Addison 21/22 Months Old

Our little Lou is growing up. She is now about 24 pounds and growing quickly. This month she has really started talking. She is finally moving past the basic one word answers. I love watching her put mini sentences together. The sweetest thing she does is calls everyone "Yoshi." She will hand out a toy and say, "Here you go, Yoshi." She is even talking more to strangers. Her stranger danger is gone and she is becoming a pint size social butterfly. She still doesn't know how to share her toys but she doesn't mind parallel playing with others. 

Addison has continued her swim lessons. She is sooo ready for the next level. I cannot believe how quickly she progressed from clinging to me during class to being independent in the water. She does everything asked of her and even some extras. She can get in and out of the water on her own. She digs, kicks and does bubbles on demand. She will jump into our arms and float around with her puddle jumper. We have three more classes and then she moves up to level two. This means our parent/ child classes are behind us. It's a bitter sweet time for this Momma.

Addison has recently started open gym gymnastics. Basically we get to plan in the gym with the coaches but it isn't too structured. Addison's favorite thing to do is run the tumble track. She enjoys rearranging the toys and climbing over the beams (not walking across them). We will be doing the open gym about twice a week for the next several months. We may join an actual class once Addison is a little older. Addison this month also learned how to ride a scooter. She does it quite well but at a snails pace. It's adorable to watch!

Addison has been out of her crib setting for over a month. Basically all we did was take down the rail and put up a tiny one that will hopefully prevent her from fall onto the floor but it doesn't keep her in if she wants to get down. We have had several good nights and a few rough ones putting her back into her bed. More recently it has been mostly good nights. Just another reminder that our baby girl is growing up.

Alexa calls Addison "Add." They play really well together and building their own friendship. I hope this continues. That's about it for this month(s). I hope I do better in the future but the reality is I am too busy living my life to sit down and type about it. One day... one day...