I don't have time to Blog!

Many of you thought I was crazy trying to potty train a 14 month old. Maybe so, but it is paying off! Addie is doing so well, tonight she proved to me a little too well.

Let me start by saying I know I have much back blogging to do, WinterPalooza, more early morning car rides, a few kidisms etc… I will, someday. Tonight, she made me laugh so hard, and yet feel so bad, I had to post almost immediately.

I was doing homework and Addie had been in bed about an hour when I heard her start to stir. This is nothing out of the ordinary, and she usually puts herself right back out. Tonight however, I head her start to sob. She repeatedly said “oh, nooooo…. OH Nooooo….. OH NOOOO!!!!….” So eventually got up to see what was going on. I walked in the door and she immediately started crying and saying “too LATE, TO late, toooo LATE, TO LATE!” and sobbed. “Mommmyyyy, tooooo laaaate!” she said. I had no idea what she was talking about, I went over and picked her up to calm her.

What am I too late for? What is she talking about? How can I fix this? All went through my head. Then…

She cried on my shoulder for a minute more, picked her head up, put her tiny hand on my cheek and said “Potty… Tooo Late” in a VERY calm voice all while slowly shaking her head no.

Fears? Gone. Concern? Gone. Laughter…. starting up. I smiled and told her it was ok and we would fix it. Next time we would be faster. I put her on the floor to change her expecting to see poop. Nope, pee. a VERY small amount of pee. I really hope this is not a sign of things to come. If that child wakes up and flips out every time she pees… we are in for some Looooong nights.

As of now, it is 10:00 pm. If she gets me up again my dear readers, there will be another post to inform you. I do like where this is going though. At 20 months she is concerned about peeing in diapers. Now if I can only get her to be that concerned mid-day when she is running around like mad and distracted by invisible butterflys and things that jingle…

*edit: It was pointed out to me, no where in this post did I explain “neighborgood”. That is how Addie says it. It’s not a typo.. but thanks for keeping tabs on me, most days I need it!*

This isn’t really about the people in our neighborhood, but Addie does mention my parents neighbors when prompted.

Another conversation in the wee morning hours from anout 2 months ago. I got recording a little late, as I had to wait for a stoplight to find my phone. Addie remembers everyone, she will most likely grow up to be one of those people that never forgets your name, and you are struggling to remember theirs. Ack! I hate when that happens. Good thing she will be around to remind me of everyones name!

I have been making cornbread for years. Muffins, pans, loaves, you name it, I love it. This month, I decided to let Addie in on the fun.

We have made pancakes before, so she knows about stirring and pouring in water… But this time she decided to do it her way.

Jess doesn’t eat cornbread, so I figured what the heck. If it’s just me and Addie eating it, who cares what goes into it… so the question arises. Have you ever had PLUM good corn bread???

Not my most exciting blog ever… but memories don’t fade when you catch them on film.

Lately, baloons have been all over the media thanks to Balloon Boy.

It seems only appropriate my little Addie should get her share of balloon recognition as well. Afterall, she loves Balloons. However, I would never let her near a large silver “aircraft” type balloon she could crawl inside and float 7000 feet over the ground for 3 hours… but thats just me.

Here are some Addie size balloons I am happy to let her play with.

Recently Addie has been enjoying colors. She likes to point to colors and tell us what they are.. although everything seems to be “ba” or “pa”… I try my best to tell her as many colors as I can.

Today I took one of those re-usable grocery bags to work,

Do you see where this is going? She points to the bag and I say “Orange. It’s and Orange Grocery Bag.”

Then she points to the words on the bag…”green” it says. So… “Green” I say, Addie looks at me a bit confused and says “ba”.

Yes, I tell her “Bag. Orange Grocery Bag.” Again, she points to the words.

I have to admit, at this time I am trying not to laugh and praying for a bird to fly overhead or a car to drive by, as the look gets more and more puzzled.

“Green” I say with a smile and a giggle…”The WORD says GREEN, the bag is ORANGE.”

She just stared at me.

Alright, I admit I have spent the last hour browsing youtube videos when I should have been updating the San Fransisco blog. However, since I promised a real blog entry…

It is HOT in Utah, we are riding in the 90 degree weather almost daily. I woke up this morning to a 74 degree weather report. Yikes! It was 5:45 am!!

Addie has her own methods of cooling off thanks to sugar-free fruit pops!

What is it?

You want me to do what? Eat it??

From 10 months

You’re Freakin Hilarious

Here goes nothing!

That wasn’t so bad…

Now you try! Sharing is Caring!!!

Dear Mom,
Looks like today will be another busy day… please try to coordinate your schedule with mine. I feel that if we can work together, we will be much more efficient.

Today’s Agenda:

Supervise Grandma Steph making lunch, 12:00 pm
Notes: I wasn’t really into eating it, but I liked to watch, especially when Auntie Ali held me.

Test Grandma Steph’s Backyard Swing, 2:45 pm
Notes: I think because I went on a really long walk before the testing and the fact that I didn’t get a long enough nap in the stroller, I’d have to say another testing will be required.

Supervise Grandma Steph and Cousin Andy fix the refrigerator, 3:00 pm
Notes: I’m not sure what’s wrong, but I know that when there are two Polish people working, my supervision is required. It looked like a lot of fun and eventually I moved closer in an effort to support the fixing efforts. Everyone was glad I was there.

So as I said earlier, please make sure that you don’t call during these scheduled times, or during my nap time… or play time… well, mom, I’ll just talk to you when I get home.

Love,
Addie