A time of intellectual development...

The last month has been a time of huge intellectual development for Addisyn. She has learned to give high-fives, use your hand to blow kisses to herself, pucker up and gives kisses (even to her baby dolls), give hugs, point out your eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and foot, and has learned several new words- cat, meow, dog, foot, whats that?, more, block, and bug (in addition to mom, dad, this, that, hi, book, tree, and bottle). However, it can be difficult to understand what she says. She shakes her head, runs around the house, and balances on top of her giraffe tricycle. We moved her into a toddler bed on Sunday (the day she turned 15 months) and she loves it. She climbs in and out of it and points at the princesses on the headboard. When we ask "Where do you go night night?" She runs over and climbs into the bed! It is amazing how much they can understand at this age. She follows simple directions like "Get the ball and give it to dad" or "Where is your bear"- which she will then pick up and show us. She loves to read and gets very excited at night time when we read "Good Night Moon" (thanks to her Grandma). Addisyn also loves to play outside. She collects leaves, flowers, rocks, and sticks. She will have both hands and arms full- of course I think it is adorable! She knows the difference between leaves, flowers, rocks, and sticks- you can ask her for one and she knows which one you are asking for. Another new milestone involves the sniffer- yes the nose. Addisyn has learned how to smell things. Brian and her were sniffing candles at the store a few weeks ago and he showed her how. He would say "Smell this one" and then she would put her nose up to it and take a huge sniff! She will smell anything if you ask her to (food, candles, lotion, etc.).

Addisyn has figured out that we often give her different food than us at dinner time. She now points at are our food and says "that" and pushes her food away. She wants what we are eating- which means we have to eat healthy now. However, I must say that Addisyn is an excellent eater- she will eat grilled cheeses, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, any fruit or vegetable (even right out of a can not heated up!), cheerios, nutrigrain bars, etc. (we just have to make sure we cover all the food groups- but we do not feed her junk food). Addisyn has recently learned how to pick out TV characters (The Backyardigans) by name and how to identify different animals on flashcards. Every day she learns something new and impresses us with her knowledge. Here are a few videos of Addisyn... (to play the videos belows simply click on the triangle located in the bottom left hand corner of each picture)...Enjoy!

*Addisyn is very aware that she is being recorded. It is so cute. She does act differently in front of the camera vs when the camera is not around. She must know that I am up to something!

This is a video of Addisyn and her animal flashcards- which came out of a National Geographic magazine- so they are actually intended for an older child- on one side is an animal and on the other side of the card is the factual information about the animal. I ask Addisyn to pick out a specific animal and she does...



In this video Addisyn stands up on her giraffe tricycle and shows off her excellent balance :) Then she loves on her baby doll.




This is a video of Addisyn pointing out The Backyardigans characters- she knows them by name (hard to believe she just turned 15 months old!)...


Addisyn has her 15-month well visit at the pediatrician tomorrow morning. I will post her height/weight afterwards- it will be neat to see how much she has grown physically since her last appointment. Also, Addisyn's cousin Kyla is spending the night tomorrow night (Addisyn's first sleep over!). I bought matching pajamas for the girls and matching outfits for them to wear on Saturday- I will take lot so pics of them too.

Love,
Lindy, Brian, Addisyn, and Bear/Dog