Catch up

We haven't posted for a while, so here are some photos from the last month.
Ada likes to practice safety with her dad.
Us girls went down to Phoenix to give Bryan some needed quiet study time, and to play with Carol and Ellie and see the new puppy!
We also went to an amazing Chinese market that had gardens
and a two-seated shopping cart!
It has started to get colder here in Flagstaff, and Ada is excited about all the cute new winter clothes.
I guess we haven't mentioned it for a while, but Ada is still wearing her patch for about 5 1/2 hours a day. And she's doing really well with it.
I have read horror stories about other kids having to deal with "patch time" and I have come to the conclusion that we have one of the most tolerant children in the world. She doesn't like the patch, but as soon as we put it on, she usually just forgets about it and goes about her business. She also relaxes and even gets excited when we put her contact lens in in the morning. We're taking all of this as a good sign and hope that it means she is able to see well with her lens. Her cooperation could all go downhill as she gets older, so we will take what we can get right now.

Obachan and Ojichan came down to Sedona and rented a house for us all to stay in for a weekend. This was the view from the rooftop patio.
It was a great weekend. We got to go hiking,

we got to relax,

we celebrated Obachan's birthday,
and the grandparents got what they came for:Lots of granddaughter time. Now if we can only convince them to move down here.

For Halloween, we didn't take her trick or treating, but she got to don the horse costume to show to every guest we had
and attend a costume playgroup at the library.
Next Halloween will probably be a little more meaningful to her.

This last photo is from the dentist's office. Bryan and I went in to get some work done. He was watching Ada while I was having my teeth cleaned, but his turn came up in the middle of it and he had to leave her with me. The hygienist cleaned my teeth while Ada just laid on me and watched. I don't know if she was paralyzed with fear or just fascinated, but I barely felt her move, and the hygienist said she was awake the whole time. It was pretty amazing.