Happy Birthday Miss Addison

Happy Birthday!

We had a little party for her at my parents house.  My Mom made this cute little monkey cake and little monkey cupcakes too! 


Addi did not quite get the idea of unwrapping the presents but she had fun.  She got spoiled by the family and got lots of toys and clothes.  Thanks!




She enjoyed the cake and ice cream that Grandpa fed her.  He did make her stand up each time she wanted a bite.  Starting the lessons in work ethic early!


We have all seen the picture of babies with cake everywhere on their first birthday.  Well, you will not be seeing any of those picture from us. We sat Addison on the table and placed the money cake in front of her.  I was sure she would dive right in.  She picked the eyeball of the monkey out of the frosting and tasted it but that was it.  Every time we tried to get her to touch the frosting she would squirm and try to get away.  We tried to get her to even taste it but she would have nothing to do with it. 

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Here is some facts about our little one

• She walks, but only about 8 steps at a time
• She is developing quite the attitude; for two days she would not eat if I feed her, she would only eat if she could do it herself
• She loves books
• She hates clothes
• Every time she sees something that she thinks is cool or exciting she makes her little “ooo” monkey noise (it is adorable)
• She makes the goofiest faces I have ever seen
• She loves to get into everything in the house
• She generally loves food; Macaroni, watermelon and graham crackers are favorites
• She is still very bald
• She has decided that shoes are not completely awful and wore them the whole three hours at church last week
• She is a big girl, 80% in her height and 70% in her weight
• We have moved from the bottle to the cup and could care less, I am more sad then she is
• Her vocabulary is pretty pathetic; she communicates in grunts and a few signs but very little English comes from her mouth
• She loves to give high five and thinks she is pretty cool when she does it
• She still sleeps amazingly well (only at home though); two naps a day and at least 11 hours of straight sleep at night
• When I am at work Addison goes to my aunt’s house for the day; she loves spending time with the kids and they love her right back
• She loves to stand up, place her head on the ground and then throw things through her legs (does that make any sense?) it is hilarious

We love our little girl.  I do wish she would stop growing though.