Grateful

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. The day where we celebrate the coming together of the Pilgrims and the Indians of many moons ago, we stuff our faces with delicious foods, and we surround ourselves with our family and friends. In elementary school, whilst we decorated tracings of our hands to somehow resemble turkeys, we were often asked to state the things for which we were most thankful. I think that's such a lovely activity (the gratitude list, not the hand tracings, though I may dig that little project up when Addie is a bit older) that I thought I'd write out a list here.

I am grateful for:
1). My health, and the health of my family and my friends
2). My happiness, and the happiness of my family and friends.
3). The fact that I am the mother to the most delightful bundle of energy that graced the face of this earth.
4). That I am married to a man who makes me laugh, who works ridiculously long hours to support our family and to care for the health of the children in the area, and who is the most amazing father to our little girl.
5). The fact that I have a roof over my head, a car to drive, and all the material goods that I would want and need in life.
6). Nutella. Seriously...that stuff is amazing.

I could go on and on, but many of the things that I would state fall under one of those categories. I really do feel blessed to be who I am and to be surrounded by the people who love me and whom I love. Thank you to everyone who is a part of my life!!

And now...on to the baby pictures. Wait, Addie is 1 now--no more "baby," huh? Okay--on to the toddler pics!

We actually don't have that many great ones lately because Ms. Addie doesn't stand still long enough to get photographed--she's just one big blur on our memory card.

The closest thing to a normal, smiley picture that we have


Goofyness, as always. Everything is a toy, even an empty cereal box.

Where's Addie?

A common occurrence in the Silvestro household---a delighted Addie walking to yet another room to play with yet another toy--the girl never sits still!

So what's new with Ms. Adeline lately? Well...

At Addie's 12 month appointment she weighed in at 20 lbs (50%) and 30 inches (75%).

Her recent common nicknames: Bear, Ads, Addie, Goofy, Crazyfish

Addie has been doing and learning so much lately! It's amazing to see her changing every day.

Words she can say (and how it usually sounds when she says it):
-Mama, Dada (of course)
-Dog (daw)
-Duck (duh)
-Ball (bowl)
-Yuck (ayuh)
-Keys (heee)
-Baby (day)
-More (moe)
-Bird (burrr)

Animal Sounds she can make:
-Monkey (this is the cutest...video proof below)
-Dog
-Cow (sometimes)
-Three Singing Pigs (Sandra Boynton fans will know what I mean here)

Sign language signs
-More
-Water
-Eat
-Milk
-All done
-Please
-Airplane
-Bird
-Hat

Body parts she can recognize
-Toes
-Mouth
-Hands
-Mommy's belly...Steve taught her to "Zerbert" or blow raspberries on my tummy on command (when I'm lying on the floor of course). Video proof also below.
-Bellybutton.

So...when did she get so big? I think I blinked somewhere between months 6 and 12.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!!