4 years ago...

Elliot and I were enjoying the open outdoors in Yosemite - our first married vacation. The official wedding anniversary was this past Saturday and in a grand romantic gesture, Elliot planned out a full day of fun activities, all without our little munchkin (as much as we love her). It was a nice break and I think Ada probably had as much fun as we did as she got to spend the whole day hanging out with dogs - possibly her favorite creation other than the whole nursing concept. I won't go into details of the adult day except to say that I am really really bad at golf - but Ada's day deserves some second hand story telling.

Ada spent the day hanging out with her Auntie Katie and after a whole day of Katie whispering "Auntie Katie" into her ear, Ada has started saying "Aunnn TTTT". As I mentioned Ada got to spend her day with dogs. First with her favorite dog of all time, Katie's lab mix, Thea. Thea and Ada have this great deal - Ada will spread food around her face and Thea will lick it off. Thea will also lick Ada's fingers and toes if Ada asks nicely - but for the most part she sticks to Ada's face. And Ada greets these licking fests with giggles of pure joy. She has taken to giving me a fake laugh when I'm tickling her - but the face licking laughs - those are totally real. Katie also took Ada to hang out with Melissa and two other, new dogs that Ada had never met. This amounts to just about heaven in the Ada ranking of unexpected events.

They also did some shopping and dancing and other general fun girl stuff. But most importantly - they napped. Ada has never been a good weekend napper. I can't blame her - she gets to spend the whole day with almost instant access to mommy mookie and that alone is enough to keep her up for hours on end. She will usually crash for about 40 minutes at some point during a weekend day but never more than an hour. However, playing with Thea must have been much more exhausting than playing with mom and dad because she took a 2 HOUR NAP!!!

So while Elliot and I were relaxing and remembering what it was like to eat a meal and have an adult conversation AT THE SAME TIME - Ada was enjoying her break from mom and dad with just as much abandon.