On to happier things!
Since turning two, I feel like Addison has become a full blown little person. She has SUCH a personality on her! Justin & I took Addy to her first parade...it was the Raleigh Christmas parade and we had a great time! Addy loved the horses, princesses (pageant queens), floats, dancers, dogs and so much more. On the flip, she hated anyone who was dressed in a character costume, motorcycles & clowns!
My family also took Addison to the Raleigh Museum the Saturday after Thanksgiving just so we could all get out of the house and do something fun. We all had a great time, but my favorite thing happened at breakfast that morning. While Addison was sitting on my mom's lap she looked at us all and announced, "I pooping on Grandma!" Now, i know when she says pooping, she really means peeing, but still it was hysterical.
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| On Grandma's lap at breakfast |
Communication. She has been speaking in short sentences for a little while now (Addison wants M&M's, blow on food, have a good day mama, love you too!) It is getting easier to communicate with her and I feel like we have actual conversations. Don't get me wrong, she still has moments of pure giberish, but that mostly happens when she is singing. A couple of weeks ago, Justin said to Addy, "Are you an Octonaut?" (Disney characters) and Addison's response was "I'm not an Octonaut, I'm a princess!" We are trying to get away from the princess mentality, but she does love her princess shows! Her two favorite songs right now are Jingle Bells & Enchancia, Enchancia (Sofia song).
Attitude. Addison can be so so sweet but on the flip can be so so sour! She has tantrums on the daily when she doesn't get what she wants and they are BAD! I think the tantrums are extra bad right now because she her two-year molars are trying to come in...at least i hope! She has such a mischievous side to her and is pretty defiant. If you are going to give her instructions, you have to be ready to follow through by forcing her to do it because she will hugely ignore you if she isn't interested in it. I have to try and remember her sweet moments when she is being "bad"! She can be so loving and cuddly!
Sleep. She is going to bed around 8 and wakes anywhere from 6 -7:30. We have had a few sick nights recently where she has joined us in the middle of the night, but hopefully she will go back to sleeping through the night soon! When she goes to bed at night, she talks or sings to her buddies that are in her crib and then usually drifts off to sleep peacefully. I love listening to her on the monitor at night because you never know what she will say!
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| Hanging with her buddies |
Meals. Addison is still a pretty good eater. She still has her preferences of Mac & Cheese, pizza & hot dogs (all very healthy, i know), but will try other things. She is really into pears right now and cheese is always a favorite.
Other tidbits I want to remember: Addison is pretty good with her manners. She is consistent with please, thank you and your welcome. if she forgets, she quickly remembers when prompted. She is a great little helper. She seems to really like little chores, such as: feeding Brinkley, putting her dirty clothes in the basket, wiping up the table, unloading the dishwasher, helping with laundry, throwing trash away and so on. She is happy when she helps and I like that! Addison knows the morning routine and recently told Justin, "Daddy get your shirt, Brinkley hungry". We broke out in laughter because she knew the sequence of the events. Lately she has enjoyed getting her nails painted. When the paint comes off a nail, she requests that I paint more on. She can count easily to ten (although she forgets 2 most of the time!) and has starting working towards 20. Colors still seem to give her a hard time, but she is getting better. Her favorite books right now are the llama, llama series. We have three of the books and she wants to read all three every night multiple times. I have tried using the "time-out" technique with her, but she seems to enjoy it! If she does something bad, she'll say "I go sit in time-out" like it's a fun thing to do. Addison "helped" us put the Christmas tree up and she has been really good with it. She touches the ornaments occasionally, but doesn't try to destroy anything (knock on wood).
Last, this child is so weird, she enjoys sipping water out of the top of my contact case!? She loves filling up these tiny tops and then drinks the water from them. I have an extra case that is just for Addy so she isn't drinking the contact solution residue left on the ones I actually use!
Next on our "to-do" list after the holidays is potty training!!! Oh the fun we will have!!
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| Drinking from a contact case top |
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| A carriage ride through Brier Creek Shopping Center with Marty the horse |
