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April 22, 2010
Another fantastic month has passed by! We cannot believe Abree
has been home for 10 months. Time has gone by so quickly, yet it
seems like she has been a part of our family forever. We have
experienced a few more important “Firsts” with her this month:
first circus, first Easter and first Adoption Day celebration.
We will begin with the circus. On March 26th, we had the joy of
taking Abree to her first circus. It is tons of fun to watch her
big, beautiful eyes take in SO much!! She was pointing and
clapping and yelling with excitement! Before the circus, she was
able to ride on a huge elephant with big sister and brother. She
was not even scared! She also had the opportunity to meet lots
of clowns. At first, she was a bit afraid of the clowns. Before
the night was over, she warmed up to them and would play and be
silly with them. What a wonderful night!!
For Daddy’s birthday, we asked the kids where we should
celebrate, and of course they said, “Chuck-E-Cheese!” So, we
went to Chuck-E-Cheese… We had so much fun celebrating Daddy’s
birthday and Abree was actually excited to see Chuck-E-Cheese
this time! She hugged him and took her 1st picture with him—it
took lots of visits, but she finally did it!!
Our next first, was celebrating Abree’s first Easter. She was
able to color and decorate Easter eggs with Kaden, Bria, Jake,
Hayley and Grace. She did not quite understand what was going
on. Before it was over, she had cracked every one of her colored
eggs. All she has seen done with eggs before is cracking them
and cooking them, so she was sure that that was what should be
done with the Easter eggs—it was so cute!
On Saturday evening before Easter, we had an indoor flashlight
egg hunt. The lights all went out and each kid was given a
flashlight. They rush through the house hunting room by room for
eggs. They loved it!
On Easter morning, Abree had a great time looking through her
Easter basket. She got a new Elmo movie, a new mommy and baby
for her dollhouse and lots of candy. At church, she had an egg
hunt and after church she had another egg hunt at Aunt Julie and
Uncle Bud’s house. She enjoyed yummy Easter lunch that Aunt
Julie prepared and we had a wonderful family time together!
On April 16th, we had a very special visit from Abree’s friend,
Kiana. We celebrated their first adoption day (a little late for
Kiana and a little early for Abree). We found adorable pink
outfits that say “My heart belongs to Africa” that the girls
wore and we ate cake and opened presents. Abree and Kiana both
received a new pair of gold Ghanaian earrings that were made for
them by Mr. David Manison, our special Ghanaian American friend.
Mrs. Angie Manison also made Jollof rice and shish-ka-bobs for
us for our adoption celebration. What a special weekend!
Abree is still enjoying speech therapy with Mrs. Nita once a
week. She is testing to see if she will qualify for services
after her 3rd birthday next month. So far, it appears that she
will not qualify because she is doing so well!! What a blessing!
We are praying for God’s direction in growing our family. We
feel that God may not be done with us yet! We will continue to
seek His guidance and follow His lead. Abree may be a BIG sister
some day!! |
First Circus--So Fun!!
First Elephant Ride...Brave Girl!
Finally Enough Courage to Hug Chuck-E-Cheese!
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Happy Easter! |
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