17 months

Happy 17 month birthday Addison!!!! My little peanut is getting so old!!! Here are somethings that Addison loves to do.

She loves to chase the kitty around the house and tries to pull the kitty's tail until Daisy gets annoyed. She still loves to dance. She is getting over her first cold ever. She loves to hide behind things and pop out to scare you and play peek-a-boo. She loves to be chased. She can say dada, rara, nana, baba, and Hank. She can say mom but not on command. She would rather sign mom. She can sign mom, more, and bath. She has great receptive language skills. She knows all of the Sesame street characters, farm animals, knows where her head, tummy, and feet are, and we are working on colors. She knows what a cat and a cow says and will tell you when asked. Ryan loves her short little legs!

I cannot believe how big she is getting and how far she has come from the Iowa City NICU.

I wonder....

Anybody ever wonder what you do on a snow day?

Quad City Triathlon

I did it! I signed up for the Quad City Triathlon in June! It will be my first triathlon. I think it will be very theraputic. You might be wondering why I need therapy or something to do. At the beginning of December, Ryan and I found out that we were expecting! We were very excited about adding to our family. It wasn't planned but that happens sometimes! Last Wednesday, I started bleeding heavily and ended up losing the baby. We are okay and have talked about waiting awhile until we try again. Before I found out I was pregnant, I was already planning on doing the triathlon this summer so I am back to my original plan. I am hoping it will help me get healthy and it will be something to do and work out for. Addison is doing very well. She is getting so big and starting to run around so much more. She still loves music and knows how to use CD players and which buttons to push to make the music stop and start! She loves to dance and has a great little booty shake!

16 months

Addison is 16 months old today!!!! I cannot believe it. She is no longer a little baby. She is a roaring, active, toddler who is moving into her terrible twos. We are catching some glimpses of them already. Here are some bullet points of what we love so much about our little peanut.

• She is walking everywhere. She prefers to walk over being carried and will scream if she cannot have it that way.
• She loves cell phones, remotes, computers, bascially anything that we do not want her to have.
• She loves books! She will look through books for hours and will always find the animal books and specifically point out the cats and dogs. She loves those pages the best.
• While looking at books, she will turn the pages and start talking like she is reading them. It is the cutest thing.
• She hates her glasses and will not leave them on her face!
• She loves to dance whenever she hears music.
• She is saying "da-da", "ra-ra", "hank" (just the K sound), "na-na". Still no mom. =[ She is repeating a lot more sounds that we say to her though.
• She definately lets us know when she does not want to do something or it wasn't what she wanted. She is a little spitfire!!!!!
• She loves to smile at people and will always find someone at a restaurant willing to wave at her.
• She is still a great sleeper at night (thank goodness). She is not a great napper.
• She is the love of our lives and the most amazing daughter anyone could ask for!

Happy New Year

I love my new kitchen!!!

We are so tired!!!

I'm in jail!!!!!

Pony Girl!!!!!!

Here are some of the fun things that happened over Christmas and new years with the Meyer's! We went to visit Santa at the Fountains, went to Ryan's parents place for Christmas, and celebrated my birthday with dinner at Osaka. Addison got some really fun toys for Christmas from everyone!!

Christmas Card

I thought that this would be a better way to get information to those who want to see if plus it will help the environment!!!

It has been a crazy year this past year!!! Lots of firsts for Addison and lots of firsts for us too!!!

Addison is a very rambunctious 15 month old who loves Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and anything Sesame Street. She can say "nana", "rara", "dada", and "hank". Still no mama yet but I think that she is just doing that to make me mad!!!! She loves Hank and Daisy and her favorite thing to do now is throw food on the floor so Hank will eat it! She just started walking on her own and is getting much better at it. She is finally starting to walk to toys instead of crawl to them. We just turned her around in her car seat and it is amazing how different the world looks when you face forward instead of back in the car. =]

I am still teaching students with autism at Madison in Davenport. I like to spend my time (what little I have) reading, blogging, and hanging out with family. I just started the Twilight series and am looking forward to a book by Nora Roberts that should be coming out soon!

Ryan is still an assistant mangager at Hy-Vee in Bettendorf. He works odd hours but loves to spend time with his family, play video games, and anything that has to do with sports. Go HAWKS!

Hank and Daisy are just as spoiled as ever and are adjusting to having Addison in the house. They are both very tolerant of her. Addison loves to pull tails and ears. When they get tired of it, they go away and hide!!!!

Walking Tall

Addison started walking unassisted tonight!!! Here is some video of her accomplishments.

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