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?

Loving Fall!

Fall Update:
We celebrated Grandma Linda's birthday and Cousin William's birthday this Fall. We had a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Duey. During the visit we all went to Pooley's Pumpkin Patch with Uncle Dan and Aunt Amy. It was so fun! We've been blessed with fantastic weather and will be sad to see it go.

Thea and EJ are looking forward to Halloween (especially Thea, she's been asking about it for a month). There are lots of yards with Halloween decorations in them in our neighborhood so we often go for walks at night and look at the "spookies" as a family.

EJ had ear tubes put in last week and we think he can hear better! He said "mama" and "MATT" so we're hoping for more words soon. He finally weighs 20 lbs. Can you believe he'll be 18 months next week?

Ah That Delicious Sweet Corn