Merry Christmas!

Adia continues to be very mommy oriented today, but eventually settled with DiDi so I could take a shower. I took her dollhouse out of the box and discovered I had to attach ALL the stickers. That took some time and we definitely need to buy a Costco size box of batteries.







She got really excited when Scott got home. She gave the biggest smiles and even waved. She started officially waving yesterday. It's so cute because she gets so into it that it's like her whole body waves.

It was a rough night. She just kept crying and whining over everything. DiDi tried sleeping with her, but it didn't work and around midnight, I got her back. We slept off and on until I had to get up at 7am to get ready for my dentist appointment.

Adia stayed with Scott and DiDi while I got my teeth drilled. Then it was Scott's turn and Adia was happy to see me. Adia developed a nasty cough though and kept crying inconsolably so I made her a doctor's appointment. It was obvious that she wasn't feeling well because she was clinging to me, wrapped in a blanket when the doctor came in. She no longer had a fever and there's no ear infection yet so there was nothing her doctor could do. We're just supposed to keep giving her Tylenol and hope she gets better soon.

Now we're in Florence. Adia was very happy to see her Gamma and Gampa G and her Auntie Colie and Unky Eck. We'll be opening more presents tonight. Maybe she'll have better luck tearing the paper off of these.

Christmas Eve

Adia and I spent most of the day trying to wrap presents and cuddling. Adia's really good at unwrapping everything you try to wrap, but wasn't so good a sleeping. The only way I could get her to nap was by holding her. She's still sick so she's very much into mommy. I thought her fever was gone by the morning, but it appeared once again in the late afternoon. I gave her more Tylenol and she passed out for a little bit. It didn't last long though.


When she woke up, she started crawling around crying "Dada!" It was close to the time he normally comes home. She was really excited to see him and crawled all over him while he laid on the floor. It was sweet to watch.


Adia refused to eat dinner. She's been doing that a lot lately. She also hasn't been drinking very much. I don't know how she's supposed to gain much weight at all. After dinner she had a fun bath time with Scott. She was in there forever. When she acted like she wanted out, Scott reached to grab her and she sat back down. Eventually she got out and I dressed her. She fought it at first, but then got sidetracked. It was time to open presents.

Adia had no idea what to do. She's great at tearing up magazines, newspapers and wrapping paper as long as it's something you don't want her to do. She managed to open two presents before getting sidetracked and just wanting to play. She really loved the car toy DiDi got her. There was no prying her away from it once it was out of the box. She also likes her new laptop. It's too advanced for her, but she'll figure it out eventually. The Little People were a hit too. She's been playing with the castle, but I've yet to take the dollhouse out of the box.










As soon as everything was open, she started to get cranky. I gave her a bottle and she was soon asleep. She woke up though when Scott said goodnight. Then we couldn't get her back to sleep. A couple hours later, she started to get cranky again. DiDi picked her up and noticed that Adia had a wet butt. Adia had had massive diarrhea and it has leaked out the sides of her diaper. We changed her, despite her protests and she was quickly asleep. Too bad she got it all over her Christmas pjs. She slept through the night with DiDi and I got a good nights sleep. It was needed since I seem to have caught the cold that Scott, DiDi and Adia all have.

Little Sicky

I can't believe it's been 5 days since the last post. Luckily it's just because Adia's been keeping me busy and there have been no medical scares. Scott has been sick though and it seems that Adia has the cold too. Last night she came down with a fever. This morning when I took her temperature, it was at least 101. We got it down to 100.5 with Tylenol, but I think her head hurts. Now she's got a runny nose again and has been coughing and sneezing. Hopefully the fever will go away soon.

She can never be content to do one thing at a time and while battling a cold, another tooth broke through. She now has four teeth. Her two front bottoms (as you can see in almost every picture I take) and her lateral incisors. Her top front teeth are no where near coming through so she'll be able to sing "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth" for Christmas.

Adia's doing really well with naps though. You can tell what time it is just by her actions. Between 10 and 11 every morning, she starts to get cranky. Then it's a bottle and a nap. Yesterday she slept for two hours! Then between 3 and 4, it starts all over again. If she doesn't get her afternoon nap, she won't sleep well. Most days it works like it's supposed to, but if we've been out running errands, all she wants to do it play when she comes home.

The biggest reason I haven't been able to write is Adia's new separation anxiety. She's very much Mommy's girl. When it comes to bedtime, only I will do. If I walk into the kitchen to make dinner (or lunch for that matter) she tries to follow. Everywhere I go, she has to go too. Sometimes she won't even go to Scott. She'll start crying "Mamama!"

On Thursday Adia got to spend time with Gamma G. Scott and I had dental cleanings at the same time and needed someone to watch Adia. Gamma G played with her in the waiting room. They did laps around the room and Adia got to play with a cup. The office ladies and other patients oohed and aahed over her. Of course she responded with smiles and her piranha face. She always has to show off those pearly whites. She was fine the whole time until she heard my voice. Then she tried to take off down the hallway in the direction she saw us leave. I was out just minutes later and was met with a pout. Scott always gets big smiles from her when he's been gone, but she starts crying when she seems me. I guess she's punishing me for leaving. Then we ran a bunch of errands and she passed out when we got back.

Adia and I also had a pajama day this week. It was really icky outside so I knew we wouldn't be going anywhere. We took a shower together and then changed into pjs. Made me wish Adia had more cute two piece pjs. She has a pair of gray thermals and then a short sleeved lady bug pair. I've been looking for more, but nothing nearly small enough.




DiDi arrived on Friday night. Adia was happy to see her and started following her all over the house. Adia hadn't had her afternoon nap though so she was in no mood to be asleep by 9. DiDi managed to get her to sleep eventually, but Adia was already feverish. I gave her Tylenol, but it was just hard for her to sleep. I was up again at 3am for more Tylenol and then she (amazingly) slept until 9:30. She was then especially clingy. She started whining and wouldn't let me eat anything. DiDi took her and got her to sleep for almost two hours. She woke with a big grin, but then started whining again. We ended up running a couple errands. Adia was happy to be out of the house, but it was easy to see she felt icky. She didn't want to ride in the cart and wasn't happy with DiDi carrying her, she only wanted me.

She missed her afternoon nap so it's going to be a long night. She did eat all her yogurt at dinner, but wasn't interested in her cheese or egg yolk. Then she had an especially long bath. She was having a blast with Scott so she didn't want to get out. Now she's taking a before bed nap on him. Tonight is going to be a long one. Maybe if she has Tylenol before bed it will make a difference.






DiDi will be back on Christmas Eve. I can't believe it's almost Adia's first Christmas. I remember thinking a year ago that I would have a 9 month old next Christmas and I hadn't even met her yet. So strange. My pregnancy was the longest 9 months of my life and these last 9 months have to have been the shortest.