For Addie's Grammy and Poppy!!!

Okay Grammy and Poppy it was not easy to catch Addie cruising around with her lion, but I made it work just for you. (Grammy and Poppy bought Addie the Lion and I have been telling them for weeks how much she loves it.) At first she was afraid of it and she is still not real big on riding the lion, but she certainly loves to cruise around the house pushing the lion everywhere. Of course she crashes into everything, but she has started to try to turn it around. That is quite a site. This is for you mom and dad!

Mama's Helper!!!

Well in order to entertain Addie while I try to make dinner, she is now my helper. Addie is 11 months old to the day in these photos!!

11 Months Old!

Oh my gosh, can everyone believe that Addie was 11 months old yesterday. Gosh, time sure does fly by. It makes me sad that Addie is growing so fast. I love her fun filled energy and little personality that is developing, but I miss that little tiny baby girl too. Of course we would not change it for the world and no there are no plans for another baby anytime soon. Ha!

Well what is she doing at 11 months old. She is just babbling away and she totally crawls as fast as she can away from us when she puts something in her mouth that she should not have. She giggles while she crawls away too! It is a little game to her. She is also taking more and more steps. She is always pushing her little lion toy around the room now. Grammy and Poppy she is no longer afraid of it and she can cruise pretty fast now. I promise to post pictures soon, she was to quick today to catch a good picture. She is quite the little music girl too, she is always playing her toy piano. Thanks to Drew and Kylie for the piano.

The newest thing that Addie is doing is going to bed on her own. We have stopped rocking Addie to sleep against her mommy's desire to keep rocking her forever and ever. She has been going to bed on her own for about a week now and what a good girl she is. She does cry for a short time and then she is off to sleep. Each night she cries less and less. The funny thing or you could call it the pathetic thing is that she stops crying after a few minutes, but then she just sits in the corner of her crib pouting. She has fallen asleep many nights while sitting up in the corner of the crib. The other night she was holding the bar on the crib with one hand while her head was resting on this little dog toy that hangs in the crib and she was fast asleep!! We so need to get a picture, but that will wake her. She is pretty quick to coax to lying down and going to sleep from her sitting up position. A few nights we have woken her up from our giggling. I guess it is her strong will to not want to go to sleep. I say her quirky habits are definately from her daddy. HA! I know it is more likely that they are from her mommy. No comments necessary, I know the reality.

Well we had Addie's pictures done this week. Yes it is for her one year pictures, but at 11 months. Yes, I am aware that we are a month early, but that worked best for planning. Check out the blog under friends on our page for Lindsey Turner Photography. I am not a fan of the family photos, but that is not due to the photography as it is to bad pictures of Addie's mommy. Scroll down to Addie's friend Baity's pictures too (just below), as there is a pic of Addie and Baity together at the end of hers. It is sooo cute. Lindsey takes such good pictures. We would certainly recommend her. Well will keep everyone posted on the new antics of Addie. We have been busy planning her birthday party. She turns one on 9/24/08 at 5:57am. How has a year past already! Birthday party invitations will be mailed soon. All of Addie's friends should mark their calendar for 9/28/08 at 4pm.

Major Milestone!!!!!!!!

Well Addie officially took her first steps on August 14th at 10 1/2 months!!! How exciting!!! We are very excited that Addie is beginning to walk, but it is bitter sweet as we missed her first four steps. Addie was at daycare when she decided to take the first bold steps. She will only walk to little Elson though!!! Elson is eight and the son of Crystal, Addie's daycare provider. Addie is quite bonded to Elson and so far she has only walked to him. He sure is proud!!!!! On the 14th she did it twice- taking two steps into Elson's arms on each big occasion. Since then though as Elson is on vacation, Addie has regressed in her walking. She has taken one step to her daddy, but other then that she is back to the usual pattern of walking along side the couch, tables, etc. What progress though! It is exciting, but sad too that our little baby is growing up so fast. She is almost one! AGH!!!

Mama's New Favorite Photo!!! HA!

Well, this is one of those pictures that Addie will be upset with me about years from now and of course it is one of my new favorite photos. Addie has this habit of trying to crawl away if you are changing her diaper on the floor and she thinks it is sooo funny. Well this was no exception. The other night I was getting her ready for bed and she crawled away naked and decided to play her piano. How funny! Look at those rolls.

Mohawk and Watermelon! What a Combo!

Well for anyone who wants to make their little ones hair stand straight up, just grease up their hair with sunblock and look at the results. Of course the original purpose of the sunblock was to protect Addie's little head as she is not always cooperative with wearing her hats. But this secondary use was pretty funny! Addie is really strating to expand her eating preferences. She has always been fussy about fruit and not been a big fan of any fruit except for banannas. Well at the beach she learned to become a huge watermelon and peaches fan. Also, Chuck gae her mint chocoloate chip ice cream- now that was a hit! For all of you who have witnessed her eating habits just a month or two ago, that is huge progress and she is no longer gagging on everything. And yes by the way she still only has two teeth. Mom, can you believe how well she is eating this watermelon. It was just last month we tried watermelon and she hated it. It is a new favorite.

Burch Family Beach Trip!!!

Well Addie attended her first Burch family beach trip to Ocean Isle last week. Addie had lots of fun playing with her cousins! Thanks to Jordan, Lydia, and Grace for helping with Addie! Of course to all of the adults too. Needless to say Addie sure was spoiled during the trip. Well Addie continues to enjoy swimming, but she has shown that she prefers the pool over the ocean. She was not so sure about the ocean and she certainly did not like the sand. I guess it is too dirty for our little primadona. When we would stand her up in the sand or have her touch the sand, she would just look at it and try to climb up my legs to get out of the sand. It was pretty funny. Here are some pics of our little sweetie!!!!