December/January

Trying to catch up on the last 2 months of blogging, as the time has flown by.  So before I forget!!

December

A fun filled month for our little Addison.  Christmas trees, decorations, presents, family and special memories.  It was a great month to really talk about the importance of Christmas. So special to talk about the Nativity set and hear her name each one and then tell us who's Birthday it is.  Addison loved every part of the holidays and we loved watching her enjoy it. With every passing season and holiday, Addison has made them so much brighter and it is so special to see her get excited and understand a little more. 

Addison has fully gone into size 3T clothes at 2 and a half years old.  No doubt she is definitly going to be tall.  She is our little chatter box, constantly amazing us with how much she knows and understands and remembers.  She can now say several words together, almost sentences, making conversation so much easier and super cute to hear what she comes up with and what she has to say!

We spent Christmas in Florida with my family.  We drove and surprisingly Addison did a lot better than expected.  We drove through the night and it did help, however some little girl slept from 830-1AM and then was awake from 1-4:20AM.  At 3:30 AM I said to her "Addison, you need to go to sleep" and she proceeded to tell me "Not tired, Mommy, Addie tried!"  lol! Shockingly she wasnt fussy, just didnt go to sleep.  We had a great time in FL. The weather was freezing, but we did manage to get in a couple trips to the pool.  Our little fish of course only wanted to be in the big pool, so we all took turns getting out of the hottub to swim with her.  She loved her gifts, especially her bike from Great Grandpa and Great Grandma and I know it will be a big hit this summer. Luckily the trip home went alot smoother and she slept much better. 

Our biggest challenge this month was Addison decided herself that she no longer needed a nap. I was lucky if I got 2 naps in a week. Yes, I realize at some point, children no longer need naps, but no naps for our Addison turned into major Temper Tantrums! Clearly showing us, she is not ready to give up naps, even though she thinks she is! Luckily Grandma to the rescue at Christmas was able to get Addison to nap and the holidays went very smoothly.

January

January flied bye, as no sooner did we get home and in entered the flue.  Got to love this time of year!  With the flue behind us almost 2 weeks later.  Addison and I headed to NY for a 2 week mini vaca.  Our little girl LOVES the snow and it was no surprise that she Loves sledding!

Our little girl is just so full of life and excitement.  So adventurous, fearful of nothing, very strong-willed, but has such a sweet heart.  She truly is a good little girl, but is just a typical 2 year old, testing her bounderies!  Her little chatter fills our days with laughter!  Crazy, how at 2.and a half years old, she is already "Telling Stories". 

After months of fighting, December being basically a No Nap Month! I have resulted to rocking her to sleep for her naptime.  I always said, I wanted her to be able to put herself to sleep and not have her be dependant on me for putting her to sleep.  But after December and major temper tantrums from no naps I needed to come up with something.  She will usually fall asleep within 10-15 mins of me rocking and it makes a world of difference.  I dont rock at bedtime, she gets books and puts herself to sleep.  So for now its working and it is a special time to see my little girl curled up in my arms sound asleep!

Our big thing of the month we or should I say "I" decided to start potty training.  This was something I had been putting off, bc I was dreading it!! LOL!  But, I decided to bite the bullet, after several comments were made about how Addie wasnt potty trained yet.  I decided to do the "Potty Train in 3 days" program.  Basically let your child run around naked, pump them FULL of liquids and take them to the potty every 20mins.  So I put a dress on her and socks, as we are in the dead of winter, handed her her sippy and we were off!! Well, I made it a day and half when I put her back in a diaper and said she is not ready!!  I felt like I had a wild animal running around my house peeing!!  My dog was never even this bad as a puppy!!  After continuous times of peeing on my pottery barn rug and then the final straw, climbing into her stuffed animal bin and peeing all over them.   I had it!! She clearly WAS NOT GETTING IT!!  I thought if she could just pee once, get candy, that it would click.  But I was not soo lucky!! LOL!! So we headed to NY, brought the potty seat and tried with pull-ups.  I can say she is starting to understand that if she pees on the potty, (As we got a couple accidental pees on the potty, so I made a HUGE deal every time) she will get candy and CANDY well thats a big deal, bc we dont give her a lot of candy!  I think though that she is semi-grasping it!!  She will sit there forever though, bc she wants that candy!!  lol!!  Hopefully in the next few months it will really start clicking!!