Parade-ing!

We have attended a few parades this summer - and Addalyn really seems to love them! Her first one of the year was in June, at Pine Island's Cheese Fest Parade (that is my home town). She attended her very first parade EVER at the same parade last year, when she was just 11 days old...so I was excited to see how she'd be this year :)

Her very first parade last year...slept through the entire thing!

One year later - same stroller: up and ready for some FUN!

Seriously...this Gorilla freaks me out!

Addalyn really liked the parade, she was very interested in everything that went by and very content just sitting and watching. Aaron and Addy are really into whatever was passing by in this one!

The highlight of the parade was probably when Addy tried her first sucker - and LOVED it!

Aaron got a good action shot of her licking her sticky lips!

She wouldn't let it go until there was absolutely NOTHING left...she did really good eating it, I was impressed :)

Aaron tried to take Addalyn to her 2nd parade with Ella, Rachel & Jeff (the Scheel's) while I was at my cousin Jared's wedding --- and they had gotten settled and were waiting for the parade to start, but it got cancelled at the last minute due to bad weather in the area. Bummer!

But...we attempted to take the girls to a parade together again a few weeks ago - this time a success! This parade was in Mazeppa. Ella is peaking down at Addy in this pic!

Parades are definitely the one thing that keeps Addy pretty tame and content for as long as they are. Typically she doesn't sit still for very long (like any one-year-old)...but parades are different for her!

She's doing her version of waving here at the entertainment in front of her. She sometimes waves "hi" with her hand like this! She also was clapping when everyone else would clap -- it was pretty cute!

The bikers are sort've crazy!

And of course...we had another sucker while we were watching the parade. Mmmm Mmmm good :)