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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Addie knows what to do

I bet at least a few of you are wondering where Addie was when the rest of us were at the wedding. Since the wedding was so late at night, Addie stayed home with some family members. Gramma watched her on Friday but it was Grampa who watched her on Thursday (so we could go to the rehearsal). It was a surprise to me that Grampa offered to watch her. I wasn't sure how he would do and apparently neither was he. After only a few minutes with Addie he acknowledged that he had no clue what to do with her, but apparently she did. From what I was told, their evening together went something like this:

Play on the floor where Addie was sitting upon Grampa's arrival.

Addie starts to fuss and Grampa looks at the clock to see he was a little late giving her dinner. Grampa takes that as a sign she's hungry.

Grampa sits Addie in the chair and she eats until she starts to fuss and pushes away the spoon when he tries to feed her. Grampa takes that as a sign she's done.

Grampa sits Addie on the floor and she crawls to the staircase and starts climbing it. Grampa takes that as a sign she's ready to go upstairs.

Into the bathroom she goes and she stands by the edge of the bath. Grampa takes that as a sign that it's bath time.

After playing in the water for a while Addie starts to fuss and stands up. Grampa takes that as a sign that bath time is over.

After dressing her and putting on a diaper, Addie crawls over to the books. Grampa takes that as a sign that it's time to read books.

When Grampa tries to read the third book, Addie takes it and throws it on the floor. Grampa takes that as a sign that story time is over.

Addie leans towards the crib, practically throwing herself towards it. Grampa takes that as a sign she wants to go to bed.

After playing for a while with the blanket over her head, Addie grabs the blanket and pulls it up under her chin and closes her eyes. Grampa says good night and leaves.

When I talked to Grampa a few days later, he was dying to know just one thing... did he or did he not put the diaper on the right way? Yep. Well done, Grampa! You done good. You done good.

4 comments:

Heidi said...

Hehe! That is the same exact same way my dad used to tell stories about watching my babies.

Anonymous said...

Very cute, of both of them.

Jen

Lisa C. said...

That's awesome!

Angie said...

Sounds more like Addie took care of Grampa!