13 Months

Ada is a lot of fun these days. She makes us laugh with her cute mannerisms, silliness and vocabulary (like the word cock-a-doodle-do). She can point to her ears, head and hair and loves to crawl into our laps with a book for us to read to her. Although she is a joy, some days are more difficult than others now that she is starting to throw tantrums. Ada loves attention and will do anything to get it, such as throwing food off her tray or ripping toilet paper into tiny bits πŸ™‚

Here are a few pictures from Valentines Day. The sunglasses were hard to keep on her because she kept wanting me to wear them.

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Michigan

Todd had to fly to Michigan for work last week, so Ada and I tagged along. We were there for five days and it snowed during three of them. The main reason we went was to see Todd’s family. His grandma (aka G, or GG to Ada), aunt, and several cousins live there. I also got to visit Rachel, an old friend from Washington and her four cute kids (the two oldest I used to babysit).

While Todd worked, G and I did a little bit of thrift store shopping the day before it snowed and found a fun coat for Ada for only a $1. I laugh every time I see it, it is so fluffy and pink!

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Fountain Park

On our last day in Arizona we spent some time at a really neat place called Fountain Park. Along with a popular disc golf course, there is a famous fountain that shoots up 300 feet every hour for a few minutes.

That same evening we drove by a cool lit up spire designed by Frank Lloyd Wright who is well known in the area.

This is the last of our vacation posts. We had a great time in Arizona and California with family and always look forward to the next time.

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