Because it is high time for an Ada update

I am wishing I was a bit closer to family tonight. It is hard for me to know that little Andrew is growing everyday, and I continue to sit here in McDonough. It was easier for me not to think about it when New Mexico was a plane flight away, but something in me wants to get in the car and head to Alabama. Because I can't do that, however, and because I know that my family members are probably thinking, "we don't care about the stinkin' coupons," I am going to do a little Ada updating.

Scott and I were saying tonight that this may be our favorite age. Ada is in a very cute stage, or at least we think so:) She is also in the clingiest stage yet. I can't cook dinner without her wrapping herself around my legs and crying very loudly. I have gotten to where I just let her cry and cling because I have to cook dinner. She wants me in her sight at ALL TIMES. I feel loved and smothered all at the same time;)

What is she up to these days...hmmm...

she will repeat most anything that we say and has some signature words--cookie, melmo (for elmo), nummy (yummy), appy (apple), diapy (diaper, something about the y at the end), olie-olie-olie (said really fast meaning she wants to listen to or sing Holy, Holy, Holy), ca ca (cracker, which she asks for all the time), mamen (for amen, said at the end of bedtime prayers), wa wa (waffle), Jeeshus (Jesus), bow, and I could keep going, but I won't. In other words, she's saying a lot these days.

She has a great sense of humor, and a bad temper. I have a feeling the twos are going to be rather terrible because she can already throw a tantrum with the best of them. When she is angry she has this urge to hit something. It used to be me, but after going to time out enough times, she now will hit an inanimate object to get the aggression out. Also, when upset enough, she cries so hard that she holds her breath, and we have to tell her to breathe. She is very, very curious, and has no sense of fear at all, which causes her to get into some rather precarious situations. I don't know what this means for the years ahead--yikes.

She loves, loves, loves music of all kinds, and she has to have it on in the car. Her favorite songs right now are the ABC song, Holy, Holy, Holy, If You're Happy and You Know It, The Itsy Bitsy Spider (she does all of the motions), and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. She likes to dance in her own free style way, and when you combine her dance moves with her wild and crazy hair, she seems to be quite the free spirit.
She has her first little friend, Ruth, who is Tutti's daughter. I like to think of her as Ada's first BFF;) We spend a lot of time with the McCormick kiddos, and I sense that Ada prefers a house full of people.

What else do I think the extended family on both sides might be dying to know....

She's still our little peanut, weighing in at only 20.5 pounds. Her energy never stops, so I suspect that the second food touches her lips, she burns it off, and that's why she can't seem to put on the weight. She just zips around the house quick as can be, and sometimes just runs laps around the kitchen/dining room/family room. She truly is a delight, though an exhausting one, and we are so thankful that God has allowed us to be parents. What an undeserving gift.