I'm 21 Months Old!

21 months ago my little buggy girl was born! I try and look back each month and recall all of the fun things Addison did each month. This month I am consumed by fun times, but also by how big and smart this girl is! She is really turning into a little girl. It's only during our bedtime ritual that I get to snuggle her now and feel as though she is still a baby. Her head still fits perfectly on my shoulder, but her arms and legs drape so long I can't help but realize how much she has grown. I often hold her like a baby and ask "Remember when you were small?" while rocking her from side to side. She just laughs and giggles at me. Occassionally if it's late and night she'll let me snuggle her in the cradle position, other than that she wants to go, go, go! Dare I think that I may be ready for another? Not quite yet...

Our mornings are filled with breakfast, dressing, and hair brushing. All of which are marathon events excet breakfast, that is only marathon style on the weekends. She never stops eating! It seems like she constintly walks over to her highchair saying "Uppa". She has a particular liking to cereal in the morning. She'll eat whatever I give her, which is generally something boring, whole grain, and low sugar. It's funny to watch her attempt to fish out all of the pieces in the milk with her spoon. She also had soup for the first time this month, that was comedic as well!

As usual, each day she gets excited to put on her shoes (and mine) and go outside. Running around and playing on her slide are some favorite activities this month. She also jumped for the first time (both feet off the ground!). Inside or out she enjoys pushing her baby stroller or shopping cart. On occassion my heels fall victim to one of these toys. Roger seems to trip on them most often at night! LOL! I'm already trying to figure out where the heck a play kitchen will fit in our house!

Her words have advanced more, and she seems to have words that only she knows what they mean.

Some new ones:

• "Tank Tu" Addie's version of Thank you. She only says when prompted.



• "Muckkkk" Addie's version of Milk.

Until next month....

Wordless Wednesday: Someone loves mommy's jewelry box!

Our family picture from the Fair!

Ventura County Fair 2008!

Riding the carousel. I would have put her on a horse, but I was a little nervous at the lack of straps on them.
Ready to play a water game with Grandmom
Roger won two fish for Addison!
She attempted to scramble their brains, but we rescued them.
On another kid ride. Clearly I am having more fun than Adds. I got my four tickets worth!

Addison- really enjoying some roasted corn
Still really liking the corn. She ate the entire thing!
Excited over animals! My little animal lover!
Daddy is checking out the pigs
Doing her best to entice one over to her

Roger trying to get Addie to share her ice cream!

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Little Ms. Chatterbox

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Checking out my new slide from Grandma!

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Checking out my new swing from Grandma!

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*sigh* She plays with babies and strollers now...I love this girl!

Addison's First Haircut!

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books Addison got her first haircut on Saturday. I figured it was time to even up the back mullet with the side wispy hair she has. She was all good when we got to Supercuts, and even when we put her up on the booster, but as soon as we tried to put the smock around her, she flipped! We tried everything, her paci, a flower, and a lollipop. We even tried my mom wearing a smock to show her it was ok. None of it worked. In the end, she sat on my mom's lap with paci in mouth, flower in hand, and my mom still wearing the smock. Comedy! You can see how hard she was sucking on her paci in the video, she was worked up! In the end they gave us a cute little certificate and we called it a day. You can't tell her cute much from the front, but the back looks much less straggly :)

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Oh the Daddy love...

These pictures melt my heart! Lately Addison will grab our fingers and walk us over to where she wants something. It's really sweet, she gets overwhelmed though when she wants to hold both of our hands, in addition to something else. It's funny- her own little conflict of interest!

The Kid-Napper?

We picked this up at Pinecrest the other day while dropping off our remaining paperwork. All of the kids have the same mats, called Kid-Nappers, but in a few different colors. Now, they are pretty neat. They have an attached blanket and pillow and roll up for storage, but the name?? They really need to rethink that!!

We washed it recently and have been letting Addie sleep with it so it is something of her's when she starts her new school :)

I'm 20 Months Old!

My lord, 20 months old? My baby, my girl, I can't believe it. But those moments when I get sad that she isn't a baby anymore, she breaks out something new and entertaining. This girl is a blast!
Addison,as always ,continues her love for nature. We now will move her high chair closest to the backyard window so she can gaze outside. She cracks up watching the squirrels in the trees (on a side note- we have some crazy squirrels). Roger recently brought home a hummingbird and a seed bird feeder. We hung them both in the backyard a couple weeks ago and explained to Addison about the feeders and how the birds would come visit them to eat. Since then we've had tons of finches and a couple of hummingbirds. She (not so quietly) observes them in the trees and will point them out to us.
If she isn't outside, she wants to be. She's mastered the words "Shoes" and "Outside", which sound more like "sheewws" and "ow-sye" in her little language. We actually need to make sure our front door is always locked also. She can pull down easily on the lever. While outside, she loves to run all over. We go on nightly walks with my neighbor and her kids and she gazes up at the trees and yells to the dogs as we walk around. We've found these walks to be relaxing for her :) She is also all about being helpful. We've been working a lot lately in the backyard. She loves to pick up rocks and bring them over to us. We also recently bought her a kid rake and shovel, it was getting difficult for her to manage with the big ones :) She excitedly will throw things in the trash if you ask her. We just have to watch that she doesn't go crazy. I recently found an aray of toys in the trash as well!
Overall she still eats exceptionally well. She insists on always using utensils, and she has gotten pretty good at it. In the morning she generally eats cheerios, yogurt, or a banana (which sounds like "na na na" in Addie-talk. We just need to work a bit more on her table etiquette. Aside from being a compulsive quadruple dipper, she also has a fit at the end of meals if you don't clear her plate right away. When she is done, she's done. And if you don't watch out, the plate and it's contents will end up on the floor (right next to the eager doggies). While we are on that topic, who tested the suction cups on the bottom of kid plates and bowls? THEY SUCK! I've tried them all and none of them are a match for Addie and her arms.
Nighttime continue to be a breeze, unless she isn't feeling well. She still generally sleeps 12 hours straight at night. Before bed we have increased out stories to 3. It seems two wasn't enough and Addie always wanted "maore".
Some other things to note:

• She's perfected the word "ooww" whenever you attempt to brush her hair.


• She blatantly will tell you "Na-oo" if she doesn't want something


• If you are on the coach and she isn't, look out for "up-pa"


• Shortly to be followed by "da-own"


• She will repeat when asked "peeze" in our attempts to teach her how to say please when she wants something.


• "Baa-oon" means Balloon accordingly to Addison


• She will gleefully exclaim "Ball" when she sees one (side note: I have bought at least 3 of these in Target as a mean to distract a meltdown in public)


• Everything liquid and drinkable is "wa-wer"


• Unfortunately everything she wants is "mii-ine" (We are working on using words for everything when she says this)


• Her dolls are referred to as "be-be"


• She will tell anyone who listens that the stove, grill, and firepit are "ot" while holding her hand up as if she is motioning stop.


• We close each day with "nah-nigh"

Happy 20 months my little bug!

Ms. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous...

Addison was playing with my new JJB BeLight diaper bag the other day. This fun bag is perfect and lightweight. You can tie the strap in a variety of ways, so naturally Addie wanted to wear it as I was playing with it. AND THEN, she found my glasses. LOL. She knows she is funny and will keep of the act to entertain us. We just need to draw the line when she goes for people's actual glasses. Roger doesn't like that much :)