Adaline is 16 months old

I feel like this month flashed by. I am slowly but surely adjusting to having two kiddos. Addie has been teething her left top and bottom molar FOREVER. Poor girl. I have heard the incisors are worse. I am not looking forward to those. Hopefully we will be done with them soon.

She loves loves loves going to the playground.  When it's not completely cold and rainy we try to go there. She likes going down the slide and trying to climb back up. She likes going up and down the stairs even more. She also enjoys the swing.

She climbs on top of everything and anything. How she survives is a miracle. I try to monitor, but trying to take care of Joey too makes it super hard. I am glad she is pretty tough.

Addie LOVES her baby brother and wants to look at him often. She has starting to say a version of Joe for her baby brother. She can say shoe and loves to wear them. She tries to say balloon that sounds the baabaa. Though my favorite thing she says is hi and loves to put anything to her ear and pretend it's a phone. She says it with 3 different notes in it, Melts my heart every time.

She is becoming more and more snugly, I love it. She also likes to snuggle up while I tickle and run her back. She has moved to wearing 3T now! Such a big girl. She also likes looking at books and interacting with the flaps or textures.

She is so much fun and keeps us on our toes. We have gone to Lagoon for a Saturday.  She loved loved loved it. I was so surprised! She did quite a few rides with daddy while I choose to watch with Joey on the sidelines. Both kiddos did so well! So proud of them. Joe said a few times Addie would say "Ooo!" When they would go backwards or up and down. We always knew she would be our Rollercoaster girl.

Joe forgot that he was oncall at the hospital for xray this weekend. So he got called in for some emergency surgeries at 4 pm. He was only suppose to be 2 hrs. So I took the kids to Temple Square to look at the pictures, statues, and play around on the grounds.

Addie really loved running around on the yard that they have the Nativity set up for Christmas time. There was a group of Asian tourists that came to see this blonde curly haired girl. They kept touching her hair and tried to talk with her. At first there were just the two of them....and then before I knew it we were swarmed. I tried to talk with them and let them see Joey. Then before I knew it a lady had picked Addie up and was holding her. My heart sank and the momma bear wanted to come out. I started to wonder what I would do if they kidnapped her....I know that seems irrational, but it could easily have happened. Thank goodness Addie started to act nervous and the lady put her down. Addie came running to me. I was so relieved when they left a few minutes later. I love that people enjoy my babies and think they are so cute. Hey, I do too!! But at the same time, don't push it! There are limits to what I can handle.

She got a little sun-burnt, but she had the time of her life. Unfortunately I got a phone call from Joe after 2 hrs that it was going to be another 2 hrs. By now it was 6:00 and Addie's confidence was growing and she started to want to get further and further from me. So luckily my friend who lives in Bountiful texted me back and said we could come visit. Which was a huge relief!! It's so much easier having walls to contain this energetic girl that is doesn't quit. She never just sits there, even when she is eating. She always wants to be running around and doing things. She is a handful, but a lot of fun too.