Happy Birthday Addison!

I still can't believe that my baby boy is 3! We had a wonderful day today. We had a playdate with our friends, 3 year pictures and lots and lots of yummy food! Happy Birthday Addison! You will always be my baby boy!

Update Extravaganza!

Once again, I apologize for not having posted in awhile. I should do it more often. It would make it alot easier on me since I wouldn't have to post a novel everytime.

Without further ado, here are your updates:

Addison is still working on the potty training. He is really doing well at the pee training. The poo training is a slow go but we are making progress. Night training isn't really happening. 9 times out of 10, he wakes up soaked. Thank goodness for mattress underpads, washing machines and extra sheets.

I can't believe my baby boy is going to be 3 in a week! No big parties here. We will be celebrating this weekend with my parents in Virginia and heading to the good ole Virginia BBQ. Then we will hopefully have a little playdate with some of his friends on his actual birthday, followed by a trip to Pete's parents that following weekend to celebrate. Man, is this kid getting spoiled with so many birthday parties or what?

Disciplining Addison has become quite the issue lately. Things that used to work are no longer working. He simply looks at you with that expression "what are you gonna do about it?" I ordered a couple books off of Amazon regarding discipline and am hoping to find some new ideas in those. And I thought the terrible twos were bad! HA!

He still amazes us everyday with his memory and a real thirst for knowledge. I love that he wants to learn about things and that he asks questions. Granted, I get tired of answering questions all day long, but I love that the kid wants to know how to spell a certain word or talk about his day.

Amarah is approaching 7 months. She is starting to army crawl and has 2 bottom teeth starting to make their appearance. Finally! She is starting to babble more and has started saying "dada" although I do believe her first "real" word was "baba" which is funny, because she never gets bottles. Pete is overjoyed of course because she says "dada." He was quick to point out that both of our kids said "dada" before "mama" to which I was quick to point out that most kids do because it's easier for them to say. :-P

She still spits up like a volcano getting ready to erupt although I have noticed it happening less and less in the past couple of days. We started solid foods right around 6 months. So far she has had rice cereal, carrots and avocado. She's definitely showing great interest in eating solid foods although she's still not quite sure what to make of them once she gets that first bite. I also forgot how extremely messy it is. I feel like we both need to take a bath after she's done eating.

Pete is keeping busy with work. Now that spring/summer has rolled around, he's begun attending more motorcycle events. He still keeps extremely active mowing our ginormous lawn which he forgot how much he loathed doing. And now he has a jogging stroller that he likes to use to take Addison for runs through the forest preserve, or "jungle" as Addison likes to call it.

And me, I'm still here. I looked back at my very first blog entry and realized how gung-ho I was about getting in shape and working out. Man, I wish I still had that motivation! I am still focused on my goal of getting down to the weight that is listed on my driver's license by Amarah's first birthday. Yikes! That means I've only got 5 months to go! Time to get remotivated!

We are excited for the summer. It appears that this summer is going to be just as busy as last summer with birthday parties, retirement parties, concerts, family reunions and then fall will be here before you know it! Whew! I'm worn out just thinking about it!