Fun in the Sun begins!

 

Today was our first trip to the pool this summer and it was a blast!  Addison and I went with Gideon, Zander and Vicky :)  Addison was way into the pool, she kept crawling in and out of the water and thought it was amazing.

 

She spent a full two hours playing at the pool which I was impressed with for a one year old and then completely crashed when I put her in her car seat after :)

Zoo!

This past Thursday I took Addison, Uncle Joe and his friend Zander to the Zoo!  (They were more thrilled about it than they look in the above photo).  It was Addison's second time to the Zoo, first time this summer and first time to the Indianapolis Zoo.  Not sure Addison really understood what was happening, she enjoyed looking at all the people as much as the animals I think.  It was a rather gloomy day and kept raining off and on, but the sun came out here and there.  I much prefer rain to crazy humidity anyways :)  We started with petting the baby sharks because I believe it is an unwritten rule that you always start with the sharks there.

Then we moved on to all the other critters both large and small.

 

 

My favorite part of the Zoo may sound silly, but it was their mother's room.  There were lots of private spaces with rockers for nursing moms and rockers out in the main part.  There was a whole row of diaper changing stations.  There was even a play area with lots of zoo books and a huge chalk board for toddlers.  The art work was all mommy animals with their babies.  It was by far the nicest one I've been in and I was grateful for it.  When out in a very busy place with a lot of people having a quite space to take a little one to regroup for a few minutes is really important!

 

 

Joe and Zander's favorite part I believe were the Dolphins.  We followed them into the underwater part and they were laying down watching the dolphins swim above them :)  Naturally, Addison joined them.

 

 

Then we went above to watch the dolphin show and they sat in the "splash zone" and got soaked.

 

 

They also enjoyed their rock candy, because they are teen boys after all.

 

 

Addison's favorite part were the Tortoise.  She stood there and talked to them for a solid ten minutes, it was hilarious!

 

 

It was a fun day and I wore all three kids and myself out!

 

 

13 Months Old

 

Addison is now 13 Months old!  This past month has gone super fast!  We have enjoyed lots of time outside now that it is warm and she wants Aunt Pam to know she has been wearing her hat like a good girl(most of the time), although a hat without straps under the chin would be useless because it would be too easy for her to take off ;)  As we know I take way too many photos, so here they are...

 

 

 

 

 

For her birthday she received her very own swing!  Grandpa came over one day to put it up and Addison has gotten lots of good use out of it already :)

 

 

Also since she turned 1 I decided it was time for her to have her first big girl bath, so we got rid of the baby bathtub.  It only took her the second time to realize she could stand in the bath... so, we are now learning not to do that ;)

 

 

Since we are spending so much time outside now I decided to make her colored rice and beans to play with like you would sand in a sandbox.  I put water in the other container and tossed in some sandbox toys.  She LOVED it!  We will be playing a lot with those in the backyard this summer :)

 

 

 

Also, I discovered this week that she knows how to color.  Not well, but she is no longer just eating the crayons and is now making scribbles on the paper, so it's progress :)