Today my first little princess turns 3! I can't believe it's already been that long. She's such a joy to be around and always can make you smile.
At 3 Addie:
- LOVES all things pink
- Loves Dora and Disney Princesses
- weighs only 24 pounds fully clothed and is barely in a size 2T clothes. She is 35 inches tall. The 2T skirts and jeans literally fall off of her and have to be pinned but are needed for the length.
- loves to be told stories about Princess Addie, Princess Mommy, Princess Livy, King Daddy, the green dragon and the pink castle.... All in one story. Occasionally she'll ask for Princess Kayke and Princess Grandma too.
- loves playing on the ipad
- is extremely opinionated when it comes to what happens in her stories and you get interrupted a thousand times with Addie telling you what to say.
- is (dare I say it??) night potty trained too, we haven't had an accident in a long time but I still put a pull up on her just in case since....
- she sleeps in our bed now... something she hasn't done since she was 11 months old...(it started when Livy arrived and Addie realized sissy would be in our room so she quickly abandoned her room and its not worth the fight right now!)
- Loves her sissy to tears... literally she makes Livy cry with her constant smothering of sugars and loves
- loves nursery and talks about "Jesus Chwist" and all that he did. She's gotten really good at recalling what she has learned and can tell us all about what she is taught each Sunday.
- is almost always well behaved when we are out. I always get a wonderful report from nursery about how she is always perfect in there. Makes a momma proud!
- wears a dress EVERY day... and it is preferably pink. They are always called princess dresses.
- Loves to pray and gets upset and asks for another prayer if you don't specifically ask for Addie and Livy to be "blessed".
- picks out her outfit every day, including the bow and shoes (usually I can persuade her to somewhat coordinate everything)
- loves her big girl panties and can go potty by herself now unless its a bad job, then she calls for back up, haha
- can dress herself when it comes to pants, panties, dresses, skirts, socks, and shoes, but she still has trouble with shirts.
- doesn't take a regular nap anymore but doesn't act bad without them, so I don't force the issue and just enjoy the few naps that come from exhaustion!
- goes to sleep easily now that I don't force naps (it had gotten to be an hour or longer fight)
- hates to have me brush her teeth. She'd much rather do it herself!
- is very tender hearted and crumbles into tears if you raise your voice or pop her bum.
- hates to get in or out of the car by herself and wants me to carry her unless I offer first and then she wants to do it by herself... getting in and out of the car is a major hassle!
- loves to help me cook and is getting good at telling me what goes in the foods we regularly eat (for example: she knows that if I make muffins we need 2 eggs, oil, and water and tells me to get those things!)
- helps me clean and vacuum every time I clean... (she thinks her ball popper push toy is a vacuum due to something I might have said just to get her to quit asking for one, so she follows me around the house "vacuuming" too!)
- she's a huge help with her sister, and is always getting me diapers, wipes, and replacing the paci when it falls out
- has started embarrassing me with her observations at stores... "momma, she has PINK hair!!! LOOK Momma LOOK!"
- Is getting better at letter recognition, and sings her ABCs all the time
- Can almost count to 20, she keeps forgetting 15, 18, or 20.
- is very shy around people she doesn't know and sometimes around people she does know if its in a situation where she isn't comfortable
- she is like a little sponge and absorbs everything you say and will repeat it back at different times... we really have to make sure words like "crap" don't slip anymore!!!
- requests peanut butter on a spoon for all snacks and meals if you ask her what she wants
- is a good eater! Her favorite things are peanut butter (by the spoon), pizza, steak, salad, chicken nuggets, green beans, peas, carrots, french fries, black olives, milk shakes, chocolate milk, soda, macaroni and cheese, apples, grapes, cookies, grilled cheese, chicken fettucine alfredo, pasta salad, spaghetti with meatsauce, and yogurt.
- Loves to play with Trevor her friend and her cousins. She still asks for Chase and we haven't seen him since June. On Thanksgiving I told her we were going to go see her cousins (the Mayfields) after lunch with Grandma and Grandpa and Addie got so excited and asked "so we are going to Tulsa to see Nate dogg, Kenny, and Chase???"
- Doesn't like to wear socks unless it is to bed and removes her shoes whenever we go to anyones house since that is the rule at our house.
- Loves her baby dolls and pretends to be mommy to them. Most dolls are named "baby Addie"
- loves all toys little and has a billion tiny animals or babies from Gramps that are always included in her bath, are in her purse, in her pockets, or wherever else she can stash them!
- loves to look in Gramps shirt pocket because he always has a tiny toy or surprise for her in it... we've had to limit it to once a week because she is always looking in his pocket!
- helps me to "fold" laundry and knows how to start the washer, dryer, and dishwasher
- watches as we drive and tells me when to stop and go when the lights change colors. She also recognizes places as we drive and can point out when we are close to Grandma's house, Daddy's work, Kayke's work, the missionaries apartment, church, and Target, haha!
- Loves to shop and prefers Target and Publix to anywhere else! We can shop all day and as I pull onto our street she begs to go to Star Market (our neighborhood grocery store) just so she doesn't have to call it a night!
- has gotten really fast and loves to run and jump around everywhere
- loves to make tents and calls them her house or cave. She's gonna love her princess tent we got her for her birthday and maybe now I can reclaim my blankets and dining room chairs!
