The Handley Family: Weekly Update

Addie's Weekly Photo, Week of February 10, 2012:

Addie's Weekly Milestones:

Fashionista: Monday morning, Addie had her new Mickey t-shirt on and decided she wanted to pick out the rest of her outfit. After grabbing some old pj pants, she walked into her closet and picked out some vinyl red boots to complete the ensemble. I can't tell you how hard I was laughing as we got her dressed....(I included pics below). Since Monday, Addison's newest obsession is her red boots. They're a vinyl-like material and zip up on the side. I think she has worn them every day this week! I'm sure you'll be seeing these things in several pictures over the next few weeks because she doesn't seem to be getting tired of them anytime soon! LOL

Buckle: She's tried before, but hadn't succeeded until this week. Addison has finally figured out how to buckle her high chair straps! She was quite excited the first time she snapped them into place, and was quick to get mommy to un-buckle them so she could try again. Very cute!

Hair Cut: I've procrastinated getting Addison another hair trim for whatever reason. Part of it is that she doesn't handle things well and the other part is that it seems like most beauticians around here have NO training on making the process quick and simple! Her bangs are really my only concern right now because I want to keep them out of her eyes. Yesterday, I grabbed a bag of M&M's, scissors, a comb, and put on her favorite show and got the job done in seconds! Not only did she cooperate 100%, but we didn't have to pay anyone and I didn't have to watch her go into a full blown panic attack!! LOL Maybe her hair doesn't look as cute as a professional would have made it, but at least she can see :)

Sleeping: I think I spoke too soon when I last posted about Addison's sleeping habits. She had started to take two naps per day in addition to sleeping through the night. Shortly after that post, she went back to her old ways of only taking one two-hour nap per day.
Another unusual bedtime habit of hers started Tuesday night, Addison threw a FIT when we put her into her crib saying "NO, NO, NO". We figured she just wasn't ready to go to bed and let her stay up a bit longer. Then on Wednesday after lunch, Addie said she wanted her paci (which usually means naptime). Upon placing her in her crib, she freaked out again! Instead of taking her back out of her crib like the night before, I told her gently "no-no Addie, night-night". Upon walking out of the room, Addie threw a pretty big tantrum. It broke my heart to leave her like that, but I knew that it wouldn't be smart to let her see me give in. I could hear Addie on the monitor going back and forth between tantrums and playing, but after about 45 LONG minutes, she went to sleep. I'm hoping this new phase doesn't last long because I feel awful walking out of the room when she's upset like that :...(

Music to our ears: I don't know if she has a future in the musical industry or not, but she LOVES music. If her show Fresh Beat Band is on, Addie will grab her drumsticks and imitate when the drummer bangs the sticks together saying "a-one....two.....three.....four". Addie sounds more like "a-one...two....one....two". When she's not practicing her drums, she loves to sing. Her favorite song right now is Twinkle Twinkle little Star. Addison will ask you to sing and then she will do her best to keep up with you. When you get to the end of a line, she will hold the tune until she runs out of breath like "twinkle twinkle little STARRRRRRRRR.....how I wonder what you ARRRRRRRRRR". Shane and I get the biggest kick out of it!

Vocab:
"How Bout..." : She says this most when ransacking the pantry. I will open the door to our pantry up and she will walk in and say "how bout....". If it's snack time, she usually wants goldfish and if it's lunch or dinner and she doesn't like what is on the table, she will ask for a can of veggies, lasagna, or mini ravioli's (chef boyardee).
"Oh, I fell" : Addie will fall (sometimes intentionally) and then afterwards, she will say "Oh, I fell". I think it's funniest when she falls on purpose and says it, but it's pretty cute either way!

Baby #2 Update:

Doctor Checkup: We had an ultrasound at this week's checkup. We were supposed to get 3d pics of Cooper's face but he wasn't very cooperative, so doc said we'll try again at one of the next appointments.

Home Stretch: We're down to the last month of pregnancy!! Can't believe we only have 4 weeks left before we can finally meet our little Cooper! I've noticed movement slowing down a bit (most likely due to the lack of space in there), but he still moves a few times per hour.

Dizzy: Of course it's pretty common with pregnancy but it's the first time I've ever experienced it during either one of mine. On Tuesday morning, I began to feel really REALLY dizzy. The crazy part was that it didn't matter if I was standing, sitting or laying, the spells were equally intense and annoying! This continued until sometime in the afternoon. The best thing I knew to do was to take it easy and keep myself from holding/walking with Addie, to be safe.

More Pictures from the week:

Grabbing some breakfast with daddy and

mommy. She didn't seem to mind that daddy

put this hat on her. She left in on for quite a while!