All smiles here

Here is a little update on the smiling princess for all of you that don't get to see or hear about Addie very often. She loves to drink out of a regular cup now! She is actually very good at it and rarely has spills. ( I still keep my hand close by though. She hasn't earned complete trust just yet.) She got her first hair cut last week. It was really just a trim of the back sides. They were quite a bit longer then the back. It looked like a bad A-Line. Thanks to my mom, we did it. I was sad to cut it already but really it looks much better. She has been in nursery for a month and is loving it! She doesn't even care when I leave her. She is just so happy to play with friends. And I am very happy not to be chasing a toddler all over the building. She does GREAT in sacrament though. We haven't had to take her out once in at least 3 months! We moved all her toys into a play room and she loves her own space. I will be in the kitchen and she just goes off to her room and plays by herself for a good while. I always find her in there sitting at her table reading books to her baby. She loves to be cased by Daddy and push her baby stroller. I love being with this baby girl everyday!! She makes me laugh over and over! She is such a sweetheart and continues to show love towards everyone.

yup.. still hits the pose..

So this innocent little toddler has really been getting smart these days. We have had child-proof locks on our lower drawers and cabinets for quite some time. But now Addie has learned how to stand on her tip-toes and reach!! She opens the top drawers and can grab all the things she is not supposed to have. Thus we have added locks to the upper drawers too. But there is no stopping this little one. She has figured out how to open them!! We could not figure it out! It sure locked everytime we tried... we were so confused. Then we realized she pulls just to the side as she opens and the latch doesn't catch. HA. So much for that. She continues to out smart us!

Still snowing...

For those of you that don't live in Utah (ie. Janell) we are still very cold here. So while you are over there bragging about your 70 degree weather...Addie and I are over here shoveling snow 2 days in a row with more to come. She sure does love it outside though. I love seeing her all bundled and having fun in the snow! As she gets older we are having more and more fun together!

Learning from the best

Daddy's been teaching Addie how to dance again....
This is another thing Addie must of learned from watching her daddy.... anyone that has heard Josh on the phone knows he talks so loud! He has no normal range of volume on the phone. So this is Addie mocking him I think!! ha

Josh's Birthday

Josh turned 27 this week! He went paintballing with some friends and little brother. They played for 2 hours! I mostly watched.. i was too nervous to get in there with those guys! But I ended up going in for a bit. I only got hit 5 times before surrendering! ha. Man those paint balls hurt!! I have big brusies. I can't believe the boys stayed in for so long! Happy Birthday sweetie!!

Oh Baby!

Babies and more babies! This is Addie's top interest right now. She has hated having a blanket touch her since she was like 5 months old. But now for some reason, if her baby is under it she will get under too. She is such a copy cat... great age!

No boys allowed!

The other night I had my good friends Heather and Janessa over for dinner. Ness brought her adorably chunky baby Libby too. Addie was in love with in her! She wanted to watch everything Janessa did while feeding her ect. It was funny trying to get of pic of them sitting together. Libby is only 6 mths and Addie 16mths. Check out Libbs thighs and gorgeous eyes! It was a fun night of girls only!

Chuck E. Cheese's!

Last weekened we went with our friends and their kids to Chuck E. Cheese's. Addie had fun.. it was cute watching her play some of the games. This was a picture that a machine sketched for just one token! What a deal!

Her favorite game was SkeeBall. We spent most of out tokens there. And they had this little baby one too.. it was free the the balls just keep coming out. Addie loved this one because she didn't need any help. But on the real one she could almost throw the heavy ball hard enough to make all the way to score points! She was a great partner!

Our little reader

I heard Addie keep saying, "cheese!" and I go see what she is up too. And there she was.... taking pictures of herself with her play phone! She even turns it around the right way to take the pic.

The other night Josh started to clean out the refrigerator and he left the door open as he went to get something. Well Addie figured if dad was hanging out in there it was a cool place to be. So she plopped herself down and took a seat. She was very happy in her spot.. she sat there the whole time he cleaned!

Visiting Dr. Grandpa!

Here is little Addie at my Dad's office. He is our family doctor and his office is right down the road! It is SOOO great having Grandpa has Addie's doctor since she gets sick so often. My mom works as the office manager too. We came into the office to visit when she was actually healthy! She is very happy to be feeling well.... as you can see by the huge CHESSE smile! Thanks for all you do you guys!!

silly things...

I took this video tonight cuz Addie kept wanting my chapstick. Her little fish face was cracking me up so here is a video for y'all! (p.s. I know this shirt is not too flattering on her big tummy..haha. poor girl)

I love my little "Mini Me"

Lately Addie has been obsessed with helping me get ready in the mornings. She even gets me my towel when I get out of the shower! When I sit at my vanity to do my hair and make up she HAS to sit on my lap. It's actually really cute but does get in the way a bit. She grabs at everything on my counter and hands it to me to put in her hair. By the end, she has a headband.... few hair clips in... a couple pony tails in random places and even some hoop earrings hanging over her ears. It is pretty cute I think. She loves to smell my perfume bottles. She smells it, then puts it under my nose for me to smell, then even gives it to our refecion in the mirror to smell! HAHA We have fun playing every morning now. I haven't dared put any make up on her yet... I figure once you start then she will really grow up too fast. But she does enjoy putting my chap stick on and trying to figure out how to spread it on her lips like her mommy does!

Addie...my trooper

 

So Add and I have been home bound since sat night. Addie has been SOO sick. It first started out with Croup (for the second time in 7 months!) So for the first night she was up ALL night trying hard to breathe. And she had a hard "barking" cough that made her cry out in pain. We had to take her outside in the cold night air to open up her throat as much as possible. Some how we made it through... then the next day Croup was gone but a fever had started up and she now had Whooping cough. She couldn't go five minutes without an attack. I felt so bad for her... I just tried to make her as comfortable as possible. Lets just say we have watched A LOT of Elmo lately. Her appetite is gone and she just lays in my arms with red, droopy eyes. But today is finally better! My little trooper is almost threw it. She still has a cough and isn't hungry. (she is wasting away...) Luckily the 5+ medications have started working. I took this picture this morning when she still didn't feel that hot. But here she was, putting my headband on and dancing to the music. I guess no illness can take the silliness out of my little one!! :) Hopefully tonight the whole house can get some much needed sleep......