Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Celebrating One Year With Ashi!

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It’s already been one year since our little buddy Ashenafi joined us from Ethiopia! His mama Erin asked Asher and I to join her, Christian and Ashi  for a little celebration of his special  anniversary with some yummy treats at Mallard Ice Cream. Of course we obliged…you’ll never catch us turning down an invite for Mallard’s cool creamy goodness! Never mind the fact that we both absolutely adore Ashi and would never miss an opportunity to celebrate his presence in our lives : )

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I just looked through the first photos I took of Ashi last April and I cannot believe how much he has grown since he arrived! I get such a kick out of hearing his developing language skills and his emerging personality. He’s quite entertaining : )

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Big brother Christian shows us his mad cone-eating skillsIMG_3318

   Biggest brother Asher gets some love from Ashi : )

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Asher had instructed me to keep him out of the pictures (hence the faux scowl) but I’m glad I didn’t oblige him because I love this picture of him and his monkey-on-the-back little bro : )

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So close this time!

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LOTS of love for Mama from her boys!

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Congratulations on one year together… what a happy little family : )

1 comment:

Erin said...

I love the one of them running off, very true to life. And the monkey on the back, LOL! Thank you for taking these-as you know my kiddos aren't exactly cooperative!