A glimpse of Addie...

Getting to know at Addie at four (sorry, lots of words, but this is our "scrapbook" so this is more for me/her):

At Addison's 4 year check-up she was 3 ft. 3 in. (40%) and 31 pounds (25%).  The girl has the smallest tush and can hardly hold up regular pants. :)  She wears some 3T tops and some 4T tops.  She wears 3T (and could even wear some 2T) bottoms and 3T dresses.  She has little feet wearing a size 9.

Addie loves to learn and is very inquisitive.  She is constantly asking how to spell words.  She is creative and imaginative. She makes up her own songs all the time and loves to sing and dance.  Being a girly-girl, she loves all things Disney princesses.  Her "favorite" princess changes all the time.  She loves coloring, loves puzzles, loves playing with her dollhouse, her babies and her kitchen.  Her current favorite tv show is PBS Super Why! Addie knows how to read some sight words and likes to "read" to herself in bed.

Although she can be a girly-girl, she has some tom-boy tendencies.  Addison loves to work in the shop with Jeremy.  She "builds castles", hammers nails, collects saw dust and measures things.  She can spend a lot of time in the garage.  Addie also loves to be outside whether playing with bubbles, swinging, learning to ride her bike, taking walks, digging in dirt, etc.  She is not afraid of bugs or worms or anything like that.  She digs for worms and picks up bug/ants and inspects them a lot.

A glimpse into her personality...we recently had a parent-teacher conference (at our request) at daycare/preschool since Addie was having some behavior problems.  Nothing they said was a real surprise: she has a temper and is strong-willed (we've known that since day one), likes to be in charge, is a leader, doesn't always listen, talks back, is emotional, is very smart and loves to learn.  The one thing that did surprise us is we were informed that she has been putting boys in headlocks!  We laughed!  Jeremy and I don't rough house with her a lot so we don't know where she got that from.  Plus, the girl is pretty petite.  I have to be a little honest, I was kinda proud, knowing she is a small thing taking on boys!  Apparently she also is very protective of her friend, Emma.  The teacher said, "Oh, you don't mess with Emma around Addie because she'll let you have it!"  Ha!  We had to start a behavior chart at home and at school so she can learn how to work on some things that need improvement.  She had a good week last week and she picked ice cream as her reward.  A lot of people are surprised to hear this about her personality because outside of our house and daycare she usually is really good.  I think it has a lot to do with how comfortable she is at daycare since she does spend so much time there. Addison is also very sweet, loving and affectionate.  She is a little lover.  She is always loving on her sister, but is also affectionate to Sadie, us, her family and friends.  She likes praying before dinner and bedtime and she can say some of the cutest things during prayers.  I should write down some of the things she says sometimes. 

We still can't believe she is four!  What a blessing Addison Grace is in our life!

Always full of life...

Checking out a bug...

Showing off her bug she found...