A whole year has flown by since Addie entered into the world. Here’s a snapshot of what she is up to right now:

Words

• Dog (w/ a southern accent, “daw”)
• Mama
• Dada
• Buh-bye
• Da (“What’s that”)
• Doh (pointing things out)
• Uh-oh
• Baaa (“What’s a lamb say?”)
• All done
• Meeeeow
• Hi (hhhhhi)
• Wooooo (with arm waving in the air)

Nicknames

• Boo boo
• Addie muffin
• Nuggie/Nugget/Nugs
• Munchie, little munch munch (munchkin)
• Baby girl
• Addster/Adz

Favorite Foods

• Avocado
• Pasta w/ red sauce and parm.
• Raspberries
• Bananas
• Cottage cheese
• Peas
• Blueberries
• Grapes (mostly red)
• Oatmeal w/ cinnamon

Games & Toys

• Peek-a-boo
• So big
• Music table
• Maracas
• Pushing laundry basket around
• Taking things in/out of containers
• Stacking cups
• Climbing rocking chair
• Attempting to scale the gate
• Running away to climb the stairs
• Putting fuzz in her mouth from the rug (for real and pretending) and crawling away
• Chase w/ Mom & Dad and stopping to let us catch her and then growling
• Hanging upside down
• Taking Mom & Dad’s glasses off
• Singing and rocking to music
• Looking in the mirror and licking her reflection

Books

Addie is really into reading board books by herself. She reads in her crib before and after waking up as well as in her carseat.

• Baby Woof Woof
• Good Morning, Good Night
• Sesame Street books
• I Love You Little One
• Baby Colors
• Baby’s First 100 Words
• Gingerbread Girl
• Ripping flaps off of lift-the-flap books

Currently Wearing

•  12-24 months (mostly 18 months)
• Size 3 disposables and her rise is unsnapped on her cloth diapers
• Sunglasses (for 1-2 minutes)
• Hat (wears it longer without tugging it off)
• Most days she wears a dress or shirt/shorts
• Doesn’t wear shoes yet
• Pulls her bib off sometimes
• Loves putting her arms through her shirts/PJs

Routine

• Wakes up at 6:30 almost on the dot every day
• Nurses, plays and swings out front before breakfast
• Takes a nap around 9am
• Heads to music class or goes to a friend’s house mid-morning on many days
• Eats lunch around 12:30
• Naps from 1:30-2:30 or 3
• Goes with Mom for errands after snack-time
• Has dinner around 5:30
• Takes a bath every other night
• Nurses, reads a book (or two) and sings a song before bed
• Goes to bed with blankie, singing seahorse, and books at 6:30, falls asleep by 7

Travel Summary

• Northeast for fall visit Oct 2010 (10 weeks)
• Northeast for Christmas 2010 (4.5 mo.)
• CT visit traveling with Mom only in January 2011 (5.5 mo.)
• PA/Outer Banks trip in April 2011 (8 mo.)
• Northeast visit with Mom only in July 2011 (11 mo.)

And here are a few photos from the quick photo shoot we did in the front yard on the morning of her birthday. The wagon was her dad’s (grandpa re-painted it for her).

Hey everybody! Addie here. I threw a big bash for myself over the weekend and had the Austin gang over. A few of my fanbase also Skyped in to join the fun. As you can see, I was really all about the wrapping paper and cake.  Seeing the family was ok too. But cake, cake is my new hobby. Daddy sneaks me some during the day.

Thanks to everyone for the gifts and stopping by, even if you did keep partying after I went to take a nap (I heard you, I made a mental note. I’ll be up at 3am…).

Quick post tonight. As referenced earlier in the week, Addie has a growing fondness for her toys experiencing the miracle of flight. Today photographic evidence was produced. Here is her singing seahorse caught in flight. Notice the concentration and strength of the thrower in the background.

Clearly a fun game that continued at bedtime, of course.

Oh, and just a couple more photos for fun (big surprise faces today, for some reason):

Addie has been really focused on entertaining herself in her crib these past few weeks. She sings, reads books, throws things overboard (her new favorite) and generally just carries on while she is waiting for Mom or Dad to come retrieve her. The loud thuds of board books and her musical seahorse are enough to give her parents pause and wonder if she took a flying leap herself. She doesn’t seem confused by everything magically reappearing in her crib in the morning after we’ve picked up the debris while she’s asleep. Here’s a few post-nap photos that she endured before getting lifted out for fun in the playroom.