Here are a few things that have been going on lately, from things that Addison loves to do, favorite foods, new things learned, and funny stories of her antics of late:
A new game we like to play: Addison used to give me kisses when I was rocking her for nap time and bed time in a sly way of trying to prolong the inevitable. Now we have a new game. She has her bottle and then I sit her up to burp her and hand her her pacifier. She takes it, inspects it for a while and then throws it down between me and the arm of the chair. She then dives into the chair headfirst and acts like she is in a little cave searching for the pacifier. Most of the time the pacifier is found within in minutes, as there is not much territory to search, but she stays down there for long periods of time pretending that she just can't find it. Then she'll sit up and look around for a minute. I grab the pacifier out of the chair and hand it back to her. She looks at it like, "what are you doing up here?", over hand throws it back down into the chair and head dives back down. This continues for a while until I decide that it is, in fact, time to go to sleep.
Another new game: Addison likes to pat her chest and we'll all say "yes, you're Addison. You're name is Addison." She smiles, delighted that we are smart enough to follow her and then pats my chest (or whoever is playing the game with her) and we'll say "mommy, I'm mommy." This goes on for long periods of time until she is bored with it. She has also started this when it is nap time:) A great time to show me how smart she is.
The little angel is so close to walking. She takes two or three steps at a time and then falls down. But she is getting more and more brave and venturing further away from the help of the furniture. I'm thinking by her first birthday she will probably be running around:)
A new discovery for her is socks/shoes and pants/ ls shirts. She obviously doesn't remember this from when she was a wee lad so it is completely foreign to her to have things covering her arms, legs and feet. When socks and shoes are put on she walks around like I stuck tape to the bottom of her feet and usually the first thirty minutes is spent trying to get them off. Pants and ls shirts are similar in that she looks bewildered by this new addition to the wardrobe and grabs at them for a period of time until she just excepts that they are going to be there. I wonder how long it will take for her to except this as norm and not even notice anymore?
Favorite food is still, by far, yogurt. She literally begins to whine as I am trying to get the lid off and stir it up because apparently I am not going fast enough. She will down an entire container (two if I let her) in record time. She has also been enjoying adult food and will eat anything on your plate, just because it's on your plate and it must be delicious. We call her a little bird. She will move around the room to each person that is eating, crawl between their legs and stand there with her mouth open waiting for you to giver her a taste. Usually she will do this until there is no more left and we have to say all gone. I'm pretty sure she would keep going until she popped. To her, if it's off of our plate is a huge treat. For now, this is fine with me because she is getting plenty of veggies in her tummy:) buuuttttt we will be curbing this habit in the future as there are several issues with begging, over eating, not eating her own food, etc.
We did have our first accident in the bed yesterday. She took an extra long nap and woke up slowly in her crib. I could hear her kind of talking to herself so I left her in there for a while to let her wake up before I went and got her. Mistake. Upon walking into her room I saw that she had pulled her diaper off and was playing with it (gross). Thankfully, we only had a number one to deal with:) It was kind of dark in the room because it was a gloomy day out, so I turned on a lamp and found a pee spot about the size of a car tire in her crib. Yay. Lesson learned, don't let her sleep with only her diaper on. Must wear clothes at all times.
We also have two new teeth coming in. This has been a loooooonnnnngggg ongoing struggle. We have been fighting these teeth for a little over a month now and they FINALLY look like they might poke through today or tomorrow. I can't wait. I feel awful for her as she is constantly in a cranky mood and extremely clingy because of the ongoing throbbing in her gums. When these two come in, it will be four down and 16 to go. Yes, we are counting down.
Last but not least...I can't believe that my little babies first birthday party is next weekend. The time has flown by and I know that all mommies say that but it really is true. Especially when you throw in selling your house, back surgery and moving into a new house all in the same year. We just lover her so much and are so blessed to have the sweetest angel in our lives. The love a parent has for their children is unmatched. Thank you Jesus for this priceless, life changing gift.
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| Please note how incredibly clean this playroom is. I keep it like this all of the time:) |
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| This is her new "big girl" sippy cup. |
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| Walking with her "car." Notice she has her paci and sippy cup in her right hand. Always a must. |
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| Still has those sweet lips! |
