Wouldn't it be loverly?

So it's probably time to tell this story here. Our darling Ada, though partly named after family (Bjørn's mom's maiden name, Eide, is pronounced Ada in Norwegian), the deeper truth is that Ada was named after a computer programmer. Gasp I know, how nerdy can we be? It gets even better. Actually, Ada was named after the FIRST programmer, Ada Lovelace. The story is pretty interesting, because though programming, a very male dominated field of work (though there are some great lady programmers out there!) was introduced by a woman. ...

This picture well depicts Ada's personality development at age 9 months (January). She started to manipulate her binx (pacifier) with great control. She sat up with great confidenc e and started to crawl around on her own. AND she looked so dang cute in her Big Girl pajamas! Definitely my favorite outfit of hers during this phase.

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Since I finally got pictures up on flickr, I figure I might still do a recap of our Christmas travels. We spent most of our trip with these 2 crazy people,

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Ada is so excited that Grandpa C is driving up from Oregon to see her this Friday! She's missed him a lot. ...

During the Van 2010 Olympics trip, Bjørn and I were able to capture some greats shots of the Eide family. It was such a beautiful day!

Bjørn & Ada, proving they were within site of the Cauldron. ...