11 months

No official stats to report this month -- you will have to wait until after Addison's ONE YEAR check up tomorrow for those -- but regardless our little lady is growing and changing by the day. Month 11 marked some big changes as our baby quickly makes the transition to a toddler (woah!)...

- Addison got two more teeth bringing the grand total to FOUR (newest additions are the upper left,
   followed closely by the upper right)

- She also mastered standing while holding onto things -- furniture, walls, doors and, of course, in her crib

- With the new found ability to stand in her crib AND the addition of teeth, Addison decided that chewing on    her crib was a brilliant idea. I personally find it disturbing to walk into her room and find paint chips around    her mouth, but I guess it could be worse... thinking this is just a phase and we will be onto something new      soon enough (at least that's what I am hoping...)

Addison mastered clapping (just say "yay" and away she goes), waving (again, just one word - "bye" - will turn her into a waving machine) and now is pointing - at EVERYTHING! I am not sure if she wants us to get something for her or tell her what everything is, but we have been doing a little bit of both. She seems to like hearing what things are and hopefully this exercise will make her a genius ;) Speaking of genius, Addison is now also making the signs for "milk" and "more." Thank goodness for her teachers at school! We LOVED seeing her sign for the first time, especially since we didn't know how much they were working on signs and it seemed to appear out of the blue. She still hasn't learned "all done" so her way of telling us she is done eating is a little less polite - she simply flails her arms around and pushes her food on the floor. Classy, right?

Addison still loves dogs, especially small ones. She points, waves and gets VERY excited when she sees her pup after school and repeats this exercise pretty much every time she sees a dog, which in our neighborhood is a LOT! Maybe we will have a veterinarian on our hands?

I say it a ton, but this year really has flown by. Now that it has taken me a month to get this post up, tomorrow marks Addison's first birthday. I can't believe that one year ago Bob and I were prepping to head to the hospital to meet our little girl. My how things have changed! Addison brings so much joy to our lives and we cannot wait to continue to watch her grow. 12 month and birthday party pictures are up next :)

A girl on the move! These monthly photo shoots used to be sooooo much easier!

Trying out mommy's rocking chair...