We're SITTING!!!!

On Sunday I was thinking that Maybe Addison was ready to learn how to sit.  She has been balancing on my lap with me steadying her a bit, so I decided to see what would happen...

On Monday, just following our normal routine, wake up, eat cereal and fruit, play on the floor and practice our rolling.....then I thought, "lets sit her up and see how wobbly she is".  A little to the right, then backwards, oh wait then flat on the face.  I caught her before she really hit.  Then came the cry, "MOMMY I NEED A BREAK."  I rocked her for a bit, she gave me loves, then I put her down for a nap.  We kept trying to sit all day.  She wasn't quite able to sit by herself for more than 30 seconds.  Tuesday she was getting better, Wednesday I thought we had it, but I needed another day to make sure....THURSDAY perhaps?????? 

THURSDAY...AND I think we have it.  She can sit, all by herself, for quite a while.  When I say a while probable 5-10 minutes without falling over. I wrap a blanket in a horseshoe around her so that when she takes a tumble, she hits something soft. I was doing laundry this morning and left her in her room playing with her toys, I popped in and out making sure she was okay, but she was still sitting....(it was so cute and it made mommy a little sad knowing that her baby girl is growing so fast).  

Oh I forgot to mention that we introduced the sippy cup this week too and she loves it....Mommy still has to hold it for her to get anything out of it, but she's trying.  

I think every little girl needs the experience of sitting in the sink to have her hair done.  It's so fun and they come to like it.  Well we started that this week so that by the time she's at the terrible two stage she won't fight me on getting her hair done. (I had this epiphany through all the years of watching my little motto girls and how they loved sitting in the sink when I did their hair...good job auntie)  It has really been a fun exciting week!!!!



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We always have a fun time at Grandma Stricklands house!!!!!

HOLY....LONG POST!!!!!!

This last week Allen had a three day weekend so we decided to visit Grandma.  She was feeling a bit lonely.  Allen's sister Connie finished there house and moved out two weeks ago after having lived with Sandra for nearly 3 years. We also surprised them with a few TV's.  

We had a really good time.  Addison had her first gerber biter biscuits (which she loved), a bath in grandma's big tub, and she was able to show off her rolling abilities to everyone(which aren't very good, but she can do it).  

Grandma gave her a noisy treat that she wouldn't stop playing with.  She also loves books.  It started with the hymn books at church, so I had to get her a few cardboard books so she couldn't rip the pages

We went up on Saturday to mount the TV's and visit .  I I love Connie's Kitchen and I'm so glad she did an accent wall because it helped blend the colors together.  

 



Addison really liked the biscuit.  It got all over her and if if I would have know how messy it was going to be....maybe we wouldn't have taken the whole box from Connie.  (even though she told us)

 

I got a video of this little girl having a really great time in grandma's tub (swimming pool), but we didn't want to show everything off.  She was kicking, waving her arms and splashing galore.  It was hilarious!!!

On Sunday morning we woke up and Addison has scratched herself right by her eye.  I was so sad.  Church was at 11am so we played around a little.  Addison tried sitting on the dragon.  She's not quite ready for it yet.  Later everyone came over and had dinner.