Minneapolis has turned in to Arizona!

Ready to eat mom!
My little hippie!
Love my monkey!
Snuggles and rest time with mommy
My beautiful girl at breakfast
A new hiding spot

Yuck!!!! It has been absolutely the worst weather here lately! Five straight days of temperatures in the high 90s, humidity and heat indexes of over 100 degrees! It has been difficult even getting the energy to take Wally out for a bathroom break. And I have felt terrible taking Addison out at all...even she gets sticky and gross! Definitely ready for a break....and I hear it is coming (at least a little bit) this weekend!

Opa and Jojo are also coming this weekend! We are so excited! They arrive on Saturday evening and will be with us for an entire 8 days.....so much fun ahead! And they won't believe little Addison and how much she has changed! Wally is also happy that he gets to spend time with his brother, Lager. Opa and Jojo leave the 31st, then Nana and Papa come that same day for 8 days....more great times...it shall be a nice couple of weeks!

Last week we had Annie's last day as our nanny. It was definitely sad to say goodbye....and will definitely miss her smiling face tomorrow morning when I leave for work. She is already hard at work in PT school (ugh, definitely don't envy her....but well worth it!) She got to spend a longer day with Addie on her last day, Thursday, so that mommy and daddy could attend a birthday dinner for a friend.

Saturday night we hung out with some neighborhood friends for dinner and Addison got to spend some time with her friend Riloh...and enjoying Riloh's exciting and different toys. It makes me laugh how Addie seems to get "so bored" with her toys, but the minute there are similar toys in someone else's house it is "game on" again! Oh well, I guess that is why there are playdates!

Sunday, we had a nice relaxing breakfast and bummed around St. Paul going in/out of stores for a bit. We popped in a toy store and I got all kinds of ideas for first birthday presents!!! We also took Addie swimming at "uncle" Freddy's house! She wore her new bikini and loved splashing, splashing, splashing in the water! She has now brought this new skill to the bathtub as well...oh my! :-)

This week I have been busy doing some more baby-proofing/reorganizing of the house in order to try to keep sanity when watching our little monkey! She is absolutely everywhere and pulls everything off shelves, unloads bookcases, empties the video cabinet, climbs in the dog bowl, opens cabinets, etc.....we are still waiting on daddy to install our cabinet locks.....(still sitting on the counter waiting for him :-)) Hopefully we can finish up some of these baby-proofing tasks this week!

Tomorrow our new nanny, Molly, starts with us! We are so thrilled to have Addison's entire first year of life covered with nanny care in her own home! :-) Molly will be with us until mid-September, when Addison will start daycare at mommy's work two days/week.

On the development front........Addison learned to wave bye-bye this week consistently and loves to practice ( in restaurants, the grocery, across the room), she has four teeth now (2 top and 2 bottom, with 2 more top ones starting to irritate the gums), and continues to stand for several minutes at a time (bouncing, doing squats, drinking, holding things) in the middle of the room....but no steps yet, thank goodness! :-)

I have booked my plane ticket for Chicago in mid-August....to run a half marathon with some girlfriends.....this will be my first time leaving Addison overnight. I know this will be difficult....but good for me at the same time. Annie and Noah will be with her, so all will be well.

I can't believe we are only 6 weeks away from one-year old Addison.....where does the time go? We cherish each new stage....but it sure doesn't seem like 10 1/2 months ago that we brought home that sweet little 5 lb. 2 oz baby....wow!