Friday, July 15, 2011

Peaceful Words




We got an update from a family traveling to Ethiopia for court. It is amazing how great it made me feel to read the update and see the pictures. The wait continues (we hope to be submitted to the US embassy this Wednesday, but are learning to not have high expectations). As we continue to ride the highs and lows of this adoption process these words and pictures gave us peace to sustain us for a few more days (weeks) of waiting....

Oh my goodness, she is just so adorable. Definitely not crawling, but thinking about it. She lays on her tummy and looks at the toy she wants, lifts her arms and legs and just kicks and kicks like superman! I am pretty sure I got a video of it. She sits up, but not very stable yet. I would set her against my leg and she did well. Does not fall side to side, just back. She loves to be a part of what everyone else is doing and lets out this little shout and cries when she wants something. She is just so much fun! So much personality too! Also, don't know if she was doing this when you were there, but she is eating cereal 3 times a day and seems to love it

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Family Photo


A dear friend got this great picture of us on the last day of school at CASTLE. Love it...now just to add one more in there and it will be perfect!

The Beach!!!!






Here are some photos of our week at the beach! It was a GREAT time! Davis was full on in the water as much as possible and SB was quite scared the first three days. Luckily she likes to make friends with older children and she was motivated to do what her new friend was doing and into the water she went!

5 Year's Old!!!!!




Ok- I am the worst blogger ever- this is two months late for Davis and one month for SB- but I can't believe they are 5 years old!!!
They had a great birthday- they had a "2 in 1" party. The boys had a 'golf party' playing putt putt at the neighbors (yes, he does have a few putt putt holes in his back yard!) and the girls had a 'spa party' with nail polish galore! Then we all joined together to decorate cookies!
I am so proud to be the parents of these five year olds. They amaze me everyday.