This post is to help Mommy remember what milestones I don’t want to forget :)
As this year comes to a close I can’t help but feel incredibly blessed. In my prayers every night I thank God for our family, our health and our friends. I can’t believe how fortunate we have been and are.
This year I want to remember so many things for Addie. I often look back at pictures stored on our computer and I am always blown away on how fast and how much Addie has changed.
1/2/2010. This picture makes me laugh for so many reasons..
12/3/10.. My big girl
This year Addie has gone from an active crawling baby to a running toddler with countless energy. She loves dogs, from a distance. She loves to see dogs, hear dogs, but not touch or pet any pets. Addie loves to play with her kitchen sets and her imagination is starting to take off. She loves to pretend to feed us cookies she has found behind the couch or serve us silly plates with her fake foods. She loves her stuffed animals, especially any of the dogs or monkeys. She loves Curious George and could read her George books over, over, over and over. The winter months have been tough because this girl loves to be outside, she loves to play outside, go to the parks, see the ducks, almost any activity that will take us outside. Obviously because of where we live we still get to enjoy outside play dates, it’s not that bad : )
Addie also loves to laugh, her laugh is my favorite sound in the world. She often squeals when she laughs or the thought of laugh which always gets us to giggle. She recently started her fake laugh when she hears others laughing, she doesn’t want to miss out on anything that is funny :)
Addie loves her cousins, and her friends. She has a very sweet heart and will give hugs willingly and often. She is still shy so if there are a lot of kids around she tends to be more of an observer than a participant. She is content observing from the sidelines at times. She hates when people are sad, she is eager to make someone feel better whether it be with a hug or kiss or getting them a treat of some sort.
Speaking of treats, Addie loves her chocolate, or candy of any sort. She got her parent’s sweet tooth. She is still a great eater, she loves hummus and will often only eat hummus for lunch, dinner, breakfast, snack, you name it. She loves fruit, eggs, chicken, sausage, cheese, avocados, chips and of course fruit snacks.
Addie is a pretty good communicator. She doesn’t have many words in her vocabulary but she will figure out a way to communicate with you. She has a few key signs she still relies on and a few words and she seems to get what she needs :)
Speaking of getting what she needs, man this girl is hard headed. We are entering the stages of the tantrums and the fits. A friend of ours said that one your child turned 1 the real parenting starts, and I AGREE. Timeouts are usually a daily occurrence in our house and for the most part they work. She is quick to give you a hug and a kiss afterwards to say sorry for whatever it was that got her in TO in the first place. So far they are effective, let’s hope they stay that way.
At lastly she is a mama’s girl. My 2 weeks off of work has meant a lot of mommy time for my little girl and it has been great and exhausting. She loves her daddy but if she had her preferences she makes mommy hold her, give her baths and put her to bed. She is my little sweetie.
I love this little girl so much and she is greatest blessing in our lives. I look forward to all of the adventures we will have in 2011
