One Year After Referral

One Year After Referral
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It's hard to believe that one year ago today, we received our referral of our beautiful daughter. It truly was one of the happiest days of our lives. It's amazing how fast they grow! Here's a little information to show how much she's grown.

Referral Weight: 16 lbs. Today's Weight: 23.5 lbs.
Referral Height: 29 in. Today's Height: 33 inches
Referral # of Teeth: 0 Today's # of Teeth: 13
Referral Age: 10 months Today's Age: 22 Months

She also has hair now!!!! Click here to see another photo one year after referral.

Visit To Papaw's

Visit To Papaw's
Originally uploaded by nik_donna.

Yesterday, we went to Waynesboro to Papaw's house to eat shrimp and visit with the cousins. My sister and family from Huntsville came in and also Nik's mom (Granny Nan). Addison took her first four-wheeler ride and loved it. Of course I had to ride too, just to make sure Nik was going nice and slow! Addison was still very shy during the visit. She kind of sat back and watched while cousins Sarah and Ben played. She did play with the pots and pans for a little while with Sarah until she got the bright idea to stick some of the play utensils right through Papaw's deck. Sarah got a little upset about that and ratted Addison out. The day was beautiful and the temperature was great! Here are some more pics of our day.

What's In My Ear?

What's In My Ear?
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I don't know if this is normal or if anyone else has this problem, but our child likes to put things in her ears A LOT. We were eating pizza Friday night and we looked and Addison had a piece of pepperoni in each ear. After she does something like this, she doesn't call any attention to herself. It's just something we find. She totally amazes us with the things she does!

First Mother's Day

First Mother's Day
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I had the most fabulous Mother's Day ever! I got to sleep in until around 8:00 and then Nik made me homemade waffles and bacon for breakfast. Addison and Nik worked hard on my gift Saturday. It was a picture frame that has a plaster hand print on the left and a photo of Addison on the right. Nik said the hand print thing was a little tough as Addison wanted to dig into the plaster with her hand. After scraping off the excess plaster, Nik noticed it was gone. Addison had stuffed it into one of her ears! Luckily he got it out without having to tell me and spoil the whole surprise. They also had a card made at Walgreens with my favorite China picture which was when I held Addison for the first time and she fell asleep on my shoulder. We ended the day with dinner out at Carrabba's. What a wonderful first Mother's Day! Here are some more pics of the gift giving.

Great Grandmother Visit

Great Grandmother Visit
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Last Saturday, we went to our hometown of Waynesboro, MS to the Whistle Stop Festival that Granny Nan helped coordinate. Addison had a great time. Her favorite thing though was the Wayne County High Show Choir. She got off to the side and danced her heart out and tried to make every motion the girls did. She did a pretty good job! She also got to try her very first Cooley burger and loved it. Our day ended with a visit to see Addison's great grandmother who is 91 and lives at a local nursing home. We went around 4:00 p.m. and it was already bedtime so we didn't stay long. Surprisingly, Addison wanted to sit in great grandmother's lap immediately. We're so glad we were able to get these pictures.