Mom Moments: end of 2010 update

My, my, she is really growing up so fast! We've had quite a whirlwind since I've last posted and I don't even really know what to say to catch you up on her latest antics, but here goes!

She wanted to wear these party hats and be a cat.

Sayings of note...

1. "I don't care, whatever" - in response to practically any question you ask...so they say that the toddler years are a lot like the teenage years...I believe it, she already talks like one!

2. "Thanks everyone, have a good night" - she says this when she's done singing one of her favorite country songs. I think she's watched too many award shows this fall.

3. "Daddy is Flynn Rider and Mommy is Rapunzel and I am Rapunzel" - she saw Disney's Tangled movie in the theatre (her first real movie) and LOVED it!
4. Why? as typical, this comes repeatedly after pretty much anything you say...

Newest favorite songs:

1. "Mine" by Taylor Swift - this is the only song she thinks Taylor "Shwift" sings. When we play the rest of the songs on the cd, she wants Taylor "Shwift" again
2. "Turn on the radio" by Reba (a.k.a. "Ruba"). She will actually beg to watch CMT rather than Disney Channel at times...she's quite the performer!

She surprises me so much with what she says on a daily basis. She is hilarious and smart! Like yesterday, she said she wanted to go see "Ruba" (Reba). She asked Nanda if she could sit on Ruba's lap and Nanda said "I don't think so" and Addison said, "why not, she has knees like Santa?!" Hilarious, the way she reasons things out in her sweet little head!

Speaking of Santa, she was NOT interested in sitting on his lap and getting her picture made this year. She liked to see him and wave from a distance, but wasn't interested in getting anywhere near his lap. So, this is the closest we got to a picture with Santa!

I am amazed at her ability to recall things that she's only heard a couple of times. She's just starting to "watch" full length movies like Finding Nemo, Toy Story, etc. and she will repeat phrases and songs off of these movies after only "watching" them a couple of times! (I say "watching" because she's usually playing and not completely paying attention to the movie). The same thing with songs she hears on the radio, TV, etc. She was so cute during Christmastime when we were listening to the all-Christmas music station...when they would do their little station jingle, "K104.7", she would sing along with it!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas. What a wonderful time to think about how blessed we are with health, family, and friends. We are so thankful for the time God gives us to cherish these blessings.

I figured out this Christmas that it's a blast to buy things for your kids that you enjoy too! Addison got a little portable karaoke thing that you can plug an iPod into and she loves singing along with her favorite country songs. She also got a drum that will do the same thing - I think Daddy's had more fun with that so far!

Her big gift was a playset that Santa's "elves" put together in the backyard - what a struggle that was for the "elves," but definitely worth it. On our "Christmas morning" (we celebrated before traveling for the actual day), she was playing on it and said, "Mommy, I love this playset so much! We are not going back inside!". She loves the "shwide" (slide) and "shwing" (swing) best!