One and a Half

Trying to get a decent picture of this little eighteen month old is sometimes the most difficult part of being her mommy. I squat to take her picture, and she squats to be just like mommy...

I finally convince her to stand up, but when she realizes I'm about to take her picture she immediately walks towards me saying, "see? see?" wanting to see the picture of herself that I have not yet been able to take...

I then think, maybe going outside will help. But all that does is make this very active toddler, run...

...and run, and try to go as far as she can before mommy tells her to stop and turn around.

But, she sure is a fun little girl to play with and chase after, and now that she is eighteen months old (as of Feb.), here are some of my favorite things about Addison...

• Addison is our little parrot. She like to stand like us, sit like us, and say what we say. This usually just makes us laugh, but sometimes it makes us think, 'hmmm...don't think I want an eighteen month old doing/saying that.'


• Loves, loves her stuffed puppy. She loves on him, and tries to give him a snack, and share her water. She will even put him in her bed and cover him with her blankie so he can go night night. He is essentially the more texture friendly version of a baby doll for her. :)


• Loves to throw and kick balls.


• Wants to see the "choo choo" every time we go outside, and can recognize any train we see while we are driving.


• Talks to me all the time. We have conversation all day long...usually the same conversations over and over, haha.


• Says "hi" to nearly every person we see in the grocery store.


• Is extremely high energy and active.


• Would rather be outside ("side"), than anywhere else.


• Looooooooooooooves to swing!


• Gets very excited about going to church.


• Is very good at remembering people's names and somehow knows which people in her life are family and which are not...it kind of blows my mind seeing as how we don't get to see our brothers and sisters all that often.


• She remembers things that happened from weeks ago, ex: "Lesa, luch, chikn" - Alexe had brought chicken express to my mom's house for their lunch, a week ago. Ex. 2: As she looked through my dad's scrubs shirt pocket she said, "sushur? sushur?" Two weeks ago she had gone through my dad's pocket and pulled out a package that my dad told her was sutures. She was looking for those sutures again.


• Can identify the colors red and yellow and pink.

Pretty much, I think eighteen month olds are amazing. What Addison and all of her little friends are able to do at this stage just blows my mind. She is just learning so much and absorbing everything around her. She amazes us and makes us laugh daily. She is obedient, and tender hearted, opinionated, and silly. We are loving watching her little personality develop! What an incredible blessing she is!