Happy 4th Birthday Addy!

four years ago, this morning at 1:04 am, my first born daughter, Adelaine Dahlia Lee was born into the world.
At that very moment four years ago i became a mother. Mother to an amazing little girl. my AddyBean.
Addy has grown into an amazing child.
She is no longer a helpless little wiggly bundle of baby. Now she runs and jumps and plays. she pretends to be a pirate, a princess, a dog, a mommy, an astronaut, a midwife, and many other fantastic things. She no longer coos, or babbles. Now she talks, near constantly, run on sentences are commonplace, as are fun new made up words. She is learning some french and spanish, and her vocabulary in all three languages grows each day.
She is learning to read and write, her drawing skills improve each time she picks up a pen, pencil, crayon, marker, chalk, etc.
She loves puzzles, and lace-up boards, and playing in the dollhouse that used to be my sisters when she was young.
Adelaine amazes me every single day.
My heart swells with love for her more and more with each passing day.

Addy Bean, only 1 hour old.

Addy Bean 10 hours old

happy new family of 3.

happy new Daddy

Happy new Mama

Camping May 08

Wrestling with baby sister Niamh

Takedown

snuggle time

getting tackled

Tickles

playing with Daddy

hanging around. June 08

Big smiles

telling the pirate joke

Birthday present!

a pup named Brownie

snuggle buddy

Birthday party July 08!

Birthday smiles

happy birthday girl

bestest buds for life

TheBean and T-Bone

goofball besties