invitations cutting out the faces, bows and hole punching the dots for the bows. I made a banner that says Happy Birthday Addison and I party hat that is of course Minnie Mouse-ish. I plan on making her a super sized cup-cake and cute little matching cupcakes for all the guests. Did I mention that we are expecting around 40 people? I must be crazy!! As mentioned before I also made her dress for the party, which I am hoping will still fit by her party. She is growing so fast that I am not sure it will!
She is so grown up now! She walks everywhere, almost runs! My mother bought Addi her first pair of nice shoes, appropriate for her stage of walking. She really seems to like them and adjusted to them quickly. I was shocked at how expensive baby shoes are!! I don't even spend that much on shoes for me! Luckily they were having a buy one get one half off sale and Stride rite. She is already in size 5 1/2! I thought maybe a 4 at the most but not almost a size 6. She is going to be just like me and have a terrible time finding cute shoes that fit her and don't look like clown shoes. She is still obsessed with Minnie Mouse, which she better be since it is going to be involved in every part of her party:)
Her mood swing are still very dramatic but I think she is learning that it is not the way to get my attention. She makes noise almost all day long, whether she is saying her "dada's" or "mama's" and even a few "Cat-ata's" (cat) and "Gog" (dog). She loves to be outside walking around
or just 
laying on the blanket watching the leaves blow in the wind. She is really good at testing my patience too. She knows the word No but always presses on to see how long it will take me to go over and stop her. Her favorite thing to do now is point at anything and everything and say "Dat" (that). She is so curious and wants to know what everything is. The diaper changing has not gotten any easier, she is my little "Tasmanian devil" when is comes to diapers or clothes chantings. I am hoping that she will grow out of that stage soon. It is so tiring and frustrating to fight to get clothes on her. It should take seconds but actually takes 5 minutes plus! Another thing that she does now is blowing "zerberts"/fart noises on the leather ottoman. She will just walk over and smash her face down and start blowing. We can't stop laughing at her silliness. Last night she amazed us by crawling up the back part of our bench out back. It has little square cut outs and she decided that she would stick her feet into them and hoist herself up! We couldn't believe how smart she was to figure that out! Now I just have to hope that she doesn't use that skill to get out of her crib! Lastly she finally gives us kisses at her own will!
It can get slobbery at times but I love that she will lean in when you ask for a kiss:)We did have another round of being sick this month:( I was treated for strep throat and Addi ended up with an ear infection which led to pink eye all with a cold! She was miserable for a day or two then was completely better, besides a cough that just won't go away for any of us.
All smiles outside!
The three of us at Kristin's Birthday Party
So silly!