February: fun, food and Florida!

pic: Dinner out in Florida with mom and dad!
pic: Chill'in in the Florida warmth!
pic: Lunch in Florida with my friends!!!
pic: asleep at the beach bar for lunch!
pic: Sitting in my tankini...mommy and I match!
pic: Swimming with mommy and daddy....we are definitely Minnesota pale!
pic: My buddy Will!
pic: "Who is this guy??"
pic: "I love Florida because I get to play in my diaper!
pic: Sweet potatoes!!!...delicious!
pic: Colts fan forever!
pic: Tummy time in my tutu skirt!
pic: Snuggle time with daddy in Florida!
pic: Addison pacifier...bought when I registered!
pic: Addie in her February hat from Opa!
pic: Addie sitting on her own....she is so proud!

The last two weeks have been very busy again.............hence, my lack of blogging!!! This will be my attempt to catch everyone up to speed on the latest in the Parker household!

Some of the big events of the last couple weeks include:

- saying goodbye to our friends Courtney/Chris and their children who moved to Indiana....we had a fun adult dinner out at Zelo downtown (Addison played with Annie at home) and a girl's night dinner at Don Pablos.....so sad to see them leave...but we sure hope to visit with them on future trips to Indy!

-playdates with our friends Stacy/William and mommy's friend Cherie

-a dinner party at our house with mommy's hip hop friends (Addison's first time getting stranger anxiety-a little lip quiver and quick head turns to find mommy....boy does this ever break my heart!)

-a happy hour in the neighborhood with acoustic music (Addison loved dancing and relaxing to nice tunes!)

-our trip to Florida!!!!! including Addison's first time putting her feet in the ocean and sand and first time swimming! She was precious in her tankini!!!! She got some quality time playing with her new friend Will and meeting mommy and daddy's friends Liz and Dave! What a great trip!

Addison is really enjoying solid foods now!!!! She is taking in a couple tablespoons of rice cereal morning and evening.....and we have also tried sweet potatoes and carrots in the last week!! She is LOVING them! She opens her mouth wide and uses her hand to grab the spoon to help feed. She loves to stick her hand in the bowl and then wide her cereal all over her face!!! :-)

She has been sleeping very well......many nights recently of 8-10 hours straight!! Sometimes we'll hear her shift or awaken at night, but she puts herself back to sleep peacefully....she is learning to self-soothe....yeah!

Her sitting is getting better and better each day! She is now able to sit and lift her hands up and down to play with toys and twist her trunk to reach for things for several minutes before eventually tipping over! She loves this position and seems very proud of her new accomplishments! She still has not fully rolled from her back to belly...that elbow still seems to catch her up.....but she continues to get about 3/4 of the way over frequently during the day....so I'm sure it is coming soon!

Unfortunately Addison is currently sick.....again! I don't know what is causing all of these little colds.....but we are hoping to get better soon! She started coughing a couple nights ago, and has had intermittent fevers and congestion. We plan to snuggle up inside this weekend and work on getting better!

Enjoy the pics from the past couple weeks!

Looking forward to the week ahead: Addie will be turning 6 months next week....can't believe it!!