Miss Congeniality

Oh no... I'm over 2 months and a number of posts behind! I'm going to go out of order for a second before I start the mass updates! I didn' t have my camera on Saturday, and if you know me, you'll also know that if it wasn't captured on film... well... I won't remember it!

Here's a little glimpse of Addi's outgoing/congenial personality:

Saturday Lunch - Since we were more than ten minutes late for our Picture People appointment, we were put on the waiting list (which was 2 hours long!). Not to worry though, James was starving and Addi and I were a bit peckish so we decided to have lunch in the meantime. We decided on the Cheesecake Factory since it was in the same mall (that wouldn't have been my first choice...)

Anyhoo - our perky server introduced herself and described the specials of the day. Addi kept asking me "Who's that?" and I told her "She's Rachel." Addi says "Way-cho?" yes. Close enough. And then OMG - everytime Rachel passed by Addi would say "Hi Rachel!". Rachel would stop and say hello. Everytime Rachel was in Addi's periferal vision, Addi would try to get Rachel's attention by SAYING "Hi Way-cho!". Needless to say, Addi entertained Rachel and other people in our section (they were all cracking up and waving to Addi!). At the end of our meal, Rachel asked us to sit in her section next time we come! lol!

Saturday afternoon - we had our pictures taken at Picture People. If you've ever been there, or even passed by, you'll know that 95% of the clientel are kids. While we were waiting to have our pictures processed, Addi went around to each child that was waiting to say hello. She would even be all up in strollers and use her "talking to baby" voice to talk to the babies! (Her voice gets higher and happier). She managed to make a few friends. One mother commented (for me to hear) to her sulky daughter: "See how happy she is? See how she can entertain herself? And she's so much younger than you are!" What the mother doesn't understand is that she's sitting down to tell her daughter that while I'm burning off Cheesecake Factory and chase-walking Addi around as she makes her rounds. She also shared her Lego pieces with a boy who didn't want them. "Here," she says... "Share."


Saturday early evening - we went to Amado's first birthday party and sometime in the evening, a little girl was being outcasted by her "friends" and she was sitting in a corner crying. Addi and I walked up to her to see what's up. Addi says "Hi!" The little girl doesn't say anything. I asked her what's wrong and she said "Those girls are mean. They won't be friends with me." Addi says "I be your friend". The RUDE little girl says "no" and Addi starts dancing and clapping while singing "It's ok. I be your friend. It's ok. I be your friend."
Oh man. I wish I had my camera! I was trying to get James' attention while she was singing and dancing, but I got Uncle Ree-Ree's attention instead... we were cracking up at how silly Addi is!
I guess I have to stop singing things to Addi, because I'm totally rubbing off on her! But in my defense, the singing thing works - she knows how to spell her name, the months of the year and days of the week......