New things in Addi's life

Addi is asking questions and saying so much more now! We can't understand all of it but eventually we figure it out. She loves to ask for playdough and coloring is still one of her favorite things to do. Sometimes she likes to sit down with one of her favorite books, flip through the pages, and read the book. She has certain parts memorized and knows small lines from the books and says those pieces over and over as she flips the pages. For Goodnight Gorilla, she flips through each page, points to each animal saying "good night" for each one. For I love you, Stinky Face she flips the pages and says, "I love you" on each page. When we read her Moo, Baa, La La La, we've started reading only the first couple of words on each page and she finishes each page. When we get to the end when it says, "now what do you say?" she always says "cow"

She also loves to count to three and run into our arms for a hug when she gets to three. She likes to count to three and do other things as well, like tackle Scott. We realized the other day that she knows up to ten (not always in order). She is learning her shapes at school and her teacher said she knows several of them. We didn't know that until today! However, the other day she picked up the oval block we were playing with and said "oval" randomly so I guess we had a hint and didn't think about it.

She still loves to sing and now can sing all of Row your boat instead of skipping the middle and going directly to merrily, merrily. 

Her and Dylan are closer than ever. She is constantly telling Dylan to come on (waving her arm and saying "Come on Dylan") and of course she still feeds Dylan her Cheerios. She finds sticks for Dylan and gives them to her (well sometimes she gives them to her). When Addi gets to be too much, Dylan just walks away.

She is always asking for Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird, and Cookie. We have a lot of Sesame Street books and have a couple of dvds with clips from the show. She loves it! She knows several of the characters (Ernie, Bert, Abby, Elmo, Big Bird, Zoe, Cookie, Count, Oscar, and Grover). Sometimes she knows Snuffy, Prairie Dawn, and Telly.

We are amazed everyday by the new things she does. We can't believe that our little baby is so grown up!

Easter Weekend 2011

We had a wonderful Easter weekend. We went to St. Teresa Saturday morning and had a picnic lunch. Then we spent the afternoon together. That evening we steamed oysters and ate the rest of the spinach that mom and dad brought from the garden along with roasted potatoes. Yum!

Easter morning we went to church. Addi was wearing the dress that Lisa made her (I know - she made it!!!). Thank you, Lisa! I can't believe it is the first dress she has made. It is beautiful! That afternoon we dyed eggs and had an Easter dinner of BBQ chicken on the grill with Derrick's yellow sauce, baked sweet potatoes, sauteed spinach, sweet peas, and deviled eggs. And yes the Easter bunny went a little overboard this year for Addi!

The dress Lisa made!

So the Easter Bunny brought me this?!?!?! Awesome!

Oooo...what's in here?

Coloring an egg to dye

Dyeing eggs with Mommy and Daddy! Addison didn't really get into it like we thought she would.

Chasing the bubbles so she can pop them!

BUBBLES! Thanks Easter Bunny for the bubble gun!

It's been a long day so I think I will curl up and take a nap.

Visit from Sitti and Grandpa (Pa-Pa)

My parents were in town for almost a week. They came in down the 15th and were able to stay until Thursday morning! Mom had spring break and dad took the week off. Addi loved spending time with her Sitti and Pa-pa. After they left she looked for them and asked where they were. They had so much fun! They brought her a new bunny for Easter so she now has two dancing bunnies and a dancing frog all of which she likes to make sing and dance at the same time. They were surprised that she was asking questions and talking as much as she is. We had breakfast at our favorite place in town (Another Broken Egg), we went to the Tallahassee Museum to see the animals, and we just had fun hanging out. Scott and I had to work but it was still fun! We were all upset when they had to go.

Dylan and Addi playing with sticks - their new game!

Swings at the Tallahassee Museum

Slinky time - Slinky time!

double ear infections

Addi has double ear infections. We went to the doctor yesterday afternoon. She seems to be feeling a little better today and slept later this morning. Amazing what one dose of antibiotics and motrin can do. Scott and I are taking turns taking care of her and working - I am so happy this didn't happen last week when he was gone! Lots of extra cuddles for our sweet baby girl. This morning Addi and I finger painted (using the color wonder set from Vanessa and Sylvie from Christmas - loving it!), cut out shapes in playdough, colored various pictures, played a couple of computer games (colors/shapes/counting stuff), picked out coloring pages to print from the computer, read books, watched tv, and just hung out. I didn't realize how many colors she can correctly identify. Then her and her Dad hung out. We are both exhausted since we still have to get our work done, but thankfully we have each other. She still doesn't have much of an appetite (hasn't since late last week). Didn't have any symptoms until Sunday afternoon (fever) but in hindsight we realize that not eating and not napping are related to the ear infections.

We already had a follow-up scheduled with her ENT later this month so maybe we will get answers about the tubes - not sure if two doubles in 3.5 months means another set of tubes. One is still sitting in the canal but not doing anything. The other has been gone since December.

Paci day 4

So it seems we've gotten over the hump...but I'm afraid that just uttering these words aloud will jinx us :) but I will still give you all an update on the paci situation day 4.

Last night went wonderfully! She didn't ask for paci. She wanted to go to bed and asked for bed. She didn't cry or fuss. Getting back to how it was with paci. And she slept until 7:00 this morning! Hopefully, tonight will go as well since it is the first night Scott is back.

Paci day 3

Last night did not go as well as the first two nights. Although she never asked for paci or even mentioned it she had a hard time going to sleep. I let her cry for a little while and then went in and rubbed her back and tried to get her down. Eventually, I had to let her cry for a little while longer and she fell asleep. Praying tonight goes better than last night! The good thing is that she slept later this morning that she has the last several mornings.

Addi came home yesterday with a new song. She started singing it in the car and it took me a few minutes to remember which one is was. She kept saying ashes, ashes, all fall down  and then she would clap. Once I figured it out we sang it together. She has also started to dress up in some of my old costume jewelry. Love it!

Here is a picture from yesterday after dinner. Addi eating yogurt...or perhaps she is using it as a facial.

Paci day 2

Tonight didn't go as well as last night but it still went really well.

She only asked for paci once when going to bed and didn't fuss at all when she went down. However, about 15 minutes later she started crying. I let her go about 5 minutes realizing the crying wasn't going to get any better. I went in and we talked. She stood up and reached for a hug. When I picked her up she asked for paci again. I explained that it was all gone and that she had her bear. She cuddled her bear, snuggled up to me, and put her head on my shoulder. I put her down and rubbed her back for a minute. Then I told her that it was time for bed and that she had her bear to snuggle. I told her that Daddy and I loved her and good night. She sat up and was a bit uncertain. But she laid back down as I was starting to walk out. She didn't fuss and seems to be down for the night.