r-e-d red!

yesterday i picked dean up from preschool and he said the usual things- what they had for snack, the shape they learned about that day, the color, the letter of the week. when we got home i gave the kids a snack and while dean sat at the counter eating he started singing "r-e-d red, r-e-d red, i can spell red, i can spell red. fire trucks are red, fire trucks are red. i can spell red. i can spell red." to the tune of frere jacques. i nearly cried... all 10 times he sang it that day. my baby... what is happening?!

It's time for a post about Deano

I'm feeling a little guilty for all of the recent posts about Addie. You'd think I only had 1 kid, so I think it's time to do a little bragging about my growing boy!

These days Deano-

*is registered for preschool!?! He'll be going to The Avondale Academy at the end of August and he is so so excited! Everytime we drive my he says "that's my school!". The beauty of this place in that it's only about a 3 minute drive from the house.

*is OBSESSED with the super hero squad. He's moved on from ghostbusters and has put all of his intrest from that to the super heroes. He's got loads of action figures and almost always has them battleing eachother in some way or other. Occasionally he take out plastic forks and puts them between his fingers to pretend he's wolverine. He's such a character!

*is recognizing numbers and letters

*is learning how to use a computer

*has a new interest in watching Veggie Tales, which I think is great, since it's got a great message.

*is able to wear his first pair of flip flops. In the past I've bought them for him, but his feet were always too chubby to fit into them, now they're perfect. And... he can put them on by himself! Score!

*isn't willing to eat a huge variety of foods. Chicken nuggets from McDonalds, Dinosaur Chicken, most fruits, no veggies aside from corn and peas, unless I sneak them into something. : /

*loves to run around the house throwing himself all over the couches.

*is working on not using pull ups for nighttime... which is proving to be a little difficult since he's such a sound sleeper.

Deano is generally a happy kind kid. He doesn't mind sharing at all, just so long as no one tries to take his toys home with them. He HATES change... doesn't like furniture to be moved around, or toys to be transferred to knew toy bins, he's a funny boy. Even if I move is carseat around in the car, he hates it.

Love my boy!

Dean's first friend party

A month or so ago... maybe more? Dean was invited to his very first friend birthday party. It was for Aiden Doxey and Dean had a great time. It was a mighty machines themed party and the kids had lots of fun playing with big building blocks and diggers, tractors, dump trucks ect...

abuncha new posts

I've gotten a bit behind in publishing recent posts, and once they were published I wanted them in the correct order, so go ahead and scroll down to check out a few new things!

14 months!

Addie babe is 14 months... already. Didn't she just turn 1... and wait, wasn't she just born?

Anyway, she's happy as always, maybe more in some ways, less in others.

These days Addie:

*is walking!!! one day about 2 weeks ago she flipped her walking switch and boom, within about 3 days she was a pro. aside from the 4 or so bruises that have graced her head from failling/tripping on her new legs.

*can sign please

*wears her hair in pigtails and pony tails

*still eats baby food a lot, and i say hey, who cares... she happily eats her veggies in pureed form, so who am i to complain?

*loves crackers and just about anything sweet

*dances everytime she hears music. imagine a toddling 1 year old stopping dead in her tracks when music comes on to start bouncing and smiling.

*climbs up onto the couch, much to my dismay, and trys to get a leg up on just about anything she can

*doesn't love her stroller so much anymore, probably because she thinks she needs to walk everywhere now.

*rode her first tiny battery opperated four wheeler with her cousin makaiya... without moms help!

*loves loves loves books. i probably put the books away atleast 10 times a day.

*brown eyes

*has size 3 feet

*wears 6-12 and 12-18 month clothing

*wears size 4 diapers

*drinks out of a sippy cup aside from a bottle first thing in the morning and a bottle just before bed.

*loves her little blankie... and immediately perks up and smiles when she sees it

*has reddish hair except for the patch that went bald on the back of her head when she was a baby, that spot in super blond.

*is generally good natured and patient. she shares and is pretty tough.

