New Tricks!

Mommy, Addie and Jojo at Stillwater
Just the three of us!
Opa, Addison and Jojo
Jojo loves me!

Silly, silly girl! :-)
Out for a walk...the brothers!

Snuggles with mama! :-)
Swimming time....check out my bikini! :-)

The last day of July already......the summer is flying by. Addison has had a busy couple of weeks. Our new nanny, Molly, started with us on July 21 and was with Addie for three days in a row! They quickly bonded and Addison has showed her all of her new tricks and fun toys! We are so thankful for an easy transition between our two nannies....Molly is fantastic!

On the 22nd we joined some friends in the building for a moving away party and Addison was fantastic! She fell asleep on daddy and then went down easily in her friend Levi's crib....it was nice to get to enjoy ourselves a bit vs. having to leave to head home for bedtime. Thank you Addie!

Saturday evening, the 23rd, Opa and Jojo (and Lager) arrived from Indianapolis! Addison was so happy to see them! She immediately was clapping for them, waving to them and giving kisses! :-)

We had a wonderful week hanging out around the city......walks outside on the river and lakes with the dogs, a trip to Still water for a day (where we hit up the Boat Cafe and Nelson's ice cream), breakfast outside on the river, golfing, a dinner on Lake Calhoun at Tin Fish, BBQs, etc. A relaxing week!

Addison has a couple new tricks these days!!! The afternoon of July 24th (Sunday), Addison was playing in the middle of the carpet when she suddenly stood up, grabbed her pink car, and took off walking across the carpet pushing it! We were all dumbfounded! :-) She is now doing laps around the house pushing her car and is even able to turn it around to change direction or steer through doorways. Addison has also started to say "mama!!!!" Of course, my heart melts every time I hear it! :-) After months of hearing "dadadadada" repetitively, it was a great sound to my ears :-) hahaha! Addison has 5 teeth now...just got her top left incisor this past week! (definitely made for a couple early wake ups!)

We had our first bad tumble this week as well....ugh, we hated it! Opa, Jojo, Mommy and Daddy were all standing around the couch taking pictures of Addie while she clapped in standing and was climbing around on the couch.....when in the split of a second she crawled right off the edge and landed on the hardwood! It seemed to scare her (and US!!!) more than anything.....but luckily she is just fine. I guess an accident was bound to happen sometime....but nonetheless, difficult to watch.

Opa and Jojo had fun babysitting Addison on Thursday/Friday while mommy and daddy were at work.....they played and played and played! So grateful to them for this too....!

Grandparents sure do love to spoil little ones! (Addison is already outfitted for Fall, thanks to Jojo! :-) and has her Happy 1st Birthday banner ready to go from Opa!) This morning Opa and Jojo left to head home....so sad to see them go!!

.....................But the fun is not over.....this afternoon, Nana arrived! She is visiting us until August 9th....with Papa joining for a few days. Addison is excited for more special playtime and spoiling! This afternoon Addie stood in the middle of the room and lifted her left foot forward 2 times.....(the start of walking?!)....definitely coming soon!

Enjoy the pics from the last couple weeks......