It's Been A Year Since Our Last Update

Hey Everyone!

It's been about a year since the last set of pictures and an update here on the blog page.  Here are a few things from the past year:



Easter 2013

Madi's 3rd Birthday

Tinkerbell For Halloween

Thanksgiving 2013

Valentine's Day 2014

Madi and Our Exchange Student "Ivan"

Rollin'

Long Day, Good Rest

Madi and Bubba

Madi and JJ after soccer on his 13th Birthday

Madi and Sophia Lovin Life

Tea Party w/ Daddy

Madi Loves The Adale Park with Mom!
 





































Madi's Bouncy House

Busch Gardens Last Weekend!  Fun, fun, fun.

It's been quite a while since I took the time to say, once again, thank you for the love, help and support you all were through our adoption process and have been since we brought home our wonderful little girl.  A friend is now beginning their adoption process, and it was a good reminder to jump on here.

I has been almost 2 years since we returned home with Madi Mei.  She is a joy and a blessing every single day, just as Caleb and Josh are!  For those that aren't close enough to see Madi often, I hope these pictures put a smile on your face and give you an idea of how much she has brought to our lives.

We recently had our first visit with Madi's doctor concerning her cleft lip/palate. Everything is just as it should be and Madi is not in need of any surgeries for a number of years.  She is in preschool a few mornings a week and loves her friends and her teacher, Mrs Henderson.  Gymnastics is her newest endeavor, and she is absolutely the cutest thing to ever roll on a mat!

Once again, we would not have Madi here with us today if it was not for the love we were shown by all of you.  I hope you all know how much we appreciate all your support.

shane and tina.

Easter Update

Hey Everybody,

It's been since before Christmas that I posted updated pics of Madi and the boys.  Here's some pics from Christmas:

Those Boys Love Their Girl!

Peace At Christmas

The Fam!

Christmas Morning

On The Train At Busch Gardens Seeing The Animals

Easter Morning Pics

It's been such an amazing time since Madi has finally been home with us!  Thank you all once again for all the prayer, love and support!  6 weeks from now will be a year since Madi came to us!

Madi's First Halloween and Haircut

It's been awhile! Madi is doing so great. She’s starting to say so much more. She's had "no" down pat for quite awhile. But, she is also saying "please", "momma", "dad", "JJ", "yes", "eyes", "nose", "mouth" and trying hard to say all kinds of other stuff. Just yesterday, Caleb taught her to hold up two fingers and say "Peace"!

Basically, a large portion of her day revolves around being extremely cute, which is fortunate, because she is so good at it!  She thought it was funny when Dad put all these bows in here hair at once!

 Somehow Madi even seemed to work her way into a picture of Caleb's big night for his first school formal. And then, she and Mom had to have a cute picture together!

 

Next, our little lady bug had Halloween. It was a fun night. She headed all through the neighborhood and got to see grandparents, cousins and neighbors!

Madi and Her Boys



 

 

Let The Candy Harvest Begin!!!

 





Madi with Papa and Nana

 

Madi and Grandma

Madi Loves Her Some Kenzie!!!

Trick Or Treating's Never Been So Easy (All She Had To Say Was "Boo")

 

We ended the night getting to see Madi's cousin Harper, but Harper had had enough! She's out!

Madi, Papa Dude and Little Harper The Lioness

Madi's most recent big event was her first hair cut. Looks great Emily! 

Madi couldn't wait to show off her new style when they got home.

 

Like I said, Madi just likes to hang around and be the cutest little girl ever!  You know.

No big whoop, just what she does.

 



and ... Daddy loves his Madi Girl!

 

 

Oh yeah ... Madi did a great job helping both Caleb and Josh with their science projects.

She's pretty sure they are going to get A's with all her input!

 

 

Quite The Little Scientist!!!



Officially 2 Years Old

On Madi's birthday, she had a morning birthday party with her brothers and some birthday muffins.  Then, she had a party again with cake that night after dinner!!!  That's the life!

Then, we had a great day on Sunday for Madi's next birthday party.  Grandparents, Great Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins were all in the house.  Madi had a great time and everyone got a big hug and kiss before the day was done.

Kayla gave Madi one of the animals that she had also loved when she was Madi's age.  Then they sat down for a spot of tea.

The pink boots and the table where huge hits from the grandparents:

The girl is set for tea parties, no question about it, with three new tea sets.  Caleb, JJ, Tina and I have already had a lot of delicious cups of tea!  We learned that tea cups are also good for fig newton grounding if that's your thing (and apparently, it's Madi's thing).

All in all, it was a great few days celebrating Madi's 2nd Birthday.  Thanks everyone!

... 10 extra points if you can name the show that was on a loop during Madi's birthday party.  You can see it behind Tina in the picutre above.  Hilarious!!!  (No fair answering if you were there)