14/15 Months old

So, I have been a little bad with Blogging lately.. I guess we have just had a lot going on recently, and....  In the last 2 months, there have been so many changes and they all have happend so quickly that its almost hard to remember them all... let alone blog about them all.

Our little girl is growing in leaps and bounds, not in size ...lol..  (1 month ago weighed in at 20lbs. 3oz) but in her knowledge  She is such a "SMART" little girl... It is amazing how much she picks up on...  You can now say to her "Addison lets go change your diaper" or "Addison lets go take a bath"  or "Addison can you put this back please" or "Go get Kitty"  She compmletely understands everything you are saying form going to her changing table and reaching up when its time to changer her diaper, or going and getting her towel and bringing it to you for bathtime.  Its amazing to me how much she understands, yet she cant talk to you.  YES, we have our words, Baba for bath, Kitty for her loved stuffed animal, Hey, Tickle, Dada... (which she now seens to associate all guys as DaDa.. Poor Stephen, he is not thrilled with this)  For the most part though.. you can talk to her and even though she cant talk back, she understands completley what you are saying and will go do it or get you what you are asking for.  She has also turned into such a little "Helper"  from helping you put things away, to carrying bags or wanting to help you vacuum!  Cracks me up!

We have offiically gone to one nap.  So all our nap issues were just resolved with 1 nap.  Started moving her into 1 nap about 2 weeks after she turned 14 months... YES.. on occasion we have days where we take an AM nap.. but they are becoming rarer and rarer!  We now go down right around 1 and usually sleep until 330ish.. We enjoy reading boks before naptime in the rocking chair and I think the rocking chair has become her favorite place... When I cant find her... she is almost alwalys sitting in the chair looking at books!!  ITs just soo sweet to see her enjoy to read or look at the picutures. We now visit the library and will come back and just sit and read our books! 

She has now cut her 4 top front teeth and recently 1 top back molar.... she officially now has 7 teeth and I think she might be cutting her other side top back molar.. but not yet. 

Right at 14months, we started working with Addison on using a fork and spoon for eating.  The begging was a little rough. more play time than eating, but now she has really started to mater them and is doing a GREAT job.  Such a big girl!

Our Days are spent, going on walks around the block, getting together with friends, reading stories, going to the PARK, helping Mommy clean, singing songs and doing the handmotions, Tickle time, plyaying with our puzzels and riding our car up and down the hallway, (She is finally now using her legs to make her car move, rather than Mommy pushing her down the hallway, I still do on occasion, for fun).  Addison has turned into my little fish... she now will flip herslef over the in the bathtub and basically swim in there.. its so cute to watch and she loves it... bathtime is definitly a highlight! 

Her personality is really coming out.. She is definitely very STRONG WILLED!  Unfortunatly, it was almost inevitable that she would be strong willed, but on the positive side of being strong willed, it definitly helps you know what she wants... lol!  But, she is a ton of fun, laughing, jabbering and just being silly.  She is a climber for sure.. almost fearless, yet at the sametime still very shy and very "Hold me, Hold me, Hold me"!  She is definitly my little cuddler for sure.... I definilty think the shy and cuddler comes from Stephen, becasue I think I was ALOT more independant as a child and I dont think I was a big cuddler from what my Mom tells me. 

The greatest thing that happend this past month, was to start receiving hugs when I drop her off at daycare.. just melts my heart when she runs over to give me a hug goodbye!  Moments I will cherish forever and Moments you truly live for!