President's Day

As it was President's Day, I did not have to go to work and so Addy and I spent the day hanging out with friends and family. We picked up Amaya and went to the Museum of Nature and Science with Aunty Cole.

I think Aunty Cole really likes wearing Addy and being close to her.

Here is Amaya taking a picture of Cole and Addy.

Here is Addy and Cole together (the picture that Amaya was taking).

After the museum, we went back to Aunty Vik's house to bring Amaya home. Here is Addy and Aunty Vik loving each other.

Kanoa was making funny faces and entertaining Addy to get her laughing.

Adoption Day

After months of waiting for background checks and hours of interviews, Roxanne was finally allowed to adopt our daughter. We used a lawyer from Boulder, CO, so when it was time to appear in court for the final decree, we went to Boulder. We arrived at the courthouse early, as we didn't want to miss anything.

Family self-portrait while waiting.

Our hearing was held in Courtroom F.

Adelaide was hungry, so she finished her bottle before we went into the courtroom.

Papa Scott and Grandma Sandy came to court with us. Here they are in the court room as we waited for the magistrate to arrive.

After the hearing, when everything was finished and official, we took a picture with the magistrate.

Here we are with our lawyer, Barbara Lavender.

After court, we came back to our house and invited our loved ones to celebrate with us. We had a pasta bar and lots of cake. Here is a picture of Addy playing with a Mountain Dew bottle, which she did for about a half an hour.

From left to right: Che, Rose, Holly, TJ (with Addy), Papa Scott and Grandma Sandy.

Joey and Kanoa even made the trek all the way to our house to celebrate.

From left to right: Julie, Amanda, Amaya, Cole, Grandma Sandy, TJ, Iris.

Here are Aunty Cole and Aunty Julie playing with Addy.

Alan, a colleague of Roxanne's, came by towards the end of the evening when Addy woke up from her evening nap.

Here is Kenna holding Addy while Brett hangs out on the couch.

Hanging with Aunty Cole

I had the day off on Friday because it was parent/teacher conference day and I no longer have to deal with that. I was very excited to spend the day hanging out with my daughter and we decided to go downtown to visit Aunty Cole. We first stopped by Bliss Salon to bring Aunty Viki some lunch. After that we went to the computer store to get the computer fixed again. We ended up hanging out at my favorite coffee shop, tHERe coffee bar and lounge.

Here is Addy and Aunty Cole outside at Bliss waiting for Viki.

This is upstairs at tHERe. I love Aunty Cole's new hair cut, she looks like a different person.