Silly Stories

Addie trying to destroy my childhood rocker that I redid for her...Addie rocking her piggy

(She is in love with her piggy so I tried to get more at Old Navy and they were out... even online was out. I called every Old Navy in the area and finally found 2 in Florence and paid more in shipping than I did for the actual pigs. But now I never have to worry about her losing or tearing one up... :) ) Addie sticks out her tongue when she concentrates

(which is funny because my Dad bites his tongue when he concentrates) Addie has been difficult with her naps lately and is down to one a day. She doesn't want to nap anymore, and I am tired of spending 45 minutes or more trying to get her to go to sleep, that I have just been letting her exhaust herself until she falls asleep.

I try to get her to nap at home but when its 3 in the afternoon and she refuses to go down for a nap, we have to go get our errands done. We have many moments when we'll be out and she'll just konk out while I'm holding her.

The other day I was cleaning out my cabinets and a rice krispy dropped on the floor. Addie was trying to chew through the plastic to eat it, so I put her in her chair with a part of it and her boost drink, and let her enjoy herself. I got distracted at the computer in my living room, but could see her out of my peripheral vision. So I let her eat and play (or so I thought that was what she was doing) until Jarom and I were ready to go grocery shopping (10 minutes or so later). Jarom goes to pick her up and she is sound asleep with rice krispy all on her face, her fingers are glued together with marshmallow, and the drink was all gone. Poor baby! So I picked her up moved her to the bed, and worried over ungluing her later.

Later we got home from shopping and dinner and Jarom was watching Fringe. I don't like him to watch it while Addie is up because its too graphic/scary for her. Addie was busy playing in the hall with her stroller, balloon, and stuffed animals, so Jarom kept watching while she played. She walked down the hall into her bedroom and a few seconds later I hear her laughing. I paused the TV to listen to what she was doing and I hear another TV on... Jarom and I go to her room and she's standing in front of the TV, laughing at the PBS show. The little booger turned it on herself!

Addie found this in my church binder and figured it would be good to draw on...

She also has been "chilling" when she watches TV. Instead of sitting like she used to, she lays back, lays down, or cuddles with me. It cracks me up to see her acting so grown up.

She drew until I turned on the TV then whipped around to watch

Last story... When I give Addie a bath, I empty and rinse the sink after I soap her up, and then again when I'm done with her bath so she can play in clean water. (Yes I know that's a little OCD but I feel like you are sitting in your own dirt when you take a bath). So I was straightening the kitchen while she played and she saw me putting up her goldfish crackers. She wanted some so I held out my hand to give her some. She grabbed a handful and threw them in the water, then proceeded to eat out of the water... Ew!!! (But I had to laugh and take a picture). I tried to get her to just eat them out of my hand and even if I would only give her one, she would take it, dip it in the water, then eat it. At least the water wasn't soapy...