Happy New Year!

Okay so maybe I'm a few days late with the 'Happy New Year', but better late than never, right?
So of course it's been months again! Between updating the blog, her scrapbook, baby book, my diary to her, etc...I just can't keep up!
Addison's 1st birthday was a huge success! She sure had a blast digging into her Elmo cake that I made for her. By the time that was all over, she was in desperate need of a 'tubby' and her highchair took 3 grown men to hose down and clean up! Oh, and she also decorated the walls with some red icing! She had a blast, and that is all that matters!
Of course she was spoiled rotten and got a lot of clothes and toys. She couldn't ask for better family and friends, she is a very loved little girl and that just warms my heart so much.
Addi had her 1 year appointment and the doctor was very pleased with her growth. She was walking like a 15 month old should be at only 12 months, you go girl!

Later in November I finally had my gallbladder removed! Only 7 months after the original surgery date. I started having flair-ups again, and they were getting to be pretty chronic. The surgery was outpatient, which to me seemed like it should be easy-breezy, right? I mean I had a c-section, this should be nothing? Wrong! Although I didn't have to stay overnight in the hospital, the healing time and pain I had after was pretty comparable and at some times worse than the c-section was! The good news is that the gallbladder is out and I won't ever have those pains again! Thankfully we had some help from Nanny, Pappy and the Knerr's to help take care of Addi while Mommy recuperated.
December came and went so fast. It tends to creep on you and then it's gone before you know it. This holiday season was even more special this year because Uncle Bubby got to spend it with us! He hasn't been home for the holidays since he has joined the Army. He was last home in July, when Addi was just really starting to crawl, and now here she is her own little person walking and running around and talking in her own little baby babble. Christmas was wonderful, and again Addison was spoiled rotten by Santa and friends and family. So much so that the day after Christmas Mommy had to go shopping for toy boxes and storage organizers so we had somewhere to put it all!

Addison is really great at walking, bending over, running, climbing up the stairs and walking up the stairs if you hold her hands. She will walk down the stair if you hold her hands also. She still loves tubby time. She really comprehends what you say to her and is starting to mimic actions and really picking up on her vocabulary. She can say: Momma, Dada, NO, Duck, Baba (bottle), Book, Hi, Pap Pap, Down and Uh-OH. She waves 'Hi' and 'Bye'. She says 'Quack Quack' if you ask her how a Duck goes, and when you ask her how a Piggy goes she says "Weeeeee!" (Got that one from a Geico commercial), LOL!!! She loves to play Peek-A-Boo and Ring Around the Rosy. I am just amazed by all of the things she can say and do. She is one smart little girl. We are so blessed to have her in our lives!