*LOVES babies... fake ones, real ones... it doesn't matter. if there is a picture of a baby on my computer screen, she grins hugely, points and says "dee dee" over and over. love it! i have 2 books on a shelf in the living room that are about parenting, and so they have babies on the cover. of all the books lined up for the taking, those two are the only ones she pulls out, just so she can look at the babies. she's all girl.

*knows where her belly is

*covers her eyes with her hands in an attempt to hide. so so cute.

She's my baby... i love her, what can i say?

13 months

Well... if I'm being truthful, I didn't update this month and so it'll probably be a short post because Addie girl has started doing other things and I have a hard time remembering what she knew between her 12th and 14th months. Oops!

Anyway, I'll post a few pictures of the little sweets and tell you the few things I know she was doing this month.

Addie:
*Signs more

*Loves to pull her bow out and then try to put it back it.

*loves to pull out any clip I may be wearing, then try to put it in my hair and then her own. She's never successful, and so I do it for her and the game starts all over.

*walks... a little little bit. like, 2 or 3 steps. she's still just occasionally trying it out, but her method of movement is really crawling still

*only 2 teeth... still. poor girl has to gum everything she eats.

*got really sick this month for a few days. during that time all she was really eating/drinking was pedialyte and the occasional cracker. she lost about a pound and her appetite has never been the same since. going without her regular food for so long made her hesitant about retrying anything, and so now she's a bot more picky. : /

365 days

May 21st, 2009

May, 2010

Addie, my doll, my lovie, my sweets, my little princess,

How are you 1 already? I must admit I'm a little sad (ok,a lot), you were supposed to stay small and cuddly and squishy forever (you're still cuddly and squishy... just not as much these days... or maybe you're more squishy?). I love you. How could I not love those big brown/green/blue eyes? You're such a sweet girl, so easy going, easily pleased. I'm so so glad you're part of our little family. You were the perfect addition. Thanks for letting me be your mom.

These days Addie babe:

*still crawls around, which is fine with me

*happy happy happy

*loves to play pat-a-cake

*loves everyones attention

*loves tubbies with dean

*claps when we say yay

*combs her hair when she gets ahold of a brush

*loves to chew on toothbrushes

*still only has 2 teeth

*wears size 3 diapers

*wears size 6-12 months clothes

*wears size 3 shoes though they're still pretty big

*has reddish hair

*has brown eyes... most of the time

*happily eats just about anything you put in front of her

*has an adorably loud laugh/scream

*wears pony tails in her hair now... but pulls bows out everytime i put them in her hair

*is 22 lbs.

ADDIE'S SWEET SHOP!

My Sweet baby is 1! So, does that really make her a baby anymore? Either way, it's gone by too quickly!

This is Ad the morning of her day!

The candy shop set up, complete with:

SaltwaterTaffy, gumballs, whirylpops, cotton candy, cupcakes, and laffy taffy

The birthday girl and her daddy

Opening presents. I really wish I had gotten a picture of Addie with all of her gifts, but try getting a picture of a wiggly one year old in a pile of new toys. Not happening.

Addie's smash cake. MMM...

Gearing up for a loud rendition of happy birthday

She wasn't quite sure what to make of it. note: fondant... not ideal for a first birthday. doesn't make for easy tearing into. (i'm pretty sure i told them i didn't want fondant, but it was cute anyway)

After a litlte help, she got it!

Happy birthday Doll! We're so glad you're a part of our family!

Thanks to everyone who celebrated with us (physically there or not).

where i complain about time

Addie is 11 months old. It was actually a little bit sad to type that sentence. She's not my cuddly baby anymore. She's my independent mover these days. Has anyone figured where the rewind button is? Or atleast the pause button? I'm pretty sure there's one out there somewhere. Anyway, my little lovey is growing up!

These days Ad:

*has her second tooth

*has learned to go from her belly to sitting

*crawls everywhere (though it isn't a traditional crawl. sure,occasionally she gets up on her knees, but the majority of the time she lays flat and pushesoffthe ground with her chubby little piggies)

*pulls herself up to standing

*doesn't so much laugh as scream and squeal with delight

*still has red hair (!!yay!!)

