Adelaide is 12, and she and Baby Mac are gorgeous!

Adelaide turn 12 last week…a real humdinger and this number is so fitting for how much she’s grown-- I mean like grown a foot or two--changed--transitioned—transformed a metamorphasis that has dominated the last year, leaving beauty and maturity (and angst) in the wake! Impressive gal this one!    A super bonus is being able to outsource the burping, changing, swaddling and rocking to her and Paige!  The presents were 12 year old awesomeness, a doll’s hair brush, an S curl crimping iron, a maxi skirt, and a Ripstick.  After presents Benjamin exclaimed,  “Oh, I thought this was going to be exciting?! I’m out of here!”

Friends, Corinne and Elise joined Adelaide for an Arctic Circle lunch and Air Trampoline blue wristband bouncing. 

Ice Cream sundaes rounded out the 5 hour long party!The young women decorated the front door to welcome her.  Yep, she’s a Beehive!      

So what makes a darling daughter seem all grown up? Makeup and a maxi, those thrown together and BAM, she’s not a kid anymore!  E.L.F from Wal-Mart is the Wet and Wild of this generation.  Economical with youthful colors.    I was such a skeptic of the Ripstick, $$ for something that would probably sit in the garage?  Wrong, she’s all over it, ‘carving’ just like the you tube videos.  After the skinny deacons came to collect fast offerings, James exclaimed, “They’re are not ready for the Adelaide!”     

And BABY Mac!  Here he’s hollering but it’s the proportions that kill me! Now that you’re done having kids, let me show you an awesome trick for changing the diaper of a newborn who is wearing a gown.  Snap that elastic bottom over their arms during the changing and they’ll relax like they’re laying out on a beach!Can you spy the baby? {FYI, the real adjustment has been switching to James’ side of the bed to co-sleep next to the co-sleeper.  Awk my game is all off!}The babe has just finished up a three day feeding frenzy.  As one who has oodles of milk it’s such a relief to empty!  Now he’s sleeping through feedings, and we’re back to the walnut vs. the watermelon attachment battle/dilemma.  Latching, tons of milk, gulping, clicking, re-latching; and then repeating.  He was a champ managing the Alaska and the Texas but now all he needs are a couple of upstate New Yorks (state reference chosen for dairy cow association;).

Everyone is ready for me to be back to where I was (present and ticking things of lists) before he came—everyone but me.  I feel like I’m now doing two people’s jobs and I’m okay with some house management slipping.  I’m relaxing around 4 hours a day feeding a hungry grunter and this cake is subsidizing the milk nicely.  

When my sister told me about this cake, I had to make it, and I’ve been making it for three years now.  It’s the one with the most (booty) added items possible: coconut, pineapple, nuts, carrots—however I did leave out the raisins this year and it was still perfection!  This post is brought to you by Pagie’s slefies, that when all counted, are more than the rest of the photos on any given devise.  And next up, Easter and a two week growth update but first make sure you watch this This from Studio C about facebook!   I’m a liker…