Holiday Cheer!

So far we've had an excellent holiday season. We spent Christmas up with Andrea's parents by Baltimore and tomorrow we're headed down to Florida to spend New Year's with my family - they are just too excited! This is a picture of her holiday outfit from our excellent neighbors Rosella and her daughters.

I guess the big new news these days is our adventures into potty training, or, more appropriately, Adelais' interest and pleasure in using her potty. A couple of weeks ago she became very interested when Andrea or I were using the bathroom, so we got her a little potty to sit next to ours. We explained that the big one was ours and the little one was hers. One day before her bath I asked her if she wanted to sit on her potty and she did, but she didn't do anything. Though, and this was very common at the time, as soon as I stood her in her bath she started pee-ing. So, quickly and lightly, I scooped her up and set her on her potty. Of course, she stopped pee-ing, but resumed once I told her that there, on her potty, she could go. Well, since then she has more and more used her potty. Now before and after her bath she uses it and usually when we're changing her diaper she wants to sit on the potty and go alittle bit more. And over the last couple of days she has asked to go sit on the potty and go pee even though her diaper is still dry. We're not pushing it at all, just waiting for her to take the lead, which, to no one's surprise, she is. : )

quick note

Today Adelais and I were driving to Takoma Park to go to the farmers' market and co-op for groceries. On the drive there I could see that she was beginning to fall asleep in her car seat, so I asked her, "Adelais, are you going to make it to Takoma Park or fall asleep?" She opened her half closed eyes and said, "fall asleep." And then in a minute or so she was fast asleep - it was the cutest thing!

update Dec 2008

Here is a long overdue update about the continuing adventures of Adelais:

• Talking: Adelais is talking non-stop these days, and not just nonsense words - but each day her words are getting clearer and its seems that everyday she pulls out a new word. Just the other day she picked up a piece of clothing and started moving it around and said "fold" and I realized she was folding her clothes.

• Counting: At this point she can count up to ten - just 2 days ago she was walking up the stairs (I was holding both her hands and helping alot), but with each step she took she counted, "1...2...3...", etc.. all the way to ten. She also like to count fingers and blocks.

• Colors: She knows and can name a number of colors - purple, red, blue, yellow, pink and green, at least - The cutest thing is when she's tired or not really paying attention and you ask her what color something is she always says its purple. 

We just started a little gymnastics class with her so I'm sure there will be more to report very soon.....