Gulf Shores, Alabama

M&M Gymnastics Exhibition

End of Year School Program

Special Olympics

Family Support

Addi Posing with Her Medal

Addison's 7th Birthday

Halloween 2010

 

Last Days of School

Addi's AWESOME Kindergarten Teacher, Ms. McWhorter

Singing in the music program

Both Kindergarten Classes (Addi is on bottom right)

Special Olympics - Summer Games

Addi's Teachers - Ms. Blair & Ms. Kidwell (team coach)

Family Support - Sister Kennedy, Aunt Dee, Granpa Ken, Grandma Donna, Dad, Cousin Tiag, Mom, and Addi

Relay Race

T-Ball

Disc Hop

Balance Beam

Reading and Sight Words

Addison has been working very hard learning to read. Here she is posing with her first 100 sight words she memorized!

Thunder Game (02/28 vs. Raptors)

Addi & #9-Serge Ibaka

Kennedy, Addi & Bec with #23 - Byron Mullens

Kennedy, Addi, & Bec with #8 - Antonio Anderson & #6 - Eric Maynor

Addi & Kennedy getting autographs from the Thunder Girls

Family Pic

Halloween 2009

Last Day of School

Addi's last day of pre-k, with Ms. Cheryl, Ms. Stephanie, and Ms. Jana. Thank you teachers for an awesome school year!

Second Gymnastics Competition

Addison just completed her second "competition" at Oklahoma Gold. Many thanks to her wonderful coaches Lauren and Kayla!!!

Addison's First Swim Lesson

Addison's completed her first swim lesson today. She loves the pool and really likes Coach Theresa!

John C. McGinley and the R Word

John C. McGinley, who has starred in Scrubs, Platoon, Any Given Sunday, Wild Hogs, and many other movies, speaking about the R Word on the Bonnie Hunt show.

Addison's First Special Olympics Event

Addison completed the "Stars of the Future" today held at the University of Oklahoma. This is her first Special Olympics event to participate. At this event, the Stars of the Future athletes go through winter sports stations, receiving training in basketball, volleyball, and bowling events. In the upcoming Summer Games in May, she will go through about a dozen stations, receiving training in track & field events.
Tube Crawl

Big sis Kennedy in the Tube Crawl

Basketball

Hockey

Dad, Mom, Papa Ernie, Addison, Nana Rita, Great Grandma Moberly, Aunt Brenda, Sister Kennedy, Cousin Travis, and Cousin Ashley

Our 2 Little Reindeer

Big sis Kennedy and Addison

Speech Therapy with Candace

Addison attends speech therapy at Univeristy of Central Oklahoma Speech Clinic. Each semester, she works with a new graduate or undergraduate therapist and this semester, she worked with Candace. Addison enjoyed her weekly sessions with Candace, who did a great job. Thank you Candace and we wish you the best!

Halloween

Addison and her big sis Kennedy dressed up for Halloween!

Addison & Bec on TV

Rebecca and Addison appeared on KWTV Channel 9 this morning to promote the Buddy Walk. Rachel Coleman, host of Signing Time, and Rebecca and Addison, discussed the benefits of signing, as well as described the events of the day. Here's the replay:

Alternatively, you can click here for a replay of the clip from the KWTV website.

Newspaper Article

The Daily Oklahoman published the following article about Addison, Signing Time and the Buddy Walk.

Speech with Amy & Greta

Addison receives speech therapy at Mercy. Amy, on the left, is Addison's speech pathologist at Mercy. Greta, on the right, works with Amy. When Addison was first born, she spent 21 days in NICU at Mercy. During this time, she had feeding issues that required the use of a Haberman bottle (bottle designed for children with cleft issues). Due to the nature of the feeding issues, Greta was actually the first person to ever feed Addison by bottle. Greta spent many hours teaching Addison and us how to use the Haberman bottle. She taught us how to support Addison's checks and chin while feeding her.
Thank you Amy and Greta!!!!

Thanks Abby!

Today was Addison's last day with Abby. Abby has been Addison's speech pathologist at Univeristy of Central Oklahoma Speech Clinic for the past 7 months. She is continuing on with her studies and will be graduating soon. Abby was great with Addison and was able to keep her on task to make the most of their sessions. Thank you Abby!!! We will miss you!!!

Gymnastics

Addison continues her weekly gymnastics practice at Oklahoma Gold. She's in a regular class and is doing very well, with the help from her awesome coaches, Wendy and Kayla.

Horseback Riding

Addison continues horseback riding at Coffee Creek Riding Center . "Papa" Ernie and "Nana" Rita take Addison once a week to these sessions, where they emphasize muscle coordination and speech development.

Addison and Nana

Addison and Papa

Addison with volunteers