Birthday morning!
Our birthday princess with our free 1st birthday cake from Lunds!
New, fun birthday toys!
Last day with Molly! We will miss you!
Stuffing my face at the birthday party!
Everyone stood around and sang to Addie at the luau! She loved the attention!
The absolutely gorgeous cake! 
Our hula birthday girl!!! She wore this outfit with pride all night long! :-)
Celebrating family style! :-)
Opening bday gifts!! Thank you to all of our wonderful friends!!!It has been a fun-filled week!!! I label this post "our toddler"-due to the difficult realization that Addison has transitioned to this new category with her first birthday! All of the baby websites sent me emails this week letting me know that this was the case. A little sad to no longer have a "baby".......although she will always be "our baby"!
Addison's birthday was an exciting day for all of us! We had breakfast out, played on the playground, had a playdate with Addie's friend Riloh, bought a new car for mom and dad (Addie had a great time running around the dealership!), opened presents, and smashed in to Addie's birthday cake! What a day!!! Addison was absolutely exhausted!
Addie's birthday was the first night that we decided to cut out the middle of the night feeding! She did beautifully...only a couple minutes of crying the first night that was easily soothed by daddy! Addison has now gone 5 nights straight of not a single awakening in the middle of the night.....at least if she awakens, she is able to put herself right back to sleep....we don't hear a peep! I think the middle of the night nursing had just become a habit for her....but so easy to break! We are all getting better sleep....even her! What a big girl! We have cut to nursing just first thing in the morning and before bed.
Friday was our nanny Molly's last day with Addison. So sad to see her go...but we wish her the best in London (where she is headed for grad school). We will be sure to send pictures her way! We feel so fortunate to have gotten Addison through her entire first year of life with in-home nanny care! :-) On that note...Addison starts daycare at mommy's work 2 days a week this Wednesday! Tomorrow, we visit to drop off all of her supplies....diapers, wipes, sippy cups, blankie, extra clothes, etc..... I know Addie will absolutely love it there...but of course mommy will have anxiety about it for the first few days!
This weekend we celebrated Addison's 1st birthday with friends! Yesterday was the big luau birthday party! We rented the party room in our building and ended up having quite the showing....26 adults and 8 children! Addison decked out in her hula girl grass skirt and pink shell bra top! We served tacos, chips/dips, fruit salad, cake, and Hawaiian punch (for the adults)! Everybody had a wonderful time, and Addison did great!! She smiled, played, smashed her cake, and ran around in her costume all night! We greatly appreciate our wonderful friends coming out to help celebrate this special occasion, and for bringing such thoughtful and fun gifts for our little girl! :-)
Daddy left for San Francisco for a four day work conference this morning....Mommy, Wally and Addie have been playing outside and watching all of the special tributes to 9/11. It is definitely difficult to remember that tragic, scary day....but how fortunate we are to have our entire family safe and sound 10 years later! Warm thoughts and prayers go out to those who were less fortunate that day.
Enjoy some of our favorite pics from the last week! :-)
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