Baby-Wearing in the Buff

Addison is a very savvy "Mommy"...she's ready to take her baby anywhere.

Except she forgot one thing...

Pull Ups

Swiping Sissy's Sippy Cup - watch out, she's coming!

Little Man is on the move. Nothing is sacred anymore. Especially Addison's trinkets that are strewn everywhere. Heaven forbid if he happens to snatch something of hers up, she immediately grabs it from him and screams "Ohhhhhhh noooooooo, there's FIT!!! (spit) His favorite things of hers to swipe are:

Her blanket
Her stuffed animals (ducky, bunny, kitty)
Her sippy cup
Her mini-dvd player (I'm not proud of this one)
Her pink chair (he pulls up on it and buries his face in it, squealing)

Pulling up on everything started last week, and he's getting so good at it! I really think he's going to walk before 12 months. He's sooooo different from Addison in this sense, she didn't MOVE until she was 10 months (remember the famous scoot?) and didn't walk until she was 16 months! I was really expecting them to be similar in this arena, and they are similar in many other ways, but the gross motor stuff is happening so much earlier than I expected! I was hoping for a longer "immobile" stage, but forget that!

No teeth yet...still waiting on his first to break through. Any day now! And then maybe he will sleep for more than 4 hour stretches!

Sp is still nowhere to be found....

New additions to the list:

Spicy = Ficey

Spirit (as in Holy Spirit) = Firit (fee-rit)

Splash = Flash

Spray = Fray

Spark = Fark

My favorite: It's a tie between Ficey and Fark

Mommy: Addison, do you want a bite of Mommy's food?

Addison: No tank-you, it's too ficey.

Sp is still missing, and I hope she doesn't find it in the near future. I love her Addison-ese!

Will's Baptism

Will was baptized at Holy Family Parish, on Feb. 14, 2010. A very special Valentine's Day, indeed! My brother Mike and sister in law, Tara, are his godparents. He's so lucky to have such sweet, loving godparents! They love him so much. :) Will was such a good boy through all of the mass, however he was not pleased about being dunked with water by Father Nagel! Big Sister Addison was hilarious during the mass. Since we were in the front row, she had a clear view of the alter, and Father Nagel. She watched him intently, and we caught her praying, with her two hands together, just like Father Nagel! It was so adorable.

After the baptism, we had brunch at our house, with all of our families. The best part was the brown sugar bacon! YUM! A perfect ending to a very special occasion.

The Case of the Missing "Sp"

Addison has become one articulate little girl....as long as the words she's trying to enunciate don't contain a beginning onset "SP!" We crack up every time she says the following words:

Spit = Fit

Sparkle = Farkle

Spider = Fider

Sprout = Frout

Spaghetti = Fuhghetti

Farkle is by far, my favorite!

And today, we couldn't stop giggling at her pronunciation of

"Street Sweeper" = Street Peecer

Our little violinist. :) I guess when you get the urge to play....forget everything else! :)

Remember when....

it was just Addison? It's hard to remember what life was like before Will. Tara took this picture, and I came across it today, deciding that it deserves to be posted. What a sweet shot.

Time to update!

I've been a bad blogger. I have every intention of updating the blog, with funny stories and events that I want to make sure to mark in history, but every time I have a spare moment, it seems that something (or someone!) distracts me, and I say to myself "I'll do it tomorrow." I've promised myself that I'm going to start being a better blogger from now on. Time is going by too quickly, and so many things have been blog-worthy lately, I don't even know where to start.

Addison: She's not a toddler anymore! It seems like overnight, she became a little girl. (sniff sniff!) Her language continually blows me away. I have no idea where she gets half of the stuff that she says! She asks sooooooo many questions, which is so cute because we can see her mind processing the answers as we're explaining something to her. If she doesn't understand, she wrinkles her eyebrows and looks baffled and asks us to explain. If she's told she can't do something, she'll say "How not, Mommy?" Too cute. I can't bear to correct her on that one! She's also extremely observant. If I happen to do something as simple as wrinkle my nose or scratch my head, she's say "Why you do that with your nose?" Watch out if I have a zit...she can spot one coming on before I even know it's there!

She absolutely LOVES her Toddler Group. Lately, she's been talking much more about her friends! I love that her focus has shifted from being excited about things like her teacher and art, to NOW being cognizant of friends and relationships. This, to me, is marking a shift in her development. Of course she still loves to sit at the art table and paint away, but she also talks about her friends and WHO she'll see at Toddler Group.

The other big topic of conversation lately has been Addison's BIRTHDAY. She's ecstatic about it, and it's still two months away! She's told me that she wants a "Ballerina Party." She wants everyone to wear tutus. Ok, we can handle that request! However, last week, she suddenly threw in a wrench: "I want a ballerina party, and NO BOYS!" Huh? Where did this come from? She loves her little boyfriends! Maguire, Luke, Will and Bridger are definitely her faves, and she's not going to be discriminatory and not invite boys to her birthday! She's going to learn an early lesson on including both girls and boys! I think we've been letting her watch a little bit too much Olivia...or maybe Max and Ruby. Both shows have bossy sisters who have annoying little brothers, so maybe she's picked up the "no boys" thing there!

More to come on the birthday saga....

Will: What a sweet little love bug! He's ALL OVER the place, crawling and into everything. Our eyes can never leave him for even a second, he's so quick. Plus, everything goes into his mouth at this stage, so I've been paranoid with all of the little pieces from Addison's toys getting into his hands and of course, mouth. He is such a happy little guy, rarely melting down. He goes with the flow, and puts up with our busy schedule. Sleep still isn't the greatest, he's waking up 2-3 times per night, usually once around 10, again at 1, again at 4, then hopefully down until 6:30 or 7. If he is like his sister, he should start sleeping for 10 hours straight very soon! Addison did 10 hour stretches around 8 months. I'm counting the days!!

This month we put Will in the bathtub with his sister, and he absolutely loves it! Addison just does her own thing, occasionally interacting with him, or trying to give him a glass of water to drink!

Will is also finally sitting up on his own, and able to sit without toppling over. It was weird, he was crawling WAY before he was able to sit up without support. Usually babies sit first, then crawl. Not our kid! I really think he's going to be walking way sooner than Addison (Addison walked at 16 months!) and probably catapulting out of his crib too. This little guy is very active!

The other big happening this month is "Operation Preschool Search." Yes, preschool registration starts in January around here, which is crazy early, but that's the way it is! I'm still in shock that we're going to have a preschooler! We've narrowed it down to two schools in our area, and both have waitlists and are hard to get into. I'm crossing my fingers that we get into one over the other, but if it doesn't work out, option 2 is fine. I'm just being nit-picky because the teacher in me is coming out, and there are certain things I'm looking for. But I've also told myself that as long as Addison is happy and loves going to school, that all that matters.

Both kids are sick at the moment, Will is getting over a double ear infection (his second!) and Addison has a terrible cough and congestion. Weren't we sick not too long ago? Ugh.

That's it for now...more to come soon!