nomad

Elliot and I have always led pretty active lives, so when Ada came into the picture we decided that instead of slowing down our family life we'd just have to figure out how to incorporate our new addition into it. Our goal from the beginning was to get Ada to the point where she had a rough routine for each day (eating, napping, playing, etc.), but that she just did whatever part of her routine was up wherever she happened to be at the time. That was before she actually arrived. Once she showed up and started to exert her dominance I had doubts that it would actually work that way, but in a testament to Ada's adaptability, and of course some small amount of Chinese water torture, we are at our ideal state about 99% of the time.

This past weekend was a perfect example. Elliot and I had a random assortment of activities which required babysitting. Ada happily hung out with Auntie Katie Michelmore on Saturday, having a wonderful girls morning at Starbucks and then the park. Sunday morning when Elliot and I were off running a half marathon, Ada spent some time over at Grampa's house and even managed to get in a nice long morning nap in Taylor's crib, and then proceeded to act as if she owned the joint while we hung out to watch football. And finally, she had a date with our friend Derek on Sunday night during our ice hockey game. They spent some time watching our friends play floor hockey and then went to Chili's to hang with the cool crowd. When we showed up to join them, Ada was happily sitting at the table with the whole floor hockey crew, swapping war stories and stealing french fries. All in all, she napped when she needed to nap, she ate when she needed to eat, and the only time she cried was the 10 seconds between when we said good bye to her and when the door shut behind us. She likes to make us feel like she is going to miss us, but really she has a social schedule to keep and we just slow her down.