Two Roads Diverged in a Wood...: Addie is 13 months

This little girl is nonstop, go go go. She makes me exhausted, but she is happy and healthy so those are great things. When we go to church or other public activities, she is so excited to see people. And kids/ babies are her favorite. Unfortunately the kids/babies aren't as excited to see her. Either she gets so excited her squeals causes them to cry, or they get protective of their toys and snacks and guard them for her. It makes me laugh sometimes to see other's reactions to her, but it also makes me sad. All she wants is to make friends and play. We often get the comment of "Wow, she is a social one." I guess we will take their word for it, since we know nothing else. But we do notice other babies her age sitting quietly in the corner playing with a piece of fuzz or sitting contentedly in their parents lap. Not Addie! She hasn't done that since she was 6 months if not longer.

Although I am often so exhausted from being pregnant and taking care of this active girl, she makes me smile and laugh more often then not.

Things about Addie:

She has taken to chewing on furniture, which is devastating to her beautiful crib. It makes me sad, and I have tried to cover it in various ways, but they don't work. I need to find the time to make bumper pads over the rails. She also uses mommy as a chew toy, which really hurts. She has even make me bleed. But I am the only one so far, so that's a good thing.
She finally got her 8th tooth!! I feel like she has been actively teething for 2 mos with on and off night wakings, wanting to be held, red gums. I would rather get teeth in then have them come and go.
She has started to use the garbage as her toy box. LOL I have to be careful and keep an eye on her. I have caught her putting her kitty mini blanket in the kitchen can, which has a swing top. I never look to see what is in there. Although I am likely to just leave it in the garbage, yuck!! But this morning she tried to throw away the remote too.
She loves to side walk, mostly to her right. She has been doing this for over a month and I forget to write about it. She sticks her tongue out and slides as far as she can go. It reminds me of the basketball defense stance. She doesn't quite spin, but she moves around in a circle. I am surprised she doesn't get dizzy. She is quite athletic for her age.
She can reach to the edge of tables, counters, TV stands.... and she now understands that she can use toys, boxes, and whatnot to climb even higher. Makes for even funner times for us parents to keep an eye on her. She can also climb into the couches, so now remotes, glasses, phones, whatever are no longer safe anywhere.
Like I have said, she is very social and happy baby. She is eager to smile at people and have them smile back. The other day we were at Grease Monkey getting an oil change and an emissions test. As long as she was free to run around and chatter she was happy. There was a guy in his 20's there that ignored her, while every one else oohed and awed. Addie just kept walking over to him, smiled, tilted her head so she would be in his view....NOTHING. LOL she just stared at him. I feel bad because no doubt he was annoyed. But what do you do?
She still is learning on how to talk. She still says dada, mama, no, num num. There are times I swear she is singing. It's so cute. She uses a softer voice and the words run together and she holds the notes sometimes.
She is a very big eater. She LOVES food, and all of it's variety. We have yet to find something she really won't eat. When she was younger she didn't like fruits, but now she likes them too, especially grapes. She tried her first orange, and loved the juicy tartness. The only thing we can think of was a Chinese Buffet we ate at. She would a eat a few bites here and there, but not like she usually eats. My sister Stephanie commented that she eats more then her 8 year old daughter. It's true!! I figure if I offer good things, she can have how much she wants? Now she isn't "fat" or overweight. I have seen some of those babies. She is just very solid. Many people are shocked about how heavy she is because she doesn't look it.
We are working on switching over to Vit D Whole milk. Unfortunately it has been slow. She still prefers formula, even when we mix the 2. But I am not going to complain because formula is so convenient. She has also improved her sippy cup drinking. She is starting to actually swallow the water instead of spitting it all over her clothes. She is pretty cute to listen gulp down some swallows and then take in a deep breath. What a character =0)
She is a good night time sleeper. She will usually go to bed between 7:30 and 8 and lately sleeps in between 7:30 or even sometimes 9. It's so nice because I have a hard time sleeping with Joey 9-1. So it gives me a few more extra shut eye time. She has been off and on with naps, but I have found that if she goes down between 11:00 or 12 she will sleep for 2, sometimes 3 hours. She fights having 2 naps a day, so I figure this works best, for the most part. She has never fallen asleep playing. I hear and see pictures of this, and I envy that at times. But overall she is a good sleeper (mind you, she woke up at 2:40 this morning and is still up with no tiredness in sight, it's 5:30).
She LOVES stairs. She has crawled up them at church and that was enough for me. Well now we have a split level apartment and the last month she has discovered how much she loves going up them. She is so quick too, I can't keep up with her. Not to mention I get tired of always being in arms distance for hours on end. One time I was sitting down and I looked away for a minute. I hear her squeal just to look up and she is dangling from the side. She somehow found away to fit between the banister and ledge. Good thing she is strong and held herself up while I raced to grab her. We had to get creative to make up a gate that worked on a metal railing. I HATE STAIRS! She has already pulled the hooks out of the wall to the point they won't hold at all. Once again, I HATE STAIRS!!
She has been going to my sister Stephanie's quite a few times since we moved, and she loves it. She loves her aunt and her cousins. She likes her uncles too, but seems a little bit more reserved with them. I think being in daycare has made her "need" to be around others more so then babies who don't (an example are kids at church). I need to figure out ways for her to interact. The library does reading time, but only 2yr and up. All of my friends and even family have kids that are so much older that their schedules/interests are complete opposite. Therefore I am working hard to get to know ladies in our ward. But that becomes impossible when I am constantly out in the hallway with Addie. I wish she could go to Nursery, she would love it!! She would thrive with the playmates.