Our Lovely Little Fairy

She's 4!!!  Can you believe it?  We can't!  We turned into Pixie Hollow for a day and welcomed fairy friends, including Tinkerbell, to celebrate Thea's 4th.  Happy Birthday, Thea!!

We're Still Here!

Sorry our posts have been few and far between.  Life with two little ones is wonderfully busy, especially when we are working full time!  I will aim to get more frequent with my posts so those of you who are still around -- please stay!

ALL "BUBBA" -- BDAY AND GOTCHA DAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EJ!!!!!!!!! 

EJ (aka "Bubba") turned 2 on May 4.  We had a family/friends gathering on the 5th.  He enjoyed playing with his cousins in the swimming pool, bouncing in the bouncy house and filling water balloons.  EJ loved his cake, too!  (Semi-homemade, thank you very much!)  EJ LOVES BALLOONS so we had LOTS of balloons at his party, which was fun. 

 

On June 7 we celebrated EJ's GOTCHA DAY by going out to dinner.  It's hard to believe a year has gone by since he was placed in our arms that morning at Holt Korea.  From a quiet, scared *understandably* little guy to a rambunctious, funny little dude with a great smile!  We're blessed!  

 

Hello Again!

I know -- it's been TOO LONG! Things are going great -- super busy, like most folks I know.

EJ is starting to talk a little more -- he says "hi" and "bye". Kathy, our new daycare provider, says he has said "outside" and "swing", as well. I have yet to hear these words....in due time!

Thea is no long my baby, I must accept it. She is such a "big girl" now -- not wearing diapers anymore, getting so tall, talking up a storm.....

We have had super nice weather here in Nebraska lately -- we're hoping that Spring has officially sprung -- it's too early to know for sure, but we'll take it.

It's Official -- He's Ours!

This morning we headed to Sarpy County Courthouse to finalize the adoption of our wonderful blessing, Elliott James. YAY! It's official and it feels GREAT!

One Year Ago Today....

The phone rang early in the morning as I was sitting at work booting up my computer. It was our wonderful social worker, Bonnie, who said "ARE YOU READY?" Was she CRAZY? Yes -- we'd waited for this call!!!! She started talking about him generally -- date of birth, where he was born, health, name, etc. - and then she sent us these pictures and we were IN LOVE! So worth the wait....

Happy Halloween 2011 and 18 months old...

Trick or treating at daddy's workplace resulted in tons o'candy before Halloween so, of course, we went back for MORE on Halloween night in our neighborhood.

EJ is now 18 months and weighs in at just over 20 lbs. We thank God each day for him as we are so blessed to have him in our lives. Thea shows moments of liking him....we're making progress, right?