Addyson's Long Awaited Updated

Several people have commented on my extended vacation from blogging, so I have spent the last couple hours uploading, editing, naming, and filing pictures and video in anticipation of getting back to business.

Addyson is still receiving weekly OT for her delayed gross motor development, but as I understand it they usually see children for a minimum of 6 months even if there is significant improvement. Addyson will continue sessions into January. She has been crawling for awhile now and is tearing around the house, including up the stairs. She has not yet started walking, but I think she is very close. She walks around holding onto a scooter and she is cruising along the furniture.

She is developing a strong personality. The first 15 months of her life, she was such a laid back little girl but she is finding her likes and dislikes and is not afraid to voice them to us. She is also becoming very funny and animated. Her favorite activity is to walk around the house and look at all the pictures. She points and yells when we walk by the pictures so we almost always have to stop and take a closer look.

She has been picking up on the sign language we have been teaching her. Her most used sign is 'more'.

Here is a video of Addyson dancing in the chair this past week. We were flipping tv channels just before bed and she started dancing to the music on the CMAs. So I made a mad dash for the camera and she rewarded me by pulling out almost all of her best dance moves. Kevin's favorite didn't make the dance list though... when she swings her butt back and forth.

Addy looking at the picture book my friend Carrie gave her for her birthday.

We see a few curls sneaking through, but not enough to know whose hair type she'll end up with.

Stacking blocks

I'm trying to take a picture of Addyson but she keeps peeking in at the camera.

Playing with Papa Spud in Chokio.

Playing on the floor