God's gifts 676-684

676. Celebrating that one year ago today, we passed court in Ethiopia, and Abel was declared our son!  (See May 17, 2010 for more)

677. Watching my boy grow
 May 2010

 May 2011

678. Completing our final social worker visit

679. Adrianna and Abel playing at a display house

680. Adrianna telling me she made me dinner in the playhouse, and me asking, "What's for dinner?"  Her reply: "Beef."

681. Adrianna and Abel playing on the mattress at the mattress store, and figuring out how to use the remotes to make the beds go up and down and vibrate and so on

682. Adrianna discussing the big city's traffic with me.  Me: "We don't have much of this near us, do we?"  Adrianna: "No, because we live almost in the middle of nowhere."

683. Free restaurant balloons: great entertainment on a long ride home

684. Kids' books on CD

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Evan said…
WOW HE HAS CHANGED! Growing up way too fast!
May 18, 2011 at 10:20 PM
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