- Doesn't like to be called anything put Addie or princess and will say "i'm not a stinker, I'm Addie" or whatever it is you called her. She also doesn't like to be called a princess unless she is wearing a princess dress and has a bow in her hair.
- loves to have her toes painted and adorned in nail art and begs for makeup (lip gloss)
- hangs out with me and my girl friends like she is one of the big girls. She'll add to the conversation and will sit with us for hours while we chat
- loves to talk on the phone and always interrupts my conversations to add in a comment... we are going to have to start working on interrupting!
- Asks "Whats that" a billion times a day. If you answer "a blue car" she'll respond "what blue car" and you have to say "the car in front of us" to which she'll say "what car in front of us" and so I usually end up pointing in desperation and when she gets tired of asking me silly questions she'll go "oooohhh ok!"
- is very good about sticking close when we are out in public. She knows to hold my hand or diaper bag when we are in a parking lot and always stays by my side.
- loves to copy people, and is more of a follower than a leader when it comes to playing with friends her age, but is more of a leader when playing with me, Jarom, mom, dad, or Katie.
Addie copying Mommy when I was showing my pregnant belly to Jarom
- loves to pick flowers from the yard
- loves the attention she gets if she has to have shots. She had to have blood drawn for allergy testing and took it like a champ then asked for shots when Livy had her two month shots because she wanted another princess tattoo.
This is Addie "fake hurt" face... 
- loves all things fancy, especially drinking out of fancy cups
- loves to have her picture taken
- loves to draw everyone in the family
- her people consist of circles with arms, legs, and hair coming out of the circle. The circles have eyes, a nose, and either a smile or frown.
- Gives the best hugs and kisses and loves to squeeze my neck. She will randomly look at you with love in her eyes and give you a tight hug and kiss and say "I love you Mommy" or "mommy you are boo-ti-ful"... she knows how to melt me into mush!
- Says lots of funny things and always has us laughing
- has to tell everyone bye when they leave or hang up the phone or else you have to run after them or call them back to avoid the tears.
- is the best little girl friend I could ask for. She is so much fun to be around!
Another fall tradition that we have is taking a trip to the apple orchard. So the next day (10/7) after the pumkin patch, Mom, Addie, Livy, and I headed out to the apple orchard. On the way there we stopped at Jacks (we had never eaten there) and enjoyed some chicken, burgers, fries, and milkshakes then stopped at the orchard to buy some apples, cider, caramel apples and of course apple slushies! Unfortunately once we got home we found out the apples were terrible this year (really mealy) but the cider and slushies were still great! Again the sling was a lifesaver and no one got too close to my new little Livy, so we were able to avoid germs! 
After buying all of our apple products we walked out into the orchard to let Addie play for a few minutes and to give us time to finish the slushies. Addie wanted to pick an apple which you probably aren't supposed to do... but we let her anyways. 
She chose a tiny little apple and was so happy.
Mom tossed Addie's apple like a ball and Addie thought it was hi-lar-ious!!!
It was a great day, but we sure missed Katie not being there. She had to work. Next year we'll have to be sure to schedule it on a day that Katie is off! 
The day Livy turned two weeks we took a trip to Tate Farms. Though I hated getting Livy out of the house so early, we didn't want to miss our annual trip to the pumpkin patch, so we loaded the girls up on 
I kept Livy in the sling the entire time except for a picture, and no one got near, thank heavens!
Addie LOVED the bunnies. She picked out the white one and sat so still loving on the bunny until the bunny finally had enough!
We learned last year that Addie adores pumpkin slushies, so this year she got her own since she didn't want to share last time! She drank the whole thing.
Addie
Livy doesn't like tummy time... so big Sis was trying to make her happy. Addie had just gone potty and she likes to get nudy booty when she goes... haha!
Our first Family of 4 picture
Dr. Nix with Livy
Livy's first morning
We came home from the hospital Friday night with Livy weighing 6 lbs 3 oz and a juandice level of 8. Dr. Cochran, the girls pediatrician was happy with her weight so our first doctor visit was scheduled for Sunday. 
We picked up Addie on the way home from the hospital and she thought it was so great to have sissy next to her. She insisted on holding Livy's hand and still does EVERYtime we get in the car no matter how long the drive. The other day she said "mom, my arm is tired!" so I told her to let go of Livy's hand but she insisted that Livy wanted her to hold her hand.
At the visit Livy still weighed 6 lbs 3 oz and her jaundice was at 12 so we didn't have to go back for two weeks. At her two week appointment she was weighing in at 6 lbs 11 oz and was 20.25 inches long, so we don't go back until her two month visit.
Addie wants to always be holding Livy's hand or touching her. Addie is a little momma and gets her sissy fresh diapers, wipes, cream, or anything I ask her for all the time. I'm proud of Addie for doing so well with change! The main issue we've had is sleeping arrangements... The first night home from the hospital Addie wheeled the bassinet into her room, so I had to explain that sissy needed to sleep near me, so since then Addie has been in our bed. Luckily our new king sized bed came in a few weeks ago, so we aren't too cramped. The only other issues have just been Addie wanting me to help her do things she did on her own before such as putting on her shoes, helping her pee in the potty, getting her panties and pants on, etc. She also wants to be carried a lot now, which isn't easy when holding a newborn, but we've figured it out now and I do it all the time to keep meltdowns at bay. Addie has truly been great though.
