Addison J. Barat: Memorial Day Weekend

It's Monday night and we're turning in for the evening, but not without thinking back on the wonderful time we had this long weekend. I already miss Addison after being with her all day for 4 days straight! Well, minus Saturday night....

Our good friend Kaili, who hasn't seen Addison since September of last year, came in for a visit on Thursday evening. Kaili and I have been friends since I was five and she was three and have many great memories of growing up together - putting on plays, making up dances to a million songs, devouring Sweet Valley Twins and Babysitter's Club books, attempting to start our own "Babysitters Club" when we were barely able to pour ourselves a bowl of cereal, believing in Unicorn Land, dressing in matching outfits, torturing our little brothers - stories that we'll share with Addison someday. Our memories from our teenage years will not be shared with Addison, or any other child for that matter, but it's fun to look back and laugh now. After Addison's initial shyness (long story!), she and Kaili quickly became best buds and the four of us, DJ included, really enjoyed spending time together. We went on walks, Kaili cooked a great meal for us on Friday, went to Lurcat on Saturday night followed by a party at Natalie and Jeff's, had a picnic on Sunday...just had a ton of fun and with great weather to top it all off! We're trying to get Kaili to come during the winter, just to see if she could handle it. She refuses. :)

Kaili headed back to Washington state on Sunday, but Monday was an equally fun day. Between going to the gym and Addison's nap schedule, we ran some errands, worked in the yard, went to the park and then headed over to our friends Mike and Mara's for a BBQ. Mara is insane for wanting to host a BBQ, but she insisted on it before going in on Thursday to deliver, via c-section, her second baby - a boy. Poor Mara is about to pop and was having contractions now and again, but the company and relaxing afternoon actually helped take her mind off of things. They have a gorgeous patio and outdoor fireplace where we parked ourselves on a huge lounge chair and just chilled. Addison was in heaven being outside and was a party animal who didn't want to go to sleep. We're so excited for Mike and Mara and it was great to see them before the big day on Thursday.

Addison is growing and changing so rapidly. She's not doing a traditional hands and knees crawl, but she scoots around so fast in her modified army crawl and is discovering cupboards, cabinets and electrical outlets. Don't worry, we have them covered. She's also started pointing at everything over the past week or so - it's very cute. So currently we are busy naming everything in sight. Her little legs get sturdier all the time and she's much more inclined to want to stand up and bounce these days. She continues to have fun at swim lessons, but they won't let us snap pictures until the last class so stay tuned.

My little bookworm