Welcome to the inaugural posting from the Adams Family! The Yellow Dog Blog is named for our sweet- and incredibly hairy- Sadie, who is the only member of the family neutral enough to carry the moniker. I'm typing in BLUE today because we just found out that we are having a baby boy on March 6th. Needless to say, we are ecstatic and John can't wait to have some more testosterone in the house...I suppose he's earned it after all these years, regardless of how great he is with all the girls in his life. It should be said, however that in a democracy the boys will never stand a chance. Jana, Sam and Sophie like it that way.
A quick update on Illinois- we are still getting used to the climate after a year and a half. Recently the temperature has fluctuated between 35-90 degrees in any given 36 hour period. Humidity and wind are pretty popular here, but things could be worse. The people here are great and we finally feel settled and blessed to have good friends.
Sophie turns 1 in two days...we can hardly believe time has gone by so quickly. She is such a great baby. Really, we're not just proud parents, and those of you who know us well know we'd tell you if things were less than ideal! She walks like Frankenstein, but very fast. She is so sweet and funny and cute...always smiling and saying dada, baba, tickle tickle tickle, good good good, sissy or almost anything besides mama. Okay, I guess there's the fault. I have faith that one day she'll come out with it though. Sophie loves her daddy more than anything on the planet, besides Sadie anyway. We are all gaga over her, in case you couldn't tell.
Sam is doing great in 7th grade. She's taking piano and babysitting and staying very busy. She's finally slowing down growing at 5'8", we'll see if she can look mom in the eye in the near future but she's still a few inches away much to her chagrin. Sam is a great help with Sophie, I love watching them interact. It's amazing to watch her grow into a teenager...the other day I realized I'd be sending Sam to college and Sophie to kindergarten at the same time....funny how things turn out like that.
That's all for now, we'll keep updating with more posts and pictures so check this out every now and again!
A quick update on Illinois- we are still getting used to the climate after a year and a half. Recently the temperature has fluctuated between 35-90 degrees in any given 36 hour period. Humidity and wind are pretty popular here, but things could be worse. The people here are great and we finally feel settled and blessed to have good friends.
Sophie turns 1 in two days...we can hardly believe time has gone by so quickly. She is such a great baby. Really, we're not just proud parents, and those of you who know us well know we'd tell you if things were less than ideal! She walks like Frankenstein, but very fast. She is so sweet and funny and cute...always smiling and saying dada, baba, tickle tickle tickle, good good good, sissy or almost anything besides mama. Okay, I guess there's the fault. I have faith that one day she'll come out with it though. Sophie loves her daddy more than anything on the planet, besides Sadie anyway. We are all gaga over her, in case you couldn't tell.
Sam is doing great in 7th grade. She's taking piano and babysitting and staying very busy. She's finally slowing down growing at 5'8", we'll see if she can look mom in the eye in the near future but she's still a few inches away much to her chagrin. Sam is a great help with Sophie, I love watching them interact. It's amazing to watch her grow into a teenager...the other day I realized I'd be sending Sam to college and Sophie to kindergarten at the same time....funny how things turn out like that.
That's all for now, we'll keep updating with more posts and pictures so check this out every now and again!
