What a difference a day makes... or a month!

Life in the Wellman house is settling into a nice normal routine.  Everything is falling into place beautifully!  Thank goodness too!

The little bundle of joy who clung desperately to my leg crying like there was no tomorrow is off and running around and trashing every square inch of the house!  It's absolutely wonderful!!

She's jabbering up a storm and can say "dadda" and "momma" clearly and is so funny to listen to when she's giving Bandit and Sadie the "what fore" when they bark and it doesn't matter if they are outside or inside!

She is doing well with the pups and is learning to "fend them off" when she's walking around with or without  food or her milk cup.  For the most part the pups do well, but there are days when all three (Tia, Bandit & Sadie) are just "at each other."

The poor kitties are never safe from her! Kacie, our Siamese, doesn't like her at all and stays in high places to avoid her.  Kalie, our Calico, is more laid back and doesn't mind her too much.  However, that doesn't go without saying that Kalie hasn't had her fill of her either and lets her know it but that doesn't seem to stop Tia!

Because my maternity leave is during winter, we've not been outside often.  However, the few times it's been warm enough to go out Tia has really enjoyed it!  When you let the pups in or out, you have to watch for her as she runs towards the door!  We feel that she's going to be an "outside" baby and that brings us much joy, especially for Sam!

One of the other things that Tia "runs" to is the bath!  She can be anywhere in the house and the minute she hears the water in the bathtub running she's right there!  She LOVES the bath or "swimming" as my 3 yr old  niece, Abby calls it!

We actually took Tia to the Swim Center yesterday for the very first time.  At first she didn't understand that it was OK for her to stand in the pool so she would just sit.  For the first half hour or so she just wanted to sit between mommy or daddy's legs.  After a while she got braver and wanted to walk around.

We went in the deeper end and I was holding her on her belly and she was just kicking her legs like there was no tomorrow!  It was just so incredibly fun!  She had so much fun playing in the water, going up and down the  stairs (while holding mommy or daddy's hands) in the kiddie area and walking the pool.  We all had such a GREAT time!!

There isn't an inch of this house that hasn't been trashed by Tia!  She has discovered mommy and daddy's bedroom closet and so now we have an assortment of shoes as well at measuring cups, spoons and sippy cup lids mixed in with the numerous toys that are scattered throughout the house.  And you know what?  I don't care, I'm loving every minute of it!!

Parenthood brings a-lot of changes.  The one thing that I hope never changes is that Tia still loves to cuddle.  Especially when she wakes up and when she's getting tired.  I love that throughout the day she'll come to either or both of us for a little "loving" and then is off again to play.  My mom tells me I was like that too.  At the end of the day when I'm snuggling with her in the glide rocker, I think how Blessed and lucky we are to have trusted in God's plan for us.  And even though it took more than 5 years to get her, she was worth the long and emotional wait!