Happy Easter!!!!

So, it is easter afternoon and we are hanging out at our adoptive family's home "brooke and brian miller". We seem to have made our selves very welcome here with all our family being quite a distance from us. we truly are so thankful for all our dear friends that we are surrounded with here in ohio. we really are blessed. so, this being easter I (renee) of course had to get my little girl all foo fooed up for the special occasion. She wore a dress that was given to us by a friend from church that was meant to be worn last easter. However, since we have been quite age proportionally challenged, we wore it this year even though it is only a 3-6 month size. Anyways, we have enjoyed our lazy sunday afternoon of great food and lounging around. I have a couple pictures of addi and then a few of mabri and addi together with a little easter treat courtesy Brooke.
Yesterday, joe and i were out in the yard staking out our garden for the summer and we had little addi all bundled up so she could run around and have fun as well. While we were not watching she totally dug into a huge clump of mud. So enjoy those pictures as well. :-)






this is totally a huge snot bubble!!!!!!!!!!

Almost 14 months old ...............

So, i have gotten lax in getting things updated. Sorry! Well to get you updated on all things addi, i must first begin by saying that she is quite the little hyper-hypo. I don't know if any of you ever saw any of those Saturday Night live sketches with the hyper-hypo kid. Well, that is just a glimpse of our current reality. She is so much fun right now with all the walking, talking, and attitude at times. We are daily amazed and surprised at how quickly she seems to pick up on things. A few weeks ago she started telling me when she had pooped in her diaper. That just happens to be one of my favorite things that she does. it is just so cute. She loves books and will point out animals and things as we call them out. what a little smarty-pants.
We have truly been blessed by how healthy our little girl has been. Just a few snotty noses and one little cough and we have survived the winter. i just put her on the scale a few days ago and she is only reading at (almost:-) 17 pounds. But she is getting longer. Her pants are quickly turning into capri pants for the summer:-) Anyways i know you are all here for the pictures anyhow. So, here are the pics.

This is addi at her first birthday party covered in chocolate cake!!!!!!!!


Joe brought a key board home and it is now addi's new favorite toy. She stands and plays it and i hear her singing songs as she plays.


Daddy and Addi both reading.


This last weekend ohio had twenty some inches of snow. So daddy took the oportunity to teach addi how to use a sled, make snowballs, eat snow, and dig tunnels. She loved it and never once complained from being cold.