Oh, Addison

Well, Addison's first birthday is quickly approaching! I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that she has been with us for over 10 months! She arrived with quite the personality, but in the last few weeks she has really turned it on. It's not surprising to hear "Momma" or "Dadda" as she crawls or walks in your direction. She has been taking 10-15 steps at a time, but in the last few days she has really picked up the pace. BUT she gets so excited that she starts to run and often bumps her big head - As you can see from the picture above! She scared me to death with that huge knot on her head. If I open the dishwasher she can hear it and frantically crawls to it, trying her best to crawl inside! Needless to say, the dishwasher gets loaded and unloaded during nap time, if she has one! We are still doing "Baby Can Read" and just two days ago I turned on the video and watched her watch it for a bit. The word was "wave" and a little girl came on and waved and said the word wave. Then Addison waved back! Ahhh, so proud... she is a smart little booger. Now we can't leave a room without her waving and saying "bye bye"... of course when the video camera is rolling she is too busy staring at the light and won't do it! I sure do miss my "little baby" but she is getting to be a lot of fun. She usually has us Ryan is still really busy with baseball, so he isn't around as much as we would like. Honestly, it does get tough around her, because a lot of responsibility falls on me with him gone. I just have to remind myself how lucky we really are and look forward to the time that we do get to spend together. Everyday I get to spend with her is such a blessing and I am so grateful that I couldn't find a job this year!