Bleh, I've been a terrible blogger. But here I am to give you the updates on our sassy little lady. Though she is not yet 2, she has hit something terrible in the behavior department of her brain. She's quite generous with her tantrums. She's like a hormonal teenager. I am open to lending her out to those who need to provide practical birth control to teenage relatives. 
In brighter news, she is learning how to clean up her messes. She can wipe her hands and face. She even got down on the floor to wipe up the crayon art she left for us in the kitchen.She has also enjoyed supervised art. She LOVES to be messy, whether with paint or food. She's not picky about the medium, as long as the end result is a disaster.
We don't put on too many TV programs for her. Usually she ignores them after 5 minutes anyway. But there are times when she completely zones in and we know we may need to turn the TV off. 
Adeline is a woman of flare. She knows what she likes.
Right now, she likes her toddler bed. It all happened very suddenly. One night she woke up crying with what sounded like fear. Gerrit put her in her toddler bed and she stayed there all night. Amazing. But there have been times since then that she has walked out to the living room after an hour of sleep and scared the daylights out of me. 
Addie has a boyish energy. Everything (including us) is a jungle gym. She loves to wrestle and climb. She literally runs laps around us.
But she also has a tender side. One of her first words was "baby" and now she likes to "feed" them and hug them. And tonight when I was putting lotion on her, she started rubbing my arms too.
She has always been a chatterbox, but now she is amazing us with new words each day. Her favorite phrase is still "Wassat?" She's a curious little bug and loves to learn.
And she repeats much of what we say now! Which is endearing and a good reminder to think before I speak!
Adeline encompasses our daily lesson in patience and selflessness. But she is also a source of much joy in each day as well. And she's pretty darn cute, to boot!
