Addison had her birthday this week (1/14) and is now one year old! That went by really fast. The strange thing is she still seems very much like a baby to me. I look at pictures of Elli at this age and think that she was so much more mature at one. But either way, she is wonderful and we love her. I don't know if I mentioned before but she said her first word after Christmas. She said "Mickey" when she saw Elli's stuffed Mickey toy. Also, just the other day, she said "uh oh" when she dropped her sippy cup. And we have determined that there is a particular tone of "baba" that means grandma. She says it when she sees Viola and there is no question that that is exactly what she is trying to say.
I usually like asking Elli questions on her birthday about favorite color and songs, etc. But obviously it's a little hard to ask a baby. So from what I can tell she loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on tv, she thinks water is the greatest thing ever (unless it's for a bath), she loves bananas and doesn't like ground beef. She is 27 inches tall and weighs a "hefty" 17 pounds. Little, I know! She's great at giving hugs and kisses and is a joy to be around.
Elli is also very sweet and very funny too. Over New Years we were in Vegas with Andrea's family. As most of you know Janson (Elli's cousin) has type 1 diabeties (sorry on the spelling!) and it has just become a way of life for them. Elli thought that all the new words and poking of fingers was really interesting. She got a little stuffed dog for Christmas that she named "Jaq" (think Lady and the Tramp). Anyway, one say she held Jaq very carefully and told me that she needed to check Jaq because he was getting low. I looked at her and asked, "is that because he has diabeties?" Without missing a beat she replied, "no mommy, he has doggy-beties!) Well, that's rather observant! I should've figured that out on my own!
Then the other day, she came up to me and put her little hand on my face. She softly touched my cheek and neck then said, "mommy, your face looks like a toe-let". (For some reason Elli has decided that toilet should be pronounced with a southern drawl and has become toe-let!) Well, I couldn't figure out how I looked like a toilet so I asked her to explain. This she had a little bit harder time saying, "you know it's round and then goes down to the floor." When adults look at a toilet we look at it from above. She sees it almost straight on. So the bowl and stem area sort of look like a face, jaw and neck of a person - in a three year old sort of way. I decided to take that as a compliment toward the smoothness of my skin, but I still have to laugh at being compared to the toe-let!
So in other news, I got called to teach Sunbeams. I'm not too excited about it, but I know that there are far worse callings and I did grow to love the Nursery while I was there. So, I guess I have to learn to love it if the Lord ever plans to release me from this calling. There are eight little girls in the class (3-4 years old) and they are still adjusting to not being in Nursery (I guess I graduated with them). I take snacks, we sing songs, it's okay - but I have a feeling I will start to understand patience more fully after this is over. Wish me luck!
Gotta run - it's getting late for me. I'll post photos of Addison's birthday soon; keep checking back.
Love, Alesha
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I've had the sunbeam calling. For me I was frustrated at first, feeling I was exiled to the primary. Sunbeams can be hard because you feel like you are supposed to teach them and they don't have the attention span for it.
Basically I learned that it's glorified nursey. You still have to teach a small lesson, but I still did Nursery type things up until June or so, then slowly transitioned to another minute or two of lesson each week. That's what got me through it. And a supportive presidency... that helped as well. I had 10 kids in my class so that was fun.
Allesha, that was really funny I was laughing so hard. Kids are the best. I never know what is going to come out of Jameson's mouth! Good things to record.
Did Ruston tell you Jared Wood is in our ward here in Washington? He is actually in Afghanastan as you probably know. I am thankful I am not a military wife!
Hope you are well.
Anna
it was so fun to see Rustin, wished we had seen you. oh, how time has flown!
I cannot believe how big Ellie is, she is so darling and has the prettiest hair, we're still waiting for Zoey's to get nice and thick. Your kids are funny and i love it when they start to come up with their own ideas. Good to check up on you and your little family!
Oh Elli- I love her so much. what a funny kid. She's rad! She's SO smart too. Miss you guys- I always love to hear how things are going in the Munk household. So is Addison missing her Grandma yet out of town? Hope all else is going well- we love ya and miss you ALL! Give kisses to the girls for us.
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