Life is busy!

So since the last post, we've gone to Wyoming for Christmas, Adora's gotten sick twice, so have I, and Jake's gotten sick once! We are all feeling ok at the moment, though, but as you can tell, it's been hectic around here. We are also planning multiple trips at the moment (all of us to Montgomery, Adora and me to Baton Rouge, my mom to Wichita Falls, Jake and me to Las Vegas), Jake is working a lot, I have been trying to get stuff done, and, you know, all the other stuff that makes life BUSY!


Highlights:

Adora is walking now! She still cruises a lot and crawls some, but she is doing lots of solo walking, too. She also loves to hold onto Mama's or Dada's finger and walk on uneven surfaces, such as rocks, wood chips, and grass.

Adora has five teeth! Two on top and three on bottom.

Adora is sleeping better! She slept for 10 hours straight last night. She went to bed at 6:15 and woke up at 7:45 with only one wake-up at 4:15 for some milk.

I weighed Adora on the scale yesterday--20.5 lbs!

Christmas was loads of fun. Adora got some blocks, a "car," some dogs that she loves to chew, a nightgown made by her Nana, a wombat book, a wood & leather toy from her Uncle Seth, and lots of other fun stuff. She had a blast playing with her cousins and getting into every little thing she wasn't supposed to at Jake's mom & dad's house.

Adora's dad said I had to cut her hair or put it up all the time! So, with the exception of nighttime, her hair is always in a ponytail or pigtails. She doesn't hate it quite as much as she used to.



This is how I like to eat bananas now. I won't eat them when Mommy cuts them up into small pieces.



















This is me opening my blocks for Christmas at home, Dec. 23.
























Christmas Eve, I played trains with my cousin Briley. My Santa slippers were really fun to take off, but Mama liked when I wore them, so I kept one on for this picture.
















I'm opening up a Christmas present from Nana & Pop--it's a book about wombats, Dada's favorite animal!


While Mama was hogging the room taking a nap of her own, I let Aunt Sarah hold me for a cozy nap in the chair.















While the grownups Combat Sledded behind the truck, I stayed with Nana and my cousins,

Elizabeth and Briley, inside the warm truck and just watched and had cookies!
































Dad liked to pull me in this wagon. It was a lot of fun! I think Pop made it for his kids a long, long time ago.

This is how we look after a night of horrible sleep (due to Adora). Notice how peppy she looks--if only it were that easy for us!























Extreme sledding might've been my favorite thing to do at Nana & Pop's house. Dad would ice skate and pull me around the Big Hole behind him. I was all bundled up!












I love playing in the wool at Nana's mill! It was so soft and cozy.




















I helped Dad mount his new TV over the fireplace.

I love to stand up by windows and look out of them.

I woke up one day and Mom didn't have to put my hair up because my bangs were flared out really cute like this!

I love to cruise and spend a good portion of my days doing it.

Dad raked up the leaves so I could play in them.

All I wanted to do was crawl out of them, though.

You can tell how much I love my Dada in this picture!

I was so cute this day that Mom took a picture of me while I was sitting on her hip, so it's a super close-up!

Mom and Dad took me to the Holy City in the Wichita Mountains. They have a Passion play there each Easter. We won't be able to go this year, but maybe next year. We had a really fun picnic on the grass. (I love to eat apple cores.) Then, we went on a hike in the mountains before we headed home.

It's hard to walk on uneven surfaces! But I love doing it. This is also in the Holy City.

So sick!

I know it's been a whole month since I posted, but you have to factor in Christmas and the fact that the computer was broken and in the shop for awhile. I haven't downloaded any pictures lately, but I will search and see if there are any that I haven't posted yet.

Adora started throwing up again Saturday night, and I started puking this morning. I feel really crappy, but it makes me feel really sad that she feels this way, too! Jake has been awesome. He went into work as late as he could and came home for a couple of hours before he had to fly. He should be back in about an hour. Adora is napping, thank goodness. I do not have the energy to play with her!

My friend, Caris, came over to play for a few hours one day while her Mom & Dad were busy. I tried to push her in my hippo, but I couldn't. We still had fun, though!

Wow, my face is really messy from this yummy spaghetti that Mamamamama made. (Adora calls me Mamamamama, although I still don't think she knows it's me.)