Peek-a-Boo

Addison is 13 months! The 11th & 12th months just flew by. The reason they probably went by so fast is because of how quick this sweet girl is changing.




Addison now has four words: dog (daaag), ball (baa), balloon (bamoom) & vacuum (vaacuooom). It's so amazing to hear her speak. I love that we're beginning to communicate with actual words; even if she's not saying Mommy yet! Although, as I've said many times before, I'm fine being second to dog and even balloons; but vacuum?? Come on!!!!



The newest song she's loving is the itsy bitsy spider song. Her little spider that she makes with her fingers is absolutely adorable!



Addison has always liked playing with books. She enjoys turning the pages. But about two months ago she started spending more time on each page, studying the pictures. Of course pictures of dogs tend to be her favorite. She makes little barking sounds and points the dogs out to me right away. She also loves pictures of balloons and flowers. You can ask her where any dog, flower or balloon is in her books and she'll quickly point them out - then congratulate herself by clapping (so cute)!



Addison has also started playing outside. Like all kids, she loves being outdoors. Once she's down on the ground there's no getting her attention. That's why I have very few pictures of her looking at the camera - she's way too busy checking out her new surroundings!



For her birthday she got a new swing and she just loves it! Of course our weather hasn't been nice this summer so she hasn't had much of a chance to swing.





Addison has this tiny little piano that actually sounds very close to the real thing. She'll spend quite a few minutes composing a new piece that is sure to change the music world as we know it. It's so fun to watch her 'play' - she concentrates so hard. Every now and then she'll sing along to the music she's making. I can only assume she learned that from watching Elmo sing the weather song!



Awhile back she started playing peek-a-boo with us. Its so, so cute! She would hide herself around a corner or piece of furniture and then poke her little face around the corner. Sometimes she'd laugh in anticipation of 'scaring' me that she couldn't poke her head around until after she finished laughing Now days she doesn't need anything to hide behind; she'll just turn her head to one shoulder and then quickly turn it back to the other and wait for you to say 'peek-a-boo!'



We're not really into the baby sign language. Nothing against those who use it - but we made the choice not to. BUT I did teach her the sign for 'all done' when I started introducing solid foods to Addison's diet. I figured it would help curb some meal-time frustrations. Well, turns out that I also taught her a sign for more. Now most everything gets a more sign: more snacks, more toys, more books, more playing, etc. But once in a while she'll sign more to me and I"m not sure what she's asking for. So the sign for more can also mean 'I want' in Addison speak. Sometimes when I ask her, 'more what' she'll actually point to what she wants (which I'm incredibly thankful for) - but usually it becomes a guessing game for me.




And for her stats: As of her 12 month check-up she is 29" tall and 19 lbs 6 oz. Her weight is the exact same as it was at her 9 month well-baby visit but the Peditrician assured me that this is completely normal. Oh yeah, not only did my poor girl get her blood drawn she got six, yes six immunizations. She wasn't behind in any of them but for what ever reason the nurse got her ahead in one of the series! Oh well, one less shot for her 15th month!