March 08 in Woodstock

After a pretty hectic and fun February, we experienced a rainy March in Atlanta, complete with the first tornadoes in recorded history to hit downtown Atlanta and a Saturday spent partially in our basement, waiting out another tornado threat. Thankfully, we had no damage. The month started (actually end of February) with a visit from Laura's best friend Dawn and her son (our godson) Preston - we had a great time including a visit to the park, shown below and Laura and Dawn went out a few evenings (for dinner and a movie). The rest of the month included Easter Sunday and just Ella being Ella - a very mischievous girl, always looking to get in trouble - our favorite was finding her in the laundry basket - pictured below. Also shown are Ella eating Chips with Addison, her best buddy and Ella's new bedding set purchased from Pottery Barn Kids. And a picture of Laura and Dawn for good measure - what great looking Moms! April sees Ella's 2nd birthday so we'll try to capture a few good shots of Ella turning two. See you next month.

Feb #3- Gotcha Day All Over with McFee's

It's hard to believe that we've now had Ella for 1 full year and one of the most special things about that year ago trip is that not only did we get Ella for life, we made some terrific new friends in Mike and Jill McFee, with whom, along with their beautiful daughter Maya (Ella and Maya grew up in the same orphanage), we share a connection that will last a lifetime. Here are some pictures of our fun (albeit too short) reunion in Charlotte, North Carolina from Feb 23rd to Feb 25th (our Gotcha day anniversary 2/25). Trip consisted of a visit to a cool public library called Imaginon and Charlotte's Discovery Place Kids museum and a lot of catching up with the kids, who I think had the most fun in the pool (Evan too!) I love the first picture where Maya's reflects onto Ella as the two were playing at Discovery Place. I almost thought the two were wearing the same cute shirt (and it was Ella) but it signifies there togetherness for certain...