Drew walking..

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My goodness, this boy is pure SUGAR! This video is of him first thing this morning. He's been walking around like this for a while now, but my video camera is always in another room and he WILL NOT let me get up and go somewhere without him without huge tears ruining the moment.

My little sis and her husband live out of state and I wanted to post this for them...we miss you guys horribly. Give your babies some love for us!!!

Skate Date with the Kids!

Valentines Day, Chad and I decided to take Malia and Cole ice skating at the BOK arena and boy, oh boy, did we have fun!

The wonder and amazement as you watch your child try something new is such a gift from the Lord! Sure they had a few spills, but as we were leaving they both were saying that they couldn't wait to try it again.


Malia holding tight to her daddy!


Me and Cole making it look easy!! hehehe!







That was how we spent our sweetheart day, how about you? I would love to hear how you spent your special day!

My baby is 1!!!!!!

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Today sweet baby boy turns 1! We are so proud of our little munchkin and cannot imagine life without that sweet boy! Someone asked me recently what all he is into these days. Let's see, he is still sleeping 11-12 hours a night, he takes 1 nap a day that lasts anywhere between 2-3 hours, he has the softest belly laugh I've ever heard from a baby, the ways to get him to smile are faking a sneeze, hit yourself in the head with a nerf ball, or give him his curious George monkey....he adores that thing and will squeeze, bite, and slobber all over him when ever he comes into contact...so sweet! The big thing is that he is starting to take some steps by himself...so far we are up to 5 unassisted steps at a time. He is a pretty easy going baby all around. Here are some pictures from all of our fun, I'll post some of his Tol pictures a little later. Enjoy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

In honor of Chad's birthday today, I want to take this opportunity to thank God for giving me such an incredible person to share life with. This will be my 19th birthday that I've shared with the man. I've seen him evolve from a boy to a man, I've seen God use and grow him in ways that have in turn blessed and challenged me as a believer in Christ. From the highs of positive pregnancy tests and holding our child for the very first time to the lows of miscarriage and the discovery that your child is deaf, he has been there every step on this journey. He is my encourager, he is my rock, he is my love. Happy birthday, sweetheart...

Cruel and Unusual...??

Ok, so today, as I was clearing the table after Chad and the kids devoured their Korean lunch, I hear Cole, er, I mean, a really sweet sounding voice that carried with it a note of concern say "Momma...?" Me, looking up, notice a very concerned look on this sweet child's face. I hear, "mom, I can't get it off...." Finally, my eyes lead me to what was troubling the young lad....

So, I ask you, is it cruel to want to take a picture of it before I allowed the rescue to commence? I promised to keep all faces out of the shot as to protect the innocent.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
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funny conversation today...

Today Malia had some questions about honest Abe and if he was really real. She has seen a picture of the Lincoln memorial and wanted to know if that is where he died, sitting in that chair...me being a bit confused I shared the G rated version of his assassination. She stood there and thought for a moment and then said, "wow, so can we go there and take a look at his head?"
HUH? She then asked if I thought he was in heaven to which I nodded my head implying that yes, I thought he was surely there....she said great, then when I get there I can talk to him, but Mom, don't talk about his head, that might make him feel bad..."

I love that girl...

2009!!

Happy New Year!!!

2009 ~ can you believe it?! It's crazy to think that when we started our adoption process for #3, Jan 09 was the time when we expected our referral to come...little did we know we'd have our sweet baby home!

We've had a very lazy start to the new year...mainly staying in our pj's, watching movies, and playing with all of our new Christmas toys. We actually were able to go to a new year's party that required sweats and slippers as our party attire...gotta LOVE that! The kids had a blast and we all got to eat while enjoying our elastic waste bands..woohoo!

The kids are all doing pretty well. Drew is cutting tooth number 3, but his first with us. He's handling it well, although I'm gonna miss those gummy grins! Malia has been star gazing with her new telescope from Nana and Papa, and Cole has been swept up by all the wii games he received.

I hope you all have enjoyed your Christmas break. Here are a few pics of our holiday hoopla.





And here are a few portraits of our favorite kiddos!