Bangs

OK, I have to admit that I have been avoiding cutting Addy's bangs because I was worried that she would go through an awful growing out phase, as I did in high school! However, her neck started to be permanently cocked back trying to see, so it was definitely time! They took about two inches off the front and now we can see those big brown eyes!! We love her new do, but it definitely makes her look so much older...like a real toddler!

Before

After

The two steppin' queen

We are not trying to hurry any milestones, but it would be fantastic to see Addison walk more than two steps at a time! She takes two steps...balances...looks around...gets scared...and plops back down! We are getting closer by the day, but she still thinks it is much easier to crawl!

We did get a fairly good shot of the new top teeth...all four came in at the same time. To coin a phrase from a friend of ours, she has what you might call, "western teeth" with big wide open spaces!

You scream, we all scream!

On our very first nice day in March, we decided to check out the petting zoo in the heart of Amish country. We were shocked to find some very weird animals, animals that we couldn't even start to describe to Addy. "Oh Addison, look at the scary bear-cat creature that is hissing at us!" and "Hmmm, what is that big hairy thing with horns and a long white tongue?"

We later learned that that the 1st animal was a Chinese Bintron, which is still giving Adam nightmares, and the 2nd was some kind of rare Scottish Bull. How they ended up in Lancaster county is still a mystery, but it was fun to see some new animals and the old faves too! Addison enjoyed looking at the goats, ducks, donkeys and the turkey. Although we told her the name of each animal, she still called them all "dogg-essh" "dogg-essh" which is her version of "doggies."
They also had homemade ice cream, so Addison tried her first ice cream cone! She is definitely a chocolate girl, and after we showed her how to lick the ice cream, she was licking away like an old pro. We ended the afternoon with a stop at the local park and ended up swinging for over an hour. Every time we tried to take her out of the swing, she fought to stay in!