Tequila makes her clothes fall off!

Ok, not tequila. It's more like warm weather and a couple sips of Mama's limeade. Did I mention that it's extremely difficult to get a still shot of my daughter? She is in constant motion.

Jake is crosscountry to Colorado Springs this weekend. That means that he flew there today and flies back Sunday. He was hoping to catch some AFA boxing, but nothing is going on this weekend. I got a sitter for tomorrow so I can get a little break. I am going to go see a movie! A rare luxury lately.

We went to the Ft. Worth zoo Saturday with Aunt Kristen. It was cold, so I mostly stayed in the Baby Bjorn. We saw lots and lots of cool animals. This is at the bird exhibit where you can feed the birds.

This is at the penguin exhibit.

Wednesday was Aunt Kristen's last day to visit. I miss her a lot because she loves me so much and would read to me as much as I wanted her to, even if she got sick and tired of the book.

We visited Baton Rouge!

And Adora got roseola! (I did take her to the ER. Why did I take her to the ER for a fever? Well, because lame-o Tricare wouldn't give me a referral to see my old pediatrician! They would only let me go to urgent care or the ER, and urgent care wasn't open. So we went to the ER. She weighs 20 lbs 3 oz!) She had a fever for several days and was super clingy & whiny. It was crazy--she didn't want to walk around at all or explore, two of her favorite things! The fever broke and she got a faint rash for a couple of days. I felt so bad for her. She was really miserable. And I felt bad for those we were visiting because they didn't get to see Adora how she normally is, an adorable, funny, exciting, playful, energetic TODDLER!

Yes, TODDLER. I can't believe it has been almost a year since her birth. She has grown and changed so much. I miss the little baby that she was, but I'm glad she has grown out of a lot of things already. There were some huge challenges--getting up every hour at night for months, taking 3 hours to put her to sleep at night, acid reflux, etc. etc.--but all in all, the good has definitely outweighed the bad, and I miss my baby girl! Every stage that she goes through, however, has got me saying, "I love this stage! Can she just stay this way forever?" I do love anticipating the new things she'll learn, though. I can't wait for her first real word (she loves to sign "milk" and babble in her own language). I can't wait until she can blow out a candle. I can't wait until she can color! But I love the way she is now so much that I know it'll be hard to let it go.

Sometimes, my hair does really funny things in the morning!

I love MawMaw's statue of David! Now Parrain doesn't have to question why she has a David statue--it's to entice toddlers!

We ate BBQ with Mama's Aunt Cheryl and Dad. It was delicious, but because I was sick, I didn't feel like eating too much.

I went to New Orleans with MawMaw & Parrain. I didn't feel very good, but I was a perfect angel the whole time!

My last morning in Baton Rouge with MawMaw & PawPaw.