*has hazel eyes,changing from green to brown daily

*has CHUBBY kissable cheeks

*loves patty cake

*loves anything involving dean (aside from his occasional biting)

*wears size 3 diapers

*has regular blowouts

*has only ever refused the eat 2 things- broccoli/cheese soup and gravy. both were very salty

*is a bottomless pit

*wears 6-12month clothes, except for her jeans, which are 12-18 months because they're long enough on her legs

*can wave hi, and even say it

*takes every oppertunity to escape from the gated off living room

*will go to anyone

*will immediately go to anyone with food, if they'll give her a bite

*still rarely cries

*still sleeps throughthe night

*is very happy!

stats:

weight- 21lbs

bum party

*3/31- dean said:

"mom, my cars are having a bum party."

i wasn't sure what that was, and i wasn't sure he had any idea of what it might be either. sure enough i saw a group of cars each paired off with their back bumpers touching. definitely a bum party! hahaha

*3/31- dean held up a small stuff horse and said:

"mom, this in henry the helpful horse."

*sometime mid march- dean was in another room playing a game he was obviously winning, because he went from quiet to:

"i-i-i-i-i-win! go dean. go dean. go dean!"

*4/23- lyn and i had taken the kids to the mall and on our ride home we may have let a few naughty words slip... things like hate and stupid. dean had to tell us more than once:

"hey! that's a naughty word, you don't say that."

to which we said sorry and he replied:

"it's ok."

so quick to forgive.

*all of april- almost daily dean finds a treat or snack that i tell him he can't have at the moment because he's either already had candy for the day or it's almosts time for a meal. he always replies with:

"ok, i'll save this for later in a bag."

at that point he puts whatever he's saving into a little ziplock bag and puts it in the fridge. i usually forget about it until later that night after he's gone to bed when i open the fridge to find random things that don't belong there like a granola bar, or pop tarts, or lollipops. i'm pretty sure i'll miss the day i open the fridge and don't find some silly reminder that my 3 year old has been there.

*first week of april- ty ty went to florida with his family and sent me a text to tell dean that he was about to ride the hulk roller coaster. (dean is very into anything super hero squad lately.) when i told dean he was so excited! he said:

d-"should we go ride on it mom?!"

me-"i think it's too far away for us to go ride."

d-"well, should we take a plane?"

a little later he said:

"i need a plane mom."

i said: "why bud?"

d-"so i can get to the hulk coaster."

Dean says

These days Dean says some pretty interesting stuff. I'm going to try to start posting things he says in an effort to always have those things.

*yesterday while out to lunch, he left the table and said:

"i'm testing you mom. haha" (he's heard me tell him not to test me)

*after above statement he ran to another empty table and said:

"you can't get me mom. you'll never get me."

*anytime i'm on my laptop dean climbs on me and says:

"get off your caputer so i can give you loves."

*last week i put addie and dean in the tub for the first time together. dean was allowed in only after i had finished washing addie, so they could just worry about playing for a few minutes before i took ad out. dean climbed in, put his arm around her and said:

"i love addie, she's my best friend in the whole world."

*dean knows that when we're watching a movie or something and he has to go to the bathroom that he can just push pause. lately while playing or reading books he always says:

"push pause. where's the push pause button? i need to go to the bathroom so push pause."

*he's pretty good with using please and thank you for lots of things, so when he doesn't want to do something he thinks that by saying no thank you he can get out of it. the other day i needed to get him dressed so we could run errands so i told him to come put his pants on.

d: no thank you mom, i don't want to put pants on.

me: you have to. we're leaving. should i just leave you here?

d: no thank you.

me: well come get your pants on or you'll have to stay home.

d: no thank you mom, i don't want to do any of those.

*everything is "when i grow up i can..." lately. whether i'm using a knife or scissors or making dinner he says:

"when i gwow up i can use a knife/scissors/make dinner/ect."

*when he's playing with addie's baby toys or helping me sort her baby clothes or helping me give her baby food, or anything baby/small child related he says:

"when i'm a baby i will play with that/wear that/eat that/ect."

or

"when i was a baby i played with that/ wore that/ ate that/ect."

