Memory Lane: Goodbye, Michigan, Hello Year Two

It was with mixed emotions a year ago that we left Michigan, likely for good. We were very excited to come back to Washington DC, but we were sad to leave our friends. Adah turned one year old on our very last day in Michigan. We had a party with Cory, Malissa, Libertie and Stephanie Martin, some of our best friends in the world. We didn't want to leave them behind, but that's what we did. For all of 3.5 months. Now they're in Seattle with pretty much everybody else that we know.

But anyway, that Wednesday night was bittersweet. Our baby was a whole year old as we said goodbye to the only life she'd ever known; our little upstairs apartment and our big backyard; endless months of snow and 19-hour summer days; wonderful friends and a strange, depressed culture.

It was also the day she took her first steps, right on time, so she had that going for her, which was nice.

BEFORE

AFTER

New Presents!! WOOHOO!!

We miss you guys!

Camping in Prince William Forest Park - March 4, 2011

First Christmas in the World

Well, Adah has doubled in age since our last post. We'll skip most of that and just go right to our trip out to Washington. Here are some pictures.



Levi and Adah admire the view of the SeaTac Airport.




Hanging with the Family in her new jammies.





Taking a nap with Grandma Judy




Going for the Che Adah look, I guess




Playing with her new cousin Delaney!




Just Adah.

Long Time, No Pictures

Sorry for the 2.5 month absence everybody!


Adah being Adah

Mom and Adah at the Tigers game.


It was a loooooooong day!

Life Jacket (with Adah in there somewhere!) on the Takes Two, July 4th.

A little snack in the woods

Adah, as she appears today.


Very special home-knitted stuffs.

Hanging in the Garden

Here's some pictures of Adah hanging out by the garden!

Easter Weekend 2009!!!

Nothing but pictures, OH YEAH!

Growing fast!

Adah had a doctor's appointment yesterday. She was 2 weeks old. The whole family went. She's doing well and she weighed in at 7 lbs 6 oz. Already 9oz over her birth weight. No wonder Mommy is so hungry. Also, typing with one hand is slow.
Want a picture? Okay.



That's from an Easter egg hunt we went to. Adah didn't find any eggs.