All about Addie, really.

Thoughts for today:

Well, I suppose I could lay-off one of the many life lessons God has put in front of me and just update you on the life of the Folkerts family.

We'll start with Addison, after all, she's the most important. Addie will be 14 months old on the 19th of April. She is getting so big and amazingly smart. She is still in the 90th percentile for weight and the 75th for height. Her hair is really growing and she loves combing it with mommy in the mornings. She is eating all "normal" foods now, no more baby food for her! She loves milk and would drink it non-stop if I'd let her. She's learned so many new things too...

She learned how to clap. Now whenever she's done something she thinks she deserves praise over she claps. She's also learned that when she is doing something naughty a little smile with some clapping normally distracts mommy from punishment.

She is in a pretty solid routine and KNOWS it. In the mornings she sits on the sink and brushes her teeth with mommy. Then when we get downstairs she walks right to the refrigerator and waits for mommy to get her milk. I then tell her to find her chair and she walks to her highchair and puts her arms up. She gets fruit while I make her breakfast. After breakfast we play play play! At 11:30 I start making lunch and she patiently waits by her chair again. After lunch it's time for nap. After nap, it's time to make dinner. This is her favorite time of day because she knows daddy will be home soon. She goes to the door to "check" if he's there constantly. Then, daddy comes home and we squeal with delight and give him hugs and then eat. After dinner we play play play. Daddy tells her it's night night time, she gives me kisses, waves goodbye and they go to the bath and bed. It's perfect. She knows it, she's content in it and it gives her comfort.

She learned how to blow kisses, sort of. You tell her that you love her and she turns and smacks those lips at you. It's so sweet. Even sweeter are her slobbery open mouth kisses. They are wet, long and sometimes full of teeth but she is so proud when she gives you one. It's fantastic.

She's recently figured out how to drink out of a big girl cup with a big girl straw. She's sleeping in a big girl bed. She's a big girl!

She loves to climb up on her stool and look out the window at the big girls and boys playing outside. She giggles and smiles at them.

All in all, she's pretty amazing. She's still the happiest kid I know. She is constantly smiling and talking. There isn't a corner in our house that hasn't been explored, a noise that I haven't heard. She's amazing, oh have I mentioned that before?

Now on to Billy. He still loves his job. He still does something with farming. He's the same.

Me, I'm still pregnant. I'm still not really showing. I still stay at home with my (amazing) daughter. And, we still live in Iowa.

There's the update! Things here are slow, steady and normal. Honestly, that's the way I like it.