cutest thing

Now that Ada is older, we have started to let her wander around the house without one of us hovering over her watching her every move. We know that when we can't hear her we should get up and find her but for the most part she grunts and babbles her way through life. I think Ada really enjoys this small dose of independence and trust, but the coolness does seem to be wearing off a bit. Now when Ada wants to wander around the house she likes to take one of us with her. When this happens she will walk up to you with her most precious of faces, and you will think, "Oh how sweet, Ada wants to cuddle with me." WRONG. She'll divert her eyes at the last second and wrap her tiny fingers around one of your fingers and start to drag and pull and grunt - whatever it takes to get you up on your feet. Then she will start the navigation process. This is usually pretty funny because she doesn't always think about the angles she is working with when she grabs someone's finger, so she often finds herself twisted around or walking backwards. Once she figures this out, she takes us on long winding walks through the house. There is really no rhyme or reason to these walks, and they often involve many laps of the kitchen as she scans all of the toys she has placed on the floor, as well as scanning the counter tops for binkies and snacks that she likes. Often, these walks end up in her room where she will finally drop our finger and start to play with her rocking horse, blocks, or balled up socks. After 16 months it is nice to know that when Ada really wants to play, she wants us there with her. We'll see if that is still true after 16 years.