Excuse the absence, we've been without internet since Sunday. We came home from dinner with Gamma and I couldn't connect. We tried restarting the computer, turning the router off, unplugging it. Eventually Scott called Qwest. After telling them what model number we had, they told us we'd be seeing a replacement by Tuesday. Apparently our model gets power surges that eventually fry them. So we're now on our third router. Our first one died within a couple months and was replaced by the service tech that came to check why it wasn't working. Something tells me it fried itself too. Our router arrived yesterday and we spent 2 hours trying to set it up. My computer wouldn't register the router wirelessly after it had already been set up through firewire. It was annoying, but Scott once again called Qwest and they easily fixed our problems. Scott's computer wouldn't connect either, but tech support was able to get it to work. It's wonderful being connected again. I don't know what I'd do without the internet! While we were without internet, I took some awesome pictures. It was horrible not being able to share them with anyone or order prints of them. Gamma was here on Sunday night while coming back from Portland. We went to dinner at Outback. Adia had a blast with Gamma. They colored and played games at the table. Adia wasn't too interested in eating though, but she'll eat when she's hungry, right?? I keep telling myself that since she hasn't been eating very much of anything. When we got back to the house, we took pictures outside. I've been desperately wanting a good family pic and we got a couple cute ones. I just wish Adia would have kept her fingers out of her mouth. I'll even take a pic where she's not smiling, as long as we can see her face. We'll have to keep trying, but I'm sure we'll get one. She had fun with Scott and the leaves too.
Monday was spent running around. We dropped off movies at Blockbuster, renting Boom Blox (totally recommend it to anyone with a Nintendo Wii. I'm sore from playing!) and Adia picked up Milo and Otis. Every time we've gone in there, she sees the kitty and puppy on the front and starts kissing it. I finally agreed to buy it for her this time. It was brand new and only $6, so it wasn't that bad. We went to lunch at the Olive Garden, something we don't normally do. There's nothing there that Adia can eat so I brought a meal for her from home. She sat in a big chair in a booster and was really well behaved. She even had a Sunday for dessert. She ate with a spoon, all by herself, and did a really good job. She dripped a little on her dress, but not enough to really make a mess. She's definitely getting better at feeding herself. We wanted to go to Borders or Toys R Us, but Adia was quickly reaching the point of no return. She was cranky and tired and I had a horrible time convincing her to get back in her car seat. We let her watch and few minutes of Milo and Otis when we got home and then wrestled her into a nap.
Adia woke up just in time for dinner and actually ate some of the food I prepared. I generally cook gluten free in hopes she'll eat what we're eating. Inevitably, the times I'm eating something she can't have are the times when she wants whatever I have. She wouldn't eat the meat part of dinner, but she did eat her rice pasta. She drank her peach juice, but wouldn't eat the actual peaches. That drives me a little nuts when that happens. She soon wanted down from the table, but didn't want to take a bath. I swear she's on a bath boycott. It's hard to get her interested in baths again when it used to be her favorite thing ever. She did enjoy climbing in the Pull Ups box though.
Yesterday Adia was carrying around a box of mac and cheese. When it was time for lunch, I asked her if she wanted mac and cheese for lunch. She squealed and ran into the kitchen, yelling, "and cheese!" the whole way. After lunch and the fiasco with the router, we needed to pick up Scott's bike from the shop. I was getting my internet fix so Scott had to dress Adia and get her ready to leave. Whenever she has mac and cheese, I strip her down to a diaper because she ends up orange. Adia came running out of the bedroom, yelling, "Shoes on. Bye bye!" and heading for the door. I look up to see her in the most mismatched outfit ever. I laughed so hard so Scott had to change her again. It was an improvement and Adia did add the sunglasses and hat after picking her own shoes. She reminded me of a movie star trying to go unnoticed.
We jumped in the car and then dropped Scott off at the bike shop so he could ride home. From the moment he closed his door until we parked in the grocery store parking lot, Adia didn't stop saying "Daddy? Come back. Daddy? I love you. Daddy?" Her cries got more and more frantic the longer we drove. She seemed ok in the store, but when we got back to the car and she was strapped in, the "daddy?"s started again. We got her down for a nap, but then Scott and I fell asleep too. It's always nice to nap when she naps. We all woke up right before I needed to start making dinner and Adia was crankier than when she fell asleep. Scott managed to sidetrack her by coloring and soon had her laughing again. We ate dinner and Adia actually ate some chicken, but nothing else. She refused a bath so she played with Scott while I washed dishes. They discovered a new game. Adia likes to play dodge ball. Only problem, she doesn't exactly dodge the ball. She likes to run head first into it, but the laughter and squeals are the best things ever. She also developed a "happy dance" that I was able to get on film. It's the funniest thing ever. When you ask her to do the happy dance now, she'll do it!
I managed to get Adia to take a bath this morning. I had to bribe her with a bubble bath. She splashed water everywhere and it was like I took a shower too. After her bath we had fun taking pictures in the mirror. Adia loved it and seemed upset when we headed back to the living room.
We snuggled up for some popcorn and candy. Adia was sitting next to me, leaning against me with her head on my shoulder. I didn't think much of it until I looked over and noticed her eyes were closed. She fell asleep! She was out cold. I moved her to my lap and after a few minutes transferred her to her bed. I can't believe she fell asleep like that. She woke up later than normal today and didn't go to bed very late either. Tomorrow she has her 18 month appointment so I hope she stays awake through that.
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