And the sleep verdict?

All that sleep on Wednesday night must have been a fluke...
::yawn::

Sleep, glorious sleep!

Adelyn slept from....

7pm until 5:15am!!!!!

Ahhh, it was so nice. Mind you, I didn't go to bed until 10:00pm. And I woke up at 3am with a headache and expecting Addy to be hungry, but I was happily dissapointed. She woke up at 5:15am, I fed her, and then we went back to sleep until 8:30am. :) I'm so proud of her! I can only hope that she will do it again tonight and that it wasn't just a fluke.

Other news: she sits up almost all by herself. She's still a bit wobbly and if she leans over to the side, she wipes out, but she's working on her balance. She's also tucking her little knees under her body more often, practicing for the big lunge into crawling.

A definition

Roly Poly:
ro-ly-po-ly (noun) - an object that sporadically rolls back and forth without warning. May shriek, squeal or holler while rolling. See "Adelyn Zivney".

Hahaha, our sweet girl is getting so mobile! This morning, she rolled over several times in a row, right up to our tv stand. I guess we need to think about baby proofing our apartment! This morning, my Grandma asked if Addy was making any moves to crawl yet and I told her she'd gotten up on her knees a few times, but not lately. Shortly after I got off the phone with her, Adelyn got up on her knees and then tucked her toes under and tried to make an A-frame with her body! I think crawling is not too far off in the distance.

We bought a new toy for Adelyn. It's a "Jenny Jump-up" and we think she likes it! It's a doorway jumper (attaches to the door frame) and it gives her a chance to bounce up and down and get a good leg workout. She's a wee bit small for it... only her head and legs show. Ha! But she will grow into it, we're sure.

Jenny jump-up, take 1! After first putting it up... (5 mos, 2 wks)


Jenny jump-up, take 2. Fixed the height. (5 mos, 2 wks)


Just being a tweety bird, shrieking and blowing bubbles. (5 mos, 2 wks)


More fun! (5 mos, 2 wks)

It's about time.

Okay, it's about time I update the blog with something other than pictures!

Adelyn is just growing and changing so much, it's incredible. She loves to roll. She grabs everything in sight and puts it in her mouth. She can even put her pacifier back in her mouth all by herself (with the right side in!). She is showing a real interest in food and enjoys "gumming" apples and bananas, but she hasn't quite mastered the art of swallowing so she doesn't really eat people food yet. No sign of teeth, but those will come soon enough.

In other news, there have been some big changes in the Zivney household lately. Derek has started his own oil company, Zivney Energy, and he officially bought his first oil lease on Friday! The lease is in East Texas, in the Tyler/Kilgore/Longview area (that's why he's been up there recently). As soon as I defend my thesis, we will be moving to that area! We're pretty excited about this, it will be an exciting change for us. Speaking of my thesis, if all goes as planned, I will be defending in 2 weeks. 2 weeks!!! I can't wait to be done. Then I can focus on Adelyn, Derek and moving. Wheee!!!!

Okay that's all for now. Enjoy a few more pics from this weekend :)

Addy and Grandma Lo in Austin. Addy is still in her PJ's, being a lazy girl. She's wearing a hat that her Great-Aunt Joan knitted for her.

Snacking on an apple slice. Mmmm, delicious.

More pics from today

Adelyn and I are in Austin for the weekend, visiting my parents. Derek is in East Texas right now (more on that later) so he unfortunately missed Addy's first Halloween. No big deal though, we didn't do much, just dressed her up in her little costume for a while and took a few pictures. Next year will be lots of fun, we'll actually go out trick-or-treating! :)

When we were getting the Halloween candy ready for the trick-or-treaters, Addy grabbed one of the Twix chocolate bars and started chewing on the wrapper. I guess she's taking after Grandma Lo - love that chocolate! Hee hee.

Hangin' with Momma

I'm such a big girl, I love to stand.

I like being a ladybug!
(PS. Momma is holding me from behind. I can't sit up by myself just yet.)

I'm just soooo cute.
Can't wait for next year!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from the cutest lady bug around :)





Thanks, Auntie Mikaela, for taking the pictures!

Adelyn is 5 months old...::stares in disbelief::


Pic from this weekend in Austin:

She got tired during dinner and decided to have a nap. Sitting up. In the high chair :)

I promise, I will update with a real post soon. Promise!