(a shot from an unseasonably warm day last week... just before the cold weather moved in!)

Things have been busy over the last couple weeks. Ada crawls at a remarkable pace and is growing more steady on her feet. She is echoing words and seems to pick up something new almost every day! We had our first snow (that stayed) and she loved to see the big flakes coming down. She looks adorable bundled up in her blue down jacket!

Cappy had her surgery and it went as well as could be expected. In addition to the large ruptured cyst, the vet also took off a second growth on her leg that was starting to increase in size. She has been a pretty good sport about wearing the neck cone... but some of the stitches in her leg came out. We took her back into the vet and she now has thee shiny staples holding the wound closed... we might as well be wrapping twenty dollar bills around her legs!

One week left before the school dismisses for Winter Break!

Some pictures from our Thanksgiving break!

Ada's taking her first steps! Enjoy the video!
(It is about 30 seconds long and loading time will vary based on your internet connection. Cheers!)

We have been through a bit of a rough spell here in the borough. In the last twenty fours hours we have been to the pediatrician, the family doctor, and the vet. Ada made it an entire year without getting sick and finally succumbed to a cold (notice the runny nose in the above picture). The cold lingered and now she has an ear infection in her right ear. We went to the doctor and she is on an antibiotic and should be back to normal (and sleeping) in a couple of days. K has come down with strep throat. She is still in the thick of it and has been in bed for the last couple of days fighting a fever and fatigue. It comes at an unfortunate time as it is the final week of the term and there is lots of grading, comment writing, and extra work to be done. Cappy's mysterious nub on her back is not longer a mystery. It ruptured and has been disgusting in all respects. Because this is a family blog,I will spare the details...

On a funnier note- Ada has her mind set on destroying our home. She will find folded laundry and throw it around, open the trash and dump it on the floor, unroll all of the tp, clear off every book from her shelf, and the list goes on. In the time it takes to clean up one of Ada's projects, she has completed two more. In an act of desperation, Yammy and Dede had to come over and hold down the fort while I struggled to dig out from the piles and chaos that Ada worked so hard to create. A few pictures of her handy work below... (you wouldn't believe how fast she does this!)

We had another great weekend up at the Mancoon. Ada loves being outside and especially enjoys when the wind blows her hair!

Enjoy this slide show with birthday pictures and few Halloween pics at the end! (Note that there are a few videos mixed in and you may want to double click on the slide show to view it full screen with captions)