Fall pics @ daycare

Addie "walking the dogs"

Addie loves to walk outside with me when I walk the dogs. She now knows how to hold the leash and walk Ellie herself! All I did was hand it to her and she took off. I guess she's watched me enough.:)

Catching up...my life with a toddler!!!

Well, I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would do a little catching up on things. School has been going pretty well. My class is actually a great class this year (they have their moments, but who doesn't). Things have gone a lot smoother and there's been a lot less stressful days. Last year, I wanted to give it up!

Scott started a new job with a mortgage company about 2wks ago. He's still working his other one, but will be quitting it when he gets his first paycheck!!! No more nights w/out him at home and more money. He misses being away from Addison (and me:)). I can't wait for our life to get back to normal...if that's possible! LOL:)

Addie still enjoys daycare. She has moved up to the toddler room so she's down to one nap while she's there. She was taking 2, so she's having to adjust to that. A little cranky here and there, but hopefully that will pass. She has made so many friends. I love it when we walk in and a couple of the toddlers will say her name..so cute! It's cute when they say good-bye too. They had pics made which turned out ok. She is constantly falling @ daycare and hitting something. The other day, she fell outside on the pavement and got a pretty good mark on her face!





Addie has really changed a lot in these couple of months too. I can't believe she's already 14mths! She's got more hair and is growing tall. She's already wearing 24mth clothing and a 5 shoe (that could be bigger). She still has a bit of a temper when it comes to not getting her way! She now walks AND runs! She "tries" to feed herself. Her personality is so cute and she's very smart! Her vocabulary has grown...now saying words like NO, yes, me, ouch(ou), this(dis), here(ere), bye, hello (minus the h and l sounds), hey, juice, baby, ball(baw), eat(e), and she points and grunts A LOT when she wants something! Of course, not all of the words are clear or said all the time, but you still know what she's trying to say.
Now, she can climb up and down the steps. She also climbs on the upstairs couch and chair by herself! She can get down from our "high" bed too. The next thing you know, she'll be jumping off. She sleeps a little bit later in the mornings 7:15 or 8:00(sometimes)if it's the weekend and goes to bed a little later 8:30 or 8:45. For a while now, she's been w/out the bottle. When it's time for bed, all I have to say is "Let's go nite, nite" and she will lay right down in her bed. Occassionally, I will rock her for a few just because. She "sometimes" will put her hands out for "all done". A few times I've gotten her to stretch out her arms for "how much do you love mommy?". She points to her nose and belly when you say, "Where's your nose or belly?". She blows kisses. Anytime you do something that involves cleaning, she will act like she's doing it too..sweep, dust, etc. It is so funny! She takes a papertowel or dryer sheet and pretends to dust and wipes things. Plays w/the broom and takes the clippers and acts like she's cutting her toenails.:O) She has this thing about putting things on and off likes tops to something. When I give her medicine, she always wants to put the cap back on the bottle. She also tries to plug things in! She now has 10 teeth..her 2 bottom molars came in a couple of wks ago. I could name a few more but I need to wrap it up.

Last Saturday night, Addie was sick. She was up coughing and crying. I had to put her in bed w/me. It sounded deep and different. The first thing I thought of was croup. Sunday, she was a little worse. Walgreens clinic wouldn't take children under 18mths so I figured I would wait til the morning for the doc. Later on, she had a fever of 102 and was weezing and breathing shallow. Scott and I decided to take her to the ER. Glad we did because she wasn't feeling well at all and it ended up being the croup. They gave her a steroid and that helped pretty quickly. Ended up staying out of work 2 days w/her (it was a 3 day week anyways). A week later, she still has a cough, but it's getting better.

Believe it or not, I haven't done a very good job of taking pics (of everything) like I normally do, but here are some of Addie over the past couple of months. I'll be posting more from fall break very soon!!!

Turning 1~Addison's 1st Bday Party!!!

Well, I'm posting these bday pics VERY late (bday was Aug. 29th), but what would a blog be if I missed posting my little toddler's 1st birthday?! We had a great day! Scott's family came in from KY and a lot of my family were there to celebrate. It took place at Nana and Papa's house. Mom and I set everything up on the screen porch the night before (most of it stayed in place). The theme was "cupcakes" w/purple and pink as the colors. Her cake was a large cupcake that turned out cute. I had AG a big "Gigi" cupcake made for her to eat, but the store surprised me w/a small cake for her to use. It was cute too! My uncle and his girlfriend were nice enough to lend us a Tinkerbell bouncy and a cottoncandy maker (she works @ a party store). They were both GREAT for the party and the adults enjoyed them as much as the kids!:) Addie got lots of nice gifts too! It was a long day, but lots of fun. Leah and myself w/a little help from Rachel, also put together a slideshow of Addison for the family to watch. I would love to post it, but it's 15 minutes long! This slideshow is long too, but couldn't leave any of them out...Enjoy:)

Make a Smilebox slideshow

My Little Dancer!!!

Addison loves to dance! Everytime she hears music, she stops what she's doing to "bounce". It is the cutest thing. She stands in front of the fireplace and puts on a show! Enjoy the video...

Be sure to mute my playlist so you can hear the video song.

Is she allergic or what?!

A few weeks ago, we were playing outside w/Addie and I noticed that mosquitoes were on her head and flying around everywhere. We live by a creek so they are pretty bad! We were only out for about 30 minutes. The next morning when I went in to get her, she had about 15 red spots on the side of her face and some on her arms and legs. These weren't just any red spots. They were swollen and eventually turned to small blisters. I have never in my life! Anyway, Addie itched and scratched so we assumed these were bites from the night before. It seemed like we were finding more on her like they were spreading and I don't think bites do that. Her daycare thought we should have her seen by a doctor so I took her the next day. Luckily, he ruled out Chicken Pox! He "thougtht" it was an allergic reactiion to the bites. They eventually went away w/medicine. I didn't get any pics!

Then, over the long weekend, I had Addie outside again, but not for too long. I could feel the mosquitoes on me so I figured she was getting eaten up too. What do ya know, the next morning she had bites again! These seemed like they were in the same places as the others. I don't think mosq. bites do that. I'm not convinced that these are just bites, but that's how we are treating them...for now! I'm wondering, if she's so allergic then why has this only happened once before. We've been outside a lot. It's really odd. Hate to think I've got to put bug spray on her EVERY time she's out for just 30 minutes!!! Here's what they look like and this looks good compared to last time.

Addie's first Build~a~Bear!!!

Since we had Addie's 1st bday party the weekend before her birthday, my neices and I took her to Build-a-Bear for the first time on the actual day. This was cousin Rachel's idea because that's what she wanted to get her for her birthday. We ended up eating then heading to the mall later than we wanted. By the time we got there, we had about 45 minutes before the mall closed. Anyway, we ended up picking a "bear" to dress. There are so many cute outfits, but I chose the birthday shirt to remember her 1st bday. It turned out really cute. Addison had a good time and carried her bear around and patted her on the bottom. It was so cute! Here are a few pics from the night.


She was so tired by the time we finished.


Walking with Lily throughout the store.


Addie and mommy.


Addie and cousins Leah and Rachel.