*we have a picture on our fridge of matt and me the night we got engaged. everytime he looks at that picture he says:

"that's when mommy and daddy were married. you guys are married there." (he thinks it was a one night one time thing, to be married.)

(font changed because everytime i try to space the quotes in order to seperate each one, it won't publish it. annoying.)

10 months

Another month has flown by and my newborn is 10 months old. Please, someone, invent a pause button for life. It goes by so fast!

Ad is still our lovey dovey happy babe.

These days Addie:

*has slow growing hair, but I have hopes that by a year we can really get it into a cute little spout on top of her head.

*still has red hair and I can't emphasize how much I love this

*has brown/green eyes that get complimented daily, sometimes multiple times

*still only has one little tooth

*is a chubbs, we love love love the cheeks!

*isn't crawling yet. she wants to so so bad. everytime she's sitting up she moves onto her knees and gets stuck, and anytime anyone sits beside her she immediately pulls up onto her knees. not being able to go anywhere (aside from all the rolling and scooting backward on her belly) has seemed to make her a touch more fussy. must be so frustrating to know what you want to do, but not be able to do it just yet.

*loves to play pat-a-cake

and peek-a-boo

*waves hi and bye

*squeals everytime dean sits to give her attention

*loves food. she has yet to refuse anything

*drinks juice out of a hard tipped sippy cup

*is still is size 3 diapers

*still wears carters 0-3 months onsies (though I plan to take those out of her wardrobe this month, she's getting to tall for them now)

*loves to chew on zippers

*loves to stand (with assistance)

*refuses to keep socks on. what is it with babies and pulling off their socks?

*has no stranger anxiety

no dr. appt. this month, but I'm pretty sure she still weighs about the same as last month, considering her appt. last month was 3 weeks after the 9 month mark.

only 3 more months!

Addie babe is 9 months! Say it isn't so! Only 3 more months until my baby turns 1... is that right? I'm pretty sure something is off... because there is no way my newborn is already so old.

She's had a busy month, that's for sure. Getting her first tooth (bottom left), perfecting her pincer grasp and feeding herself, flying to Ohio to visit her Great grandma and grandpa, plus everyone else who could make it. She was a champ flier... and didn't fuss even once, which I'd say is remarkable considering we were on 1 leg of the trip for more than 4 hours. As usual... she was perfect.

These days Addie:

*loves feeding herself yogurt melts and flavored puffs

*loves clapping when we say "Yay!" and also while she eats

*isn't crawling, but is showing signs that she'll start soon

*still loves getting hyper and jumping like crazy in her jumperoo

*is still wearing anything from 0-3m to 6-12m clothing, and size 3 diapers

*takes 4 bottles a day and eats 3 solid food meals a day with a snack somewhere in between

*has a tooth... I never would have guessed she was getting one. Her gums didn't swell, and she acted like her usual happy content self

*is in love with Dean (but who isn't) and just about anyone else who will play with her

*doesn't really have stranger anxiety

*occasionally gives me kisses when I make a kissing sound.

*has enough hair to clip back, and enough for a dorky little pony tail on the top of her head... though I haven't actually done it yet because I think it'd look a little silly

*has brown eyes... they change here and there, sometimes taking a greenish color, but I'm pretty sure they're going to be nice and brown. : )

*is red headed! love it!

18lbs. 10oz.

27.75 inches long

Your friendly neighborhood ghostbuster

Meet the newest Ghostbuster!

Seriously, I'm pretty sure he knows enough about the real ghostbusters to actually be one. To say he's obsessed with everything Ghostbusters would probably be a gross understatement. The kid is in love! At any given time of the day you can hear him singing the ghostbusters theme song. Any object he picks up automatically becomes a ghost blaster, and if he can't find his ecto mobile, he's devistated. He's recently taken to using Matt's iphone to watch youtube videos of the ghostbusters theme song, and he can use and understand the workings of an iphone better than I can ever hope to. It's really quite entertaining... his singing and acting. I've just got to remember to get more of it on video, because I don't ever want to forget this!

I love this little man's imagination!