The Otte's

Merry Christmas!

  The Otte’s Top Ten List:

10. We started foster care last year. Isaiah and Denali moved in

with us on January 17th , 2013, and God had this planned.

9. We are so thankful for all our therapists. Miss Nikki is Isaiah

and Denali’s therapist and we all love her. Quinn still has Suzanne,

Staci, Diane, Chrissy, Jen, Rachael, and Lori. We love how with

everyone’s help, all our kids are making great progress.

8. We are so thankful for how much the kids love each other. It’s

crazy how much all three of our kids love each other. Watching

Denali and Quinn cuddle up together, or Isaiah making sure

everything is fair for all three of the kids, which shows that it was

meant to be.

7.Isaiah’s passion is swimming and he is loving it. He is still testing

out the waters on what he wants to do, but swimming is winning out

at the moment.

6. Denali’s activity is dancing ballet and hip hop. She can be a bit

impulsive and clumsy, and dancing has helped her calm down and

control her body so much better, and does she ever love her dance

outfits.

5. Quinn’s still dancing and it is inspiring. She danced at the first

National Miss Amazing Pageant and it was an amazing experience

for all of us. She comes alive, giggles, and just shines when she

dances.

4.Isaiah is an amazing big brother at the age of 7. He loves playing

video games with dad, playing outside and finding bugs, and is

doing wonderful in school.

3.Denali is the baby of our family at 6. She takes charge, and knows

what everyone is doing at all times. She loves to help Quinn with

her homework, and continues to improve so much by working so

hard learning to read and write.

2.Quinn is doing great. She is now a middle child. No hospital trips

this year at all.  (She made me out to be a fibber, as she wanted to go 

to Children's Hospital over her birthday last weekend, right after I sent out cards!) 

Granted she has her fair share of colds and doctor

visits, but that is so much better than emergency room visits. She is

working hard using her dynovox, and is getting better at driving her

wheelchair. We still have a ways to go, but she is improving. She is

finally starting to show off in school, and is working hard on her

spelling tests. She has even gotten 100% on a couple of them.

1. Our family changed for the better on November 23rd , 2013, and

we adopted Isaiah and Denali. At the hearing, Quinn giggled and

yelled out ‘yes’ to the judge when she asked us a few questions about

if we would be a good family.

We are so very blessed this year.

Susan, John, Isaiah, Quinn, and Denali

be sure to click on the pictures to see them better!

Merry Christmas!