Labor Day

Feeding the ducks her cheerios

She said we were driving to see Maggie (my mom's dog)!

Such a big girl!

Doing a dance for me!

Feeding her puppies

Toenail painting party!

We had a fun long weekend. Addison and I were girly and painted her toenails for the 1st time. She loved it! She also loved wearing her tutu and wings around the house. Today we went to a fun park by Santee Lake. It's nice to all be home together!

Lately...

Eating a whole pear

Addison's first Chargers game (she and I were for the Cowboys!)

or maybe she and daddy were for the Chargers!

Always wanting to explore!

And always having fun!

Besides being super busy at my school and seeing some private speech therapy clients, we have managed to have some fun. We went to our first Charger's game together. She made it to half-time and we had a great time! She loved the cheerleaders and even got her own pom-poms. Even though we are on different school schedules, it has worked out great this summer because Chris has been able to keep Addison home with him when I am at work. They have had a lot of great times together and I know they will both be sad when it comes to an end next week when he starts school. We are so blessed to have such a hands-on and fun daddy/husband! I have been a teensy bit jealous of all the fun they've been having while I'm at work, but I'll be off in 3 weeks, so I'll get to enjoy some Addison time then :)

Long time, no see!

Having fun at the birthday party!

The Wiggles!

Trying tacos for the first time-ate the whole thing!

Wanting cake at mommy's birthday!

Not sure if daddy can fit in the pool?

It's been awhile since I've posted. That's because I went back to work on July 21st and am also seeing private Speech Therapy clients after school until Chris goes back to work at the beginning of September. It makes for long days for me, but fun days for daddy and Addy at home! We had a busy July and a busy August so far. A highlight was going to see The Wiggles in concert at the end of July. Addison loves The Wiggles and they definitely didn't disappoint at the show. She danced the whole time! It was priceless! Now she wants to wear her wiggle shirt every day :) We had a fun visit from Grammy so that Chris and I could go out for my birthday. Today we went to our friend Aidan's birthday party. It was at the beach and was a perfect day! Addison loved playing in the sand, at the park, flying a kite, eating cake and splashing in the water (luckily I had a change of clothes in the car, but they were way too small and didn't match at all! oh well!). Tomorrow, Addison will be 22 months old! She is being a good listener most of the time lately and is not hitting as much as she did last month, so hopefully that's under control! She is eating a lot lately, so she must be going through a growth spurt! She ate tons of fruit today, so hopefully she likes fruit again and won't say "No like it! Too sour!" We continue to laugh and smile with her and enjoy her every day. She is such a precious girl!

Ocean!

Our biscuit clam

Making a spounting whale

Our pudding beach scene (that was slightly green!)

We had to take a trip to the beach and ride on the dolphins!

Our artwork display :)

Playing with our ocean animals in the water

Stamping a starfish and a fish

Fishing with a pretzel fishing pole, peanut butter bait and goldfish-quite a hit!

Very determined!

Our jello ocean

Making the seahorse

And the octopus

And the jellyfish-we got these new dot markers and they are a hit!

Daddy helps with the jellyfish

We have been doing an ocean/beach theme this month. Here are some of our activities!

Addison singing "I'm a little fishy." I am so bummed that I ran out of space on my camera and it cut off the end of the song! I tried to get her to do it later, but of course, she didn't want to!

21 months

Fixing her crib

Notice daddy's hard hat!

We've been having fun building tents with sofa cushions and blankets!

Wow this past month has flown by! Addison continues to be a spunky, talkative, sweet little girl. Here are some of the things she's doing now.

*Addison continues to be very verbal and is now putting 2-4 words together in sentences. She's been saying "uh-huh" a lot lately as well as "mommy/daddy look!" Addison constantly amazes us with her memory and that she will either remember a word that we told her once, or she'll bring up something that happened weeks ago (sometimes it's hard for us to remember!).

*Addison is a picky eater some days and eats great others. It just depends. She's really developed her daddy's sweet tooth lately and seems to ask for a cupcake, donut or ice cream all the time!

*Addison is wearing some size 18 months and some size 24 months clothes and size 6 shoe.

*She still weighs 26 lbs. (and has for quite awhile now).

*Addison is constantly on the go still and continues to get a lot of bumps and scrapes, for which we always have to put bandaids on and "kiss it" (about 50 times a day!)

*I think we are getting a little taste of the terrible twos lately. Addison is starting to hit when we tell her no or take her away from something she likes. We have been doing time-outs and it doesn't seem to help, so we are going to try maybe taking a favorite toy away to see if that helps (any suggestions?). She knows it's wrong because she will hit and then immediately say "ahhh (and hug you) sorry mommy." We just need her to not hit in the first place!

*However, despite those small instances, Addison continues to bring such smiles to our faces. She is such a happy, friendly girl and continues to sing and dance her way through life, which just melts my heart!

We love you so much, Addison! Happy 21 months!!

Swimming lessons

Addison and daddy

Addison and her teacher Ms. Meredith

Addison and mommy

We started swimming lessons this week. They are twice a week for the month of July. Addison likes them so far! She's not a big fan of putting her face in or getting her ears wet, but she's doing great with her "big kicks!"

Happy 4th of July

Our patriotic girl!

Waiting for the parade to start

Watching the parade with mommy and daddy

Blowing bubbles at Lake Murray Fest

Of course she loved dancing to the band and ran right up to the stage!

And her other favorite part of the day-the swings!

We had a fun day including a parade in the morning and Lake Murray 4th of July Fest in the afternoon. Addison has been sick this past week and is still not feeling that great, but she managed to have a good time!