6 months

Six months ago today Maddie and I arrived home from Vietnam. What a wonderful six months it has been so far, getting to know her and watching her grow and develop into such an amazing little girl. We had to write a letter and send some pictures to our adoption agency as our first post adoption report to let them know how Maddie is doing. I had a hard time choosing the pictures because we have so many good ones of her. We managed to get a great family shot (above) on Friday night when we went out to dinner. It was a beautiful night and we were able to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine. Her newest words are "bye-bye" and counting "one, two, three, go", it's so cute the way she says it.

Maddie's first trip to the beach

Yesterday we had a beautiful 80 degree sunny day so we decided to go to the beach. It was Maddie's first time at the beach and she loved it! At first she was a bit unsure of all of the sand but in no time she was helping her brothers dig holes in the sand. We all had a great time and everyone got very sandy! The water will be warming up in the next couple of months, so soon we can introduce Maddie to the ocean and playing in the waves:)

Just a few pictures of Maddie from February. Sorry for the blurry ones, my camera has been having issues lately. Maddie is enjoying playing dress up lately. She enjoys putting on hats, her own and everyone elses. She also likes to "help" fold laundry by putting on clothes. Lately her favorite seems to be her brother's underwear. Maddie also got her first hair trim last weekend. I just had a little taken off her bangs, because they were hanging in her eyes. She got to sit in a pink car and did very well. She really likes playing with her brothers and loves her animals. Last weekend when Brendan and Dylan were playing with their race track, she plopped down right in the middle and kept grabbing the cars as they went by. Her newest word is "apple", which she said while sharing an apple with Mommy at lunch on Saturday.