Although it's only been 3 months since we brought Addison home, it feels like she's always been with us...she is a very happy, well-adjusted little girl, despite her previous circumstances; she just LOVES life! Her English is coming along nicely, she is saying 5-6 word sentences already; I can't believe how good her memory is, we give her a new word for something, and she remembers it and uses it from then on! I had no idea how smart kids this age are...she is giving us lots of spontaneous hugs and kisses, which melts my heart every time. She loves to point out things we all have in common, Daddy shirt, Mommy shirt, Addison shirt! When we are all out somewhere, she insists on holding both Mommy and Daddy's hand, she loves when we're a 'unit'; she is going to preschool 3x per week, for 2.5 hours each session, and she LOVES going there; one day, upon leaving school, she pulled away briefly to kiss a car in the parking lot, she was so full of joy she just had to share it, with a car! We also go to a playgroup at the community centre 2 mornings per week, where she sees her favorite fellow, Gord, a 70 something retired Army Colonel, who has been volunteering for over 10 years to work with the children; at first it seemed a bit creepy that he worked there, but it turns out he is a wonderful fellow and has become one of Addison's favourite people - a reminder to me to not judge a book by its cover!
She has just discovered the 'Wiggles' DVD's, thanks to a friend who gave them to us; she is hooked on the Wiggles now, taking a slight departure from 'Barney'; I don't get why kids love the 'Wiggles', like Scott says, "it's so low-rent", meaning these guys sing badly and do silly things in front of sad looking backdrops, but they are so popular they're apparently billionaires! Kinda makes me want to create a kids DVD, from my own livingroom, who knows!
Here are some new pics of her since we've been home.
