Car Conversation

Adelais and I were driving in the car today and we had the following converstion:

A: Daddy, I'm happy.

D: Oh Adelais that's great. I'm happy too.

A: Daddy, do you know why I'm happy?

D: No. Adelais, why are you happy?

A: Because I love you.

Is that the best or what?

The Tree and The Wind

Just a day or two ago Andrea and Adelais were playing outside while it was windy. Andrea called Adelais to come inside and instead she ran under a tree. Andrea asked, "What are you doing?" Adelais replied, "I'm going inside the wind."

And here's a picture of her on her tricycle.

Love this Picture

Getting Smaller

Tonight Adelais was dangling her feet. Mine touched the floor. Adelais, "Daddy, you'll be able to do it when you're smaller".

Great Story

Last Thursday Adelais and I were walking down the stairs and, at this point, she likes to do it without any help. Which is fine, I usually just walk a step or two ahead of her and hold my hand out to catch her if she falls. Well, this is the conversation we had last Thursday:

Adelais: "Daddy don't"

Me: "Don't what?"

Adelais: "Don't be careful."

Me: "Don't be careful?"

Adelais: "Adelais fall down, get booboo. Be OK."

She just needs to continue to tell me that every week or so for the next 20 years...

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!