Da Da?

I really should be doing the mounds of laundry that are piling up, but I wanted to put this in writing so that we can always look back and giggle...

We have been trying to limit Addy's TV time to Sesame Street and other educational shows, but sometimes I just need to have some real TV on in the background! Yesterday I turned on Ellen, and Addison started yelling "da da, da da, da da" and pointing at Ellen! I could not stop laughing! I think she thinks that anyone with a short hair cut might be her dad! Some random Congressman was da da, Matt Lauer was da da (now I can understand the resemblance on this one), and even a black man on TV was da da. I still can't figure that one out...but he did have short hair! As you can imagine, this has become a nice joke in the Vonnahme family...love it!

15 Months!

Addison had her 15 month appt this week and continues grow like a weed! Here are her new stats: 32.75 inches (100th percentile) and 22lbs (35th percentile). She only gained 0.5 lbs in the past 3 months, so the pediatrician recommended encouraging the ice cream! She eats like a little birdie and is contantly in motion now burning off those calories! As you can see in this picture, she has taken a major liking to her pacifier which is affectionately called "bay." We are ready to wean her off of it soon...we heard from the Dr. that people have had success cutting off the silicone part and just giving them the base. Since it doesn't work like it used to, kids don't seem to want it anymore...we shall see! I am dreading this, but it needs to be done!

"BOP"

Adam has officially led Addison down the path of "Pop" vs. "Soda!" We let her try a drink of soda last night and Adam told her that it was pop. Of course she loved it, and now she is walking around the house saying "Bop, bop, bop!" Adam's reasoning is that she will likely grow up in "pop country," so it makes sense to teach her the correct terminology. The word pop left my vocabulary right when we moved to PA as I was teased about it mercilessly at work! Adam has been sticking true to his roots and has always called it pop. Anyway, it seems that Addy will be a bop girl, not a soda girl!

Walking Clips

We finally got around to uploading a few clips of Addison first learning to walk...as you can see, she is very proud of herself!

I am not sure why this one is turned on its side...whoops!

Walking on Easter!

Addison is officially walking! She started walking at Ted and Angela's house after the egg hunt on Easter! Earlier in the day she started to move around like Smigel from Lord of the Rings (a reference that I obviously didn't come up with on my own), so she could avoid crawling on her dress! For those of you who aren't familiar with Smigel, he is the one who called the ring, "The Precious." By the end of the day, we think she was so tired of avoiding the dress that she decided to make the move to full-blown walking. She was taking a few steps here and there, but after we let go of her hand, she kept walking and walking and walking...all the way across the room! We had to lure her with a little candy to keep it up (a girl after my own heart), and she continued to walk across the room several more times! We plan to post a walking clip sometime soon.

As of this week, she is still primarily crawling if she wants to go somewhere fast, but she is getting more confident with the walking each day. WOO HOO ADDISON!

Swimming with Daddy

We recently enrolled Addison in a mommy and me swimming class a few days per week. Besides the fact that her lower lip is constantly quivering because the pool is freezing, she seems to be liking the whole experience so far! Adam was off early on Monday and came with us to class...he had a great time prancing around in the pool with all the other mommies! He was encouraging Addy to splash the water rather than pull the water like a doggie paddle, and they got singled out by the instructor. He was too busy posing for the camera rather than listening to the instructions! We had a good laugh about it! Adam is going to try to join us on Mondays if his schedule allows...

Imitation

Lately, our little girl has been really into imitating things. Last week she started to take the phone, put it up to her ear and say "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Apparently that is one of the things that I say on the phone...and I had no clue about this habit until she started to do it! On Friday, she put some of her magnetic letters into Miles' mouth and watched him run around the kitchen barking! Well, two minutes later, she was trying to stuff several magnets into her mouth and started barking as well. The best though, (and could possibly be the start to something we are not ready for yet) is saying "No" when we say "No." It kind of still sounds like "Na" which is kind of cute, but we were half expecting for her to greet us on Saturday morning in her crib with a big, fat "No!" We were not sure how to curb this, so we started saying "uh-uh" and shaking our heads, and you guessed it, that is now a fun little game too!

Addison also came up with a new form of crawling on Friday. It is scooting on her knees and pulling herself along with one arm to protect her juice pop from dragging on the floor. Adam affectionately calls this maneuver "the caveman."