A Day in the Life

Adelyn’s current favorite things at 15 months of age:

1. Hiding things from Mommy. Zac was asking for some Neosporin a few days ago, and I had just seen in the day before, but it was NOT where it was supposed to be. I couldn’t find it anywhere! Later that day, I saw Addie pull it out of a drawer in the spare room closet. Also, last week I handed a Chip Clip to Addie to play with, and 30 seconds later, it was gone. I didn’t know where she had put it. I looked all around the kitchen, all to no avail. Today, I watched as she climbed into the cupboard with all the pots and pans, and retrieved the Chip Clip, and played with it for awhile. She sure knows how to stash the goods where Mom can’t find them!

2. Two word phrases! She is starting to string words together, especially when she really wants something. Her newest phrases are “More grapes,” “Bye Bye Grandma,” “Thank you Mommy.”  So simple, but it is so fun to see her associate words and phrases with things she wants.

3. Grapes. Obsessed doesn’t begin to describe her feelings for these little purple treats. She is in love.

4. Songs. She LOVES the piano and whenever we go in that room she says “Song, song, song” over and over until I allow her to play with me. Also, she now knows that the computer can play songs too (iTunes), so she asks for songs whenever I am at the computer.

5. Babies. She has been obsessed with babies since she could say the word, so no big surprise there. She loves to look at pictures of babies, on the computer, my phone, her baby album, on the camera, on the walls of our house. I had to hide her baby scrapbook because she was tearing it up, she was looking at it so much. Maybe she loves babies, or maybe she just loves to look at herself. Vain baby.

6. “Play”. This is what she says when we’re in the family room and she wants me to turn on the TV. Zac and I got Super Mario Wii for Christmas, and she loves to watch us play it. She gets to hold her own controller, so she loves feeling like a part of the game. But now she thinks that every time the TV is on, we’re going to play.

7. Elmo. Why does EVERY kid like Elmo so much? Is it his silly voice? Or the fact that he is a red furry puppet? Or the fact that his name is easy to say? We watched an Elmo movie with her one day, and she hasn’t let me forget it since. I could have a nervous breakdown thinking about how many times I’m gonna have to watch Elmo for the next few years. It’s starting.