The Handley Family: Weekly Update

Addie's Weekly Photo, Week of January 27, 2012 (90 Weeks):

Addie's Weekly Milestones:

Bang Bang: Daddy and uncle Dillon have set up an area of our property that serves as a shooting range. Some of the guns can be quite loud and used to bother Addie quite a bit. I think with as often as the guys shoot though, Addison has become used to the noises and now says "bang-bang" when she hears their guns. Sometimes she'll plug her ears, but we usually just have to remind her "not loud, it's ok" and she'll uncover her ears. Another cute part is that she will point her fingers out sometimes when she's saying "bang-bang" (like she's shooting).

Artist: Coloring/drawing is still pretty new to Addie. We will sometimes give her a pen and paper, and we've also let her experiment with Color Wonder markers, but definitely not often enough. I think most kids love the opportunity to color and I feel like I've neglected to allow Addison to express her artistic abilities. We picked up a large sized sketch pad this week hoping for a good sized "canvas" for Addie to color on. Addison's eyes lit up the moment she saw the paper and markers! It was really exciting to watch her doodle on the paper. Every day now, she points to the desk where we keep the supplies and I've caved each time!! I'm going to run out of wall space for all of her art work at this rate!!

Naping: We've been in a phase where Addie would only take one nap a day. Usually she would take them in the morning or early afternoon and by the time daddy got home from work, she would be a cranky-pants! In the last week though, she's been taking both a morning AND afternoon nap while STILL sleeping through the night. Right now, she takes her first nap between 9:30 and 10:00 for about an hour and a half. Her second nap is generally around 3:00 and can last nearly two hours. It's been nice because mommy gets extra time to get things done, and Addie is extra sweet when daddy gets home from work. Love it!

Peek a Boo: Addison gets funnier with this game every week. Now, she will grab the nearest pillow and cover your head and ask where you went. If there's a pillow anywhere near her, she wants to play hide and seek. She will get really excited and say "hide....hide...hide" and then get you to cover her with the pillow. The cutest part is that she will giggle under the pillow the whole time you're looking for her.

Finicky with food: I think I've mentioned this several times but every week she does something else funny at the dinner table. If food is stringy (like chicken, pineapple, etc) and there's a string or fiber hanging off, Addie will pull it off like it's hair and put it aside, all the while making an "ew" face.

Vocab: There are dozens of new words that Addison says each week. Shane and I are shocked at some of the things she picks up. It's hard to keep track of each and every word, but here are a few more we remembered from the week.
"Oh gross" ("oh-goes"): Addie must have heard me or daddy saying this at some point and picked it up. She says it in the right context too.

Baby #2 update:

Can't wait! Of course we've been excited about Cooper since day one of finding out we're pregnant, but I think the enthusiasm has really come out of all of us this week. We have just under 6 weeks left before d-day, and every passing day brings more excitement to our house. Shane was just rubbing my belly the other day and saying "I can't wait to meet him"!!

Gest. Diab: My numbers are still looking good. I have my "cheat" foods from time to time and my number still look great even after consuming the "bad" (high sugar/high carb foods).

More Pictures from the week:

Pretending to eat out of the toy dog bowl!