21 Months

This month has had its ups & downs.  When Addison is being sweet, she is soo soo sweet!  On the flip side, when she is miserable, she is really really miserable!  It makes for fun days that’s for sure!  In the end, Justin & I continue to feel so blessed to have a healthy and mostly happy child!


Size Stats:  Addison has leveled out right around the 25 lb mark.  She is still wearing size 5 diapers, but we jumped to a size 5 shoe!  Many of her 18 month clothing is getting too small, so it’s mostly 2T stuff going forward.

Development:  Addison has started to string together sentences!  It’s amazing to watch her try and put words together.  Sometimes they make sense, sometimes they don’t!  Just recently she has been singing Twinkle, Twinkle with us.  I literally started to cry one night because she sang so many words and her voice just sounds so pretty to me!  Her favorite word continues to be “NO”, but we have also added “ouch” to the equation.  If you try to hug her, give her a kiss, change her diaper, change her clothes or look at her the wrong way, she’ll yell OUCH!  It usually never really applies to what is going on, but she seems to think it does.  Addison has also went from BP to Brink-ka-lay…it is way too cute to hear her call out her name.  Lately she has been telling her I la-lou Brink-KA-lay (I love you Brinkley) and it melts my heart.  She really gets into her I Love You’s…full facial expression and emphasis on her words.

Personality:  Once again she is a hard-headed, determined child.  She definitely needs a firm “hand” and will test boundaries endlessly!  She is a child of a million expressions and each one of them cracks us up.  She is Justin’s mini-me when it comes to personality for sure. 

Sleeping:  Dear lord, where do I start?  We basically got to a point where Addison was in our bed every night.  She would rouse at some ridiculous hour and for sake of ease, I’d bring her in with us and let her watch TV or go back to sleep with us…BIG MISTAKE.  She got very use to this and one night when Justin went in to tell her it was bedtime and to go back to sleep, she was already standing with her blanket & puppy in hand ready to go.  We finally decided it was time to make her cry it out.  The first night Justin had to listen to her scream & cry for 1 ½ hours from 10:30pm to midnight!  I am so happy I was asleep, with my door closed, the TV on and the fan going because I heard none of it.  I don’t know how he did it, but I was very impressed and happy that he did.  He said it was super hard to listen to, but since he knew she was in no immediate danger it made it slightly easier.  The second night she decided to wake up at 3:45am…Justin is a heavy sleeper, so I am not sure how much he actually heard, but I heard it all.  I kept telling myself not to ruin what Justin started!  Addy finally decided to lie down and go back to sleep at 4:25, not bad!  I felt like I accomplished something even if it felt like torture.  The third night was better as well!  She only cried for about 20 minutes tops.  The nights after that she has made a few peeps, but nothing horrible!  Hallalejah!!  The poor thing just came down with a summer cold though, so I'm sure this will all change again!

Likes: She loves her Cozy Coupe Car that is at my parent’s house.  Whenever she starts to figure out that we are headed to my parents she starts saying car, car, my car. She gets in and out over and over again.  She’ll get a baby and put it in the backseat and drive it around as well.  She has fallen madly back in love with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  Although, she never calls it Mickey, she always calls it Minnie.  She likes episodes where Minnie plays a big part.  If Minnie disappears, she keeps asking “where did she go”?

Dislikes:  There isn’t much to report here.  She has been hit or miss with diaper changes but seems to be getting better at it or at least more tolerant of it.

Pictures:  Here are some of my favorite pictures from this month...