Addie is 3!!!

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!

I'm sure I'm missing a thousand things but I wanted to write down as much as I could think of at the moment so I won't forget all of the sweet and quirky things she does! We love you Addie and couldn't ask for a sweeter, more loving, beautiful little girl!