Day 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8.09

Addison trying out Colin's coat and trike.

Yep, missed a picture today. But what'da do? We had two days of travel and I'm just impressed we all made it home; even if we did miss one picture.

Day 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7.09

Leaving our Home Sweet Minnesota Home . . .

Day 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6.09

She has no problem wearing her sunglasses indoors . . . but outdoors: not so much.

Day 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5.09

Addison's new kitty from Monka.

Have you seen these? They are practically alive - except no litter box!

Day 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4.09

Reading with Monka.

Don't you just love how my Mom brought everything she could into my room so I didn't feel like I was missing out so much?

Day 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3.09

ANOTHER picture of a meal. Sorry! But there wasn't much else to take pictures of. Just laid on my back and waited for someone to come entertain me! Thankfully, I find my entertainment quite adorable!

Day 89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2.09

Addison went out with Monka and brought me back a bouquet of dandelions! I LOVE dandelions!

Day 88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.09

Trying on Monka's shirt

Day 87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.30.09

Another meal!

Day 86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.29.09

SO, SO PROUD! My little twirler!

Day 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.28.09

Her very first McDonalds . . . She was all about the fries. Guess it's in her genes!

Day 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.27.09

I couldn't see around the corner where Addiosn was, so I reached my phone around and took a picture. And this is what I got!!! She was checking out her silly faces in the mirror. Goofy girl!

Thank you for the "New Tutu Dress" Monka & Papa!

Day 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.26.09

Having lunch with my girl. Love that we could set her chair up in my room so we could eat together. Clearly she's enjoying another lunch by Monka!

Day 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.25.09

Addison + Monka = Best Buddies

Day 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.24.09

Monka made her famous chili (thank goodness for the little kitchen in our hotel suite). We didn't care that it was 80 degrees outside - Addison and I ate it up!!

Day 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.23.09

My transportation. I've just finally realized their potential. . . . I can use them like large chopsticks to pick things off of the floor. Very nice for someone who can't bend down.

Day 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.22.09

My view of the 'outside world' from my bed at the hotel.

Day 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.21.09

Making sure Monka doesn't make a break for it!

Day 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.20.09

I traded out the hospital for the hotel this day. I just loved watching Addison and my Mom dance next to the bed when Dancing With The Stars came on that night.

Day 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.19.09

Another feature I missed once I checked out . . . and to be honest I still do. Thank goodness they deactivated the leg feature - I accidently hit that button so many times.

Day 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.18.09

Day after surgery and this was my view . . . at least for the few minutes I was actually awake during the day. Notice the metal frame around the top of my bed? There was a great trapeze apparatus to help me sit up and move just a bit. I really missed that thing when I checked out!

Day 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.17.09

5:30am in Minnesota, 2:30am in Alaska, waiting in line to get admitted into the Mayo Clinic's Methodist Hospital for my surgery. Sean carried my bag with Lambchop (thanks Mom) through the subway to the hospital. Lambchop made for a great ice-breaker while we waited in line. We met a super nice couple who had a granddaughter named Addison - so we got to swap Addison stories to help keep the anxiety down for both of us ladies who were going "Under the Knife!"

Day 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.16.09

This picture makes my heart melt. Running to her Mommy for a hug the night before my surgery.

Day 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.15.09

How can you not laugh? What a funny, funny girl!

Day 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.14.09

After dancing with her through the tv Addison finally got her picture taken with one of her favorite Dancing With The Stars celebrities in Rochester. . . sorta.

Day 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.13.09

Having dinner with Clint at my favorite restaurant during our layover in Anchorage. Yum, yum!

Day 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.12.09

My favorite picture of Addison on Easter . . . She was so happy with all of her little trinkets!

Day 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11.09

Spending every day I can just staring at this little face. In our house these days it's all play and no work while I try to run, dance and play with this little girl every second of our waking day.

Day 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.10.09

Super fun Easter party!!

Day 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9.09

At one time, I had grand intentions for this room. It would be the room with no toys and would always be put together . . . well, those dreams have been replaced with toys, including a new slide, that are responsible for that big, big smile! Trust me, the floor cluttered with bright colorful toys is not as pretty as an area rug; but it's a whole lot more fun!

Day 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8.09

One of my most favorite pictures of Addison. Ever. I wish she could wear that dress every day!

Day 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7.09

Hmmm . . . . Cute: Now . . . Would Rachael & I think so in 14 years???!!

Day 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6.09

One of my most favorite parts of the day . . . can you tell it was a Monday? Addison has her Dancing With the Stars attire on.

Day 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5.09

Addison decided today that celery and raw carrots weren't so bad after all . . . lets hope this keeps up!

Day 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.09

Easter . . . Testing . . . . 1-2 . . 1-2 . . .

Day 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.09

My poor girl is having a difficult time with some teeth that are (finally) coming in. She sat and watched her entire video with her puppy in a headlock while she chewed on her fingers.

Day 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.09

My other little girl!

Day 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.09

Okay, I don't know how this started . . . For some reason Addison has begun storing toys, papers, credit cards and anything else she can get her tiny little hands on and stuffs them in her clothes. I suppose when you don't have pockets you must improvise!

This night she opened her bag of little stuffies and look where she decided to store a little puppy . . .

Day 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.31.09

I was supposed to be using that fabric for a project but this was waaaay more fun!

Day 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.30.09

Addison's Monday Night Dance Fever! This night they did the Lindy Hop and she could not have been any happier!

Day 55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.29.09

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!

Just wish I had been able to get it all the way in focus.

Day 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.28.09

Kisses for Daddy

Day 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.27.09

Sean is so excited for the day he can bring his little caddy to the golf course. Little does he know, Addison has her own idea of how this Caddy-Thing will be done!

Day 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.26.09

O Spring, where art thou??

Day 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.25.09

The first night that Addison HAD to have a dress so that she could keep up with the Ladies of Dancing With The Stars.

Day 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.24.09

Testing out a new typing method.

Admit it. You've all seen someone like this at work. Except when they sat up, they had the space bar imprint on their forehead!

Day 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.23.09

Maybel soaking up our warmer weather.

Hey, it's all relative! The 40s feel balmy after that cold snap earlier in the winter!

Day 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.22.09

Another picture right before bed! I was bad these two days at taking pictures. I would remember at the last minute!

Day 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.21.09

Quick picture before Addison headed off to bed.

Day 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20-09

Seeking inspiration while coloring with Grandma Suzy.