Addison

We were riding to dinner last night and Jordan told Addison to tell me what happened during the day. She responded with "I hit Ellett." Greaaat! She then told me that she got a "pop pop" from her Nana after she hit Ellett in the face. She was very matter-of-fact about it. I asked her if she was going to hit Ellett again and she's like "Yeah!" I told her that it made Mommy very sad that she hit Ellett and she laughed and then fake cried. I hope that she was able to learn a lesson...

She's pretty bossy with Ellett although she loves him to death and can't wait to see him most of the time. We're working on learning to share-both toys and people! Addison has a mini-hissyfit if I hold Ellett or talk to him or hug on him. You could say that Addison is slightly jealous.

The other night we were watching the Backyardigans (because if Addison is awake and we are at home, chances are she's wanting to watch the Backyardigans) and Jordan had to leave to go to his friend Joel's house to help with a car. About 30 minutes later I was putting Addison to bed and she asked for her Daddy. Before I would even answer her to tell that Jordan wasn't home she said, "Daddy's not here. He's at Joel's house..." then "Daddy can't sing right now." My girl is just so smart. She picks up on everything and can talk so well! She just amazes me! (and no I'm not biased at all...)

Zoo Trip!

On Saturday we went to the zoo with my Mom and Dad and had such a good time! We had beautiful weather with a nice breeze blowing most of the day.

Addison did so good! She walked for a little bit but rode in her stroller for most of the day. She only wore the sunglasses for a few minutes when we first got there. I guess she decided that their spiderman theme didn't go with her chic zoo outfit!

As we were riding to Asheboro we were asking Addison what animals she wanted to see and I named a few. She listened and then said the she wanted to see the elephants. And then she begged to see them until we found them (thankfully the were one of the first animals we came to). And then close to the end of the visit we asked her what her favorite animal was and she immediately said the elephants! So we had to stop back by to see the elephants before we left. She kept calling them, saying "Come here elephants!! come here!"

She even got to ride on one!

I thought the zebras and giraffes were really beautiful but Addison wasn't very interested in them. They just weren't close enough for her to really get into it.

Our attempt at getting her to smile. It obviously didn't work If you look really closely you might can see a few of the giraffes in the background.

This is one of the ghost alligators. They are albinos. They weren't very big and it was kind of hard to see them. Jordan had to hold the camera way out over the rock to get a picture of this one. And the camera focused on the rock instead of the alligator but I like the way the picture turned out.

This is one of the other ones. They weren't very big and the just floated serenely around in the water.

The flamingos were fun to look at but super stinky!

Addison and Grandee (and the giant face sunscreen. This is in almost every picture of Addison. She held it all day! She likes to take the lid off and on. I looked over a few times and she was riding in the stroller with her foot propped up on the tray and the lid on her big toe. Silly girl!)

Looking at the fish.

And she's still looking at the fish.

Now she just looks scared (notice the sunscreen...still in her hand). Something in the avirary made my eyes start itching (which didn't stop for the rest of the day. I wanted to rip my contacts out) and my nose started running. I must have a had a reaction to something in there.

Silly girl!

Loved this picture of my Mom!

I think this was probably Addison's very favorite part of the day!!

It was really hard to catch her in a picture but Jordan was able to snap these two. They're blurry but too cute not to post!

The only reason she's not happy here is because the ride ended and we were making her get off. She kept saying "one more time-yes!" I think she thinks if she says yes to something then she'll be able to do it. Funny!

This turtle made me laugh. He was balanced on the top of the log with his back right leg and front left leg sticking up in the air. It kind of reminded me of the old turtle guy in "Kong Fu Panda".

Addison was pretty excited about the turtles swimming in the water. They were right up on the glass and she loved it!

She really enjoyed chasing them.

Sweetheart!

She loves her Papaw!!

On the tram at the end of the day. We look exhausted!

This picture cracks me up! She was so sleepy and she kept poking her bottom lip out. Anytime she didn't get what she wanted that bottom lip poked right out. She's got her sunscreen of course and the blue and yellow "blanket"...there's a story to it. We accidentally left her night night at home and she noticed about 20 minutes in to the trip. I knew it was going to be a long day and that there would probably be some meltdowns. We stopped for breakfast and Mom found this little knitted shopping bag and we gave it to Addison. She was just kind of like "what is this?" and then she looked up at me and asked "Another night night?" translated to: I've never seen this one before and it's a different color and smaller but it feels the same and it might work if you tell me it's another night night. :) It ended up doing the trick and she held onto it all day. Silly thing!

I'm so glad we went before it got super hot. Addison did great and we all had a good time!