22 months!!

The countdown and birthday planning begins!! Our girl is TWO months away from being TWO years old!  Oh, boy...a two year old.  Sounds a little intimidating!

"Mine!"  That is Addison's favorite word these days.  Apparently I missed the memo that everything in the WORLD belongs to Addison Marie!  We were at the park the other day and she kept saying, "my slide, mom." "My swing, mom!"  Today we went out to eat and every time she saw a waitress walk by with food she would say (loudly) "Addie's food?"  She must have been hungry!

She is talking so well now.  I honestly have a hard time keeping track of all the new words and phrases she comes up with.  You have to be careful around her because she listens to EVERYTHING!  She picks up on things so quickly, it is amazing!  She has the three word sentences down, and is now working on longer ones.

She has wonderful manners!  Saying please and thanks is a norm for her.  You don't usually have to remind her.  She also walked past me in the living room the other day and said "excuse me, mom."  I think my jaw dropped that day!  If I ask her to do something, she replies with "okay, mom." (although sometimes she says that and still does not do what I ask..lol!)

We are learning LOTS these days!  We still work on shapes, colors, and counting.  She has been able to count to ten for awhile, but has not made it past ten.  We are working on more sign language now, which she LOVES.  We are working on the signs to her favorite animals.

Addie has a vibrant personality, but when she gets around people she does not know, it takes her some time to warm up.  When we were at the restaurant today, Addie would hide in my arms from the waitress the first few times she came to our table, but she later began to show off!  She loves showing off, and if she gets a laugh out of you, she will keep doing whatever silly activity she got you to laugh about.

She is now in a BIG girl bed!  I was a little worried about how this would go, since she would be able to get in and out on her own, but it has gone wonderful!!!  From the first night we put her in there last weekend, she has slept through the entire night!  She does not get out of bed, but shouts for me in the mornings.  I think she was a little cramped in her crib.  She loves her new sheets and blankets.  She walks in her room saying, "my bed, my blankey."

Here are some pictures to share from our week...

Look at that hair!! I just LOVE her little blonde curls...

Momma and Addie...

My beautiful family.  I am ONE LUCKY GIRL!!

I love this picture of Dan and Addie.  She has such a little grin on her face.  She definitely LOVES her daddy!

swinging at the park...

She loves her kitties.  Dan and I agree that she would stay outside all day with her kitties if we let her.

look at that grin...

Big girl at 22 months...

We went to Wal-Mart today and I found one of those bracelets that snap on your wrist.  We had those when I was little.  Addie loves bracelets, so I let her have it since she was so good in Wal-Mart.  She loves that darn bracelet!  Flicks it all the time.  Oh, my new car is behind her!!  

My thoughts....
Oh, BOY!  I start back to work full-time on Monday.  I have not worked full-time since Addison was born, and I am really struggling with leaving Addie all week long.  I know it is going to be harder on me than her, but it really doesn't make me feel any better :(  I just hope that after a few months we will adjust to our new routine and everything will fall into place.  I know that Addie will be in good hands!  On the other hand, I am SO excited to do hospice social work again!  It is my passion, and I feel grateful that I have this opportunity.  I also feel great that I am able to provide for my family.  The insurance is going to help us out so much.  I need to keep my focus on all the good that is coming out of this!

So, we are doing a practice run tomorrow for our new routine!  I have to leave the house a little after 7am.  Dan is going to be in the house at 7am and get Addie ready, feed her breakfast, and take her to daycare.  I am told that ALL I need to do is lay out Addie's clothes and do her hair.  Dan says that he does not know how to do girls' hair!  So I will get Addie up at 7am and do her hair and give her as many hugs and kisses as I can fit in 10 minutes!  Dan will take her to daycare on Mon, Wed, and Fri.  My Grandma is watching her on Tue. and Thur (at our house).  On Wed. and Fri, Dan's mom is picking her up from daycare after lunch.  I am SOOO grateful for the support of our family.  Without them, I don't think I would feel as comfortable as I do now.  We are so blessed!

Here's to a new routine, and a new start!

Phone Favorites...

I finally learned how to put photos from my phone to my blog!!  I hadn't really tried it before tonight, when I wanted to put up that picture of Addie reading her book in the car.  So, here are a bunch of favorites from the phone.  I had TONS more I could have put on here, and as you can see I have them from when Addie was just a tiny little thing...

Be sure to scroll down to our other post tonight!  Trying to catch up before I start work on Monday!!

Story Hour

Today was our last story hour for awhile.  It was hard because Addie always has so much fun, but I am hoping that I can take a Friday off every now and then to take her!  Since I hadn't really had any pictures of her at story hour, I decided to take the camera today...

doing puzzles...

The cookie song!!  Addie's favorite thing to do in story hour!  She loves going up to get her cookie!

Running back to mom with her cookie...

She loves to do the coloring pages!

Leaving the library with her book...

Addie only wanted to check out about 6 books!  She loves her books.  After story hour we went to the park with some of our friends that we made at story hour.  We made last minute plans so that the kids could play together!  I think we will be doing play dates during the winter!  It will be so nice to be able to stay in touch!  We met some wonderful people at story hour!!

reading her book on the way home...

Addie turned 22 months old today!!!  I will post tomorrow about what she is up to these days!!

Family...

I love spending time with family and taking pictures!  My family actually makes fun of me because they see so many flashes!  We had the entire family home over the weekend, so we had lots of fun together!!

Addie did really well with everyone once she was around them for a few hours, but she was still unsure of her Great Uncle Bob!  Sometimes she would go to him, and other times she would have nothing to do with him!  I love this picture because she is looking at him like he is full of it!

Maddie is one of her favorites!  Maddie was teaching her how to play the guitar last night!

We were all together last night for pizza.  Our Aunt Deb is home until Wednesday, so we got together again last night!  Here is Mike taking some pizza home with him!  Our pizza delivery boy!! 

Jone's Family Reunion...

It felt wonderful to get everyone together at the Jone's family reunion on Saturday!!  I don't think that we have been together as a big group like this since I was a little girl, and I remember having so much fun when we did.  Every time we would gather, it would end up in a water fight.  It was NO different on Saturday!!  Everyone had a blast!  Here are some pictures from the day...

My mom's siblings, mom, and grandma...

Great Grandma Jones is a blast!!

Addison with water balloons!  She would end up throwing them on the ground!

Look who was one of the instigators...yep, DAN!

Eating a cookie with Great Uncle Bob.  This was the first time she has met her Great Uncle.

The Cake Disaster...

This is what happens when you have an uncle that will give you anything you want, no matter what mom says!

She wanted a piece of cake she saw sitting on the table.  Good ol' Uncle Mike just picked up the plate and let her eat of it!!  I just shook my head.  She had SO much sugar that day because everyone was giving her ANYTHING she wanted!  

 

messy, messy...