Laughs

Addison turned 21 months old on Saturday and I am amazed at some of things that she says. Sometimes I am in awe of how her little mind works. Here's a couple for you to enjoy and some things that I would like to remember.

• This morning Addison bounced a grape on the table. I told her that we don't throw things. Her response, "basketball mommy".
• Everyday when I pick Addison up I ask her what she did that day. We go through the list of things - going outside, coloring, playing with friends, etc. And every time I ask her what she had for lunch her answer is "ravioli". Same for dinner. The girl is obsessed with ravioli and I'm not really sure why.
• "Picking nose". This sums it up. Heard and seen often.
• She has this wood puzzle with a bunch of different animals on it. Most of them she knows, but I had to teach her about a seal. To do so, I laid on the floor and did my best seal impression. Yeah, it's bad. So now she'll go around clapping her arms together and says "mommy do seal". Not only does she make me do the arm movements, but every now and then I have to throw the legs in to because she is so persistent.
• The other day we were at a car dealership going over some things in the guys cubicle. Addison proceeded to tell me, Michael and the nice man "poop in pants". I looked at her and she said "go poop in potty". Hey, at least she's getting it.
• Sometimes we let her run around naked for a few minutes after the potty and before her bath at night. "Nakey, nakey, nakey" is what we hear. The other day I was changing my clothes after work. Addison starting yelling "mommy nakey" as loud as she could.
• I heard her singing a song one day and asked her what it was. "ABC's" she said. I sat back and listened as she sang almost all of the ABC song and most of it was recognizable.
• One of my favorite things she does is count. Everyday on the way home we count the boats in the marina near the bridge. I ask her to count the boats and this is her response - "one, three, four, six, seven, nine, ten, eleven, thirteen". What happen to two, five, eight and twelve? Everyone once in awhile she'll stick them in there. And how did she get past ten? For some reason it always makes me giggle.
• She knows a lot of her stories by memory and loves to finish the sentences when we read to her. Same thing with singing. Every night I sing You are my Sunshine and My Girl to her before bed. Last night I was singing and she started singing along.
• From early on we taught Addison to blow kisses to someone when they said I love you. She's been doing this for awhile now. But just recently she actually starting saying the words. It's the sweetest I love you I've ever heard. It's always a slight whisper and tends to all run together. It melts my heart.

I guess that's enough for now. Sorry to bore you with all of my mommy memories. I just don't want the time to pass me by. She's growing up so fast and changing everyday. It's all these little things that I want to remember.

*Edited to add two more:

• "No way Jose". It's something her teacher says instead on just the word no. It is too funny though when I ask Addison to do something and she says it in all seriousness.
• She talks about Walmart and Chick-fil-a all the time. She truly is my daughter.