Catch Up

 There are no good excuses for not posting to the blog, so we'll just get on with it.  Ada is becoming a little talker.  She learns new words every day and always surprises us with what she's picked up on just by listening.  To our ears, she is sometimes even speaking sentences, although I think we are the only ones who understand.  It is so amazing to watch her grow! 
Speaking of growing, we gave Ada her first official haircut about a month ago.   

It was pretty exciting because it seemed like she would never have enough to cut, but it's finally getting longer!  We can even put it in pigtails now!

Her body's growing, too- 31 1/2 inches!

She's a champion sleeper now, even asking to go to bed if she's really tired.  Sometimes she doesn't even make it to her bed.

 Because it's been pretty cold here, we've been trying to entertain ourselves in different ways.  We took a day vacation to explore new surroundings.

We took a trip to Tucson to meet up with Grandma and Grandpa and see the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil show.

We also took a trip to Phoenix to see Carol and Ellie.

This was Ada's first experience with the water fountains.  She was soaked and freezing (it was the coldest day in Phoenix in a while) but she screamed when I took her away. 

The gymnastics gym in town offers play time for young kids every week.  This is Ada's new favorite activity.  She spends the entire 1 1/2 hours squealing and running around trying everything she can.  They have all the equipment (except a couple of larger trampolines) available to the kids- including the foam pit!

It's fun watching her get so excited about it, and it's even more fun when she is so exhausted from it that she takes a good long nap.

Then there's park time

and bath time.  And that's how we've been keeping busy!