Addison Grace Gamble the 3 year old!!

This might be long...but I don't really know what all I'm going to say and I want to remember as much as I can when I look back...


My baby girl is 3. At what age do you stop referring to them as babies? I always thought it was silly when people called their children babies when they were toddlers, but now that I have one it seems perfectly normal. While she is growing up day by day, she will always be my baby.

Addison Grace, my first born. She has taught me so much about being a mother already. These past 3 years have flown by! I can't believe the little baby laying on my chest in the hospital that her daddy nicknamed "Peanut" is turning into a little lady. I'm so thankful that, since she is probably the only daughter I will have, that she is girly. Her favorite color is pink. She loves new shoes! She loves girly toys and girly things. She likes to accessorize. But she also loves to play outside and get dirty. Addison loves all things crafty! Her favorite thing to do on the play ground at school is to dig in the sand. If I would have saved all the sand she has brought home in her shoes over this past school year, we might have our own sand pit!

Addison is me remade in actions and personality, but she is a daddy's girl. She is smart, sensitive, passionate, dramatic, fun, silly, and caring. She is a creature of habit like I've never seen! Everyone morning she wakes up...goes straight to the couch with her B, likes to be "nice and tucked", watches tv, and drinks her warm cup. (She only likes to drink milk out of certain cups) She loves doing new things and going to new places but also likes the security of routines. If you do something one way one time, she thinks that is how it should be done every time. She would spend day and night in her "pajammies" if we let her and if she can't wear those, she prefers to be in her underwear.

Addison loves her brother. She calls him "Baby Weston". She squeezes him and loves on him all the time. (maybe too much at times) Never once have we seen resentment towards him since he arrived. I love hearing her talk to him because she repeats all that I say and imitates my voice saying things like, "Hey there little buddy." , "Did you have a nice nap, pal? Did you sleep well?" , "Hey there big boy! What are you doing?" and so on. She brings me things I need for him or takes him toys when I ask. She even has a stay-awake-song she made up to help me keep him awake in the car on the way home from school.

She still loves her B just as dearly as the day they met! When she goes to school, he goes in her backpack even though she never gets him out, it helps her know that he is there. When we leave the house, B rides with us and stays in the car and she hugs and kisses him goodbye before we go inside. (I said we would rethink this when she turned 3) This morning before I got her out of her seat she hugged him, smooched him, and whispered, "I love you B. You have to go in my backpack now. I'll miss you. See you soon."

Addison loves to sing! I have a feeling she will really love musicals when she is older because she loves to sing her sentences to Nathan and I. I get such a kick out of it and it's even better when Nathan does it with her because it's so out of character for him. She likes to sing songs she knows and make up some of her own.

Because of Nathan being gone a lot she will ask me, "Mommy, are you sure daddy is coming home soon?" and now when you ask her why daddy has to go to work she replies, "So mommy can spend the money!" :)

I love the age she is at right now. Each new age she goes through I say is my favorite. It just seems to get better and better. I love how much she is talking, even if some days she talks too much, I never know what she is going to say next. She was so sweet to tell me Happy Mother's day over and over. Of course she also told Nathan, Weston, and Titus Happy Mother's day as well! haha

For the most part she is an easy child to raise. She is obedient and has a heart to please. Because she is my first she is always teaching me. She pushes me to grow and puts my mothering to the test at times. Everything is new and we are going through it together. Not every day is easy. She cries and whines too much sometimes. She doesn't always obey. Overall though, she really is a great child. I'm so blessed to call her mine! I pray we only grow closer as she gets older and that one day I wont just be her Mother, but her friend as well.

Addison Grace Gamble...you changed my world forever May 8th, 2008 at 8:09am! I love you!!