Merry Christmas '12

This Christmas Season, my family went to visit my mom and dad 600 miles away.  We also got to meet up with our new niece and Addy's cousin, Callie!  It has been a wonderful trip!  Addy is still a little bit too young to really understand what Christmas is all about and my family usually takes hours (all day) to open gifts, so that was too much for her.  But, all in all, things have worked out well!  Congratulations to Callie on her baptism!

So here's a short little post about Addy.  I like to say that she is a mimic, and it is true.  She tries to dance, she copies everything she sees, and she has started to say "baby" when referring to Callie.  But what is really interesting is the fact that she is making connections.  Her aunt pointed to an ornament of Santa and asked, "Who is that?" expecting her to say "Santa!" or hold her belly and go "Ho ho ho!!"  Instead, she pointed to a different ornament of Santa, one that look very different from the first.  She also goes up to her aunt and asks "Baby?!" enthusiastically.  It took us a while to figure out that she really means, "Where is the baby?"

Sharing things has always been difficult, but sharing affection is particularly hard.  Right now Addy doesn't like having to share grandpa.  She tries to tell the baby "no!" and takes her toys away.  Hopefully, she'll grow out of it by next year and will start to show Callie how to do things instead.