This weekend our good friends, Jen and Paul, traveled north and brought their daughter, Addison, better known as Addy Blu (or "addyboo" to sive), to Portland for a visit with the Mangans. We had such a great time. Not only were we able to celebrate Addy's first birthday, which was actually last weekend, but also Jen's birthday that was Sunday. The boys (minus Sive) traveled up to the mountain for some much needed snowboarding and Jen and I stayed behind with the kids and had lots fun. We went to OMSI and the park, and also enjoyed long walks and plenty of fun at home. It was great for Sive to practice sharing and work on being a "big kid." Despite a few little spats over favorite toys, such as a guitar and horses, Addy and Sive got along amazingly well. Just seeing those two trucking around naked, pushing either other in the wagon, and looking for each other upon waking up, was simply...adorable and heart warming. So THANK YOU so much Rathwells for making the trek to Portland (and to Jen for all the pictures). We loved having you and love Addison. She is an absolute doll and is going to turn out to be a beautiful girl who can easily handle herself with the boys and is a killer snowboarder (given her amazing ewok balance and motor skills!).
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| Had to show off his little lion man costume. |
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| Eating plastic balls at OMSI. |
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| Rody- always a favorite! |
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| Great shot of Tilly Mangan! So cute! |
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| Swinging together! |
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| Happy Birthday Jen! |
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| Sweet girl. |
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| Buddies for life. |
