Addison's Newest Happenings...

There's a lot of fun stuff going on with Addison these days! She's talking up a storm in full sentences and singing songs randomly. She loves to tell you what she wants and more often, what she doesn't want. She can say pretty much anything she wants and even puts sentences and phrases together on her own, much to our surprise. She will also pick up something the first time she hears it and surprise you with it later.

A few fun phrases:

• "No ma'am" - when I do something she doesn't want me to do, she uses this phrase that I often use on her when she is doing something she's not supposed to do
• "My HAND" - as she reaches out for you to hold her hand
• "FAST" - when she or someone else is running fast
• "Nose sucker" - referring to the battery-operated nasal aspirator that we use to suck out all the snot when she is congested (a little graphic, wasn't it)
• "I jotchu" [I got you]
• "Num, num, num" - when something tastes good, or she's pretending to eat something
• "See Addison" - this one is frustrating - whenever I try to take a picture or video, she looks up and says this and comes over to see herself on the camera. I try to explain to her that I have to actually take a picture or video before she can see herself, but she doesn't listen. Instead, when I resist, she pitches a fit. Below is one of the pictures I took of her when she was mad that I wouldn't let her see Addison. I showed her this and asked if I could take one of Addison smiling, but she didn't comply.

Songs she likes to sing by herself:

• Itsy Bitsy Spider - (with the motions) "pider...pout...washed him OUT(favorite part)...sun...rain...up the pout AGAIN"
• Pat a Cake - (with the motions) "pat cake, pat cake...MAN...can...roll, roll, roll, roll...PAN"
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - "tinkle, tinkle...STAR...how I wonner...you ARE...upa buba worle so HIGH...ika diamon in the SKY, tinkle, tinkle...STAR...how I woner...you ARE"
• B-I-N-G-O - "bee, eee, gee, ohh...bigo wasis name-o"
• Wheels on the bus - (with the motions) "whees on bus...round an round...all through the TOWN...bus...beep, beep, beep, etc...open an SHUT, etc...waa waa waa, etc...
• "Rock, rock, to and fwo, Addison, ______ (Mama, Elmo, etc) here WEE go" - when she is rocking in a chair

Here's a picture of her singing one of her songs with the motions:

Most of these songs she learned from a fabulous $3 DVD given to her by her GrandNanda called "Mommy and Me". She has the cd also and she listens to it at night when she goes to sleep. She likes to also sing the theme song: "Mommy and me...SEE...day...can BE...mommy and me".

She also loves to sing the theme song to Dooley and Pals, which is hilarious. She says "Dooley,PALS...Dooley, PALS...ay Dooley!". Another Dooley song she has been singing along to for a while now is "Will you be my friend". Her most favorite part is when Maxx sings "I know". She also likes to sing "Dooley Says".

Besides "Mommy and Me" and "Dooley and Pals" her favorite DVDs are anything with Abby Cadabby. She LOVES Sesame Street! Her most favorite one is "Abby in Wonderland". She knows what's going to happen before it happens and will tell you.

She reads her favorite books along with me by either repeating or by saying it before I do when she sees the page. Some of her favorite books right now are, "Ready, Set, Skip" "Raindrop, Plop" and "Just Like Me." She also likes the nursery rhyme books and will recite them before I even get the chance to read them. One of my favorites to do with her right now is that I'll say "1, 2, buckle my _______" and she says "SHOE". [3,4, shut the...] DOOR; [5,6, pick up...] SICKS; [7, 8, lay them...] STRAPE; [9, 10, the big fat...] HEN!

Her favorite game to play is "Ring around the Rosie". She also loves to play with her Elmo restaurant, her house, and build towers with her blocks. She will take your hand and say "Upstairs" so you can take her up to play with her toys. She loves to order "hamburger cheese" from the Elmo restaurant.

She LOVES to dance, anytime music is on -- just like her mama! If you tell her "do your feet" she will start running in place as fast as she can.

She is also scared of things that she has never been scared of before. She has become terrified of the bathtub drain and hates taking a bath. This week, I've had to take a bath with her every night to get her to take one. She is also afraid of the dark - she won't walk into a dark room or hallway like she used to without holding your hand. Strange sounds startle her and she will say "was dat?"

Anyway, we are having a BLAST!!!