Bare Belly Baby

I got this picture of Alyssa shortly after dropping her off at MDO last week!  She kept putting her arms through the neck of the shirt and wiggling it down around her waist.  K left her like this all day because she wouldn't keep it on right.  

This is how she looked when I went to pick her up.  She was still shirtless and.....NAPPING!  She woke up when she heard my voice.  

Cough

Addison has a nagging cough that only occurs in the evening and has been going on for a couple of weeks.  I finally took her to the doctor today after she tossed her cookies last night from coughing so much.  No flu, no ear infection, no chest congestion, no sinus issues = allergies.  We are going to treat her for allergies now and see if that clears up the cough.  Breathing treatments, oral steroid, sleepy cough syrup, Zyrtec, some TLC!

Check out her new cool mask!  She's had a puppy mask for a while and it's time for the trash.  Now she has a fish mask that is too cute!

Cuddlebugs

This morning was our first trip to the library since before Christmas.  The girls had so much fun.  Addison played and did a craft while Alyssa flirted with a little 13 month old boy.  Here's the LINK to a video.

Turning 4

Maggie and Avery both had birthdays this month!  They turned four and now every day Addison asks me if she's four yet.  Really, every single day, she asks this question.  I'm tempted to tell her yes...

Maggie and Addison

First Trip Home in 2012

We had a playdate with Bella while we were home last week.  Bella is 10 days younger than Alyssa and is the daughter of a childhood friend.  

There will not may be a trampoline in the backyard of our next house!  The trampoline at my dad's house is pretty old, but the girls really enjoyed it last week.

Our main purpose of the trip home last week was for Avery's FOURTH birthday!  Her party was Saturday and everyone had a wonderful time celebrating with the little birthday princess!  Shame on me for not getting a picture of Addison and Avery together!

Sleeping Beauties!

This Dora was outside at my mom's house during the Christmas holidays and the girls loved it.  Well, when we pulled up at memaw's last week they both went to the front yard looking for Dora.  Even calling her name!  It was so cute!  Of course, memaw will do anything to make these babies happy, so she went and got Dora out of storage and put her in the living room!

We were able to have a quick visit with Erin and Parker too!  Quick visit is better than no visit!  We miss them terribly and don't see them nearly enough.  I think we are all looking forward to spending some quality time together at the lake this summer!

Addison has used my old iPhone for a while now and Alyssa has really started showing interest lately.  She got the phone and took it to my dad to help play Dora!  Luckily, I'll be getting a new phone in March, so Addison will get my current one and Alyssa will get the one Addison uses now.

Not the best picture, but you can see that Ara (my great-niece) is bigger than Alyssa!  Ara is 15 months old and 21lbs 4oz, 29.5 inches.  

Alyssa's 18 month well-visit

Alyssa hasn't grown much at all, but she's very healthy and developing great!  She's in the 5th percentile for both height and weight.  The pediatrician said as long as Alyssa is eating and developing then she isn't too concerned and feels Alyssa is just a small baby.  There was only one shot today, the first Hep A.  Alyssa cried for half a second and then I showed her a sucker :)  She took a few licks and then I gave it to Addison.  

Addison	18 months	10/26/09	24.6	31 ½
Alyssa	18 months	01/25/12	20.8	28 ¾

I had to fill out paperwork at the doctor's office for 2012.  While I was focused on reading and answering questions, Addison helped herself to my lipstick.  She was so PROUD too and said "look mommy, I put on a little lipstick.  Do you like it?"  Of course, I loved it (and promptly wiped it off).

 They love the Pooh room.  Who am I kidding?  They love all the rooms at the doctor's office.  Pooh, Nemo, Thomas, Dr. Seuss, there's one more, but the theme has slipped my mind.

The Magic of the Magic Eraser

We got Addison an easel a couple of years ago and it held up well until a week ago.  The dry erase markers seemed to be staining the board and nothing I tried would get it clean.  I had decided to throw it out and get a new one for her birthday.  Well, as I was picking it up to take out to the trash, I realized that it turns into a table also.  I can't believe I had totally forgotten about that!  Ha!  So, I stuck it back in the corner and put some coloring books on it.  Yesterday, a friend shared a picture of her little girl drawing on a dry erase board and it looked stained too.  I asked her about it and told her ours was ruined.  She said that hers wasn't stained and suggested I try a Magic Eraser.  Another friend suggested chalkboard paint.  I decided to try the Magic Eraser, since that's less work than the chalkboard paint!  WOW!  I'm not a spokesperson for Magic Eraser nor did I get reimbursed for talking about the product.  The pictures below speak for themselves!

 We took Addison to her first movie (Alyssa went too, but she slept the whole time).  Addison loves the Chipmunks, so Chipwrecked was a must see for her.  She did really good for it being her first time in a theater.  After about 30 minutes she began to move around and get antsy, but still totally into the movie.

 Alyssa has a habit of grabbing things out of the fridge while I have my hands full getting food in and/or out.  Today I was getting something out and she grabbed the blueberries.  This is what happened.....