A Special Moment...

We had a neat moment with our little Addy girl today! She gave me a big hug and said clear as day, "Mama, I love you!" It is the first time she said this to either one of us! My heart is still melting!

18 Month Stats...is this even possible?

I am really slacking on posting these stats as her appointment was about a month ago!

Height: 33.5 inches (92nd percentile)

Weight: 23lbs. 12 oz (42nd percentile)

She had a great appointment, but we had to schedule a follow up appointment with a Dermatologist to take a look at a small bump on her shoulder. She has what is called a "Juvenile Xanthogranuloma" which is luckily benign. It should go away in about 1-2 years. They recommended that we not remove it as it could cause some serious scarring! It isn't painful, and is not a big deal, but we are glad to know what it is! Over the past 6 months, this bump has been diagnosed as as everything from a bug bite to a rash to a syst!

Good news, bad news...

Good news is that Addison can now point to her nose when we ask her to, bad news is that she has also discovered that it has two holes! We have to laugh when she says "nose" with a finger (or two) stuck in the hole...

Mowing the Lawn

While in CO, Justin and Adam taught Addy some new skills on the basketball court! She learned how to steal the ball from dad, how to dunk, and most importantly, how to end the game with some awesome dance moves! I included a link to YouTube to check out a short clip of the action:

http://www.youtube.com/sarahvonnahme.

Here is a recent pic of the lawn mower in action at Buffett...always the "go-to" dance move it seems! I am glad that Addy is aspiring to be a great dancer, just like her father!

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!