Big (stubborn) Girl

Addison has really been testing us lately, and her major battle right now is sitting down to eat. She would much rather eat on the go. She was getting to the point that she wouldn't eat because she didn't want to be in her high chair. A couple nights ago when sitting in her high chair, she ate a couple peas, a bite or two of her dinner, then she wanted out! I let her down and she wanted to sit on my lap, so I picked her up and right away she reached for daddy's bowl of peas. She ate one and reached for more, so I put her back in her high chair with the peas and what do you know, she started throwing a fit again. So, I let her down...she reached for the peas...I put her back in her seat, she threw a fit again...we did this a few times then I decided she was done. She threw a fit and rolled around on the floor for a good 20 minutes.
I wasn't gonna give in and let her do what she wanted to do, so the next night we thought we'd try to compromise with her and let her sit in a "big girl chair" at the table. She seemed to like the chair, but she, being the stubborn girl she is, didn't want to show us that we had won the battle just yet. She ate a little bit then wanted out...threw a fit for a little while, but not nearly as long as the night before.


Last night, the battle was even easier. She cried when she saw I was getting food ready and thought she needed to eat now, so she threw a fit, but it only lasted a couple minutes. Then once the food was done, she sat quietly in her "big girl chair" and ate her dinner!
We've almost won the battle! She's gonna see real fast that I'm just as stubborn as she is and I won't let her get away with it :)

Most nights after dinner we watch Wheel of Fortune then Friends. She likes to clap when everybody else does on Wheel and then when Friends comes on she runs into the room and dances to the song.

It's been a while

So, I've been wanting to post some recent pictures and tell about our Christmas, but I've just not been in the mood to do it. So, I finally just decided to make myself :) I got a new camera for Christmas, so I've been practicing a lot with it and have tons of pictures from the past month. I don't know how to use all the settings yet, but I'll figure it out eventually! Addison got lots of toy this Christmas and enjoys playing with all of them. She got two baby dolls...one from each of her grandparents. She loves them so much and carries them around very often. She'll put the cell phone up to the baby's ear and she's getting pretty good at saying baby!


She got this dog from her Great Grandma Betty. She plays with it all the time and since her Grandma Osborn showed her how to sit her baby on it, she was trying to sit on it too :) I'm just waiting for the tail to break off sometime soon! We've taken Addison to play out in the snow twice, but she didn't like it much...especially the first time! I don't think it helps that she doesn't like getting all the gear on to go outside in...then it just ruins her mood and she's not happy outside either.

We pull her on her sled down in the basement all the time, but she still wasn't too sure about riding it in the snow.
So, the 2nd time we took her out, Chunny just stood with her outside for a while and slowly let her see the snow and touch it. Then she was a little more comfortable and would actually let him put her down.

She still wasn't too sure about the sled for a while, but began to like it a little better toward the end!


She still would much rather just walk around and play on her own :)