Friday, March 12, 2010

Addie's Gum Obsession

Addie is completely obsessed with gum.  She is always asking for it.  No matter where it is in the house, she can sniff it out and find it.  She'll often times appears smacking on a piece.  She goes through my purse, pulls chairs to the pantry and cabinets and will even go into the garage and opens the car to look for a some.  This morning while I was at the gym Scott realized he hadn't heard Addie for a while so he sent Parker to look for her.  When they came down, they saw a kitchen chair had been moved to the cabinet where we keep the gum.  Then they noticed the back door was opened.  Then Addie comes strolling in in her purple nightgown and crocs with a piece of gum in her mouth and her hand saying she was going over to E's (Emily our neighbor behind us) house to give her a piece of gum!  This all happened before 7:30am.  We decided we'd better set the alarm to beep each time a door is open so we'll know when Addie decides to take a stroll outside!  Also, last night we found this in one of our vents. Seven wrappers and chewed pieces of gum.  Apparently, she's been going behind the couch to chew in secret.  We've finally gotten her to not swallow it, at least that's a step in the right direction.