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Thursday, November 15, 2012

13 Months

Not only is Addison 13 months old, but today Aunt Mandy is 27 and yesterday Uncle Adam turned 30!!  Wow, everyone is getting old!!  It is close to impossible to get Addison to sit still & look at the camera.  Such a tough task!  We are also all out of month to month onesies!  Her 12 Months onsie was the last one of its kind and it was a little sad for me this morning when I didn't have a 13 Months onesie.
This month was pretty much a lot of the same.  Our little Addy is turning into a copycat which I'm sure will become dangerous!  Her little checks & thighs aren't as full and her hair is growing in more and more by the day.  Our little baby is slowly morphing into a little girl.


Size Stats:
Height - 30.25 inches (12 Month stat)
Weight - 20 lbs 15.5 oz 
 (12 Month stat)
Head - 45.5 cm 
 (12 Month stat)
Development:  I can't think of anything new that Addison is doing lately.  She still likes to crawl in her awkward manner and still isn't very interested in walking.  I'm not worried though, she'll walk when she wants to.  She has however mastered the art of climbing stairs.  She can get up about 8 stairs until she is bored/tired of it and wants help getting back down.  Her hair is getting longer which means pigtails ALL the time!  I actually tried to change it up the other day and do just a ponytail, but she wasn't feeling it and pulled it out.  She seems to like the pigtails, which is fine with me. 

 She has finally learned to blow kisses!  This is a very recent development, but exciting none the less.  Usually she'd just hold her hand over her mouth and not know what to do after, but just the other night she moved her hand off like she is supposed to, very exciting!
Personality:  Lately Addy seems to be more clingy & needy.  I don't know if she has finally hit that stage where she has separation anxiety, but dropping her at daycare has been a little harder on us.  The teachers are usually very good with "us", they'll pick Addy up and soothe her while I'm leaving, now if someone could hold me and soothe me, we'd be set!  I have on a few occasions left the room but stuck around to see how long it takes for her to calm down, it usually doesn't even take a minute.  She seems to be very stubborn/determined to do things her way.  I'm sure this will continue to test my patience!
Eating:  We have made the switch to whole milk.  She will drink it in a sippy cup at school, but not at home for some reason.  If I put it in a bottle at home, she will drink it though.  She continues to do well with most foods and loves her fruits and veggies.  She has started to try and use a plastic kiddie fork.  She knows what to do with it and tries to put food on the fork, but usually isn't successful.  If I put food on the fork, she will then pick it up and feed herself.  It's a good start.  The other week, Justin & I were eating chicken marsala and she was pointing at it, so I let her try and she LOVED it!  It seems odd that a kid would like a mushroom, onion, lemony taste, but she did.  She ate a whole piece of chicken all by herself.
Sleeping:  Sleep continues to be a problem.  She is slowly depriving Justin & I of much needed sleep.  We are exhausted and the whole family has been sick with a bad cold for a couple weeks now.  Addison got the cold, passed it on quickly and Justin & I can't shake it.  Several nights we have given Addy a bottle just to appease her because we felt awful and needed sleep.  She will also wake up in the middle of the night and play, talk, clap up to 2 hours!?!  We just don't get it!!
Likes:  Addy likes to crawl up the stairs, ride on her "bike" or rocking horse and most definitely explore.  She constantly pushes boundaries and when she is doing something or going somewhere she isn't supposed to be, she looks at us like, "Are you going to stop me?"  I think she might like to hear, "No, No"!!  We recently have started to blow dry her hair after bath time and she loves the hair dryer.  
Dislikes:  She still obviously doesn't like to sleep and still isn't a fan of having her diaper changed. 







Thursday, November 1, 2012

Happy Halloween!

This year was so much fun with Addy being a little older.  We went to a friends house where we met up with 5 other couples & 5 kiddies.  We enjoyed pizza & beers and then put the little ones in their costumes so we could do some trick-or-treating.  We of course attempted some group photos, but that proved to be pretty difficult!  Oh well, they all looked adorable!  We probably hit up about 15 houses, but that was plenty for all involved.  Addy rode in her stroller and we took her door-to-door. She at first seemed like she was going to pass out from being tired (it was already near her bedtime), but she was a trooper and hung in there!  By the end she was kicking her feet happily and clutching a few pieces of candy she had received.  It wasn't a super cold night, but cold enough...her lamb costume & hat was perfect for keeping her warm.
Halloween was a success!

Addy is wondering why everyone is dressed up!

Still a little confused, but not minding it

Showing us her glow stick and trying not to fall asleep!

Brian & Brooklyn, Justin & Addy , John, Nolan & Elyn, Joe & Dex and Mike & Molli