Ni-Night Monkey

I have become a substandard blogger.


Suddenly, life is just busy. But I have realized that if I sat down to share every funny or ridiculous or adorable thing that Addison does, I probably would lose all circulation in my fingers from typing, and then our laundry would NEVER get done. That being said, in an attempt to be a better blogger, here's a quick one for you:


Addison woke up again at 6:30 this morning. I think this is becoming pretty standard and I have to learn to go to bed earlier. And when I say go to bed I mean actually to sleep ~ there is no need to stay awake watching three episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond or reading trashy books (don't even get me started on the book I just wasted my brain cells on, thank you very much Christie!).
Back to my point.

Addison is getting up earlier, so is getting tired a bit earlier for her nap than she used to. Today after watching too much Disney channel, kicking the cat off her lion rug (a story for another time), dumping out all her blocks, trying on my apron and eating her entire breakfast, Addie and I headed upstairs to play in her room and give Andy a bit of quiet to work in.

By play in her room I mean that she helped me stack her diapers and then she proceeded to take out all of her stuffed animals and hug them while I read the restaurant reviews in Cincinnati Magazine. I looked up from my reading to find her going around her room patting the painted monkeys and giraffes on her walls and waving bye-bye.

Saying goodnight to her wall animals is a bedtime ritual...so I followed her cue, scooped her up, threw her in her crib and said ni-night. Five minutes later there wasn't a noise from her room.



Now you tell me that that isn't freaking adorable.