Addysen update

This sweet little girl is no longer my baby! (Of course she always will be, but she doesn't think so.) Addysen has grown up so much the past couple months. I really am just shocked at all she has done. Here is a list of just a couple of major changes...
-Giving up the binki and that was AWESOME and pretty painless!
-Then sleeping in a big girl bed super easy. She still hasn't ever gotten out of her bed without permission. I don't know why, and how I got so blessed!
-The next major achievement at our house started the first Monday in January. She woke up and told me she wanted to wear panties. For the past year she has been going off and on in the toilet. At least for the past 6 months always going #2 on the potty. But I couldn't get her to tell me all the time or she couldn't hold it long enough so we would barley miss making it. Or she would be playing and not want to stop etc. She knew exactly what happens on the potty but this one is a bit stubborn. She likes everything to be on her own timetable. So when she told me about wanting to wear panties I was excited but didn't get my hopes up to high. This time she was serious. I can't tell you how great and easy this was. She just did it! I was still nervous for a couple weeks when we went out, nap, and bedtime she would wear a pull up. Finally after never having any accidents outside the home I had to be BRAVE. Not her it was me. I packed a sack full of extra clothes and we wore panties all the time out and about. Then after a week of no accidents at night I stopped the diaper then too. We are diaper free! About a month later at the store we passed the diapers and she said "Addy no need diapers only for babies". So we bought baby Sadie some diapers instead of her! SUCH a BIG GIRL!!
Some of the fun things we get to do together is paint our fingernails and toenails. It has been such a great bonding time for us. It happens at least once a week if not twice.

I know she is naked and I probably shouldn't put this on but I love it! She is so proud of herself and you might just get your own little show if you were around. For a while she kept pulling down her pants showing people her pretty panties. Her favorites--Dora, Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Tinkerbell, Any princess etc.
Addy has always loved books and babies. So when our sweet friend Zara comes to visit Addy loves to read to her. She also will sing her songs it is so cute.
Having fun feeding her babies. She is going to be my big helper I'm sure. :-)

Another favorite activity is painting. She really enjoys doing it everyday.

We played Yahtzee the other night for FHE and of course had to take a picture of Addy's first YAHTZEE! I still remember when Logan got his and the excitement we all had. We sure like spending our family time playing games together.

Addysen is so great! We sure enjoy her sweet personality. She is also talking up a storm. I can't think of a thing she doesn't say! This little one is our pretty princess and our spit fire all at the same time. She has her own ideas and likes to be heard. She loves playing with Spencer when he gets home from work. When he lays on the floor she begs him to do "up down touch the ground." He holds her an lifts her up and down while singing the Winnie the Pooh song. It is precious. I am grateful she has a Daddy and brother that love her so much. We are blessed to have her tender spirit in our home. If she gets her feelings hurt you will know about it and she will need a hug. :-) We love you Addy!