Daddy's Day!

pic: spending time with Uncle Nick!
pic: playing at Opa and Jojo's house
pic: Cuddling with daddy!
pic: "I'm such a big girl!"
pic: My first piece of art!

Happy Father's Day to the two best dads ever......Opa and Daddy! :-) We are home eagerly awaiting the arrival of daddy home from the hospital. After being up most of the night on call, we are hoping that he is still excited for brunch this morning at Jax Cafe! Addison made him a special Father's Day card-full of fun pictures, and a hand print keepsake!

We had quite the snafu the other night with the Father's Day gift...... Addie and I spent the afternoon with our friends Stacy and William preparing the hand print....came home and left it on the table to dry while bathing Addie......Wally jumped up and ate it! Long story short, after noticing his excessive thirst, looking up some information online, and calling poison control.....I drove him to the vet hospital around 11pm and he spent the night recovering from sodium toxicity (which can be fatal). So frightening! They induced vomiting and provided plenty of IV fluids to fix his electrolyte imbalance. We are so blessed to still have him with us.....and we definitely learned a lesson that night! Addison and I re-made the present yesterday so that daddy could still have it.....although it will have to be kept way up high on a shelf!

The last couple weeks have been busy. Noah and I attended the ENT graduation dinner and banquet on the 10th (Addison was with Annie all day/night). The next morning, Addie and I flew to Indianapolis for Lucille's funeral (thanks to Jana and family for watching Addison during the funeral....she loved the playtime!). It was a beautiful memorial for such a special woman. We visited with family in Indy until Tuesday afternoon. Addison enjoyed playing with her extended family at Opa and Jojo's house and nanny's house!

Friday I was home from work, and we spent the afternoon finger painting and making the hand print craft for Father's Day with our friends Stacy and William....a fun day!

Addison is crawling everywhere, standing up on everything, and cruising around

toys and furniture constantly. It definitely keeps mommy and daddy paranoid of falls.....but she is learning to lower to her hands and buttocks without having to yell out for help! Such a big girl! She has also learned to stand up in her crib. Last night we heard her yelling out about 30 minutes after we put her down for the night....sure enough, she was standing up with big smiles awaiting our arrival! :-)

Feeding time has become a disaster! Addison now completely protests against being spoon fed. She immediately grabs the spoon from us, places it in her mouth, then tosses it in the air! I'm sure it is great that developmentally she is beginning to feed herself....but the mess is outrageous! I can't even describe how many times I have scrubbed the floor in the last few days. Somehow I need to break her of this throwing habit!

We got some good news the other day regarding childcare for Fall!! Addison got in to the "school" at my work.....although the days they have available would require me to switch my schedule a bit. I am going to visit next week, and then we will have to make decision regarding if we will switch to this option in September. It's nice to at least have an option.....and Addison gets a little older and more mobile, it may provide some good socialization for her a couple days a week.

We have finalized visit dates for our parents this summer!!! We are super excited for visits from Opa and Jojo the end of July, and Nana and Papa the beginning of August!