So do not get too excited (mom)there are no new pictures. I am being lazy. I thought I would add a post about Addie's latest updates, but I am just too tired to add pictures today. Addie is approaching 2 1/2 and she is just hysterical. She says the funniest things these days. Her favorite thing to say is "Sure mom" and her favorite show is American Idol-Seriously! She is obsessed with Tinkerbelle too, poor Elmo has taken a major backseat lately! She loves her babydolls and we have to feed and play with them all of the time! There are a variety of babies/ animals that have to sleep with her at night (Tinkerbelle, Minnie (1), Minnie (2), Elephant, Pita (doll), Johnny (mermaid), Baby Jenna (my old Cabbage Patch)and at least two other baby dolls each night. How does she fit in the bed?? Oh we have to play with her house and kitchen all of the time too. We are into cooking lots of toy food, she is quite the chef!!
Addie is working on potty training, when she feels like it. So there is some progress there, but some days are slow going. We will continue to work on it. Bribery is in full force too (bad parenting technique I know), but hey whatever it takes.I showed her a Tinkerbelle movie in Target that I told her she can get when she starts wearing big girl panties all of time. I have been known to try to bribe with candy too! Oops! Some days she sits on the potty and pushes with all of her might to go potty, but nothing and then she says it is just too hard mommy. How pathetic, she is really trying!
She just loves to play outside, but not if she will get too dirty. She loves her swing set and to go to the playground, but she does not like to go near the mud. We have been playing tea party on the platform of her swing set lately- she just loves that!! She still loves hockey and she gets very upset lately if we go near the ice rink and someone is on the ice (meaning she can not ice skate.) So I have worked it out with Chuck that we will be going ice skating again on Easter when the rink is closed. She is a budding ice skater/ hockey player. I vote for the ice skater, but her daddy is pulling for a hockey player.
Addie is into fashion lately. She is starting to want a say in what is she is wearing for the day. Anytime I buy her new clothes and bring them home she is just too excited to pull out the new items. Each one she studies and lays out on the floor and notes if it is cute or not. In the store, sometimes she will tell me that she does not like something or say no thanks mom if she does not want it! What little girl says that they do not want a new pair of shoes??
She is also very proud of her new hair cut! The hair cut was a must as she had a terrible habit of twirling her hair and she twirled it into a mess. There was one spot where her hair had broken off causing one side to be much longer then the other. Not so cute!! So it is cut off, it is pretty short, but it is a cute little bob. We are breaking the habit, but now she twirls my hair. I guess I will need the hair cut next! Ha!
Lastly, what have we done lately?? Well we have been to the circus-super fun! Although Addie was terrified at first and wanted to leave after 30 seconds of the circus. She learned to love it and the elephants were her favorite. We went to the zoo today-super fun too! Again she loved the elephants! We loved the 60+ weather. Thanks to Chuck's Parents, Lori, and Kenny for going with us.
Coming up we are planning a trip to New Jersey-sometime soon! We have not been to Jersey since July- that is so long. We always go a few times a year and I Have never had this long of a break since going home. My parents are coming to visit soon so that is super exciting too!! Not much else is going on, just work and play!
Oh and for all of the concerned friends and family, B-I-N-G-O (#3) is doing well. Addie just loves her fish(which she obviously named), but we kep killing the poor little Beta fishies. This is the third one, she does not know that though so SHHH! She sings the B-I-N-G-O song to him every morning. She is quite the little singer! Oh and speaking of singing her new favorite songs are Who's that Lady and $5 Foot Long(yes the Subway commercial song!)
