronounced, her eyes crinkle, and her dimple pops out. It’s like she’s saving it for an actual human connection.
Adele is a chatterbox. I don’t think she ever stops talking, even when she should be sleeping. In addition to the typical ma, da, ba (among a billion other) sounds, she’s also mastered clicking her tongue and other interesting noises that don’t exist in the English language, which makes me wonder if she’s absorbing her African surroundings and will be speaking Swahili soon.
She’s eating solid foods like crazy and loves using her fingers, although she’s picky about what she’ll grasp. Cheerios, yogurt bites, crackers, cheese, the occasional egg? No problem, but stick some banana on the tray and she’ll hover her pointer finger and thumb above it, but will refuse to touch it. It makes me laugh.
She’s an expert at sitting up and likes to stand up while we hold onto her hands, but shows no interest in crawling, which, if I’m honest, is fine by me. I’m secretly hoping she remains immobile as long as we’re in Conakry. Babyproofing with all of the voltage regulators and cords we have scattered around the house makes me exhausted just thinking about it.
The other day we were watching Justin Bieber perform on Saturday Night Live and Adele watched, transfixed, and the second he finished the song, she burst out shrieking, just like the teenage girls in the audience.
I am pretty sure I say this every month, but she is such a delight!
