Gotcha Day!

Wow, 2 years ago today we officially met Addie Lu for the first time! I thought it would be cute to post her referral pictures. I'm not quite sure how old she is here, but am guessing probably a year and a half. We adopted her at 26 months, so I don't think it would be any later than that!

A Quick Trip to the Grand Hotel

We made a quick trip down to the Grand Hotel for a CE course. This is one of my favorite places in the world. Fairhope is such a neat little town with all kinds of shopping and great places to eat. Because the grounds are so beautiful at the Grand, I decided to take a few pictures of Addie there. In the above picture, she is actually wearing the "dress" I wore to have my portrait painted. As you can see what was a dress on me is actually a top on her. Even though I was about 4 at the time, she is much taller than I was. I have decided to have her portrait done as well from this picture. What do you think?
The Grand Hotel has a neat little beach area which Addie enjoyed while my friend Amy and I were at our CE class. Thankfully Mom came along to watch Addie Lu while we were gone!

Here she is at the pool. The pool is great here and has a fun waterslide, which Mom said they went down many times!

When we go to the Grand, I always book a room in the spa building. I just think the rooms are a little nicer, and they have these great balconies with rocking chairs. We spent a lot of time out on our balcony just watching people walk by and drinking coffee (well, Mom and Amy, I'm not a big coffee drinker).

Below is a picture of our room. It has some of the most comfy beds that I've ever slept in! The Grand Hotel was actually bought by Marriott a few years ago, so you get those special beds here.

Concert at Decatur Heritage

Sorry about the picture quality. Not sure what happened here (I didn't take them). Anyway, Addie Lu had a concert at Decatur Heritage where the 4 and 5 K class sang. She loves to sing!
I think they must be doing the old standard "Deep and Wide".
Here's a full shot of the kids. Addie loves her class so much!

S'mores

We had a cookout last night for our Monday Night Football friends and decided to try out the little outdoor fire pit for s'mores.
Addie and Vivi loved them!
We needed a little adult supervision! Hmm, is that marshmallow burned enough to our liking?
Mary Catherine and her fiery marshmallow!

Bowling is NOT our Forte

Oh, what a sad face. Addie was so excited about Connor's bowling party, and then realized that she would have to bowl with bowling balls. I'm not sure exactly what her objections were, but they started with not wanting to put on the ugly shoes (a girl after my own heart) and ended with a complaint of the ball being too heavy. Oh well, we'll try it again in a few years!
Here's Connor and Addie together. Connor is in her class at school, and Addie informed me the other day that he'd been her boyfriend for "at least 6 months". I'm not sure Connor agrees with that statement... We found something fun to do at the bowling alley - the arcade!

Swimming with the Millers

I had to put this picture in of Lainey and Addie after swimming. I thought it was so cute of the two of them.

Jenna's Birthday Party

Here are some pictures from my niece Jenna's 2nd birthday party. She turned two and had a JoJo's circus birthday party at her house in Moulton.
Emme and Addie loved this little pink jeep and rode in it all night. Addie has never wanted to ride in these types of cars before, so I was surprised she tried it. But once she tried it, she loved it!
Sawyer loved being in the swing! Marlo had gone to the Alabama game so wasn't there for the party. She and the kids flew back to Texas on Monday. We were sad to see them go!